I started researching this topic back about July of 2009. I thought that Mad Man Moskowitz had done a show about pinball tunes, but
this was not the case.
The great people at Skill Shot have a number of pinball-related tunes up on their
MySpace account already. It's a real mixed bag there, that's for sure.
I'm gonna go ahead and list all the tunes I know about, even if I haven't actually got them yet.
THE MUSIC
THE FIRST CD
(Enough pinball music to fill an audio CD. Sorry, there wasn't room for Pinball Wizard. Oops.)
The Songs (IN ORDER):
- Red Foley - Pinball Boogie
- Yello - Pinball Cha Cha
- Bobby Conn - The Power (Of The Addams Family)
- Cook County - Pinball Playboy
- Deathball 2000 - Get Down Syndrome
- The BellRays - Pinball City
- Full Circle - The Mermaid's Song (Fathom)
- The Donnas - Play My Game
- Germain Gauthier - Pinball Summer
- Glenn Miller - Pin Ball Paul
- Helloween - Gorgar
- Claude King - Beers and Pinballs
- John Cusatis - Pinball
- Raining Jane - Pinball
- The 5,6,7,8's - Pinball Party
- The Dickels - Ballyhoo Blues
- The BellRays - Mother Pinball
- The Aampirellas - Pinball Superstar
- Moore and Napier - Pinball Blues
- Simian Mobile Disco - Pinball (featuring Telepathe)
- TILT - Pinball, That's All
- Tumor Circus - Fireball
The Obligatory Pinball Wizard Section
(It's about the only pinball tune anyone really knows.)
Pinball Boogie Covers
(Hardly anyone knows this song.)
- Red Foley - Pinball Boogie (original)
- Deke Dickerson - Pinball Boogie
- Chuck Bowers - Pinball Boogie
Hee hee hee, you're a funny guy...
(I'm sorry, I'll sing that again.)
- Tim Brooke-Taylor - Pinball Wizard (sung to the tune of Jerusalem)
- Bill Kirchen - Pinball Wizard (sung to the tune of Folsom Prison Blues)
Brad Stanfield - Gumball Wizard PARODY OF PINBALL WIZARD
The Other Stuff
(Fun music you've probably never heard)
More Other Stuff
(Titles I have but no space left on the web server)
- Bronkotronix - Pinball
- Cc.K - Pinball (Clubhunter Remix)
- Chantal Goya - Si tu gagnes au flipper (Pinball Champ)
- Efofex - Pinball On Alpha Centauri
- Ezra Hale - Pinball
- Fred Barnes - Pinball
- In Flames - Pinball Map
- Junkyard Playthings - Machine Gun Pinball
- Merle Kilgore - Pinball Machine
- MV - She's A Pinball Machine
- Sesame Street - Pinball Count-Up Song
- Slash's Snakepit - Be The Ball
- Steve Mackay - Punk Machine
- Sully - Satan's Pinball
- The Kent 3 - Cave Ball
- The Necessary Evils - No Money For Pinball
- Univac - Breast Implant Pinball
- Williams - Gorgar Pinball Promo
Stuff I Haven't Got Yet
(...but I will...)
- Willis Brothers - Pinball Anonymous
- Flipper Dance - Yan Tregger - French disco tune with sounds of EM machines in it.
- Tilt - Joe Jackson
- Tilt - Scott Walker
- New Seekers - Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me
- Le Gros Mass - Pinball
- Seņor Coconut - Pinball Cha Cha
- Slobberbone - Pinball Song
- The Loose Acoustic Trio - Pinball Wizard
- Walker / Bollweevils Split 7" - Pinball
- The Sport - Pinball
- The Wayward - Pinball
- Mad Libby - Pinball
- Luke Koster - Pinball
- Dictionary Of Funk - Pinball
- Mr Bongo Records - Pinball To Loop
- Raiden - Pinball
- Sascha Funke - Pinball Dreams
- Locust Toybox - Morning Pinball
- The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain - Pinball Wizard Live At The BBC Proms
- PINBALL LOVERS · THE PRIVATES
- Pinball Dulcimers - Chattanooga Dulcimer Festival 2008
- Martin Newell - Pinball
- Bushman World Uke Video Contest 2008 - Pinball Wizard
- Amazing Journey - Pinball Wizard
- Durham Ukulele Orchestra - Pinball Wizard
- Still Pending - Pinball Wizard
- Brent Best - Pinball Song
- ...and I'm still scouring the Internet for more...
Hot Pinball Rock
(Two CDs of pinball-related music from Portland's Multiball Magazine.)
Volume 1
- The Dickel Brothers - Ballyhoo Blues - 4:03
- The Dirtbombs - Cedar Point '76 - 2:13
- Bellrays - Pinball City - 2:36
- Get Down Syndrome - Deathball 2000 - 2:31
- Bobby Conn - The Power (Of the Addams Family) - 3:14
- Kent Three - Cave Ball - 3:16
- Necessary Evils - No Money for Pinball - 3:31
- Steve Mackay - Punk Machine - 2:47
- Tara Key - Second Chance - 4:06
- Sleepyhead - (You Make Me Feel Like A) Pinball - 4:45
- The White Stripes - Hand Springs - 2:57
- Leatherboy - What Sisters Do - 2:48
- The Fireflies - Player One - 3:04
- The Pills - Tilt! - 2:26
- Bellrays - Mother Pinball - 2:20
- King Louie One Man Band - Writing the Same Song over and over Again - 1:36
- New Memphis Legs - I've Been Raped - 2:03
- The Newly Deads - Pinball Fever - 2:57
- Fireballs Of Freedom - White Lies/Black Night - 4:22
Volume 2
- Clampitt, Gaddis & Buck - La Guardia's Hammer - 3:08
- Everyday Sinners - Appetite For Pinball - 2:47
- Radio Reelers - Silver Ball - 2:15
- The Willowz - Vagabondage - 3:05
- The Minds - Pinball Junkie - 1:47
- Enon - Tilt You Up - 2:09
- Viva L'American Death Ray Music - Hi Score Queenie - 3:41
- Country Teasers - Pinball Machine - 3:13
- The Dutchmasters - 8 Ball Deluxe (Iraqi War) - 1:52
- The Goddamn Gentlemen - No Quarters - 4:05
- Cocks In The Henhouse - Jockey - 3:37
- The Means - Ascent Of The Multi-Ball - 1:52
- The Golden Boys - Plunger Of Love - 4:59
The Rejected Stuff
(stuff not really about pinball)
- Rickie Lee Jones - Danny's All Star Joint
- Bell X1 - Pinball Machine
- Kraftwerk - It's More Fun to Compute - Inspired by pinball machines encountered by Kraftwerk on US Tours which used the slogan "It's More Fun to Compete"
- Royal Trux - Steal Your Face
- Brian Protheroe - Pinball
- Mountain Goats - You're in Maya
- Tom Waits - A Sight For Sore Eyes
- Ashtray Navigations - She's Like Black Glass On a Pinball Table, Threatening the Love That Whirrs
- Circus Devils - Pinball Mars
- OOO - Broken Pinball
- In Flames - Pinball Map
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