Songs that could not be made today

[scotchandcigar]

You may be surprised that I'm including this song here, as it's not shockingly racist or anything. But it's horrible for so many reasons. Primarily because it plays into such an old stereotype about the guy going-off to work hard in an office each day, while the gal stays in bed until he's left for the morning, and then does nothing but wait for him to come home. And I also find it unbelievable that the song was a hit, as the lyrics are so inane, and the chorus is just dumb, and repeated over and over the exact same dumb way.

9 to 5
Song by Sheena Easton

I wake up every mornin', I stumble out of bed
Stretchin' and yawnin', another day ahead
It seems to last forever and time goes slowly by
'Til babe and me's together, then it starts to fly
'Cause the moment that he's with me, time can take a flight
The moment that he's with me, everything's alright
Nighttime is the right time, we make love
Then it's his and my time, we take off

My baby takes the morning train
He works from nine to five and then
He takes another home again to find me waitin' for him
My baby takes the morning train
He works from nine to five and then
He takes another home again, to find me waitin' for him

He takes me to a movie or to a restaurant
To go slow dancing, anything I want
Only when he's with me, I catch light
Only when he gives me, makes me feel alright

My baby takes the morning train
He works from nine to five and then
He takes another home again to find me waitin' for him

All day I think of him, dreamin' of him constantly
I'm crazy mad for him and he's crazy mad for me (crazy mad for me)
When he steps off that train, amazingly full of fight
Work all day to earn his pay, so we can play all night

My baby takes the morning train
He works from nine to five and then
He takes another home again to find me waitin' for him
He's always on that morning train (my baby takes the morning train)
(He works from nine to five and then) he works so hard
(He takes another home again) to find me waiting for him
(My baby takes the morning train)
(He works from nine to five and then)
(He takes another home again to find me waitin' for him)

 

[sadchild]

Guilty pleasure. I know it's a bad song but I can't help but sing it when it comes on (and I'm alone, of course)

And yes, very .. um .. traditional.

 

[Aaron]

It’s one of those can’t miss melodies, stick any old words there and the hook is going to make it a hit (with a 1981 general audience)

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Not only a hit from 1981, a #1 hit.

Can't really say in have 'listened' to the lyrics. Have heard them. Looking now, she's into her man. Good for her. I don't see the issue with it being made. She is not saying everybody should be just that she is.

 

[scotchandcigar]

she's into her man. Good for her. I don't see the issue with it being made. She is not saying everybody should be just that she is.

I have no problem with her being "into her man". It's the "my guy goes to work so we can have a nice life, while I sit around the house waiting for him" part. She doesn't even get out of bed until after he's left.

 

[HecticArt]

Whatever guy wrote it for the gal wasn’t very woke.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I have no problem with her being "into her man". It's the "my guy goes to work so we can have a nice life, while I sit around the house waiting for him" part. She doesn't even get out of bed until after he's left.

If he's ok with this and she's ok with this, what's the big deal? Granted a lot of guys would tell her to get off her ass and get a job and contribute but she should be thankful her guy isn't one of those.

 

[scotchandcigar]

If he's ok with this

He who? It's a fictitious character.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

He who? It's a fictitious character.

Then there is even less of a problem.

 

[Aaron]

For what it’s worth, the song was written by a female, Florrie Palmer.

 

[Channel98]

Florrie Palmer and keyboardist/producer Phil Pickett co-wrote The Real Me, which Neil Sedaka's daughter Dara recorded for her 1982 debut album I'm Your Girl Friend. Mr Mister lead singer Richard Page sings a couple of lines on this one.

 

[sadchild]

Morning Train, an homage to the good old days - an age when a guy would go out and bust his ass all day while his sweet piece of ass sits in a milk bath waiting for him to come home so she can get banged like a wild animal in heat. Viva conservative family values!

Hi Pam.

 

[scotchandcigar]

I love this song, but I find it difficult to listen to now, because of all the real-life occurences of this shit. And Hendrix covered this song; the original composer is in dispute, but it was a popular song for The Leaves and The Byrds before Hendrix.

BTW, he does some unconventional guitar playing here

Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe (live at the Monterey Pop Festival)

 

[scotchandcigar]

This is relatively mild compared to some of the entries here; but still, should you be shitting on your girlfriend like that?

Supertramp​

"Breakfast In America"

Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot
Take a jumbo across the water
Like to see America
See the girls in California
I'm hoping it's going to come true
But there's not a lot I can do

Could we have kippers for breakfast
Mummy dear, Mummy dear?
They gotta have 'em in Texas
'Cause everyone's a millionaire
I'm a winner, I'm a sinner
Do you want my autograph?
I'm a loser, what a joker
I'm playing my jokes upon you
While there's nothing better to do, hey

Don't you look at my girlfriend (Girlfriend)
She's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend (Girlfriend)
I never seem to get a lot (What she's got? Not a lot)
Take a jumbo across the water
Like to see America
See the girls in California
I'm hoping it's going to come true
But there's not a lot I can do, hey
Ba da da dum
Ba da da dum
Ba da da da dum

 

[Channel98]

Hall Trueman Beans, a physics professor at Columbia University, invented a flexible synthetic resin in 1929. He named it "durium." In late 1929, the Durium Products Company in New York City launched a short-lived record label, cleverly named Durium, and began pressing phonograph records on durium, which was much cheaper than shellac. The company had subsidiaries in England, France and Italy. Here is the somewhat risqué She Was Only A Postmaster's Daughter, But... by the Durium Dance Band. "She knew how to handle a mail." Or is it "male"? This was written by Jack Jevon, Hal Dolphe, Emdey Wolfe and Lola Gordon and was released in 1932. The accompanying video is from the 1934 Betty Boop cartoon Betty In Blunderland.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Hall Trueman Beans, a physics professor at Columbia University, invented a flexible synthetic resin in 1929. He named it "durium." In late 1929, the Durium Products Company in New York City launched a short-lived record label, cleverly named Durium, and began pressing phonograph records on durium, which was much cheaper than shellac. The company had subsidiaries in England, France and Italy. Here is the somewhat risqué She Was Only A Postmaster's Daughter, But... by the Durium Dance Band. "She knew how to handle a mail." Or is it "male"? This was written by Jack Jevon, Hal Dolphe, Emdey Wolfe and Lola Gordon and was released in 1932. The accompanying video is from the 1934 Betty Boop cartoon Betty In Blunderland.

Clever.

 

[Channel98]

It reminds me of this beautiful, heartfelt, sentimental ballad sung by Curly Howard in the 1943 Three Stooges short I Can Hardly Wait:

 

[sadchild]

Not much of a girlfriend

These days the top 40 just says "Bitches ain't shit but hoes and tricks"

 

[HecticArt]

And Frank thought that the lady is a tramp.

 

[scotchandcigar]

So you're saying it's still OK to trash women.