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A good number of listeners comment on the meaning of "backdoor man" however nobody commented on Plant's moaning during the middle break. He plainly says towards the end, "I'm going to give you every inch of my love". That occurs just before the backdoor man lyric. Check it out.
Robert Plant: "Shake for me, girl. I wish to surreptitiously enter your house so as to avoid being seen by your husband." sure, Critter. whatever you say!
Zep's been my jam for 50 years. What is there to say? They did it all and did it best. Pretty naughty song for 1969. Holds up perfectly well today. A shame our hero's have to get old.
My favorite song of all time since I first heard it in 1972! To me the greatest riff of all time and the greatest rock vocal of all time AND the greatest rock guitar solo of all time! What else can I say lol… Oh yeah, phenomenal drumming by John Bonham, and a killer, heavy bass riff from Jones too. It’s all there!
Jack White once said he broke his copy of the cassette tape to Zeppelin II because he was so obssessed with learning the iconic guitar solo that he rewound-stopped-replayed it more times than the tape could handle, lol!
The actual 1930s-40s Southern bluesmen usage is when the hard working man of the house comes home and he hears the back door slam as the “back door man” hurriedly sneaks out. Like in ‘Since I've Been Loving You’ Lyrics: I open my front door, I hear my back door slam. You know, I must have one of them newfangled. Newfangled back-door men. But through the years the term changed meaning in many people’s minds like LZ said; 'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
Back when this was released a "back door man" was a lover who would run out the back door when the husband came home. These days the use of the phrase is a bit different.
Led Zeppelin is one of the first Rock'n'Roll Supergroups (Cream being the very first), with each member formally coming from a well established band before hand, Led Zeppelin was also an intricate part of the British Invasion of the 60's...Love ya'll reaction ❤
Yeah, not a “supergroup” according to the accepted definition of the word. Plant and Bonham were largely unknown, and Jones was a session guitarist. So no, Zeppelin was not a supergroup. And I’ll add that supergroups, while made up of great musicians, often suffered from internal ego battles and lack of chemistry. Because of these they usually didn’t last long (look at Cream). The strong chemistry between the members is a large part of what made Zeppelin both unique and great. Unsurpassed, in my mind, soaring above all the “supergroups”.
This song like soooo many Zeppelin songs are such a different experience stoned on some amazing chronic. You just feel it more. I grew up thru the 70's with this amazing band, amazing friends and amazing chronic.
I clicked on this knowing that there would be a misunderstanding about "backdoor man." So I'm happy to see it addressed in the opening seconds. lol Back in the era when married women stayed at home ... when the husband leaves out the front door to go to work, the wife's lover sneaks in the back door. The Doors - another psychedelic blues rock band from the same era - have a hit song, "Back Door Man."
At 67 i can tell you back in ‘69 back door man simply meant that he wants to be the one leaving out the back door when your OTHER man is coming in the FRONT door. Your secret lover… NOT what you are thinking😂😂. It was a different time . But then, you can still think what you want it to mean… many many have and do. Either way, after soo long its still sounds great. Glad you got to hear them. I heard it new when i was 13 yrs old. … enjoy..
Grew up digging on LED Zeppelin, and I graduated high school in 69. Much of the music from this era really sounds better on head phones. I'm 73 and i still like to turn on music like this, close my eyes and get lost in it.
HOW MANY MORE TIMES, MISTY MOUNTAIN HOP, COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN, and THE LEMON SONG are musts for Lulu to hear and straddle. She will be involved on another level of musical theater. Enjoy
Hey ! I wish you had reviewed the live version of this from the Madison Square Garden concert ! Try Stairway to Heaven from the Madison Square Garden concert.
let's not talk about the xxx lyrics , let's not talk about the riff . but just imagine this : you are there at the concert , very near to the stage very near to Robert Plant singing - it was an EXPERIENCE indeed
The psychedelic portion is supposed to be the sonic expression of an orgasm, thus the rapid breathing. If you want to hear some great channel-switching from right to left earphone and vice-versa, check out the ending of “What is and What Should Never Be”. The bouncing of sound from one speaker to another was amazing back in the day (I’m deaf in one ear now, so I only hear in mono, but it was pretty amazing!)
"I'm gunna give you every inch of my love" This must have been before Britain switched to the metric system. Either that or, "every centimeter of my love" just didn't have that... je ne sais quoi?
Whaddya mean 1969 was a helluva long time ago. Not for me it wasn't. The Beatles dominated music in the sixties. But Led Zeppelin towered above all others in the seventies.
Zep does do a pretty good cover of this Willie Dixon song ... style influenced by the earlier Small Faces version with the proper title."You Need Lovin"
"Old as hell?" I graduated high school when this came out. So I guess I'm just as old. 🤔 How about the movement of that guitar? Want to hear some guys really high, listen to Iron Butterfly singing "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. This was originally meant to be "In The Garden of Eden". The writer/singer Doug Ingle wrote it after drinking a gallon of Red Mountain wine. When he first performed it he was so drunk, slurring his words the person copying down the words wrote it as "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida ".
Jimmy Page was one of London’s busiest studio musicians for 7 yrs. before he founded Led Zeppelin. John Paul Jones ( bass ) was also a top-notch studio musician in London. Jimmy found Robert Plant ( vocal ) & John Bonham ( drums) searching for musicians in the Midlands of England. The rest … is History. 🇬🇧
Do a video of Ghost... so many awesome songs. Love "He is" ,"Call me little sunshine", "Mary on a cross" and many more. They use the best of rock and pop and mix it together with a rock era gimmick. Dont take them seriously -its a show!
The Charts were mainly for "pop" music..... Zeppelin were definitely not POP😂🤣😂🎶. The fact it was in the Charts shows just how popular their music became. Transcendental🎶😂🤣🎶😂🤣💕💕💕💕😎
"Back door man" did NOT have buttsex connotations in. 1969. "Slipping in the back door" only meant surreptitiously entering THE HOUSE. (Not that there's anything wrong about other thing.)
Back door man can be taken two ways, one of the ways is, when the husband goes out the front door, he comes in the back door and the other way, well ya know.
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in moment,when i want say something to my wife.every time a woman wants to be her way, I play this song. The reaction is phenomenal. haha.i,m gonna give ya ewery inch of my love.yeah.way down inside you feel my love.woman,you need,love,yeah.why do most women hate this song???im yr backdoorman
"Back door man" only referred to the cheating lover who'd let the husband leave home out front, and this guy would know the back door was open. It has a longer history - in the POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, there's a reference to the wife leaving the kitchen's backdoor unlocked for her lover to come in. And murder the aged husband, too.
Jeez, A "back door man" has 2 meanings, 1 When robert sings on "since i've been loving you, after working 16 hours, he goes home, when he open,s the front door, he hears the back door slamming, is a reference to a man leaving in a hurrry, & 2, back door man refers to anal sex.
"Back Door Man". . . A VERY old term. . When the husband goes out the front door to go to work, the 'back-door man' comes in to be with the wife. . It has nothing to do with the modern meaning of 'kinky' stuff
Backdoor man, or, if you prefer backdo main refers to the guy you're cheating with. He's walking in the back door while your old man is walking out the front. Has nothing whatsoever to do with an amateur colonoscopy.
Who cares about the lyrics? Come on, people. No one listens to rock music for the lyrics, which are almost always either ridiculous or just bad poetry. It's about the groove. And Zeppelin had it. Pick whatever door you want; it's not important.
I don't understand why this band is so popular. If I want heavy music I find Led Zeppelins guitar tone to be too thin , scratchy and cold sounding. There is no real "tone" I associate with Led Zep, unlike with bands like Van Halen, Black Sabbath or Queen. Jimmy Page is a decent guitarist, if sloppy, but so what, there weren't too many good guitarists around in the late 60s so you were bound to stand out. Even in a band as derided by snobs as KiSS I'd pick Ace Frehleys playing over Page. Nowadays I would rate at least a hundred guitarists above him. Robert Plant lost his voice only a few albums into their career, meaning over half of his performances are hoarse barks. He's doing bluesy screaming, again so what. Far from being the first or even the best. His voice is quite feminine, and there were a lot of great female blues/ soul singers who sound more powerful than him. Plus his English accent sometimes slips into his singing, making his bluesy singing a lot less authentic sounding. And they did a considerable number of hippy type acoustic folky stuff. Well, some people don't like rap, some don't like string quartets, some don't like country and western and I don't like acoustic folk songs. Including Stairway To Heaven. John Bonham, a powerful drummer albeit one dimensional, but how many people listen to a band for the drums? Live albums from the 70s were infamous for their lengthy boring drum solos which nearly everyone skipped. Plus of course their copious plagiarism. Some of their songs are blatant stealing, like Black Mountain Side and Bron Y Aur Stomp, and some are them doing reworked versions of other peoples songs, like Dazed and Confused and .......well, virtually the rest of their first four albums. The main riff to Whole Lotta Love is just a slightly modified version of riff you'll hear hundreds of times in old blues. Even Hey Joe (covered earlier by Hendrix) has a little riff very similar to this riff.
Back then, "back door man" simply meant a secret lover. It was someone who "snuck in through the back door when your husband was gone... In today's oversexualized world, the meaning is likely thought of as a specific sex act.
For the more mature audience, this has to be the most openly sexual rock tunes ever. Lyrics proof - "deep down inside" , "gonna give you my love (i.e. my sperm)" , and the "Uh, Uh," section - a sex climax, no doubt. Despite this context, Whole Lotta Love has become a rock icon.
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Hi Guys. If you really want to be blown away, then do react to this INCREDIBLE video by 15yo Dutch girl, Emma Kok singing "Voila" in French, live in orchestral concert. Try not to cry. Emma has a terrible stomach disease but has a superb voice. You have to listen to the intro about her, then the song. It's gonna blow yr mind & touch yr heart. Most INSPIRATIONAL ....
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Why didn't you say anything about the cello bow being used on his guitar? Jimmy Page uses it on a few songs.
Back door man is the lover that enters at the back of the house so the neighbors don't see
They were, are and WILL ALWAYS BE the ultimate rock band..
indeed , no one EVER even TRIED to imitate their sound their voice their lyrics their songs- it was IMPOSSIBLE
Thes is Led Zeppelin from my homeland England mother of rock music Those lying down never die
England is mother of rock music , and this song is the mother of all songs
I saw Led Zeppelin perform this in concert in 1970 in Kansas City. They were always electrifying in person.
I was only 14 in 1970 - too young to go at their concert - next time I was born I will be born in time to go to a concert of theirs , you bet !
Over 50 years later and still better than the so called music of today.
exactly like the reviewer say , I have heard it a hundred times and every time gives me the electricity like the first time
A good number of listeners comment on the meaning of "backdoor man" however nobody commented on Plant's moaning during the middle break. He plainly says towards the end, "I'm going to give you every inch of my love". That occurs just before the backdoor man lyric. Check it out.
Oh we def heard the moaning!
Back door man meant the man that sneaks out the back door while the husband enters the front door.
IN the back door when the husband leaves . . .
Yes
You have to consider when this was recorded.
I like the naughty thinking version better! 😂
Robert Plant: "Shake for me, girl. I wish to surreptitiously enter your house so as to avoid being seen by your husband." sure, Critter. whatever you say!
What women doesn't squirm seeing Plant doing his thang.... ???
They were the official Gods of Rock and no-one has surpassed them yet IMHO.
Zep's been my jam for 50 years. What is there to say? They did it all and did it best. Pretty naughty song for 1969. Holds up perfectly well today. A shame our hero's have to get old.
My favorite song of all time since I first heard it in 1972! To me the greatest riff of all time and the greatest rock vocal of all time AND the greatest rock guitar solo of all time! What else can I say lol… Oh yeah, phenomenal drumming by John Bonham, and a killer, heavy bass riff from Jones too. It’s all there!
Jack White once said he broke his copy of the cassette tape to Zeppelin II because he was so obssessed with learning the iconic guitar solo that he rewound-stopped-replayed it more times than the tape could handle, lol!
The actual 1930s-40s Southern bluesmen usage is when the hard working man of the house comes home and he hears the back door slam as the “back door man” hurriedly sneaks out. Like in ‘Since I've Been Loving You’ Lyrics:
I open my front door, I hear my back door slam. You know, I must have one of them newfangled. Newfangled back-door men.
But through the years the term changed meaning in many people’s minds like LZ said; 'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
LMAO!
butt stuff!
And there’s me thinking it was someone who goes in through the outdoor. Thanks for the clarification.
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Little fact about Led Zeppelin. They were a pioneer in stereo sound effects, as you can hear quite well in this song.
They'll the GOAT!.!!
Back when this was released a "back door man" was a lover who would run out the back door when the husband came home. These days the use of the phrase is a bit different.
Led Zeppelin is one of the first Rock'n'Roll Supergroups (Cream being the very first), with each member formally coming from a well established band before hand, Led Zeppelin was also an intricate part of the British Invasion of the 60's...Love ya'll reaction ❤
Which well established bands did Robert Plant, John Bonham and John Paul Jones come from?
Yeah, not a “supergroup” according to the accepted definition of the word. Plant and Bonham were largely unknown, and Jones was a session guitarist. So no, Zeppelin was not a supergroup. And I’ll add that supergroups, while made up of great musicians, often suffered from internal ego battles and lack of chemistry. Because of these they usually didn’t last long (look at Cream). The strong chemistry between the members is a large part of what made Zeppelin both unique and great. Unsurpassed, in my mind, soaring above all the “supergroups”.
This song like soooo many Zeppelin songs are such a different experience stoned on some amazing chronic. You just feel it more. I grew up thru the 70's with this amazing band, amazing friends and amazing chronic.
I clicked on this knowing that there would be a misunderstanding about "backdoor man." So I'm happy to see it addressed in the opening seconds. lol
Back in the era when married women stayed at home ... when the husband leaves out the front door to go to work, the wife's lover sneaks in the back door. The Doors - another psychedelic blues rock band from the same era - have a hit song, "Back Door Man."
Back door man is the man who slips in the back door when the main man leave from the front door.
At 67 i can tell you back in ‘69 back door man simply meant that he wants to be the one leaving out the back door when your OTHER man is coming in the FRONT door. Your secret lover… NOT what you are thinking😂😂. It was a different time . But then, you can still think what you want it to mean… many many have and do. Either way, after soo long its still sounds great. Glad you got to hear them. I heard it new when i was 13 yrs old. … enjoy..
Grew up digging on LED Zeppelin, and I graduated high school in 69. Much of the music from this era really sounds better on head phones. I'm 73 and i still like to turn on music like this, close my eyes and get lost in it.
Led Zeppelin does not
plug in to amplifiers
Led Zeppelin
plugs in to your Soul
I can remember riding around in a Firebird listening to this blaring from the 8 track. Greatest song ever!
Same here in my brothers Firebird.
This came out in the late sixties
Led Zepplin was bild in 19 70 this is Rock History
HOW MANY MORE TIMES,
MISTY MOUNTAIN HOP,
COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN,
and THE LEMON SONG are musts for Lulu to hear and straddle. She will be involved on another level of musical theater. Enjoy
Dude, 1969 wasn’t that long ago. I know because I was there. 😂
Every song is magnificent!! 1969 I think
Hey ! I wish you had reviewed the live version of this from the Madison Square Garden concert ! Try Stairway to Heaven from the Madison Square Garden concert.
Great song that I heard in the 1970's in the basement with Friends when I was a Musician
Such a classic guitar riff, check out Stairway to Heaven it has a really great guitar riff
You’re no stranger to 1969 by the look of you 😂
let's not talk about the xxx lyrics , let's not talk about the riff . but just imagine this : you are there at the concert , very near to the stage very near to Robert Plant singing - it was an EXPERIENCE indeed
I was 11 yrs old when this came out
Back door man means from the back
Madison square Garden 1973. A Whole lot of love. Live That's the version you should be watching
The psychedelic portion is supposed to be the sonic expression of an orgasm, thus the rapid breathing. If you want to hear some great channel-switching from right to left earphone and vice-versa, check out the ending of “What is and What Should Never Be”. The bouncing of sound from one speaker to another was amazing back in the day (I’m deaf in one ear now, so I only hear in mono, but it was pretty amazing!)
"I'm gunna give you every inch of my love"
This must have been before Britain switched to the metric system. Either that or, "every centimeter of my love" just didn't have that... je ne sais quoi?
Have you done Dazed and Confused (live) yet???? Its a must
Real stereo in the 70's.
Whaddya mean 1969 was a helluva long time ago. Not for me it wasn't. The Beatles dominated music in the sixties. But Led Zeppelin towered above all others in the seventies.
Not bad for a first shot at the charts
Zep does do a pretty good cover of this Willie Dixon song ... style influenced by the earlier Small Faces version with the proper title."You Need Lovin"
"Old as hell?" I graduated high school when this came out. So I guess I'm just as old. 🤔 How about the movement of that guitar?
Want to hear some guys really high, listen to Iron Butterfly singing "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. This was originally meant to be "In The Garden of Eden". The writer/singer Doug Ingle wrote it after drinking a gallon of Red Mountain wine. When he first performed it he was so drunk, slurring his words the person copying down the words wrote it as "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida ".
Jimmy Page was one of London’s busiest studio musicians for 7 yrs. before he founded Led Zeppelin. John Paul Jones ( bass ) was also a top-notch studio musician in London. Jimmy found Robert Plant ( vocal ) & John Bonham ( drums) searching for musicians in the Midlands of England. The rest …
is History. 🇬🇧
And the world of rock was never the same again!
4 beings beamed to Earth from a far far far greater galaxy than our own...
John Paul Jones on bass is always so serious but the rest of the band is rocking out.
I think he is more reserved overall.
Do a video of Ghost... so many awesome songs. Love "He is" ,"Call me little sunshine", "Mary on a cross" and many more.
They use the best of rock and pop and mix it together with a rock era gimmick.
Dont take them seriously -its a show!
Most of the audience were either stoned or tripping..... This was our music...... For Heads
The Charts were mainly for "pop" music..... Zeppelin were definitely not POP😂🤣😂🎶. The fact it was in the Charts shows just how popular their music became. Transcendental🎶😂🤣🎶😂🤣💕💕💕💕😎
Saw them in 1973 in Pittsburgh. We tore down the gates and barricades and got in free.
(with a big dash of psychedelia)
You owe them then.
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Plant was cheering us on, lol.
"Back door man" did NOT have buttsex connotations in. 1969. "Slipping in the back door" only meant surreptitiously entering THE HOUSE. (Not that there's anything wrong about other thing.)
😂
according to Green's Dictionary of Slang: back door = butt sex since 1592.
Gordon Lightfoot song is called Sundown. It’s all about woman and you suspect she’s got a back door Man.
back door man runs out the back door when the husband is coming in the fron door,
I've read that "back door man" refers to the lover who's running out the back door when the husband comes home
Back Door Man means when the husband comes in the front door...I am heading out the back door!!!
Zeppelin never had a #1single BUT, every one of their studio albums went to #1. . . . .
They r using a violin bow on electric guitar
Love me some zep, anytime , anywhere
The sounds in the background is Jimmy Page using a bow on his guitar
Back door man can be taken two ways, one of the ways is, when the husband goes out the front door, he comes in the back door and the other way, well ya know.
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There's no way Plant didn't know the double entendre with "back door man" It's why he used it. Plus it gives him plausible deniability.
Hey back door means what it means Babby,,,,,!
Surround sound left handed cigarette and let the mind go wild
Or sneaks in the back so the neighbors don't see.
No, "Your back door man" is they guy who comes in the back door after the husband leaves for work...
Immigrant song live 1972.
Hi Guys " Backdoor Man" refers to a Wife who was cheating,on her Husband and the Lover, would exit via the backdoor
in moment,when i want say something to my wife.every time a woman wants to be her way, I play this song. The reaction is phenomenal. haha.i,m gonna give ya ewery inch of my love.yeah.way down inside you feel my love.woman,you need,love,yeah.why do most women hate this song???im yr backdoorman
Did you all see and hear Lenny Kravitz sing this song?
Subtle.
Well the sound and effects are by the audio engineer, probably he was on acid, lol.
Jimmy Page was the sound engineer basically. He directed all the production.
@@andrewplumb6544 that explains it, lol.
Sorry Stop talking paw the Dammmmmm song nowwww ,,,,,,,,,,
"Back door man" only referred to the cheating lover who'd let the husband leave home out front, and this guy would know the back door was open. It has a longer history - in the POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, there's a reference to the wife leaving the kitchen's backdoor unlocked for her lover to come in. And murder the aged husband, too.
My parents told me that at theee live performances women in the audience would throw their underwear at Robert Plant
This is a love story and sex,
Aw man, you picked the AM radio version of the song. Listen to the full album version.
Backdoor= Doggystyle 😜😜
Jeez, A "back door man" has 2 meanings, 1 When robert sings on "since i've been loving you, after working 16 hours, he goes home, when he open,s the front door, he hears the back door slamming, is a reference to a man leaving in a hurrry, & 2, back door man refers to anal sex.
neeples grow up.haha
Lulu is hot hot HOT.
At that time back door man/ was when you were having an affair- you went out the back door.
"Back Door Man". . . A VERY old term. . When the husband goes out the front door to go to work, the 'back-door man' comes in to be with the wife. .
It has nothing to do with the modern meaning of 'kinky' stuff
Whole Lotta vocals ripped off from Steve Marriott. Check out You Need Lovin by The Small Faces.
Backdoor man, or, if you prefer backdo main refers to the guy you're cheating with. He's walking in the back door while your old man is walking out the front. Has nothing whatsoever to do with an amateur colonoscopy.
Who cares about the lyrics? Come on, people. No one listens to rock music for the lyrics, which are almost always either ridiculous or just bad poetry. It's about the groove. And Zeppelin had it. Pick whatever door you want; it's not important.
I don't understand why this band is so popular. If I want heavy music I find Led Zeppelins guitar tone to be too thin , scratchy and cold sounding. There is no real "tone" I associate with Led Zep, unlike with bands like Van Halen, Black Sabbath or Queen. Jimmy Page is a decent guitarist, if sloppy, but so what, there weren't too many good guitarists around in the late 60s so you were bound to stand out. Even in a band as derided by snobs as KiSS I'd pick Ace Frehleys playing over Page. Nowadays I would rate at least a hundred guitarists above him. Robert Plant lost his voice only a few albums into their career, meaning over half of his performances are hoarse barks. He's doing bluesy screaming, again so what. Far from being the first or even the best. His voice is quite feminine, and there were a lot of great female blues/ soul singers who sound more powerful than him. Plus his English accent sometimes slips into his singing, making his bluesy singing a lot less authentic sounding. And they did a considerable number of hippy type acoustic folky stuff. Well, some people don't like rap, some don't like string quartets, some don't like country and western and I don't like acoustic folk songs. Including Stairway To Heaven. John Bonham, a powerful drummer albeit one dimensional, but how many people listen to a band for the drums? Live albums from the 70s were infamous for their lengthy boring drum solos which nearly everyone skipped.
Plus of course their copious plagiarism. Some of their songs are blatant stealing, like Black Mountain Side and Bron Y Aur Stomp, and some are them doing reworked versions of other peoples songs, like Dazed and Confused and .......well, virtually the rest of their first four albums. The main riff to Whole Lotta Love is just a slightly modified version of riff you'll hear hundreds of times in old blues. Even Hey Joe (covered earlier by Hendrix) has a little riff very similar to this riff.
Give your head a shake
Back then, "back door man" simply meant a secret lover. It was someone who "snuck in through the back door when your husband was gone...
In today's oversexualized world, the meaning is likely thought of as a specific sex act.
For the more mature audience, this has to be the most openly sexual rock tunes ever. Lyrics proof - "deep down inside" , "gonna give you my love (i.e. my sperm)" , and the "Uh, Uh," section - a sex climax, no doubt. Despite this context, Whole Lotta Love has become a rock icon.