{"id":10320,"date":"1988-09-11T11:00:00","date_gmt":"1988-09-11T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=10320"},"modified":"2026-02-25T18:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:02:11","slug":"matr-the-who-and-bruce-springsteen-pinball-wizard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/09\/11\/matr-the-who-and-bruce-springsteen-pinball-wizard\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinball Wizard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Pinball Wizard&#8221; is one of The Who&#8217;s most popular songs (it went to #4 in the U.K. and #19 in the U.S.), and it&#8217;s certainly one of the most performed, a mainstay of their concerts since its debut on <em>Tommy<\/em> in 1969.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4AKbUm8GrbM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>While Bruce has never covered it during one of his own concerts, he did join an all-star jam band at the 5th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, backing new inductees The Who on a few of their songs, including &#8220;Pinball Wizard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can watch it below, but keep a careful eye out: Bruce&#8217;s appearances are few and fleeting. Max Weinberg actually gets more screen time than Bruce&#8211;perhaps because he seems to be having an even better time! (Charmingly, Bruce tends to seem star-struck during many of these HoF jam performances.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rSb63bh1WVU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Pinball Wizard<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> January 17, 1990 (New York City, NY)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> January 17, 1990 (New York City, NY)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 June 11, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One time only: Bruce, Max, and an all-star jam band back The Who on one of their most recognized songs at The Who&#8217;s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,3612,5],"tags":[2360,1510,76],"class_list":["post-10320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","category-great","category-meeting-across-the-river","tag-pinball-wizard","tag-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame","tag-the-who"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/s-l1600.webp?fit=1600%2C1600&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-2Gs","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39131,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/08\/13\/matr-mary-wilson-the-drifters-billy-joel-bruce-springsteen-and-more-stop-in-the-name-of-love\/","url_meta":{"origin":10320,"position":0},"title":"Stop! 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