Steve Miller’s Joker cranks on acoustic guitar
July 7, 2008Todays clip: a retro classic played solo on the acoustic guitar by the man himself.
In the famous phrase: “pompatus of love” the word ‘pompatus’ was copied (by Steve Miller) from another song called “The Letter” by Vernon Green and The Medallions. In that song the made up word “puppetutes” was invented by Green himself to mean: ‘a secret paper-doll fantasy figure who would be my everything and bear my children’.
[From "The Straight Dope"]
So, to translate O_o:
Some people call me the Space Cowboy – I do lots of drugs
Some call me the Gangster of Love – I’m not very good at making love
Some people call me Maurice – Usually my friends, when they’re drunk
Cos I speak of the pompatous of love – And when I’M drunk, I tend to talk about my blow up doll
…too much midnight toking there, Steve…
