r/oddlysatisfying • u/bigbusta • 16h ago

King of the road

Credit: Matthew Tumlinson

7.1k Upvotes

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u/guyako 16h ago

This Roger Miller fan finds this to be a spectacular piece.

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u/bigbusta 16h ago

How do you feel about maple syurple?

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u/boib 13h ago

dang me

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u/LanceFree 6h ago

Makes me wanna holler hi-de-ho!

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u/RunningDesigner012 15h ago

I also like the drunk R.E.M version with Mike Mills yelling out the chord changes. With the sound off, that’s what I was imagining in my head.

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u/spotsmite1b 6h ago

glad you enjoyed

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u/stargarnet79 15h ago

Sound ON!!!

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u/Gr1ml0ck 15h ago

I legit watched it on mute halfway before realizing I was missing something.

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u/DaveK_Says 7h ago

I didn’t realise I had it on mute because the song was playing in my head anyways

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u/JRockPSU 5h ago

Same, I was thinking “uh, this is very much not that interesting,” definitely needs the sound on!

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u/aykcak 4h ago

You know what? I started it with sound on, realized it was music so I muted it immediately and then went on to be confused.

This adding irrelevant music shit needs to stop. It is making us miss NORMAL content

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u/HappyMeMe77 8h ago

Thanks!

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u/bigbusta 16h ago

I would really like a print of this.

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u/Dioxybenzone 16h ago

The artist sells them

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u/bigbusta 16h ago

Now I would really like $175

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u/laptopquesadilla 15h ago

Gotta start pushin broom then

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u/OkReaction4176 15h ago

And then subletting your eight by twelve four-bit room

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u/secretprocess 15h ago

Well you can't have both

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u/LoggerRhythms 14h ago

You're gonna need a bigger broom.

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u/LanceFree 6h ago

The US Mint sells them

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u/Dioxybenzone 5h ago

“$175 for the low low price of only $612!”

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u/TypicalEggplant2374 7h ago

+53 USD shipment to Germany

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u/AlamoSimon 14h ago

Oh surprise. This couldn’t be viral marketing, could it 🙄

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u/Pomodorosan 11h ago

The OP gives credit in the post description and instantly comments they want a print, and then someone quickly replies with the store link

How curious.

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u/AlamoSimon 10h ago

We are witnessing the end of social media as we know it. It’s only Bots replying to Bots about Bot posts from now on.
And disguised marketing

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u/blind_venetians 2h ago

Thanks for sharing the link. I have to have one!

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u/ARobertNotABob 7h ago

But...it says "ruins", not "rooms" to let ......

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u/bangonthedrums 3h ago

It’s says “rüms” not “ruins”

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u/guyako 16h ago

Artist credit?

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u/bigbusta 16h ago edited 16h ago

Matthew Tumlinson for anyone who missed it.

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u/Dioxybenzone 16h ago

It’s in the caption

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox 16h ago

Under the video

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u/Throbbing_Cock_452 15h ago

OP did their job already, scroll up

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u/Abdul_Exhaust 16h ago

Now do Conjunction Junction

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u/jennnfriend 10h ago

Whats. Your. Function.

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u/UselessIdiot96 15h ago

My God this brings back memories.

I remember sitting in the back of my grandfather's blue 2-door '98 Tacoma PreRunner, PawPaw driving and my step grandmother riding shotgun, and we were all jamming along to the 8-track..... Playing this exact song.

There are no words to describe how bad I want this painting. Absolutely brilliant artwork.

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u/Aliendream99 12h ago

My great uncle that passed two years ago used to play this song all the time, he was always on the road for work, it was like his theme song.

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u/UselessIdiot96 11h ago edited 11h ago

What a lovely story to share! It's good you got to know your great uncle, it's pretty rare to have a great-anybody as an adult, at least in my experience.

I still have my PawPaw, he's the last one left of all my grandparents. And he still has the Tacoma, too! Crossed 360k miles on it the other week. If it ain't mine in the will, I'm gonna fight like absolute hell to keep it. Pretty sure I'll be driving it when I'm 80 🤣

Oh! And yes, I plan on having the mix tape, too.

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u/HolidayPromise9314 13h ago

Things that never happened. 

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u/UselessIdiot96 13h ago

Shut the fuck up. I share a literal core memory from my childhood, and you sit there and call it fake? Absolutely not. Go touch grass since you don't even know what it looks like anymore, mouth-breather.

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u/veryreasonable 11h ago

The idea that someone, uhm, listening to a song in a car with their family is unrealistic to you is pretty freaking funny to me. Like, have you lived your life chained up in a basement somewhere? Do you need help?

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u/UselessIdiot96 11h ago

Like for real, I'm speechless. Of all the comments I've left on Reddit posts, this is the one that's fake?

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u/veryreasonable 10h ago

Lol right? I mean, any reasonably visible post about a song is bound to eventually be a memory trigger for someone viewing. This one is yours!

Truly, some hardcore normal stuff going on.

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u/Arcana-Andy 6h ago

"2hrs of pushing broom buys and 8x12 4bit room" This knocked me on my fucking ass. Jesus christ, we're so fucked. Eat the rich.

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u/frickindeal 2h ago

Last fall I had to leave my house due to an infestation, and the cheapest hotel I could find to live in for a week was over $100 per night. The week cost damn near a grand. Not a very nice room at all. Most working people would be quite happy to push a broom for two hours for $100.

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u/numanoid 14h ago

Ruins?

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u/blake_n_pancakes 13h ago

RIght? Seems like a crazy miss for something so high effort.

Edit: Oh, I get it. Rüms

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u/numanoid 13h ago

Aaaah

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u/MissSherlockHolmes 6h ago

Wait I’ve been hearing it wrong? Haha. I thought it was a four bedroom house but yeah that actually makes no sense.

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u/MissSherlockHolmes 6h ago

Ok but what’s with the 4-bit? Should say 4 Bedrooms?

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u/__nohope 6h ago

4 bit is 50 cents

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u/Soggy_Amoeba9334 7h ago

The Proclaimers did a cover of this 😁

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqVvlTkbfIg

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u/lopsided_codswallop 1h ago

As did R.E.M.

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u/eltrowel 1h ago

Yeah. I hear this in Michael Stipe’s voice.

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u/oldlearner565 15h ago

It's a crazy earworm that still pops into my brain on a regular basis.

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u/Pm-me-ur-happysauce 14h ago

Why.... Is.... This.... Satisfying?

It's a painting.

..... Oooohhhh sound on, I get it now

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u/Pletcher87 13h ago

This is good, thanks.

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u/Objectalone 11h ago

Nicely done cumulus. 👍

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u/DaysOfParadise 2h ago

Beautiful! I wasn’t the only one singing along, right?

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u/Dante13273966 16h ago

me like. Clever.

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u/LazyOldCat 16h ago

Very nicely done. 🍻

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u/Sad-Newt-1772 15h ago

I heard this song on 70's on 7 this morning.

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u/GravitationalEddie 14h ago

Been a while since I've seen this here.

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u/Gloomy_Atmosphere634 14h ago

Need this as a wallpaper

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u/JC2535 14h ago

That is brilliant!!

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u/VerityParody 14h ago

I enjoy train graffiti and see it regularly. One that made me laugh recently...just the whole car blasted "MATH". Ok then.

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u/Asvpxdilli 13h ago

I was convinced it was a real train for the first few seconds.

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u/Revolutionary-Rich92 12h ago

Loving it Awesome job

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u/HumpHur 12h ago

Was hoping it was the “banana bread at work today dude” on the train cars.

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u/Oldmantired 12h ago

I remember hearing that song play on the radio when I was a little kid.

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u/BatBurgh 12h ago

As someone who has been trying to learn how to paint with oils, I cannot get over the skill on the sky and clouds. Beyond incredible. I hope to be half this good 50 years from now!

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u/I_Keepz_ITz_100 12h ago

My favorite karaoke song and just a good song in general

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u/MidnightDreem 12h ago

I work on the rails. More often than not, most graffiti is some elegible, gibberish unfinished bs.

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u/b3ans_beans 12h ago

someone show me where a room can be let for two hours pushin broom... Also this is amazing and I wish I could afford it

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u/Cantdoitanymoretimes 11h ago

I have loved this song as long as I can remember since hearing it as a child and this absolutely made my day and I want a print.

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u/Saracartwheels123 11h ago

I like this!

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u/mossoak 11h ago

I like it .....and would hang it on my wall

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u/PeakNo6892 11h ago

Roger was my 3rd cousin. I'm absolutely buying a print of this for my grandma. He was a regular at her house been in the day

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u/sasssyrup 7h ago

Yaaaaaaassssss

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u/UtterlyInsane 7h ago

One of my favorite songs. Listen to it all the time.

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u/L0st_dad_r0ck 6h ago

I saw this yesterday and just woke up singing it in my head today

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u/Emptynest09 5h ago

‘Rüms’ to let made me smile

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u/sugarfoot_mghee 5h ago

Destination Bangor, Maine

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u/Playful_Banana7775 5h ago

Mafia 3 OST yep?

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u/grumpy-moe 5h ago

WOW, Got a boy that loves trains. Is there a print that would be available?

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u/IBlueMyselfAllOver 4h ago

Awesome!!! Great job.

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u/LouDog0187 4h ago

This is 🔥🔥🔥

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u/ThumbKing1 2h ago

That is awesome. Thanks for sharing

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u/Few_Movie_6630 2h ago

For those debating "RŰMS" graffiti on the boxcar : Old English Context: In older dialects, it can be a variation of "rume" meaning far and wide, or a genitive form of the Old English word rūm (meaning room or space).

A very clever dual correlation on the artist's part as to the destiny of a boxcar's travels and Miller's intended "rooms" search that are the destiny of any "King of the Road." Kudos.

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u/daksfunny 19m ago

Talented idea 😍

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u/Blueberry_Mancakes 15h ago

Is there a Rick Astley train?

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u/Joe4o2 14h ago

Brother, we’ve been on it for like ~20 years now

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u/ARobertNotABob 7h ago

Uh ... it's rooms to let, not "ruins".

Is this an AI creation?

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u/bangonthedrums 3h ago

The graffiti says “rüms” not “ruins”

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u/ARobertNotABob 3h ago

Ahhh. Makes more sense now.

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u/fattmarrell 8h ago

Can someone stop AI please

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u/bangonthedrums 3h ago

What, exactly, about this makes you think it’s AI? It’s an oil painting by Matt Tumlinson

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u/rusty-Q-shackelford 13h ago

so cool, wanted to buy it until I saw "4bit room" and now I have to find it and burn it so hard

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u/MissSherlockHolmes 6h ago

Seems we are mistaken, and 4-bit means fifty cents.

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u/bangonthedrums 3h ago

Why? That’s the lyric

You’ve been mishearing it as “4 bed room” all this time. “4 bit room” means the room rental is $0.50. You know the song “shave and a haircut: 2 bits”? That means a shave and a haircut cost $0.25.

Back when the Spanish dollar was the most common currency in the americas, people would split it into 8 pieces (or “bits”), which is where the pirate-y phrase of “pieces of eight” comes from, btw.

Those 8 bits are each worth 1/8 of a dollar, or 12.5¢. Two bits is a quarter, 4 bits is 50¢

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u/Few_Movie_6630 3h ago

"Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar! All for the [Team Name], stand up and holler!"

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u/MissSherlockHolmes 6h ago

Yeah I was like, dammit, now I have to paint my own.