Thanks Diane! I remember listening to this song on road trips with my parents. I had no idea that the lyrics were ummmm - so suggestive. Is it warm in here? Or is it just me……… ☺️
Steve Miller mastered the art of making a large number of songs that all sound different, yet having an unmistakable sound that you instantly recognize as his.
@@mattheweudy2396 probably, i remember hearing this on a classic rock station growing up all the time, i listen to that station today still, i was born in 92 lol
When I was growing up, The Steve Miller Bands' greatest hits were always at our parties. DEFINITELY in my top 5 albums of all time.. It is a must listen to..2 bucks for a solo cup and all u could drink. 2 buck drunk at every house party in Milwaukee Wisconsin in the 80's
I saw them in 2019. They sounded fantastic. One of the best live performances I have seen of any band. After all these years, he is one of the few who still has it.
Every once in a while a song like this pops up that my parents used to play on long car rides and it makes me smile as I'm reminded of a time and place I had otherwise forgotten.
This is 70’s - when I was a teenager…I have always loved it - and been a fan of his. He is from Texas just like me so we really tried to show up for him as fans!
A fun time in my life was when working on his Southern Oregon Ranch, just north of Williams Oregon, the last two years he owned it; sold in '86. It was near 800 acres and just me and an older gent worked it.
Steve Miller Band is one of the greatest, but underrated bands. Many of their songs have been used in soundtracks and pop culture and some people do not know it is them. Steve himself is a great guitarist since he was taught by his godfather, Les Paul, one of the greatest guitarists and pioneers in music. I've totally wore out at least two tapes of them from listening while driving. Love to see you getting into them, Diane.
I love Steve Miller. The peaches line is a take on an old Irving Berlin song, If You Don't Want My Peaches, Stop Shakin' My Tree. Berlin may be best known for writing White Christmas.
I think it's an old phrase used in a lot of blues numbers. I know it also turns up in Matchbox by Carl Perkins. If it's a good phrase and there's no specific copyright on it, songwriters will gladly help themselves to it.
@@russallert Irving wrote his song between 1912 and 1916. He is said to have written 1,250 songs in his life. He was accused of copping a tune, here and there.
I had the good fortune of seeing Steve Miller live several times from his early days to his later performing years and I have to say he just got better with age. The last concert I saw him was at Wolf Trap in Virginia in the early 2000's and the band, the performance everything was just killer.
Hey Di, This Friday I’m seeing Steve Miller opening up for Journey, then the headliner Def Leppard. Here in San Diego. All bands from my youth. Love your insight and viewpoint.
The band was originally called The Steve Miller Blues Band, and (obviously) they played a lot of blues. But their record company wanted them to drop "blues" from their name to make them more appealing to a wider audience (although they still played a lot of blues early on). Steve was the leader, but had a number of great players in his band, most notably Boz Scaggs (who went on to a successful solo career). He actually wasn't happy when the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inducted him as a solo artist, because he knew that the various band members had been a part of his success.
I have a Chuck Berry album from the late 60s where he was backed up by the Steve Miller Blues Band. By the time I was in graduate school (1975-77), the Steve Miller Band was often playing on my car radio as I drove back to Boston from my hometown in New York. I'm surprised I didn't memorize the words I heard them so often.
@DianeJennings In the Mood, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, and Moonlight Serenade are three huge hits of the big band era from Glenn Miller and his Orchestra.
Ahhh another great from growing up in the 70's. Several good songs from Steve. Hanging out in the park on Fridays having a couple of beers with friends singing along with this one.
Steve: "You're the cutest thing that I ever did see, I really love your peaches, want to shake your tree." Diane: "What?" So adorable, don't ever change.
This brings me back to my college days. Being a music major, there were always Friday night band parties, which were so huge that the cops would always eventually come in to break them up. During the parties, Steve Miller was a,ways playing on the stereo inside the house. Someone was obviously a huge fan. 😂 Good memories!
Love Steve Miller, and so did my Dad. He's been gone 10 years now, but one of his all time favorite songs, ever since it came out in 1976, was _Rock'n Me_ by Steve Miller. He used to play that song over and over. Some other good ones to check out are _Jet Airliner,_ _Take the Money and Run,_ _Jungle Love._ _Fly Like an Eagle_ is a kind of spacey prog type number you might enjoy. _Abracadabra_ was a popular pop rock song of his from the early '80s. He did a lot of great stuff. Slán agus beannacht.
My Master's advisor played with Steve Miller when they were both in college in Wisconsin, I thought it was BS. But he proved me wrong by getting us backstage passes for a show in Albequerque and getting a big hug from Steve after the show. He was in his 60's by then so no wild partying going on, but good food and drinks.
This album dropped when I was in Jr. High. This song was played so much on the radio, we would turn the channel when it came on. Hardly anyone bought this album in '73 when you had other options like Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, McCartney & Wings, etc.
My favorites of The Steve Miller Band were Fly Like An Eagle, and Take The Money And Run. After the Lynyrd Skynyrd crash, The Steve Miller Band, The Eagles, and the Doobie Brothers was really all I had left to listened to after that.
I didn't recognize it until he started the 'I'm a" bit. My dad would always have oldies radio on in his shop, but I would never actually pay it any attention.
Wish we could get a time machine and go back to 1973, I was cruising in a 68 SS 396 Camaro listening to this tune with my first girlfriend sitting in the passengers seat. Those were the days. She looked just like Diane.
I didn't recognize the song until the chorus played. Then of course I recognized that part. I definitely appreciate you expanding my musical knowledge Diane. Have a good week 🎉.
Happy Weird Wednesday Diane! This song and "Fly like an Eagle" are Steve Miller's biggest songs. "Swing Town" is a good one too. And one of his former bandmates, Boz Scaggs, went on to have a huge Yact Rock solo career with songs like "Lido Shuffle" and the Dirty Lowdown! Great artist, highly recommended. Boop!
i saw Steve Miller Band as the third of four acts playing in The Cotton Bowl in the early 1990s Lee Roy Parnell was the first act Santana was second Steve Miller Band was third ZZ Top was fourth It was a very good show
Saw them around the same time at Spartan stadium in San Jose with Eric Johnson, Extreme and ZZ Top. It was for ZZ Top's Recycler tour, so they were heading with the big stage production they had at the time. imo Steve Miller band stole the show. ✌️&🎶
Everyone knows this song...(it's like Steve's "Brown Eyed Girl")...but most people think it's called "Space Cowboy". Steve already had an earlier song "Space Cowboy"..... which is why he's able to quote it in this song.
Hello Diane Steve Miller Band 'sounds like an orchestral band' because of the much earlier band named "The Glen Miller and his Orchestra" or "The Glenn Miller Band". They mainly played Big Band and Swing songs between 1938 and 1942. "Pompatus" means "to act with pomp and splendor." The word is probably a corruption of-or imagined variation on-the word "puppetutes", which was itself a coinage, originated by Vernon Green at the age of 14. Green included the word "puppetutes" in the lyrics of doo-wop song "The Letter" (1954), as performed by him and The Medallions. "The Letter" also included another original coinage, "pismotality". Presumably in homage to the Medallions' song, 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. Each line references a track on a previous Miller album: "Space Cowboy" on Brave New World (1969); "Gangster of Love" on Sailor (1968); and "Enter Maurice" on Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden (1972), which includes the lines:[1] My dearest darling, come closer to Maurice so I can whisper sweet words of epismetology 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. Green's "The Letter" as performed by the Medallions had the lines:[1] Oh my darling, let me whisper sweet words of pizmotality and discuss the puppetutes of love. Green describes the lyrics as a description of his dream woman.[1] "Pizmotality described words of such secrecy that they could only be spoken to the one you loved", Green explained. He coined the term puppetutes "to mean a secret paper-doll fantasy figure who would be my everything and bear my children".
Another good song by this band is "Abracadabra", released in 1982. It did well on the charts in a good number of countries. It's a bit more uptempo from this song, but it still sounds pretty good. The video is a little odd though.
The sound in Steve Millers song the Joker is the first thing everyone recognizes about the song. At 2:22 Steve Miller guitar sounds like its whistling enjoy seeing Your Reaction. At 3:21 that sound from the guitar rocks. At 3:58 enjoying the sounds to the music and Your dancing sways to the music. The Lyrics in the song have alot of heart too about enjoying life and being true blue loyal. Have You ever heard of a guitar finger slide for guitars?
I have heard Steve Miller Band The Joker and most their songs. Enjoying seeing Your Reactions and easy going dancing to the song. Most Cities Have Classic Radio Stations that play Rock from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Most Classic Rock stations also stream Classic Rock. Try Also listening to Abracadabra, Rock'n Me, Jet Airliner, Fly Like a Eagle. Thanks For Making Wednesday Enjoyable and the Shout Outs. Also Good Shoutouts David and Jason.
This is the standard rock sound of the 70s that I listened to. Forget Disco, never got into it. Another great song from that time is The Rapper by The Jaggerz. Eric Clapton had Lay Down Sally. Elton John kind of owned the 70s too, along with Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.
Still a jam, ingrained into most of our brains. I listen to this type of music-not much (zero) newer stuff. 😊 The lyrics, just sound like a creative take on I love you babe, stop acting jealous.🎉😂
I have seen Steve Miller in concert 2 times in early 2000's. They were still fabulous & rocked us until the venue pulled the plug (it is in a residential area and has a limit of 12"30 a.m. for any concerts).
I first heard this song way way back in 1992 when I was 16 and working my first job at an amusement park. There was a ride called the Himalaya and the owner only allowed classic rock to be played. Steve Miller is a legend! I think the reason you thought of them as a big band because there’s a big band called the Glenn Miller Band. Oh yeah and this song was sampled by the rap group Geto Boyz for their song Gangsta of Love. I wouldn’t suggest you listen to that one if easily offended as it’s down right vulgar. It’s old school rap though.
Love your videos and the reason for that is you do play the song longer than other people without interruptions, which is a good thing. Keep up the good work. I look forward to more videos.
Orchestral? Maybe you were thinking of The Glenn Miller Orchestra. He was a jazz/swing trombone player, composer, bandleader..very successful in the late 1930s, early '40s. His most famous pieces is called "In The Mood".
I had to look it up, but it was Vernon Green that coined the word pompatus or actually 'puppetutes' which according to Green meant "A secret paper-doll fantasy figure who would be my everything and bear my children". Not sure I needed to know that actually LOL
Two things. First, yep, the Steve Miller Band is currently touring North America with Def Leppard and Journey. (You've already reacted to the latter, maybe it's time to check out the former?) They just hit Minneapolis at the beginning of last week. Second, as far as "classic rock" goes, here are a handful of other bands to add to the ever-growing laundry list of bands...Foreigner, Kansas, Boston, the Cars, Rush, Loverboy, ZZ Top.
Ok you are the second person using the term "Golden Oldies" for this era. You are of another country so no blame but that' term is for the music of the 50's originally! Steve Miller FLY LIKE AN EAGLE was my first concert!! $8.00 Norton Buffalo opened! Great Reaction Diane! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎
One of the best 'Greatest Hits' albums I've ever owned, every song on it is amazing. Saw them once live and I've got to say I preferred the studio recordings over the live show; might have been an "off" night for the band, but there was just no energy (I may also have been the only sober person in the amphitheater LOL) Cheers Diane! 💚
Well, I've always liked the Steve Miller Band's music. One of those groups whom I've always wanted to see perform live. They didn't often tour very close to the middle of nowhere Canada, and when they did, something prevented me from attending the show. This is one of my favourite tunes by this group, because like much of their music it just gives off a fun vibe. Pompatus, I always thought he said Prophetess. Speaking of vibes, your vibe in this video was perfect in my in my opinion. It's an uninformed opinion, but it's mine. Another great video, but then they all are. It's just an objective fact.
Thanks Diane! I remember listening to this song on road trips with my parents. I had no idea that the lyrics were ummmm - so suggestive. Is it warm in here? Or is it just me……… ☺️
You are so welcome! I knowwwww 🙈🙈🙈🙉🙉🙉
Oh yea. Youd be Elon
Steve Miller mastered the art of making a large number of songs that all sound different, yet having an unmistakable sound that you instantly recognize as his.
Miller was versatile when it came to no repeating himself.
Boy, if I had a dollar for every time I heard this on the radio in the mid 70's I'd have a LOT of dollars😁.
Same. Don't know why, but my 14 yr old soul just never felt it
Ooooh that kinda thing? Good to know 😊
Dollar, Dollar bills, brother!😁
The classic rock station in the 90’s SAID they never repeated songs in one day, but I wonder if this one got snuck in. Heard it a lot.
@@mattheweudy2396 probably, i remember hearing this on a classic rock station growing up all the time, i listen to that station today still, i was born in 92 lol
When I was growing up, The Steve Miller Bands' greatest hits were always at our parties. DEFINITELY in my top 5 albums of all time.. It is a must listen to..2 bucks for a solo cup and all u could drink. 2 buck drunk at every house party in Milwaukee Wisconsin in the 80's
I saw them in 2019. They sounded fantastic. One of the best live performances I have seen of any band. After all these years, he is one of the few who still has it.
Saw them this summer (2024). Your assessment is still dead on!
Every once in a while a song like this pops up that my parents used to play on long car rides and it makes me smile as I'm reminded of a time and place I had otherwise forgotten.
Aww what lovely memories
I looooove The Steve Miller Band. Their 1974-1978 Greatest Hits album is a must listen. So many bangers in that short 4 year span.
This is 70’s - when I was a teenager…I have always loved it - and been a fan of his. He is from Texas just like me so we really tried to show up for him as fans!
A fun time in my life was when working on his Southern Oregon Ranch, just north of Williams Oregon, the last two years he owned it; sold in '86. It was near 800 acres and just me and an older gent worked it.
Everytime I hear this song I feel so mellowed out and feeling like I've been transported to the 70s
This is one of those "I can name that song in two bars" winners. Immediately recognizable. Thanks, Diane.
Two bars? Two notes! 😂
Steve Miller Band. One of the best summer time bands ever.
Loads of hits !!!!
Steve Miller Band is one of the greatest, but underrated bands. Many of their songs have been used in soundtracks and pop culture and some people do not know it is them. Steve himself is a great guitarist since he was taught by his godfather, Les Paul, one of the greatest guitarists and pioneers in music. I've totally wore out at least two tapes of them from listening while driving. Love to see you getting into them, Diane.
I love Steve Miller. The peaches line is a take on an old Irving Berlin song, If You Don't Want My Peaches, Stop Shakin' My Tree. Berlin may be best known for writing White Christmas.
I think it's an old phrase used in a lot of blues numbers. I know it also turns up in Matchbox by Carl Perkins. If it's a good phrase and there's no specific copyright on it, songwriters will gladly help themselves to it.
@@russallert Irving wrote his song between 1912 and 1916. He is said to have written 1,250 songs in his life. He was accused of copping a tune, here and there.
I was wondering if it sounds more erotic now with the modern use of the peach emojis 🍑🤔
I grew up with the Tom Petty cover and always misheard this lyric as "beaches" not "peaches". Now it makes more sense!
I love the Steve Miller Band. I have the album from back in the day. Thanks for the memories! ❤
'Fly Like An Eagle' and 'Wild Mountain Honey' are great songs too!
Sounds good
Wild Mountain Honey is my favorite Steve Miller song
What, you couldn't spell Abracadabra?
Jungle Love is my favorite. Everything’s better when wet!
I used to sing Fly Like an Eagle to myself while walking to and from school uphill both ways when I was 11.
I had the good fortune of seeing Steve Miller live several times from his early days to his later performing years and I have to say he just got better with age. The last concert I saw him was at Wolf Trap in Virginia in the early 2000's and the band, the performance everything was just killer.
Great song from a great album! That bass playing underneath is so sick.
My favorite song of the 70's was Long Cool woman (with the black dress on )by The Hollies❤🎉 happy Wednesday Diane
Happy Wednesday
Hey Di, This Friday I’m seeing Steve Miller opening up for Journey, then the headliner Def Leppard. Here in San Diego. All bands from my youth. Love your insight and viewpoint.
The band was originally called The Steve Miller Blues Band, and (obviously) they played a lot of blues. But their record company wanted them to drop "blues" from their name to make them more appealing to a wider audience (although they still played a lot of blues early on). Steve was the leader, but had a number of great players in his band, most notably Boz Scaggs (who went on to a successful solo career). He actually wasn't happy when the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inducted him as a solo artist, because he knew that the various band members had been a part of his success.
It’s amazing how many “hippy bands” used that blues sound & traditional blues songs.
@mattheweudy2396 Arlo Guthrie was Woody Guthrie's son,, so he has an excuse for that at least. 😂
I have a Chuck Berry album from the late 60s where he was backed up by the Steve Miller Blues Band. By the time I was in graduate school (1975-77), the Steve Miller Band was often playing on my car radio as I drove back to Boston from my hometown in New York. I'm surprised I didn't memorize the words I heard them so often.
Sounds like a nice memory
They payed back up for Chuck?🤯 That is some trivia gold.
My first time at the Fillmore in SF was one of those shows. Chuck Berry. Eric Burdon and the Animals. Steve Miller Blues Band. Epic stuff.
Steve miller has so many hits. One of my favorite older bands.
I was fortunate to see them in concert back in the early 90's.
The orchestral band you may be thinking of is Glenn Miller from the 1930s and 1940s. That was more of the big band sound, though.
Mmmmaybe can’t think what they play though…
@DianeJennings In the Mood, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, and Moonlight Serenade are three huge hits of the big band era from Glenn Miller and his Orchestra.
@@jameswilson7790 didn't they do "Theme from Peter Gunn" also?...oh, that was Henry Mancini 😩nvm
“Pennsylvania 6-5000”
Maybe Kay Kaiser and His Kollege of Musical Knowledge?
Ahhh another great from growing up in the 70's. Several good songs from Steve. Hanging out in the park on Fridays having a couple of beers with friends singing along with this one.
His song “Take the Money and Run” is worth a listen, IMHO.
Steve: "You're the cutest thing that I ever did see, I really love your peaches, want to shake your tree."
Diane: "What?"
So adorable, don't ever change.
She seemed to cringe when she heard that line for the second time, around 5:20. I'm sure that's a line every girl hopes to hear one day.
@@dongleason9878I think you know better than that Don 😮
@big8dog887 I definitely will change! I aim to evolve and grow. Be very boring otherwise. I get what you mean though😉
@@DianeJennings I would never be so crass. I'm either direct or go for the laugh, depends on the woman.
This brings me back to my college days. Being a music major, there were always Friday night band parties, which were so huge that the cops would always eventually come in to break them up. During the parties, Steve Miller was a,ways playing on the stereo inside the house. Someone was obviously a huge fan. 😂 Good memories!
I've heard his band live, but it was 25 years ago and they sounded just like the record, like they did in that video.
as a kid, i wanted to be steve miller ¬ his music just hit me right … rock, funk, reggae, blues all blended up … my sleeper fave is 'Quicksilver Girl'
Love Steve Miller, and so did my Dad. He's been gone 10 years now, but one of his all time favorite songs, ever since it came out in 1976, was _Rock'n Me_ by Steve Miller. He used to play that song over and over.
Some other good ones to check out are _Jet Airliner,_ _Take the Money and Run,_ _Jungle Love._
_Fly Like an Eagle_ is a kind of spacey prog type number you might enjoy. _Abracadabra_ was a popular pop rock song of his from the early '80s. He did a lot of great stuff.
Slán agus beannacht.
"Golden Oldie" to me is 1954-1964. "Classic Rock" to me is 1965-1980. BUT That's just me (Born 1962)
Definitely a classic. Not sure if Diane ever watched "That 70s Show", but the song was on there in one episode.
My Master's advisor played with Steve Miller when they were both in college in Wisconsin, I thought it was BS. But he proved me wrong by getting us backstage passes for a show in Albequerque and getting a big hug from Steve after the show. He was in his 60's by then so no wild partying going on, but good food and drinks.
He is on tour with Def Leppard this summer in the USA
One of the things I love about Steve Miller Band is that they would just make up a word for the lyrics if they needed one.
Steve Miller is a Texas boy, who used to listen to this song when I was in high school in the 1970s
Swingtown has an awesome drum riff. Jungle Love has great lyrics. Fly Like An Eagle is epic synth and keyboards.
This album dropped when I was in Jr. High. This song was played so much on the radio, we would turn the channel when it came on. Hardly anyone bought this album in '73 when you had other options like Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, McCartney & Wings, etc.
My favorites of The Steve Miller Band were Fly Like An Eagle, and Take The Money And Run. After the Lynyrd Skynyrd crash, The Steve Miller Band, The Eagles, and the Doobie Brothers was really all I had left to listened to after that.
I didn't recognize it until he started the 'I'm a" bit. My dad would always have oldies radio on in his shop, but I would never actually pay it any attention.
Same! 😂
Wish we could get a time machine and go back to 1973, I was cruising in a 68 SS 396 Camaro listening to this tune with my first girlfriend sitting in the passengers seat. Those were the days. She looked just like Diane.
I didn't recognize the song until the chorus played. Then of course I recognized that part. I definitely appreciate you expanding my musical knowledge Diane. Have a good week 🎉.
Rock on!
Steve Miller opened my first Grateful Dead show, Rich Stadium Buffalo NY 1992.
Happy Weird Wednesday Diane! This song and "Fly like an Eagle" are Steve Miller's biggest songs. "Swing Town" is a good one too. And one of his former bandmates, Boz Scaggs, went on to have a huge Yact Rock solo career with songs like "Lido Shuffle" and the Dirty Lowdown! Great artist, highly recommended. Boop!
Boop! Happy weird Wednesday
Cool Diane thanks!! Boy he had lots of hits throughout the 70's.
"Cause I speak of the pompatus of love"
A proper song that can only properly be appreciated with a little toke or shoots. 😊😎😜
i saw Steve Miller Band as the third of four acts playing in The Cotton Bowl in the early 1990s
Lee Roy Parnell was the first act
Santana was second
Steve Miller Band was third
ZZ Top was fourth
It was a very good show
Saw them around the same time at Spartan stadium in San Jose with Eric Johnson, Extreme and ZZ Top. It was for ZZ Top's Recycler tour, so they were heading with the big stage production they had at the time. imo Steve Miller band stole the show. ✌️&🎶
Everyone knows this song...(it's like Steve's "Brown Eyed Girl")...but most people think it's called "Space Cowboy". Steve already had an earlier song "Space Cowboy"..... which is why he's able to quote it in this song.
Hello Diane
Steve Miller Band 'sounds like an orchestral band' because of the much earlier band named "The Glen Miller and his Orchestra" or "The Glenn Miller Band". They mainly played Big Band and Swing songs between 1938 and 1942.
"Pompatus" means "to act with pomp and splendor." The word is probably a corruption of-or imagined variation on-the word "puppetutes", which was itself a coinage, originated by Vernon Green at the age of 14. Green included the word "puppetutes" in the lyrics of doo-wop song "The Letter" (1954), as performed by him and The Medallions. "The Letter" also included another original coinage, "pismotality". Presumably in homage to the Medallions' song,
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.
Each line references a track on a previous Miller album: "Space Cowboy" on Brave New World (1969); "Gangster of Love" on Sailor (1968); and "Enter Maurice" on Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden (1972), which includes the lines:[1]
My dearest darling, come closer to Maurice
so I can whisper sweet words of epismetology
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.
Green's "The Letter" as performed by the Medallions had the lines:[1]
Oh my darling, let me whisper
sweet words of pizmotality
and discuss the puppetutes of love.
Green describes the lyrics as a description of his dream woman.[1] "Pizmotality described words of such secrecy that they could only be spoken to the one you loved", Green explained. He coined the term puppetutes "to mean a secret paper-doll fantasy figure who would be my everything and bear my children".
Another good song by this band is "Abracadabra", released in 1982. It did well on the charts in a good number of countries. It's a bit more uptempo from this song, but it still sounds pretty good. The video is a little odd though.
He's still doing it today. In fact I may go see him live in about a month.
Early Steve Miller music was his best in my opinion. His album titled "Number 5" released in 1970 is a favorite.
Pompatiss of Love is low key the best lyric ever. Do LZ When the Levee Breaks next, Diane!
The sound in Steve Millers song the Joker is the first thing everyone recognizes about the song. At 2:22 Steve Miller guitar sounds like its whistling enjoy seeing Your Reaction. At 3:21 that sound from the guitar rocks. At 3:58 enjoying the sounds to the music and Your dancing sways to the music. The Lyrics in the song have alot of heart too about enjoying life and being true blue loyal. Have You ever heard of a guitar finger slide for guitars?
Yes I have
@@DianeJennings Awesome, That's How Steve Miller is getting the cool sounds from the guitar. I hope You got the gifts I have been sending.
This is a good video Diane I have heard this song before on the radio a lot.
As a fellow Midnight Toker, I approve Steves message....
That album was pretty much the sound track to my high school years. Just very mellow and summertime carefree. Thanks for putting a 🙂smile on my face.
That was easy! You’re welcome 😊
Ahhhhhh a fun song from the past for a nice sunny day. Thanks Diane BOOP
It was fun! ☀️ boop!
I have heard Steve Miller Band The Joker and most their songs. Enjoying seeing Your Reactions and easy going dancing to the song. Most Cities Have Classic Radio Stations that play Rock from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Most Classic Rock stations also stream Classic Rock. Try Also listening to Abracadabra, Rock'n Me, Jet Airliner, Fly Like a Eagle. Thanks For Making Wednesday Enjoyable and the Shout Outs. Also Good Shoutouts David and Jason.
Good shoutout you.
@@DianeJennings Thanks Diane. Electricity is something the world needs. 🔌🎸🎤🎹💡🎥📺💻
Bringing it strong with another great reaction. I'll let you know how they are in concert tomorrow!
Tomorrow?! Wow good timing! Have an amaaaaaazing experience 🎉🎉🎉
Always nice to see the face of recognition! It's a fun little song.
Great shoutouts guys!
I enjoy those moments too 😂
saw him once. just a really fun show, hit after hit
This is the standard rock sound of the 70s that I listened to. Forget Disco, never got into it. Another great song from that time is The Rapper by The Jaggerz. Eric Clapton had Lay Down Sally. Elton John kind of owned the 70s too, along with Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.
His godfather, Les Paul, created the iconic guitar he's playing. So many greats play Gibson Les Paul guitars.
Happy Weird Wednesday.I love this video. Have a great Wednesday.
Thank you! You too!
Legend! PS: I bet, you also know "Fly like an eagle", "Take the money and run" or "Abracadabra". Maybe some more...
Great song! Lot's of , ahem... innuendo.😊😊😊😊😊
Hi! Great song! Love your reactions! Some other songs of theirs that I like: Fly Like An Eagle, Abracadabra. Rock'n Me
Still a jam, ingrained into most of our brains. I listen to this type of music-not much (zero) newer stuff. 😊
The lyrics, just sound like a creative take on I love you babe, stop acting jealous.🎉😂
😂😂😂
I really know this song. It's a very good song.
I have seen Steve Miller in concert 2 times in early 2000's. They were still fabulous & rocked us until the venue pulled the plug (it is in a residential area and has a limit of 12"30 a.m. for any concerts).
Oh! That’s a bit early… I guess for the residents it’s fair
I first heard this song way way back in 1992 when I was 16 and working my first job at an amusement park. There was a ride called the Himalaya and the owner only allowed classic rock to be played. Steve Miller is a legend! I think the reason you thought of them as a big band because there’s a big band called the Glenn Miller Band. Oh yeah and this song was sampled by the rap group Geto Boyz for their song Gangsta of Love. I wouldn’t suggest you listen to that one if easily offended as it’s down right vulgar. It’s old school rap though.
Thanks for reacting to it Diane!
No problem 😊
Fly Like An Eagle is another Steve Miller song you could react to if you like.
Serenade from the stars is a good song
Check out their greatest hits album , it's a must on road trips
Love your videos and the reason for that is you do play the song longer than other people without interruptions, which is a good thing. Keep up the good work. I look forward to more videos.
At the end of the day, Steve Miller is a blues guy/guitarist.
FYI..... A little nugget of info. The creator of the Les Paul guitar (Les Paul) is Steve Miller's Godfather.
Orchestral? Maybe you were thinking of The Glenn Miller Orchestra. He was a jazz/swing trombone player, composer, bandleader..very successful in the late 1930s, early '40s. His most famous pieces is called "In The Mood".
Great band, great song. He had plenty of good hits.
I had to look it up, but it was Vernon Green that coined the word pompatus or actually 'puppetutes' which according to Green meant "A secret paper-doll fantasy figure who would be my everything and bear my children".
Not sure I needed to know that actually LOL
Two things.
First, yep, the Steve Miller Band is currently touring North America with Def Leppard and Journey. (You've already reacted to the latter, maybe it's time to check out the former?) They just hit Minneapolis at the beginning of last week.
Second, as far as "classic rock" goes, here are a handful of other bands to add to the ever-growing laundry list of bands...Foreigner, Kansas, Boston, the Cars, Rush, Loverboy, ZZ Top.
Ok you are the second person using the term "Golden Oldies" for this era. You are of another country so no blame but that' term is for the music of the 50's originally! Steve Miller FLY LIKE AN EAGLE was my first concert!! $8.00 Norton Buffalo opened! Great Reaction Diane! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎
Early 50s. More like the 1930s and 40s.
@@visaman Maybe! Just going by the records I use to see as a kid, every album that had that term were 50's music. Anything older was just Old! ☮️
One of the best 'Greatest Hits' albums I've ever owned, every song on it is amazing. Saw them once live and I've got to say I preferred the studio recordings over the live show; might have been an "off" night for the band, but there was just no energy (I may also have been the only sober person in the amphitheater LOL)
Cheers Diane! 💚
Oooh isn’t that very interesting?! Anyone else seen them live?
Well, I've always liked the Steve Miller Band's music. One of those groups whom I've always wanted to see perform live. They didn't often tour very close to the middle of nowhere Canada, and when they did, something prevented me from attending the show.
This is one of my favourite tunes by this group, because like much of their music it just gives off a fun vibe. Pompatus, I always thought he said Prophetess.
Speaking of vibes, your vibe in this video was perfect in my in my opinion. It's an uninformed opinion, but it's mine. Another great video, but then they all are. It's just an objective fact.
Aww thank you Jim! What lovely feedback
I ❤ when Editor Diane just inserts herself to your videos. Does she come and go as she pleases?
Or does Diane surround Editor Diane's quips?
Without invitation 😂
Happy Wednesday Diane. Keep on rockin me baby, is another song you might want to check out by Steve Miller.
maybe you have the "Glenn Miller" band in your memory somewhere! also very cool!!!
Great singer, writer, player
Just maybe the smoothest male vocal in all of classic rock.
Hope you’ve had a great Summer, Diane!!
Thank you! You too!
Thanks for the video 👍🏻
I got into his music in the mid 70’s he was morphing from a blues band to rock them. Checkout Space cowboy😊
Love your videos
He was one of the few that made a Guitar Talk, like the old Les Paul{& Mary Ford}...🤔😀
This was an excellent song to react to. Eminem recently sampled a 1981 Steve Miller Band hit, Abracadabra in his song Hocus Pocus.