I often do this song in karaoke, which is something I do about 3-4 times per month. It's a crowd pleaser, and I do this song well, so I do this song when I don't want to try something new but want to do something good. I've always wondered what it means, and I don't think anyone has quite touched upon it - I don't quite think it's about all the wonderful things that can happen when you relax. Let me explain:
John Fogerty starts off the song by saying:
"Just got home from Illinois lock the front door oh boy! / Got to sit down take a rest on the porch. / Imagination sets in."
So he begins by saying that he gets home and wants to shut out the outside world. Maybe he just got back from touring, a press conference or working, because he got back from Illinois.
Then throughout the rest of the song all sorts of nonsensical things start happening, which come as a result of relaxing. But he always goes back to saying "get out my back door," which is the only puzzling part. It's a big puzzling part because he says it quite a few times and it has to do with the title of the song.
Which leads me to think that this song is a commentary that even when he wants to relax, the outside world still finds a way to annoy him. Maybe the song is a dig at the loss of privacy when one becomes famous, but if this is what the song is about then I think almost anyone famous or not could relate to it. The strange images that he describes in this song remind me most of the many strange spam messages you might get through your email, which are things that manage to find their way through your "back door." Of course e-mail came after this song was written but it seems to be a good analogy.
I often do this song in karaoke, which is something I do about 3-4 times per month. It's a crowd pleaser, and I do this song well, so I do this song when I don't want to try something new but want to do something good. I've always wondered what it means, and I don't think anyone has quite touched upon it - I don't quite think it's about all the wonderful things that can happen when you relax. Let me explain:
John Fogerty starts off the song by saying: "Just got home from Illinois lock the front door oh boy! / Got to sit down take a rest on the porch. / Imagination sets in."
So he begins by saying that he gets home and wants to shut out the outside world. Maybe he just got back from touring, a press conference or working, because he got back from Illinois.
Then throughout the rest of the song all sorts of nonsensical things start happening, which come as a result of relaxing. But he always goes back to saying "get out my back door," which is the only puzzling part. It's a big puzzling part because he says it quite a few times and it has to do with the title of the song.
Which leads me to think that this song is a commentary that even when he wants to relax, the outside world still finds a way to annoy him. Maybe the song is a dig at the loss of privacy when one becomes famous, but if this is what the song is about then I think almost anyone famous or not could relate to it. The strange images that he describes in this song remind me most of the many strange spam messages you might get through your email, which are things that manage to find their way through your "back door." Of course e-mail came after this song was written but it seems to be a good analogy.