Icon Had Three #1 Hits in the 70s…They’re SO TABOO—She Can’t Play Any of ‘em Now!—Professor of Rock
14,980Coming up… we’re counting down 5 massive hits from the Rock Era that were once everywhere but have since become socially unacceptable. These songs topped the charts, ruled the airwaves, and seemed untouchable—until shifting times and cultural scrutiny pushed them into taboo territory. Some artists refuse to play them, others have tried to rewrite history, and a few have vanished from pop culture. Which songs made the list? Well, there are two #1 hits on this countdown that two legendary artists have refused to play… In fact, one was one of Cher's biggest hits and she left it off her greatest hits album! Another is a classic of the rock canon from The Who that the band refuses to talk about, essentially erasing it from existence. And another by Sheena Easton that pissed off feminists when it hit #1 in the 80s even though it was sung by a female. Very interesting stories here, including an artist interview… NEXT on Part 3 of our Taboo Songs of the Rock Era countdown on Professor of Rock!
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Today was are releasing volume 3 of our TABBOO SONGS countdown. Five massive hits that were everywhere back in the day but have since become bristling, controversial taboo. Let’s get right into it. Kicking things off at #5—I’ve got my all-time celebrity Crush, from Scotland…it’s Sheena Easton with Morning Train (Nine to Five). Sheena has had a great career and an even better voice. She’s a six-time Grammy Award nominee, and a 2-time winner, including the award for Best New Artist in 1982.
Sheena’s breakthrough was a #1 smash on the Billboard Hot 100 back in February, 1981, but in the 2000s, that song would’ve likely never seen the light of day. Sheena was 22 years old when “Morning Train” raced to #1, but she had already been down that sometimes rocky track of marriage. Just before “Morning Train” went to #1, she & her first husband divorced. When she was 19, she performed on a BBC Reality TV show called The Big Time, which followed young aspiring artists trying to break into the music business. The exposure worked, and she was signed to EMI. Her first single “Modern Girl” stiffed, but then she was given a Florrie Palmer song titled “9 to 5,” and things got interesting for the Scottish singer. In the States, the label changed the title to “Morning Train (9 to 5)” to avoid confusion with Dolly Parton’s big hit “9 to 5” and the movie of the same name.
“Morning Train (9 to 5)” was a catchy little ditty with a snappy Peter Van Hooke drumline, and some ‘happy go lucky’ sax work by Tony Hall, according to critics…it’s a conservative dream and a feminist nightmare: As the song's narrator, Sheena tells the story of a woman whose entire day revolves around waiting for her man to come back home. She’s bored and restless, consumed by thoughts of him: "All day I think of him / Dreaming of him constantly / I’m crazy mad for him / And he’s crazy mad for me." Her happiness is entirely dependent on his return.