"The Joker" is a song by the Steve Miller Band from their 1973 album The Joker. Released as a single in October 1973, the song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1974 and reached the top 20 in Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands. More than 16 years later, in September 1990, "The Joker" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks after being used in "Great Deal", a Hugh Johnson-directed television advertisement for Levi's, thus holding the record for the longest gap between transatlantic chart-toppers. This reissue of "The Joker" also topped the Irish Singles Chart, the New Zealand Singles Chart, the Dutch Nationale Top 100, and the Dutch Top 40.
Miller borrowed from the hit song "Lovey Dovey", which shares the lyric, "You're the cutest thing that I ever did see / I really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree / Lovey dovey, lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time". Ahmet Ertegun wrote the song, and the Clovers had the highest charting version in 1954.
It is one of two Steve Miller Band songs that feature the nonce word "pompatus". The first line of the lyrics is a reference to the song "Space Cowboy" from Miller's Brave New World album. The following lines refer to two other songs: "Gangster of Love" from Sailor and "Enter Maurice" from Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden. The line "some people call me Maurice / 'Cause I speak of the pompatus of love" was written after Miller heard the song "The Letter" by the Medallions. In "The Letter", writer Vernon Green made up the word puppetutes, meaning a paper-doll erotic fantasy figure;[6] however, Miller misheard the word and wrote pompatus instead.[7]
I did the fatality again to make sure and now it seems like his song changes every other time (did for me anyways) you do the move, which surprised me because I always heard the first one whenever it was performed. I was able to hear the lyrics to this too:
My Batman songs really seem to bring out the Shepard references. Could it be that in Batman we have finally realized there is someone who may be even better than Shepard? (Cue nerd rage flame war in comments section.)
That history has made his songs problematic for filmmakers and their music supervisors. Glitter is only part of a lineage of popular artists who have been accused or convicted of an array of illegal and immoral activities, among them Phil Spector, R. Kelly and Michael Jackson.
I never really liked Batman all that much, but I always loved Batman villains, and Joker is absolute king on top of that list. So, here's my humble tribute in a way of a cover.Original song and music by Gavin Dunne aka Miracle of Sound - true musical genius. =gVok-7tDFF8Piano cover by Catherine Barnsley =i3JVi_w0Em8
When Joker is speaking to Gordon over the intercom in Batman: The Killing Joke, the enunciation and rhyming scheme (and the fact that he asks for music) make it pretty obvious that the Joker is singing. Is there an official source on how the song was supposed to be sung? Melody, timing, pitch, etc?
Take Me On Home To The Asylum[1] (also known as The Asylum Blues[2]) is a song sung by a hallucination of the Joker while Robin is disarming bombs near Johnny Charisma in Batman: Arkham Knight. The track was composed by Nick Arundel and David Buckley.
When I listen to this song, I think of Joker musing on humanity being crazier than he is. From his perspective, he sees the world as a meaningless place. Only through introducing chaos can he make things more exciting.
The song begins with a creepy piano effect that I could see Joker playing. Killer is about being drawn to the darkness, even when you know you should run in the opposite direction. It describes our fascination with Joker and why he is an iconic character.
This is my favourite song of the playlist and I saved it for last because it is a love letter from Joker to Batman. The vocals are creepy, the guitar riffs are haunting and the lyrics are poigniant. Deranged can also be heard on the official Arkham City CD.
Thank you for doing my request. I have always been a Joker fan and you have described him well with the song selections. I personally would also add in Re Education of Labor by Rise Against to describe how the Joker feels that having a government controlled society is not his version of living. Also a comical song would be Crazy by Cee Lo Green. Thank you again!
-Luna
There aren't many songs with a scientist as the main character, but Coldplay's "The Scientist" is one of their biggest hits. The guy in the song is brilliant, but despondent because he's lost his girl after neglecting her for his work.
In 2015, glam-rock singer Glitter was sentenced to 16 years in jail for historic child sex offences. The decision to use one of his songs during a scene in Joker has caused controversy in the media, with some arguing the disgraced musician should not be given a platform.
Joker is a song featured in Persona 2: Innocent Sin. It serves as the debut song of the fictitious idol group MUSES of the game. The song was sung by Hiroko Konishi, Lisa Silverman's Japanese voice actress. The original composer and singer of the PSP remake are unspecified, but the arranger of the PSP version is credited to Atsushi Kitajoh.
"Joker & the Thief" is a 2006 rock song by Wolfmother. The song itself is a refence to Bob Dylan's All Along the Watchtower, as The Joker is a refence to the Devil. The song later appeared in Shrek the Third, which features Prince Charming and his army of villains attack Far Far Away to avenge his mother and take the throne.It appears in LEGO DC Super-Villains as the main theme for The Joker and his friends.
I said the joker is a wanted man
He makes his way all across the land
I see him sifting through the sand
So I'll tell you all the story
'Bout the joker and the thief in the night
He's always laughing in the midst of power
Always living in the final hour
There is always sweet in sour
So we are not goin' home
Can you see the joker flying over
As she's standing in the field of clover
Watching out everyday?
I wonder what would happen if he took her away
What you see well you might not know
You get the feelin' comin' after the glow
The vagabond is moving slow
So I'll tell you all the story
'Bout the joker and the thief in the night
All the people that he see in the night
Hold their dreams up to the light
The wilder beast is searching for sight
And we are not going home
Can you see the joker flying over
As she's standing in the field of clover
Watching out everyday?
I wonder what would happen if he took her away
I said the joker is a wanted man
Makes his way all across the land
See him sifting through the sand
So I'll tell you all the story 'bout the joker and the thief
I said, I'll tell you the story 'bout the joker and the thief
I said, tell the story 'bout the joker and the thief in the night
He ripped "space cowboy" and "pompitous of love" off of his earlier songs. And "pompitous of love" was itself ripped off of some old-time blues guy. As Starbug says, it was a made-up term that Miller got wrong. I unfortunately don't remember the name of the original artist or his song, but I found it awhile ago by searching in Google.
Steve Miller is my idol! I love everything he's ever done. Joker is an amazing song, but ya'll don't forget about his other stuff. It's all fabulous!! Ya'll should pick up a couple of albums. Get familiar with some of his other stuff. A lot of it is better than this song! And that's saying a lot seeing how great this one is.
The misheard lyrics "pompitous" actualy came from the song "The Letter" by the Box Tops. Steve Miller was a really big fan of the lead singer or writer of the Box Tops, and there are other refrences in Steve Miller Band's music from the Box Tops. I believe the original lyric was puppetettes or something. But thats why Steve Miller is so cool, he can just make up his own words!
The true facts about "the pompitous of love" are available at gangster-of-love.com (the unofficial Steve Miller Band site). It does involve a different song called "The Letter" from 1954 by the Medallions - not the 60's Box Tops tune (covered by Joe Cocker)
The song was inspired by the relationship between Batman and the Joker from the Batman franchise. The Joker's voice seems to be particularly inspired by Mark Hamill, who has played the character in a variety of works, most famously Batman: The Animated Series and the Arkham Trilogy.
There's always a joker in the pack
There's always a lonely clown
And there is a jester, just a fool
As foolish as he can be
There's always a joker, that's the rule
But fate deals the hand and I see
The joker is me
The joker is me
The joker is me
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"The Joker" is a 1973 song by Steve Miller Band and is the title track to their eighth studio album The Joker. It went to number 1 in the United States and number 2 in Canada on its first release and in 1990 it topped the single charts in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland and the Netherlands and made number 2 in Norway after it used in a Levi's ad. It was covered by Fatboy Slim in 2005 and made number 32 in the United Kingdom and number 29 in Ireland.
It was also used in Happy Gilmore, Sudden Death, The Full Monty, and The Replacements. It's also associated with sports (many teams used it during games, but due to Glitter's crimes, the song is way less popular than it used to be).
The song features in a key scene, during which Phoenix's failed comedian Arthur Fleck makes his transformation into his psychotic alter ego. The song plays for around two minutes as Phoenix walks down a long flight of stairs.
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