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* [[Bittersweet Ending]]/[[Downer Ending]]: "Sally Simpson", and the album as a whole. [[Your Mileage May Vary|Your mileage WILL vary.]] |
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]/[[Downer Ending]]: "Sally Simpson", and the album as a whole. [[Your Mileage May Vary|Your mileage WILL vary.]] |
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** In the film version of "Sally Simpson" this is averted by giving Sally an obviously fake scar, making her husband a [[Frankenstein's Monster]] lookalike, and at the end, having her shrug the whole thing off while dressed in expensive furs and jewels. |
** In the film version of "Sally Simpson" this is averted by giving Sally an obviously fake scar, making her husband a [[Frankenstein's Monster]] lookalike, and at the end, having her shrug the whole thing off while dressed in expensive furs and jewels. |
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* [[Black Sheep Hit]]: "Pinball Wizard" was added to the album as an afterthought, supposedly to gain the favor of New York Times music critic Nik Cohn, who was noted to be a fan of pinball. Pete Townshend even admitted that it was "the most clumsy piece of writing I'd ever done"; he refused to believe there was ''any'' merit to it until the producer and the rest of the band said it sounded like a hit. |
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* [[Blind Seer]] |
* [[Blind Seer]] |
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* [[Breather Episode]]: "Pinball Wizard". Perhaps this is part of how it became a [[Black Sheep Hit]]. |
* [[Breather Episode]]: "Pinball Wizard". Perhaps this is part of how it became a [[Black Sheep Hit]]. |
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