What is this "Pompaduce of love" of which Maurice the Space Cowboy speaks?

Question

I have NO clue.

Actually Ronin, the excellent link you gave says it's "puppetutes."

Jim, someone got Steve Miller to talk about it, it seems!

TinCan..ok, pulpitude, pumpitude. I think puppetute makes the most sense (and I think Miller may have deliberately garbled the pronunciation, so that it wouldn't sound so much like what it was supposed to sound like.)

Answer 1

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

It's pompatus

Answer 2

From Rockin' Radio News:

Vernon Green, leader of the Medallions, died Dec. 24th [2000] in a hospital in Los Angeles. Best known for "The Letter" and "Buick 59," they were the first doo-wop group to record for Dootone Records. Their first release, "Buick 69," (based on Todd Rhodes' double-entendre R&B hit "Rocket 69"), backed with a ballad called "The Letter," was a double-sided West Coast hit. Green's famous recitation on "The Letter" contained the nonsense lyric, "the pulpitudes of love," which was later picked up by Steve Miller as "the pompitudes of love"—which became the title of a 1990s film.

So, yet another spelling. But at least Vernon gets the credit he deserves.

--CECIL ADAMS

Answer 3

you know thats a good question and i think that only Steve Miller himself can answer

Answer 4

Maurice Space Cowboy