Although, since it started being interpreted that way, I do wonder if some blues musicians weren't cagily slipping in a double entendre on everybody...
He said "Way down deep inside, you need love" so, you know... A back-door man was an old school reference to being the man on the side, but the double-entendre wasn't lost on anyone either.
My father always said, "No talking when Led Zeppelin is playing". Also, it doesn't matter how many times you listen to Led Zeppelin, it's like listening to them for the first time.
The use of BACKDOOR back in the 1930s to the 70s was Not a reference to Anal but old bluesmen wrote about a (or) the BACKDOOR man who was the lover of the woman when the husband was working slave hours and too tired for sex when he got home usually late the lover takes the Backdoor to get out of the place quick smart. Not a HOLLYWOOD use of the word that now exists. Simple!
Black History Month called Muddy Waters - Whole Lotta Love( You Need Love) written 1962 There woupd be no Zep without the black blues that inspired them ( Full Stop) Come on Rappers React! .ua-cam.com/video/OXf7mMal5vY/v-deo.html
The commentary at the end was hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I think Smokey is right on this one lmao, "gonna give you EVERY inch of my love" "ahh ahh ahh ahh" 😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Back Door Man" Originally meant a guy who would sneak in and out the Back door of the house when the lady's husband was not home. You will find this reference in a lot of old blues music.
You guys are awesome. The moment of realization was great 😆 Btw "back door man" just means the guy she's been hiding and he runs out the back door before shes caught lolol
"Back door man" is a common phrase in blues music, it refers to a cheating relationship where the guy has to sneak in and out the back door before the husband or boyfriend come home through the front door.
I think you guys got played! 😆 I'm not sure you can pull any kind of deep meaning out of that song, and Smokey's face when he heard 'Gonna give you every inch of my love'....priceless!! Thanks guys 👍🏻✌🏻
What they read into it was spot on. Of course it’s about what they think it’s about. Not that sex is a deep topic; just about every 3rd song is about sex from that time.
This song is a reworking of the song You Need Love written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Muddy Waters. During the breakdown, the video shows Jimmy using a violin bow on his guitar, however he didn't use one on this song, but, he did use it on a few others, most notably Dazed and Confused. Instead, the strange sounds were created by Jimmy playing a Theremin which is an instrument that resembles an aerial that creates oscillating tones by moving your hand near to and away from the aerial while controlling pitch with a dial on the console. It was often used in sci-fi movies to create eerie sounds but The Beach Boys also used it on their song Good Vibrations. Near the end when you hear the echo of "Woman...you need it" that came about because some of Robert's vocals bled through the tape and they couldn't get rid of it so they soaked it in reverb and Jimmy used a backwards echo technique to make the echo sound like it preceded the actual sung lyric.
One thing about most every Led Zeppelin song, every member, John Paul, Robert, Jimmy and John, get a chance to shine and show his skills. Which are many.
A lot of those early rock n roll moves were influenced by the dancers in the traveling medicine shows and carnivals. That's where Elvis picked up his moves too.
This song is amazing live! I got to see Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience live twice (John Bonham's son's official tribute band), the second time was with Heart as well and both bands played "Stairway To Heaven" together at the end of the show. It was freaking EPIC!!! lol
Y’all are such a joy to watch! Smokey’s face when he heard that line was classic! I took it that way too. I asked my mom because this was HER music. She said that while yes while it was about giving her every inch of his love, the “back door man” referred to being a side piece for her. (I personally think he wants both, to be a side piece and be a literal “back door” man 😉)
Your reactions and comments are “legendary” in and of themselves. Loved it! And yes, that’s exactly what it means. This song, no matter how many times I hear it, never, ever gets old.
Hard to say since Led is arguably my favorite band of all time but this has to be in my top 3 favorite of their songs. So many greats but the guitar groove, drumming & vocals are so amazing. One of the best songs to listen to when driving on a sunny day with the windows down!
CRYING when Smokey realized what the song was about lol Now its time you do LOLA by Kinks. There are so many songs that hide things in it. Rolling Stones Shes so cold . lol
100% CORRECT Smokey....This blistering track from Led Zeppelin's second album contains some of Robert Plant's most lascivious lyrics, culled from the blues. It's not poetry, but he gets his point across quite effectively, letting the girl know that he's yearning, and ready to give her all of his love - every inch.
There's a lot of talk about how the "speed metal" and hard-hitting punk rock of the 80s was a direct response to the long drawn-out psychedelic rock of the 60s and 70s. I think Led Zepp deserves a lot of credit for starting to push rock towards something more dynamic and powerful, even though they did have their own self-indulgent epic songs. But even their songs that were longer or slower still had an energy and power to them that was different than what had come before. So, hat's off to them \,,/ Speaking of punk, it would be cool to see you guys react to Minor Threat or Bad Brains. Keep up the good work 🤙
Y'all should check out "Nobody's Fault But Mine" next time, the riffs and transitions are fantastic! A true gem in Zeppelin's catalog imo, great reaction as usual guys! 🤘🤘🤙🤙
On another note, if you feel like losing your mind headbanging to some classic thrash metal, Sepultura - Desperate Cry, is a track that gets me nuts every time I hear it. The drums are crazy good and the riffs, breakdowns and harmonies are bone chilling, such a heavy track from the classic rockers from Brasil. the lead singer (Max Cavalera) later formed the band Soulfly which you already reacted to 🤘🏼
Yes led Zeppelin is my favorite rock bands of all time. And if you think about it one of the best guitars of all time one of the best drummers of all time one of the best vocalists of all times one of the best bass players of all time put all four of them together and you have one of the best rock bands at all times
This is what we used to call acid metal.......when you were tripping this was cool...if you had a good stereo system in your car, you could hear the music switching back and forth, circling you....freaking awesome
It is incredible but this is definitely one of the most impressive songs of this band, the brutal sound of the instruments, the prolonged musical solo, Robert's vocalizations that at the time this band was persecuted and branded by a group of occult conservatives, from In fact, it was widely said that Robert's vocalizations were a kind of invocation. Every time I listen to it I get goosebumps. It is wonderful!
@@arnoldcox9128 I'm ancient now, but the memories certainly help 🙂.Saw them at the Bath Festival of Prog rock and Blues in 1970. Believe it or not Pink Floyd were on the same bill .I won't tell you who else as you might be consumed with envy. !!😅 I also saw the Yardbirds live with Jeff Beck and Jimmy in the band years before They were supporting Brian Jones era Stones. Best Wishes to you!
When he says " I wanna be your backdoor man" he's not necessarily saying he wants to enter in the backdoor, hes saying he wants to be your side piece who has to sneak out the backdoor when your hubby comes home.
Back door man is the lover who slips out the back door while the husband opens the front door. It is an old expression repeated in blues songs about an affair with a married woman. There is a Zeppelin song where Plant sings he opens his front and hears his back door slam. He is the husband being cheated on.
Pretty accurate, back door man is in reference to, Joey or Chad the guy that sneaks out the back door when her man comes home. 😅😅 love you guys keep bringing it!!!!💯💯💯💯
Y’all asked me to do this in a live stream so here goes….Aaron O’keefe Foundation kids covering Tool-Sober, Guns and Roses - You Could Be Mine, Ozzy- No More Tears, etc..
That video cuts forty seconds from the song. There's another forty seconds of creaky door sound effects and head spinning side to side panning during the middle interlude on the track as it's found on the album. Also, back in day the expression "backdoor man" meant a lover on the side, one who would slip in the house via the backdoor to escape being seen, aka Sancho. The Doors covered a Willie Dixon song originally recorded by Howlin' Wolf called "Backdoor Man" -- both versions deserve a listen too.
Watch them Live at Royal Albert Hall 1970 you’ll love it even more. And no back in the day UK slang was back door man was the piece on the side would go out the back door as the husband was coming in the front door.
I met Robert Plant last summer. 2022. Well, met is a strong word. He gave me an autograph on my original LZ1 album. I played it as cool as I could, but my inner 14 year old was losing her absolute, f**cking mind.
In the blues scene, "back door man" refers to a wife's side piece who slips out the back door when the husband comes home through the front door.
Although, since it started being interpreted that way, I do wonder if some blues musicians weren't cagily slipping in a double entendre on everybody...
@@jonathanlocke6404 No doubt about that 😁
Haaaa! Think again.
JESUS! 7min. Into this, and NO FUCKING SONG. It ain't a audition...
@@richardshort311
You don’t know how to fast-forward?
He said "Way down deep inside, you need love" so, you know... A back-door man was an old school reference to being the man on the side, but the double-entendre wasn't lost on anyone either.
My father always said, "No talking when Led Zeppelin is playing".
Also, it doesn't matter how many times you listen to Led Zeppelin, it's like listening to them for the first time.
Haha….it’s not deeper, it’s shallower!
A lot of LZ songs are on the naughty side…this is definitely one of them!
The use of BACKDOOR back in the 1930s to the 70s was Not a reference to Anal but old bluesmen wrote about a (or) the BACKDOOR man who was the lover of the woman when the husband was working slave hours and too tired for sex when he got home usually late the lover takes the Backdoor to get out of the place quick smart.
Not a HOLLYWOOD use of the word that now exists. Simple!
Black History Month called
Muddy Waters - Whole Lotta Love( You Need Love) written 1962 There woupd be no Zep without the black blues that inspired them ( Full Stop) Come on Rappers React!
.ua-cam.com/video/OXf7mMal5vY/v-deo.html
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My father said the same, lol.
Man, the look on Smokey's face when he heard that line. Priceless.😂😂
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His voice is somehow more remarkable when you consider he was twenty years old when he sang this.
The commentary at the end was hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I think Smokey is right on this one lmao, "gonna give you EVERY inch of my love" "ahh ahh ahh ahh" 😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
“Every inch of my love” tells you all you need to know … that was so funny as Hollywood realizes the innuendo and Smokey laughing, lolol 😂
"Back Door Man" Originally meant a guy who would sneak in and out the Back door of the house when the lady's husband was not home. You will find this reference in a lot of old blues music.
Smokey’s reaction was priceless. Hollywood trying to make it romantic, and Smokey is like nope. 🤣
One of the greatest songs in Rock history right there. A favorite of mine. Shake for me girl.
Finally, a good bot....
Bonzo was pure magic. "Ramble On", "Good Times Bad Times", "Nobody's Fault But Mine", "Achilles Last Stand"... the list is endless.
Bonzo every time was amazing. I like very much in Achiles last Stand, in In my time od dying, Daze and...Well...ALLS
Bonham One Of All Histories Greatest drummers! /\❤️\/❤️
You guys are awesome. The moment of realization was great 😆 Btw "back door man" just means the guy she's been hiding and he runs out the back door before shes caught lolol
“Open my front door hear my back door slam”
“I wanna be your back door man”
That’s what he means
😂 Smokey got it quick!!! 😂 Can't believe y'all heard this before and didn't get it!
😂😂😂 every INCH of that love! Of course Smokey is right!
Classic rock and roll at its finest guys 🔥🔥🔥!!!
"Back door man" is a common phrase in blues music, it refers to a cheating relationship where the guy has to sneak in and out the back door before the husband or boyfriend come home through the front door.
I think you guys got played! 😆 I'm not sure you can pull any kind of deep meaning out of that song, and Smokey's face when he heard 'Gonna give you every inch of my love'....priceless!! Thanks guys 👍🏻✌🏻
What they read into it was spot on. Of course it’s about what they think it’s about. Not that sex is a deep topic; just about every 3rd song is about sex from that time.
JAJAJA. very funy
When I heard them live Robert said "every foot of my love" 🤩🤩
Rock n Roll !! A little led for your head !!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️😊
@@twpsy634Even Rock Gods have fantasies!
The riff and swing of the rhythm alone can tell you what you need to know in this song.
This song is a reworking of the song You Need Love written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Muddy Waters. During the breakdown, the video shows Jimmy using a violin bow on his guitar, however he didn't use one on this song, but, he did use it on a few others, most notably Dazed and Confused. Instead, the strange sounds were created by Jimmy playing a Theremin which is an instrument that resembles an aerial that creates oscillating tones by moving your hand near to and away from the aerial while controlling pitch with a dial on the console. It was often used in sci-fi movies to create eerie sounds but The Beach Boys also used it on their song Good Vibrations. Near the end when you hear the echo of "Woman...you need it" that came about because some of Robert's vocals bled through the tape and they couldn't get rid of it so they soaked it in reverb and Jimmy used a backwards echo technique to make the echo sound like it preceded the actual sung lyric.
One thing about most every Led Zeppelin song, every member, John Paul, Robert, Jimmy and John, get a chance to shine and show his skills. Which are many.
Yes they do, & other bands can’t claim the same. Plant said in an interview, there weren’t any egos amongst them.
I was 16 when this came out. Always been my favorite Zep song. Zep, the GOATs.
Hahahaha cracked me up when Smokey reacted to “every inch of my love” 😂 that is exactly what I think this song is about
We were jammin this the first time I got high in school. Fell in love with Zeppelin and MJ that day. Thanks for the stroll down Memory Lane.
Love anything by Zeppelin! You guys crack me up! Yes Smokey you hit nail on the head! Try the LEMON SONG BY THEM! LOL
That one isn't any more mysterious on the lyrics either 😆😆😆
His voice is so cool and unique
When Robert Plant sang "every inch of my love" you could almost hear an audible click as Smokey got it !
Just epic. Nothing more or less. Best Rock´n Roll Band ever !
@6:14 Jimmy Page is doing a version of the "duck walk" like Angus from AC/DC does and it goes back to Chuck Berry cause it all came from the Blues 💯🔥
A lot of those early rock n roll moves were influenced by the dancers in the traveling medicine shows and carnivals. That's where Elvis picked up his moves too.
This song is amazing live! I got to see Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience live twice (John Bonham's son's official tribute band), the second time was with Heart as well and both bands played "Stairway To Heaven" together at the end of the show. It was freaking EPIC!!! lol
This is one of my mom's and my favorite song. Another great band that she showed me when I was a kid.
As far as using the bow (violin) check out Dazed and Confused from Song Remains the Same
Next up, "The lemon song. " it pairs well with this one. Lol.
Y’all are such a joy to watch! Smokey’s face when he heard that line was classic! I took it that way too. I asked my mom because this was HER music. She said that while yes while it was about giving her every inch of his love, the “back door man” referred to being a side piece for her. (I personally think he wants both, to be a side piece and be a literal “back door” man 😉)
Your reactions and comments are “legendary” in and of themselves. Loved it! And yes, that’s exactly what it means. This song, no matter how many times I hear it, never, ever gets old.
Hard to say since Led is arguably my favorite band of all time but this has to be in my top 3 favorite of their songs. So many greats but the guitar groove, drumming & vocals are so amazing. One of the best songs to listen to when driving on a sunny day with the windows down!
You commented on the violin bow, you need to do Dazed and Confused live! Over 20 minutes with an extended guitar solo played with a violin bow
When the penny dropped 😂 Great reaction guys! 🤘
CRYING when Smokey realized what the song was about lol Now its time you do LOLA by Kinks. There are so many songs that hide things in it. Rolling Stones Shes so cold . lol
Eu fico de cara como que tem gente que nunca ouviu led ? É só uma das melhores bandas do mundo.
100% CORRECT Smokey....This blistering track from Led Zeppelin's second album contains some of Robert Plant's most lascivious lyrics, culled from the blues. It's not poetry, but he gets his point across quite effectively, letting the girl know that he's yearning, and ready to give her all of his love - every inch.
There's a lot of talk about how the "speed metal" and hard-hitting punk rock of the 80s was a direct response to the long drawn-out psychedelic rock of the 60s and 70s. I think Led Zepp deserves a lot of credit for starting to push rock towards something more dynamic and powerful, even though they did have their own self-indulgent epic songs. But even their songs that were longer or slower still had an energy and power to them that was different than what had come before. So, hat's off to them \,,/ Speaking of punk, it would be cool to see you guys react to Minor Threat or Bad Brains. Keep up the good work 🤙
Best rock band EVER!
Y'all should check out "Nobody's Fault But Mine" next time, the riffs and transitions are fantastic! A true gem in Zeppelin's catalog imo, great reaction as usual guys! 🤘🤘🤙🤙
My favorite Led song. Turn that up to 11
But Check the celebration Day version out. Its the best !
Reminds me of my Junior High years, decades ago. LZ coming out of my bedroom. My parents freaked out, Chubby Checkers was rock and roll to them.
The groupies that followed this band is legendary.
On another note, if you feel like losing your mind headbanging to some classic thrash metal, Sepultura - Desperate Cry, is a track that gets me nuts every time I hear it. The drums are crazy good and the riffs, breakdowns and harmonies are bone chilling, such a heavy track from the classic rockers from Brasil. the lead singer (Max Cavalera) later formed the band Soulfly which you already reacted to 🤘🏼
Best Thrash Metal Band IMO
They were, are and WILL ALWAYS BE the ultimate rock band.
Whole Lotta Love made it to #4 on Casey's Top 40 Countdown in 1969. Imagine
Casey's that's old school 💯❤️👊they don't know about that shit 🤣
@@edwardmunoz7853 I’m 25 and know about Casey. 😉 Local station plays rerun broadcasts.
@@des5592 it was meant as a joke 👊🤘
When I was 18 and growing up in the Midwest this band took me to places I had never been to.
Yes led Zeppelin is my favorite rock bands of all time. And if you think about it one of the best guitars of all time one of the best drummers of all time one of the best vocalists of all times one of the best bass players of all time put all four of them together and you have one of the best rock bands at all times
Man brings me back- jack Daniel's and blackouts - my favorite all time band!
I did a spit take with my beer when you realized what "every inch" meant.....man that was friggin' funny!!
Rob sang every foot of my love sometimes.
Reworking of Muddy Waters (Willie Dixon) You Need Love. Same lyrics even the same riff Zepplinized.
Great song
You guys should really listen to battle of evermore from LED zeppelin, Lord of the rings inspired, beautiful melodies and singing
Oh yes! One of my favs and greatly underrated! I think it's brilliant...one of my favs.
I actually actively dislike that song and I love most of LZ. I’m clearly in the minority LZ fans though.
He’s got it! They are the greatest!
Love led zeppelin, theyre definitely in my list of favorites 🤘🤘
Smokey -"Maybe there may be something deeper?" Oh you don't know how right you are ..yet
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You guys never cease to amaze me…..in a great way.
This is what we used to call acid metal.......when you were tripping this was cool...if you had a good stereo system in your car, you could hear the music switching back and forth, circling you....freaking awesome
It is incredible but this is definitely one of the most impressive songs of this band, the brutal sound of the instruments, the prolonged musical solo, Robert's vocalizations that at the time this band was persecuted and branded by a group of occult conservatives, from In fact, it was widely said that Robert's vocalizations were a kind of invocation. Every time I listen to it I get goosebumps. It is wonderful!
The saying" I wanna be your back door man" meant that while the husband is coming in the front door, a guy is going out the back door.
🤣💡Smokey's right.
Yes that whole weird middle section is Robert Plant's sex noises, which is even longer in the non-video version.
I can't imagine being back in the 60's and discovering these guys for the first time, they had to take the world by storm
It was mindblowing!
@@twpsy634 I bet....I'm so jealous
@@arnoldcox9128 I'm ancient now, but the memories certainly help 🙂.Saw them at the Bath Festival of Prog rock and Blues in 1970. Believe it or not Pink Floyd were on the same bill .I won't tell you who else as you might be consumed with envy. !!😅 I also saw the Yardbirds live with Jeff Beck and Jimmy in the band years before They were supporting Brian Jones era Stones. Best Wishes to you!
@@twpsy634 I appreciate you teasing me with that information 😆 I'm only 34, but I'm a bit of an old soul I guess you could say I love classic music
Saw them as a teen in SF in ‘69. I was shocked by The Lemon Song!
When he says " I wanna be your backdoor man" he's not necessarily saying he wants to enter in the backdoor, hes saying he wants to be your side piece who has to sneak out the backdoor when your hubby comes home.
Back in the day, being a ‘back door man’ meant coming in the back door as the husband went out the front door…lol. Affair man. ☮️❤️
YEEEEEAAAAA! GO LEDGE ZEPPELIN!! WOOOOOO!!!..... okie ima shuddup now
Amazing , these guys played in their early twenties, now that’s talent,
Back door man is the lover who slips out the back door while the husband opens the front door. It is an old expression repeated in blues songs about an affair with a married woman. There is a Zeppelin song where Plant sings he opens his front and hears his back door slam. He is the husband being cheated on.
Jimmy playing a theremin worth checking out the live version.
Smokey is a gazillion percent correct 🤘😆
Morning fellas! Omg! That was great!😂 Guess you got the lyrical analysis of that one huh! Haha! Great time guys!🤓❤️
Pretty accurate, back door man is in reference to, Joey or Chad the guy that sneaks out the back door when her man comes home. 😅😅 love you guys keep bringing it!!!!💯💯💯💯
This is my favourite led zeppelin song, so good!
Loving the Rob Zombie shirt Smokey!👍
And Zeppelin is like fine wine then we got better with age.
Yes in my opinion he's definitely talking about his big Richard 🤣✌️✌️
Y’all asked me to do this in a live stream so here goes….Aaron O’keefe Foundation kids covering Tool-Sober, Guns and Roses - You Could Be Mine, Ozzy- No More Tears, etc..
It’s always time to get the
LED Out 🎸🔥💃🏿😎☮️🥳🥳🥳
All the girls wanted him and all the guys wanted to be him!!
That video cuts forty seconds from the song. There's another forty seconds of creaky door sound effects and head spinning side to side panning during the middle interlude on the track as it's found on the album. Also, back in day the expression "backdoor man" meant a lover on the side, one who would slip in the house via the backdoor to escape being seen, aka Sancho. The Doors covered a Willie Dixon song originally recorded by Howlin' Wolf called "Backdoor Man" -- both versions deserve a listen too.
The instrumental part is the actual big OOOOOO. 😜👍❤🤙
Thankyou, was gonna say! I call it the O song!
Dude said Robert wanted to spread love. LMFAO. Hilarious.
🤣🤣😂😂Love your reaction!! 😂😂😆 Still my favourite Zep song.
Watch them Live at Royal Albert Hall 1970 you’ll love it even more. And no back in the day UK slang was back door man was the piece on the side would go out the back door as the husband was coming in the front door.
Ten Years Gone by and In My Time of Dying should be your next two picks. Dancing Days is amazing too. Achilles Last Stand.
"back dooor man" isn't what you thought.
In early American blues, he was goiing out the back door to avoid the front door man coming home.
"SHAKE FOR ME GIRL, I WANNA BE YOUR BACKDOOR MAN"
“Back door” = sneaking through the back door when hubby’s not home
3:45 Smokey nails it.
You guys got it!
Back door man had a different meaning in 1969
Zeppelin The Monsters of Rock
Do more KIng Gizzard! you both loved the only track of theirs you've done here
I met Robert Plant last summer. 2022. Well, met is a strong word. He gave me an autograph on my original LZ1 album. I played it as cool as I could, but my inner 14 year old was losing her absolute, f**cking mind.
let's face it, the song is all about SEX.
The words😂 but it’s the instrumental ❤that really moves me
Sounds pretty straightforward to me. Check out The Lemon Song for a similar theme.
yea he wants to spread love. every inch.