Steve Miller Band’s Song “The Joker” Saved His Career

People Talk About Me, Baby

Miller worked with Green’s made-up word, but he didn’t exactly quote it, nor did he even know its meaning. “Pompatus” later took a life of its own, becoming a slang term which was even used in the 1996 film The Pompatus of Love.

“People talk about me, baby
Say I’m doing you wrong, doing you wrong
Well, don’t you worry, baby, don’t worry
‘Cause I’m right here, right here, right here, right here at home.”

Matthew McConaughey is playing David Wooderson in the film Dazed and Confused.

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Miller’s character, the Joker, says that people might be talking about him, but he reassures his girl that she need not worry because he’s there with her. Some say that the Joker’s character has a Wooderson vibe (from the movie Dazed and Confused).