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“Pompatus” mystified millions when Steve Miller used it in his 1973 hit “The Joker”: “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.”
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It is one of two Steve Miller Band songs that feature the nonce word "pompatus". The first line of the lyrics is a reference to the song "Space Cowboy" from Miller's Brave New World album. The following lines refer to two other songs: "Gangster of Love" from Sailor and "Enter Maurice" from Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden.
May 11, 2020 · Song: The Joker (1973) Artist: Steve Miller Band. Album: The Joker (Capitol) It is one of those musical ironies that so many people wonder about the lyrics to Steve Miller’s song, The Joker, “the pompatus of love.” The song is catchy and it is one of those classic rock songs you can’t help but sing along to. But let’s face it.
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".
Lyrics. The lyrics of "The Joker" include the quatrain: 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.
The song is a love letter to the woman of his dreams, and includes these spoken-word lyrics: Let me whisper sweet words of pizmotality and discuss the pompatus of love Put it together and what do you have? Matrimony Except "pompatus" is really "puppetutes," according to Green.
