OK...who can't stand Steve Miller?

[Taverner]

Yeah yeah I know he's a lefty, but his lyrics are dumb, his music is overly simple, and he can't play worth a damn!

I mean if I hear "Swingtown" or "The Joker" one more time on "classic rock" stations I am going to puke!!!

I swear, he makes the Eagles look like the Beatles....

[MrScorpio]

1. What are you, some kinda weirdo?

Fly like an Eagle is dah BOMB!!!

[Bunny]

2. Tick tock tick doo doo doo doo. Tick tock tick.

Time keeps on slippin' slippin' slippin'
Into the yoo-nee-verse!

Sorry, it takes me back to freshman year in college.}(

[John Q. Citizen]

3. He had some cheesy hits later

in his career, but I'll always love him for his early work with Boz Scaggs.

[NMDemDist2]

9. yeah they were great back in the late 60's early 70's

i used to be the receptionist for a rehearsal studio and they would come in sometimes

and i'd see Boz especially out in the clubs jamming

[radiclib]

23. Ya baby!

The first four albums were great, and SAILOR was a masterpiece. How's this for a 'best of'??

BABY'S CALLING ME HOME
DEAR MARY
MY DARK HOUR
YOUR SAVING GRACE
JUNIOR SAW IT HAPPEN
(JUST A PASSING FANCY) IN A MIDNIGHT DREAM
STEPPING STONE
GOING TO MEXICO
LIVIN' IN THE USA
SEASONS

The original Miller band with Boz Scaggs, Tim Davis, Lonnie Turner and Jim Peterman, made some of the greatest American rock and roll of the entire Hippie Era, and bore no resemblance to the lame outfits that churned out all that dweeby crap in the '70s.

[blue neen]

4. And just what is the "pompatus of love?" (The Joker)

I've been trying to figure that out for 30 years now.

[Blue-Jay]

6. That comes from a little-known soul tune.

I can't remember all the details about it, but Miller yanked that particular phrase from a Motown artist who sang something about the "pompatoos of love". Something like that..... He liked the song and the nonsensical phrase stuck in his head, so he borrowed it.

[blue neen]

12. Thanks for that info, I have always wondered where that came from.

[miss_kitty]

14. that was taken for a '50's song a spoken part in a do-wop diddy

wait i'll yahoo it- ahhh here's a link:

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_065.html

mystery solved!

[LoZoccolo]

17. I found it on /The Straight Dope/ a long time ago.

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_065.html

[vi5]

5. For some reason his greatest hits was issued to all students...

at my college. Well not really but it sure did seem like it. Some of it grew on me but I really did hate the stuff and still do.

[bo44]

7. somethin' light on KZAP between Led Zeppelin & Iron Maiden cuts.

Or whatever the album rock station in your town was called.

[NMDemDist2]

11. KZAP?? no chit? that was the station in Sacramento n/t

[Zomby Woof]

8. yeah, he sucks

His voice grates on me in addition to what you said... it's so hopelessly Clorox White.

[blue neen]

10. Abra, abracadabra; I wanna reach out and grab ya

Lame.

[miss_kitty]

13. ok now! who's gonna help me shut down

the "gangster of love" ear worm that's started up in my head

stop it! stop it, i say!

[Kat45]

15. They play way too much of him on classic rock stations.

I think of it as 'rock lite.'

[argyl]

16. Like Rod Stewart his early work was excellent and he's sucked for 30 years

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

18. I can't and I know him

It's not the same Steve Miller though. Unfortunately, in a week I'll be living with him, and in two weeks, he'll be working under me. He's okay sometimes, once in awhile even amusing, but no big doses.

[jonnyblitz]

19. ME! i thought i was the only one

I can't handle the Eagles for the same overkill reason. I was a kid when all that crap came out. The Steve Miller song that makes me vomit is "Give me that old time rock and roll" I have heard waaay too many cheesy cover bands at wedding receptions play that horrid song.

[radiclib]

21. Wasn't that Bob Seger?

[NightTrain]

20. He's never been one of my favorites, but I can't work up enough...

...anger at his music to say that honestly I can't stand it.

I think of Steve Miller as little more than audio wallpaper. I know he's there, but I just don't give a shit.

[Archae]

22. Lifetime SMB detester here!

GAWD, are they awful.

Repetitious, amateur-sounding music and totally stupid lyrics.

The worst one, "Rockin' Me Baby." MEGA :puke:

[mitchum]

24. Not even when he's called Lenny Kravitz or Sheryl Crow

nope, not all