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Oct 25, 1996 · He can be reached at P.O. Box 1394, Perris, CA 92572. Steve Miller must have loved R&B. Another line from “The Joker” goes “I really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree. / Lovey dovey, lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time.”. A similar line may be found in the Clovers’ 1953 hit “Lovey Dovey”: “I really love your peaches ...
The Joker Lyrics: Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah / Some call me the gangster of love / Some people call me Maurice / 'Cause I speak of the pompatus of love / People talk about me, baby
The line "some people call me Maurice / 'Cause I speak of the pompatus of love" was written after Miller heard the song "The Letter" by the Medallions. In "The Letter", writer Vernon Green made up the word puppetutes, meaning a paper-doll erotic fantasy figure; [4] however, Miller misheard the word and wrote pompatus instead.
Back when this was #1, my big brother used to call me "the pompatus of love" and I was very aggravated at him. I even blackened both his eyes. For a girl, that's not bad! haaa! And he was 6'3" and 200 lbs. back in 1973. He & I were still in high school and rocking it out to "The Joker." A fine fine song by one talented musician----Steve Miller!
Oct 15, 2019 · When Miller sings : "Cause I speak of the pompatus of love". Watch in the clip below as he tells the history of his first Number one single and finally clears up the confusion over that word "Pompatus". We also get a peek into his brand new, career-spanning Box Set Welcome To The Vault. via Tonight Show Youtube. Follow @kennyyoungzlx on FB/IG/TW
in your ear and speak to you of the pompatus of love. Although Miller claims he invented the words "epismetology" (a metathesis of the word epistemology) and "pompatus", both are variants of words which Miller most likely heard in a song by Vernon Green called "The Letter," which was recorded by the Los Angeles doo-wop group The Medallions in 1954.
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Feb 14, 2023 · Also in the song, Miller uses the word “pompatus.” In fact, “The Joker” is one of two songs in which Miller uses the term. Sings Miller: Some people call me the space cowboy / Yeah!
