Music Review: Sheena Easton "Morning Train (Nine To Five)"
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Morning Train (Nine To Five)
Album: Sheena Easton
Year: 1981
Sheena Easton is the dutiful housewife in the fusty "Morning Train (Nine To Five)"
A big band saxophone and cheery "ahh's" open the single, setting a 1950s-era tone. At about 5 a.m., Easton's husband has already left for work. Around 10 a.m., she wakes up, groggy and well-rested. To pass the time, she watches soaps, reads magazines, and cleans house. However, once her husband is home, time moves by quickly.
Her day is complete when he returns. At night, they have sex. It's their intimate time together.
In the chorus, Easton says he leaves early for the subway in the morning. He works from nine a.m. to five p.m. Then, at about 7 p.m., he arrives home.
When he gets home, he lets her pick their entertainment for the night. She either chooses to see a movie or go out to eat. Some nights, they go out dancing under the stars. She's weak without him. It's when she gets home, she feels like a person again.
After the chorus, a boppy synthesizer accompanies her in the bridge. Her entire day is consumed with her husband. She thinks of what a wonderful man he is, how nice he looks in his suits, etc. She boasts that they are very much in love with each other. She meets him every night at the subway. A glimpse of him causes her to jump up and down and burst into tears. She's proud of her hard-working, bread-winning husband.
The chorus is sung several times to end the single.
"Morning Train (Nine To Five)" finds Easton in a traditional, 50s era marriage. She's the perfect wife whose sole duty is to please her husband. Easton's dependence on her husband for social activities and money reveals her to be friendless. She lives for her husband (literally, without him there woudn't be any money for food or the bills). She lacks an identity and ambitions of her own. Easton, unfortunately, is pathetic and dull. The single illustrates the flaws of the 50s.
Album: Sheena Easton
Year: 1981
Sheena Easton is the dutiful housewife in the fusty "Morning Train (Nine To Five)"
A big band saxophone and cheery "ahh's" open the single, setting a 1950s-era tone. At about 5 a.m., Easton's husband has already left for work. Around 10 a.m., she wakes up, groggy and well-rested. To pass the time, she watches soaps, reads magazines, and cleans house. However, once her husband is home, time moves by quickly.
"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/'Till babe and me's together, then it starts to fly."
Her day is complete when he returns. At night, they have sex. It's their intimate time together.
"'Cause the moment that he's with me, time can take a flight/ The moment that he's with me, everything's all right/ Night time is the right time, we make love/Then it's his and my time, we take off."
In the chorus, Easton says he leaves early for the subway in the morning. He works from nine a.m. to five p.m. Then, at about 7 p.m., he arrives home.
"My baby takes the morning train, he works from nine till five and then/He takes another home again to find me waitin' for him/My baby takes the morning train, he works from nine till five and then/ He takes another home again to find me waitin' for him."
When he gets home, he lets her pick their entertainment for the night. She either chooses to see a movie or go out to eat. Some nights, they go out dancing under the stars. She's weak without him. It's when she gets home, she feels like a person again.
"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 all right ."
After the chorus, a boppy synthesizer accompanies her in the bridge. Her entire day is consumed with her husband. She thinks of what a wonderful man he is, how nice he looks in his suits, etc. She boasts that they are very much in love with each other. She meets him every night at the subway. A glimpse of him causes her to jump up and down and burst into tears. She's proud of her hard-working, bread-winning husband.
"All day I think of him, dreamin' of him constantly/ I'm crazy mad for him, and he's crazy mad for me/ When he steps off that train, I'm makin' a fool, a fight/ Work all day to earn his pay, so we can play all night."
The chorus is sung several times to end the single.
"Morning Train (Nine To Five)" finds Easton in a traditional, 50s era marriage. She's the perfect wife whose sole duty is to please her husband. Easton's dependence on her husband for social activities and money reveals her to be friendless. She lives for her husband (literally, without him there woudn't be any money for food or the bills). She lacks an identity and ambitions of her own. Easton, unfortunately, is pathetic and dull. The single illustrates the flaws of the 50s.