I miss playing pinball in arcades!
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Rush Pinball Machine
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Brucebubs
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Very cool - Aussie Rush fan here.
Opsimath
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So are you going to get one?
FNG
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We played this for days in college. Loser buys the next pitcher!
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There are quite a few out there:
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The 10 Best Rock 'n' Roll Pinball Machines - LA Weekly
I am a devoted video-game fan and a constant cheerleader for them to be considered art, but honestly I would give up most of the compelling stories and high-definition graphics in the world for the simple pinball machines. They're crafted and mechanical, and when done with a loving hand can...
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Yeah, but they not cheap!
OI used to hit the flippers so hard the ball would smack against the glass!
OI used to hit the flippers so hard the ball would smack against the glass!
Guildedagain
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Rush is a band ;]
And, one of my faves back in the day.
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Guildedagain
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I played several Rush songs - note for note which is a rarity for me - Tom Sawyer, Working Man the two I remember the most, seemed it was a lot more important at the time than Zeppelin, etc.
Personally never had an issue with Lee's vocals, the music itself was just way too good.
After watching the OP video/sountrack of Tom Sawyer, all I can say is Wow! Peart was one freakin amazing drummer.
Personally never had an issue with Lee's vocals, the music itself was just way too good.
After watching the OP video/sountrack of Tom Sawyer, all I can say is Wow! Peart was one freakin amazing drummer.
Guildedagain
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Pinball Wizard just happened to be a huge song for me, another note for noter, that intro, the strumming, for years Townshend was my all time guitar Hero, I was just behind the times like that, behind blues eyes.
jp
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I still love pinball! I've never played that machine though, but it looks pretty cool! We're lucky enough to have a bunch of retro arcades in my city, and there are pinball tournaments pretty often. We even have a pinball museum!
In college, my buddies and I used to rock this machine in the lobby called Gorgar all the time. It was awesome!
In college, my buddies and I used to rock this machine in the lobby called Gorgar all the time. It was awesome!
The Guilds of Grot
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This was my favorite machine from my youth:
It had a spinning disk in the center that would send the ball careening all over!
Here's a closer look for you on your phones!
It was also one of the first games to have "multi-ball"!
It had a spinning disk in the center that would send the ball careening all over!
Here's a closer look for you on your phones!
It was also one of the first games to have "multi-ball"!
In high school I went to see the Who's "Tommy" movie. I'm guessing maybe of you did, too!
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I saw The Who on the tour they did to promote the Tommy album. I have no clear recollections of the show, surprise, surprise. I know I was there because I went with friends who tell me I was there and because I have the ticket stub somewhere.
I saw the movie when it came out. I wasn't overly taken with it. I saw parts of it again and again when I worked at a university student union repertory movie theatre.
Much later, my elementary-school-aged son, who had become a huge Who fan, noticed an ad for the touring stage production of Tommy, and was relentless in his insistence that I take him to it. I got tickets and we went. He had a blast. The stage show was much better than the movie - tighter production - no big star egos to contend with. I had to buy my son a souvenir poster at the merch-booth during intermission. He still has the poster, It is up in his apartment now. It is in an Ikea frame, and it has our ticket stubs, which I did not know he had taken and kept, in the picture frame, too.
I saw the movie when it came out. I wasn't overly taken with it. I saw parts of it again and again when I worked at a university student union repertory movie theatre.
Much later, my elementary-school-aged son, who had become a huge Who fan, noticed an ad for the touring stage production of Tommy, and was relentless in his insistence that I take him to it. I got tickets and we went. He had a blast. The stage show was much better than the movie - tighter production - no big star egos to contend with. I had to buy my son a souvenir poster at the merch-booth during intermission. He still has the poster, It is up in his apartment now. It is in an Ikea frame, and it has our ticket stubs, which I did not know he had taken and kept, in the picture frame, too.
Opsimath
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That is so neat! What a wonderful memory, for your son, too, apparently.