Some people call me the space cowboy,

[MrScorpio]

Yeah Some call me the gangster of love

Some people call me Maurice

'Cause I speak of the pompitous of love ...

[Teaser]

1. I have one question only

What's a pompitous?

[auntAgonist]

4. I wanted to know too.... so ..

"Pompitous" 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 Pompitous of love."

"Space cowboy" and "gangster of love" referred to earlier Miller songs. Maurice was from Miller's 1972 tune "Enter Maurice," which appeared on the album "Recall the Beginning ... A Journey From Eden."

"Enter Maurice" had this lyric: "My Dearest Darling, come closer to Maurice so I can whisper / sweet words of epismetology in your ear and speak to you of / the pompitous of love."

Great, now we have two mystery words to track down... What's more, it appeared even Miller himself was uncertain how pompitous was spelled. It appeared as "pompatus" in at least two books of sheet music but as "pompitous" in the lyrics included with "Recall the Beginning."

Miller has said little about the P-word over the years. In at least one interview, fans say, he claimed, "It doesn't mean anything - it's just jive talk." Not quite what researches show.

http://www.quadranet.org/tokezone/zones/maurice.html

[MrScorpio]

6. For that, you get the the title of honorary...

[auntAgonist]

7. roflmao!!!

That's almost worth changing my name for :)

:hug:

[tridim]

5. and who is Maurice?

[u4ic]

8. Was Steve Miller

mistaken for one of the Gibb brothers? :D

[mike_c]

2. some people call me the gangster of love....

[expatriot]

3. people keep talking 'bout me, baby....

say Im doing you wrong doing you wrong

[spacelady]

10. but don't you worry mama, don't worry, 'cuz I'm right here at home

cuz I'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
& I'm a sinner
play my music in the sun.
I'm a Joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight Toker,
Get my lovin' on the run.

[spacelady]

9. That is my favorite song of all time--thanks for giving it some DU time.

[xmas74]

11. One of my exboyfriends used to sing the line

"I really love your peaches Wanna shake your trees "
to me all the time

[Blue_In_AK]

12. I'm a midnight toker

and since it's 12:24 a.m., I think I'm overdue. Buh-bye...:hi:

[bmbmd]

13. I live on Maurice street.

I bought the house because I am a space cowboy and a gangster of love.