Talk:Green Door

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according to a radio interview with jim lowe the song is a reference to marijuana and it's use almost exclusively by musicicans in the 1950's.

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[edit] Born For Porn

The Green Door is also a famous 70s porn. The bar the Green Door in Park Hall Maryland, the local watering hole for St. Mary's College of Maryland is named after this porn.

Please sign your comments. You're thinking of Behind the Green Door, not just The Green Door. 23skidoo 14:54, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Inspiration behind the song

I've just removed the edit;

However, the song itself was written in the USA in 1956 and has no contemporary connection to any club in Britain. Instead it is a song about a latter-day 'speakeasy' of which 'Hernando's Hideaway' released in 1955 was another example. In the latter, the password "Joe sent me" was effective in gaining entry, whereas it failed dismally in 'Green Door'.Newington 15:05, 6 March 2007 (UTC)


Which is unsourced, inaccurate (the gateway club opened in 1930)and wonders off the point with the Hernando's hideaway point. By all means add an alternative opinion on the source of inspiration for the song, just keep it neutral, source it,stay relevant and don't sign it!FelixFelix talk 17:04, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

I think the previous editor Newington was basically correct. I've amended the article accordingly. The 'Hernando's Hideaway' reference is worth investigating. Jonathan Luckett 08:25, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm surprised no-one's written about the ultimate source of the story of the room with the green door: H. G. Wells' short story The Door in the Wall. Grassynoel 08:00, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Guardian canard

I have removed:

The song has also been attributed to refer to the lesbian Gateways club (first opened in 1930), which had a green door and featured in the movie The Killing of Sister George.[1][2] although this is disputed[3].
  1. ^ Stephanie Theobold Great lesbian songs? Here's our top five The Guardian 6 March 2007
  2. ^ Brian Boyd The truth behind The Green Door The Guardian 8 September 2006
  3. ^ Mitch Mitchell "Doors of Perception" Film & Music letters: September 2006The Guardian 29 September 2006

... because The Guardian itself has avowed that this story is false, so there is no reason for us to maintain it. Interestingly, the author of the canard seems to have taken it from the Frankie Vaughan version, and then speculated as to which club in London the singer might have talked about, ignoring the fact that Vaughan was only doing a cover version of an originally US-American hit (and sidestepping the obvious question why a man should croon over a lesbian watering hole). Shambolic post-hoc reasoning in action. Maikel 06:35, 15 July 2007 (UTC)