Talk:Green Door

message: 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)
thread_title: Born For Porn

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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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title: Inspiration behind the song

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: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.Stephanie Theobold Great lesbian songs? Here's our top five The Guardian  6 March 2007Brian Boyd The truth behind The Green Door
The Guardian 8 September 2006 although this is disputedMitch Mitchell  "Doors of Perception" Film & Music letters: September 2006The Guardian 29 September 2006.
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... 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)
replies: text: This has since been reinstated. It has been rewritten to make it fairly clear that, although the story has been put about, it is probably false; I prefer this formulation. If we simply take all mention of the Gateways club out of the article, people will continually stumble on the Guardian's article and re-add this information, over and over again. As it stands, the article makes it clear that the theory is known and probably not credible. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 10:02, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: The Guardian canard

message: Green Door has lots of popular references and is very old, easily documented, from Charles Dickens to the dive bar in Maryland, although things such as "red/green/yellow/ door" have been around since probably into the Middle Ages (there is a "red door store" nearby me for example). Currently there is no place to write about these references or discuss the history, since this article is only about the song and musical derivatives. Fothergill Volkensniff IV (talk) 17:12, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Green Door 

message: Disneyland opened in 1955.  This song came out in 1956.  Are they related?
There is a famous green door at Disneyland.  It is the entrance to the exclusive VIP restaurant/lounge known as Club 33.
It is nearly impossible to gain admission to this club, although many have dreamed of being able to open that green door.  The lyrics of the song are quite accurate.
Does anybody know more about this connection?
--Kreline (talk) 04:38, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Club 33 at Disneyland 

message: I question the unsourced statement:
"This club was private and it was limited to musicians union." 
I see no indication that the club is limited to union members, much less musician's union. It seems far more likely that the club is a fictional speakeasy, a private club open to known patrons, and that "happy crowd" is engaged in the convivial imbibing that was forbidden under Prohibition. This squares also with the reference to "Joe sent me," from Hernando's Hideaway.Finn Froding (talk) 15:57, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Speakeasy or Union club? 

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