This song is a slightly reworked cover of a blues song. It refers to a man on the side. When the husband comes home, the side dude heads out the back door. Little girls is old slang for women not children. Younger generation takes everything literal.
"Back Door Man" is a blues song written by American musician Willie Dixon and recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960. The lyrics draw on a Southern U.S. cultural term for an extramarital affair. The song is one of several Dixon-Wolf songs that became popular among rock musicians, including the Doors who recorded it for their 1967 self-titled debut album.
The women the back door man messed with made pork and beans for their husbands but cooked chicken (usually reserved for Sunday dinner) for their man on the side...whenever he paid his romantic visit, usually before her husband returns from work.
The Doors were serious students of blues, jazz and flamenco before they teamed up as a rock group, which is why they always sounded more sophisticated and professional than anyone else at the time.
ROADHOUSE BLUES!!!!! It’s kind of like when some women will call their man, daddy or poppi. Or a guy will call his woman “ baby girl”, it’s like that. He doesn’t mean an actual child.
"Back Door Man" is a blues song originally recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960. The song was later covered by The Doors, with Jim Morrison on vocals. The lyrics refer to a man who is having an affair with a married woman and sneaking in through the back door to avoid being caught. The song has been interpreted as a metaphor for rebellion and breaking societal norms.
Pretty sure everyone has already explained what a Back Door Man is, so Ill just say my favorite line is " Eat your dinner , eat your pork n beans. I eats more chicken any man ever seen. " What he is saying is that the husband is getting the leftovers & he is getting the real dinner. 🤣🤣🤣✌🏼
I just saw your reaction to this song. I’m so happy to see younger people who like The Doors music, it makes me real happy. I LOVE the Doors. They are and will always be my favorite band. My second favorite is Alice In Chains. But I digress; I have read every book and article I could find on Jim Morrison. People have it right from What reviews I’ve read here. He was the man who came creeping in to see the ladies when their husbands were gone to work or were out for the night. BUT, since I’ve read so much about Jim, he also loved what I think you’re thinking about when listening to this song. Yup, he loved having his girls from behind. It was his favorite way to enjoy his ladies. Lol, He was a true back door man in all the ways. Also, it was normal back in the 60’s & 70’s to refer to young women as little girls. He called his woman Pamela Courson his little girl but she was in her 20’s.
The Doors loved the old Blues music, especially longtime blues man Willie D, & Howlin Wolf. I still cherish my Willie Dixon music & Howlin Wolf’s singing & guitar playing albums. I love that you are covering The Doors, Jim Morrison & The Doors band mesmerized people in the 60’s, it was very sad when Jim Morrison passed RIP you amazing man 💜☮️
The live performance of this song from The Hollywood Bowl is absolutely insane, with Jim screaming like a chicken to start the song off, and it just goes from there....
For one, little girl doesn’t mean what you’re thinking. It’s not literally a little girl he’s talking about. As to back door man, the men don’t know? He’s the guy girls cheat on their man with. So he uses the back door to leave as the guys coming in the front door. It’s also a cover. Old blues reinvented 😉
When walk out the front door to go to work Jim (the backdoor man) is walking in the backdoor. The men don't know rephrased the husband is at work and don't know the happenings at his home. But the little girls understand rephrased the guys little woman. little wife etc...little girl is a euphemism for wife. Any she understands why Jim keeps coming through the backdoor while her mans not home.
You should checkout the live version of this on the in concert album, Jim has one of the all time screams at the start and is a great version of it. Loving your reactions keep going with the Doors you have only scratched the surface, Do LA Woman
We seen them perform in 69 at the Arizona State Coliseum during the fair. After the concert the band rode the Tramway across the Fairgrounds. Unfortunately they were screaming lewd remarks and spitting on people as they did so. Caused controversy and they were asked not to come back. That wouldn't have lasted. They weren't the only bands that we're getting pushed back at the time. It was around then when they crack down on all the smoking in the Colosseum. And other places like the ASU Activity Center. You couldn't even see the stage during the Iron Butterfly concert there was so much pot smoking in the air.lol Would love to see your reaction listening to the Alabama Song AKA whiskey bar. Keep in mind when they talk of a little girl it's slang for whiskey. Going to do an album might as well make it a compilation and do Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine. There's a reference to that on the song The End (I think) And that is in reference to a acid trip they were all on out in the desert by a gold mine.lol Morrison was heavily into the Mayan and Aztec cultures.
How about "An American Prayer." 1978. It was issued after Morrison had died by the three remaining members who created the music for Morrisons spoken word poetry. It's very good plus you get to her Morrison's just speaking. I think his poetry is pretty decent. It's got a nice rhythm to it. If he had lived, he may have become a minor poet.
This one is a cover on an old blues tune, but it does seem to bookend with their 'Roadhouse Blues' original ("passionate lady, give up your vows") song.
backdoor man is an old blues phrase about a guy who is making it w/ married or taken women on the low & leaving at nite out the back.... chicken is the prized women, pork and beans is no women or just low standard.... little girls is a phrase for female just of legal age (18-22).
Back door man was a blues song by Willie Dixon, recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960. If you can find that version I think you'd like it as well, if not better than this one. No shade to the Doors.
I thought back door man phrase was well known.... Lol. These days it's a different meaning though. & Yeah little girl was slang too back then. But maybe not slang to some of the rockers! Its well known that a lot of singers probably dont ask for an I.D.
The phrase ‘Back Door Man’ has been explained in your comments but not exactly right - in the South in the older days anything you were ashamed of or wanted to keep private you slipped in the back door so neighbors wouldn’t see it. So on this case while a man is at work the wife might slip her lover on through the back door to keep it hidden. This phrase is from the early 1900’s and is used a lot in rock and blues songs like AC DC’s ‘Dirty Deeds’ and it always creates a little confusion. The woman serves her lover chicken and her husband beans, that means he’s good at what he does. I dig your reactions.
I think Jim is still alive. He used to clown around about faking his death. He might have been trying to avoid jail for a charge against him while he hid out in Paris. Only a couple saw his body, Pamela Courson, his girlfriend, one of them.
By today's standards "little girls" sounds highly inappropriate as literal little girls, but in the 60s it meant women. It is a sexist term today, degrading to women, as though they were as clueless as little girls and needed to be put in their places, so calling them "little gitls" made them inferior to grown men. Maybe that sounds "out there," but I lived it. A LOT has changed (thank God) since the 60s.
@torikisleI9367 - Utter nonsense - vile horrifying pro-censorship, anti-sex, anti-masculinity nonsense - spoken by someone bizarrely ignorant of colloquial English as it was, and still is, spoken in America and elsewhere. In other words a parasitic subhuman monster.
This song is a slightly reworked cover of a blues song. It refers to a man on the side. When the husband comes home, the side dude heads out the back door. Little girls is old slang for women not children. Younger generation takes everything literal.
Can't count how many reactors have assumed this song was about his desire for anal sex...
"little girl" is the 1960's slang term for an 18-22 year old woman.
It goes back before the 60s. "Little girl" is in lots of blues songs. It's an endearing term for wife or girlfriend.
Back door man. The man who is walking in the back door as the husband walks out the front.
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Peace Frog is a must my friend. Peace ✌️ ❤
Back door was the man on the side. Stepping out on your man!
"Back Door Man" is a blues song written by American musician Willie Dixon and recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960. The lyrics draw on a Southern U.S. cultural term for an extramarital affair. The song is one of several Dixon-Wolf songs that became popular among rock musicians, including the Doors who recorded it for their 1967 self-titled debut album.
You should check out the Wolf's version!
Howlin' Wolf is the G.O.A.T
Willie Dixon was a musical genius.
The women the back door man messed with made pork and beans for their husbands but cooked chicken (usually reserved for Sunday dinner) for their man on the side...whenever he paid his romantic visit, usually before her husband returns from work.
The back door man sneaks in the back door when the husband goes out of the front to head to work
The Doors were serious students of blues, jazz and flamenco before they teamed up as a rock group, which is why they always sounded more sophisticated and professional than anyone else at the time.
Texas radio and the big beat or hyacinth house will also show you their blues roots
Two favorites of so many great songs. Peace out.
The doors❤ soul kitchen😊 A must listen
I feel high when I listen to the doors
I am high usually when I listen to The Doors. And everyone is talking about a side guy, but I think we all get the double entrande
"Peacefrog" by the Doors will have you dancing in your seat!
Really recommend seeing one of their live performances. One of my favorites is "When the Music's Over" Europe '68
ROADHOUSE BLUES!!!!!
It’s kind of like when some women will call their man, daddy or poppi. Or a guy will call his woman “ baby girl”, it’s like that. He doesn’t mean an actual child.
"Back Door Man" is a blues song originally recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960. The song was later covered by The Doors, with Jim Morrison on vocals. The lyrics refer to a man who is having an affair with a married woman and sneaking in through the back door to avoid being caught. The song has been interpreted as a metaphor for rebellion and breaking societal norms.
Review the 1st album “the Doors” it’s a masterpiece.
Then listen to LA Woman. And see the contrast.
“When the music’s over” is an absolute must:)
John Densmore has been my favorite drummer since I was 15 I am 46 now I just love his theatrical style of drumming❤
I think you'll love soul kitchen by the doors
cant go wrong with the Doors
Pretty sure everyone has already explained what a Back Door Man is, so Ill just say my favorite line is " Eat your dinner , eat your pork n beans. I eats more chicken any man ever seen. " What he is saying is that the husband is getting the leftovers & he is getting the real dinner. 🤣🤣🤣✌🏼
Respectable people came to the front door. All others like workers went through the back door where lonely housewives were around. Back in the day.
You are so true. Now you have a new subscriber from Sweden. Love that you tell what you feel about songs. Love it ❤️
Led Zeppelin uses the same phrase Back Door Man in one of their songs.(Whole Lotta Love).
I just saw your reaction to this song. I’m so happy to see younger people who like The Doors music, it makes me real happy. I LOVE the Doors. They are and will always be my favorite band. My second favorite is Alice In Chains. But I digress; I have read every book and article I could find on Jim Morrison. People have it right from What reviews I’ve read here. He was the man who came creeping in to see the ladies when their husbands were gone to work or were out for the night. BUT, since I’ve read so much about Jim, he also loved what I think you’re thinking about when listening to this song. Yup, he loved having his girls from behind. It was his favorite way to enjoy his ladies. Lol, He was a true back door man in all the ways.
Also, it was normal back in the 60’s & 70’s to refer to young women as little girls. He called his woman Pamela Courson his little girl but she was in her 20’s.
The Doors loved the old Blues music, especially longtime blues man Willie D, & Howlin Wolf. I still cherish my Willie Dixon music & Howlin Wolf’s singing & guitar playing albums. I love that you are covering The Doors, Jim Morrison & The Doors band mesmerized people in the 60’s, it was very sad when Jim Morrison passed RIP you amazing man 💜☮️
"Peace frog" is another great one!
An American prayer which was made after Jim's death is an amazing listen😊
The live performance of this song from The Hollywood Bowl is absolutely insane, with Jim screaming like a chicken to start the song off, and it just goes from there....
For one, little girl doesn’t mean what you’re thinking. It’s not literally a little girl he’s talking about. As to back door man, the men don’t know? He’s the guy girls cheat on their man with. So he uses the back door to leave as the guys coming in the front door. It’s also a cover. Old blues reinvented 😉
This is an old blues song written by Howlin Wolf.
Willie Dixon wrote this one and performed in 1960 by Howlin Wolf.
Jim was so fucking high…so often..great poet and great band….nothing like them
When walk out the front door to go to work Jim (the backdoor man) is walking in the backdoor. The men don't know rephrased the husband is at work and don't know the happenings at his home. But the little girls understand rephrased the guys little woman. little wife etc...little girl is a euphemism for wife. Any she understands why Jim keeps coming through the backdoor while her mans not home.
A Howlin' Wolf classic, written by Willie Dixon.
Jim was also a poet. there's quite a few books of compilations of his works out there.....🌸
Back Door man definitely not the same meaning in the 60s 😂❤
That rasp, is called fry. Vocal fry.
Great reaction, you should check out “Five To One” as your next Doors track.
Spanish Caravan is a pretty song by The Doors✨
Thats not a piano. Its a Hammond B3 organ. A sound that transformed rock
Checkout their song Peace Frog for something different but super cool.
"I eat more chicken any man ever seen yea yea" might be my favorite lyric of all-time
Please keep reacting to The Doors. They're worth it.
Love Her Madly might a song you would enjoy as well!
The original song is about a guy that mess around with married woman, this version have a very different and clear meaning.
Its not about butt sex-lol
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'The men don't know, but the little girls understand.' It's called BACK DOOR MAN
Absolutely do an album review. It’s how this music was intended to be listened to.
You should checkout the live version of this on the in concert album, Jim has one of the all time screams at the start and is a great version of it. Loving your reactions keep going with the Doors you have only scratched the surface, Do LA Woman
Great stuff Mr Mug
Lil girl was grateful so back door man got chicken, hubby got pork and beans.
Nasty. 😎
I can honestly say when I was 15 and I discovered the doors Jim's poetry is what sculpted my brain to love and understand rap
Great Reaction 👍🙏😎
In the 60s and 70s music like this was the daily fare on radios and turntables. Most of today’s music doesn’t touch it.
Take it easy by the doors. Please
We seen them perform in 69 at the Arizona State Coliseum during the fair.
After the concert the band rode the Tramway across the Fairgrounds. Unfortunately they were screaming lewd remarks and spitting on people as they did so. Caused controversy and they were asked not to come back. That wouldn't have lasted. They weren't the only bands that we're getting pushed back at the time. It was around then when they crack down on all the smoking in the Colosseum.
And other places like the ASU Activity Center. You couldn't even see the stage during the Iron Butterfly concert there was so much pot smoking in the air.lol
Would love to see your reaction listening to the Alabama Song AKA whiskey bar.
Keep in mind when they talk of a little girl it's slang for whiskey.
Going to do an album might as well make it a compilation and do Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine.
There's a reference to that on the song The End (I think)
And that is in reference to a acid trip they were all on out in the desert by a gold mine.lol
Morrison was heavily into the Mayan and Aztec cultures.
Give, The Unknown Soldier. tune a listen.
It's probably worth checking out the Howlin' Wolf original too. It's completely different, but at least as good.
I miss my BROTHER so much 😔😔😔😔❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
How about "An American Prayer." 1978. It was issued after Morrison had died by the three remaining members who created the music for Morrisons spoken word poetry. It's very good plus you get to her Morrison's just speaking. I think his poetry is pretty decent. It's got a nice rhythm to it. If he had lived, he may have become a minor poet.
Thanks to these comments, I now know that this wasn't about buttsex and the lyrics weren't a mashup of drugged-out-brain salad 😂
Please do THE CHANGLING by the Doors next ! and HELLO I LOVE YOU and LOVE ME TWO TIMES
The doors / touch me
This one is a cover on an old blues tune, but it does seem to bookend with their 'Roadhouse Blues' original ("passionate lady, give up your vows") song.
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If you think about doing a whole album the soft parade would be a great start lots of Diversity within ❤😂
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That ain’t piano. That thing is called an organ. 🎹
They’re different.
You should read the Willie Dixon lyrics. They're kinda funny. The "back door man" is doin' the cop's wife, the judge's...
Def do peace frog. You wont be disappointed
Check out the 'I Am the Blues' compilation by the great Willie Dixon, who wrote this tune.
backdoor man is an old blues phrase about a guy who is making it w/ married or taken women on the low & leaving at nite out the back.... chicken is the prized women, pork and beans is no women or just low standard.... little girls is a phrase for female just of legal age (18-22).
Back door man was a blues song by Willie Dixon, recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960. If you can find that version I think you'd like it as well, if not better than this one. No shade to the Doors.
Soul Kitchen/Changeling/5to1 would be great to react
I thought back door man phrase was well known.... Lol. These days it's a different meaning though.
& Yeah little girl was slang too back then. But maybe not slang to some of the rockers! Its well known that a lot of singers probably dont ask for an I.D.
Jim wasn't talking about eating chicken Something a little bit more fuzzier
Lotta housewives makin chicken lunch on the sly...
The phrase ‘Back Door Man’ has been explained in your comments but not exactly right - in the South in the older days anything you were ashamed of or wanted to keep private you slipped in the back door so neighbors wouldn’t see it. So on this case while a man is at work the wife might slip her lover on through the back door to keep it hidden. This phrase is from the early 1900’s and is used a lot in rock and blues songs like AC DC’s ‘Dirty Deeds’ and it always creates a little confusion. The woman serves her lover chicken and her husband beans, that means he’s good at what he does. I dig your reactions.
earlier version of naughty by nature's OPP 😄
He ain't talkin about eating chicken
Hey man, I really think you'd tweak if you listen to Blue Oyster Cult "Dominance and Submission" off the BOC ETL Live album.
Makes me want to smoke some cigs in a bar with a cold one
Hey, my man , that is not a piano. It is an organ. Bit of a dufference. No harm, no foul, just facts...
OK... OK...
Chicken is a bird. A bird was slang for a woman.
WILLIE Dixon. Look him up
Try L.A. Woman
I think Jim is still alive. He used to clown around about faking his death. He might have been trying to avoid jail for a charge against him while he hid out in Paris. Only a couple saw his body, Pamela Courson, his girlfriend, one of them.
remember young blud this white boy didn’t write these back door lyrics
Back door man - he he - Some prefer the front, soft, and moist door - others prefer the more stimulating "back door" - the little girl understands.
They don’t make singers like Jim anymore.
By today's standards "little girls" sounds highly inappropriate as literal little girls, but in the 60s it meant women. It is a sexist term today, degrading to women, as though they were as clueless as little girls and needed to be put in their places, so calling them "little gitls" made them inferior to grown men. Maybe that sounds "out there," but I lived it. A LOT has changed (thank God) since the 60s.
It came out of old blues lingo of the early 20th century. Just like "daddy."
@torikisleI9367 - Utter nonsense - vile horrifying pro-censorship, anti-sex, anti-masculinity nonsense - spoken by someone bizarrely ignorant of colloquial English as it was, and still is, spoken in America and elsewhere. In other words a parasitic subhuman monster.
These were the days of drugs
Jim is the one that does your girl. That's it
Give, The Unknown Soldier. tune a listen.