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Gregory Isaacs — Night Nurse
Album: Night Nurse
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Released: 1982
Length: 4:05
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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Tell her try your best just to make it quick
Woman tend to the sick
'Cause there must be something she can do
This heart is broken in two
Tell her it's a case of emergency
There's a patient by the name of Gregory

Night nurse
Only you alone can quench this here thirst
My night nurse, oh gosh
Oh the pain it's getting worse

I don't wanna see no doc
I need attendence from my nurse around the clock
'Cause there's no prescription for me
She's the one, the only remedy

Night nurse
Only you alone can quench this here thirst
My night nurse
Oh the pain it's getting worse
I'm hurt my love

I don't wanna see no doc
I need attendence from my nurse around the clock
'Cause there's no prescription for me
She's the one, the only remedy

Night nurse
Only you alone can quench this here thirst
My night nurse
Oh the pain it's getting worse
I'm hurt my love

And I'm sure
No doctor can cure

Night nurse
Night nurse
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I don't think the lyrics are about a professional care giver working a graveyard shift. Night Nurse is popular brand of cough suppressant in the UK. 

https://www.google.com/search?...

Or, at least, it was popular before the change to the formula removing pholcodine


https://www.google.com/search?...

It's more likely inspired by off-label uses of the product as a sleep aid, as recreational past time, but does any poem have only one meaning.  
Posted 3 weeks ago by Cleavose    [ Reply ]
wau !beautiful song!
Posted 1 year ago by gecistudio    [ Reply ]
RP getting sex-a-yyy!
Posted 1 year ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
wish I was smokin a spliff right now
Posted 2 years ago by Tylersmyler    [ Reply ]
Not a big fan of this song, but considering the bio of this guy, I'll choose to pass judgement and listen to more of his stuff.  RP never fails to be open minded and opening minds rather than sudden judgement.  Much appreciated Bill and Rebecca.
Posted 2 years ago by terryweir    [ Reply ]
 nagsheadlocal wrote:

Due to the activities of a former house mate, I can never hear reggae without also hearing the bubbling of a bong in the background.



Reductive.
Posted 2 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:
Rating:  -10 = "Jesus, make the pain stop!"

little girl crying and banging on window screen from "The Help"


LOL!
Posted 2 years ago by andylegros99    [ Reply ]
So nice...puts me in a nice mood
Posted 2 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Good Tune!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:
Rating:  -10 = "Jesus, make the pain stop!"

little girl crying and banging on window screen from "The Help"



Ahhhh. I see your parents made home movies of you when you were a kid. Sooo cute.
Posted 3 years ago by kazoo    [ Reply ]
 maggierob wrote:
That's what we need for our Covid-19 soundtrack--an anthem about a patient sexually harassing medical personnel.

 

Posted 3 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
This was odd, too...

Posted 4 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 dangoebel wrote:
This was THE song in the 80's when I was working at a hospital.  So many nurses, so little time...
 
... and at the same time my wife worked for the Navy.  They had a saying that there were few certainties in life, but one of them was a nurse. Very willing and popular guests to wardroom events. She did not get offended by such attitudes but took them in the way they were intended - there is always a grain of truth in good humour (which we are losing these days). They are caring - and hopefully sharing - in nature. Incidentally she later went on to teach nurses physiology as the grade of nurse went up to that of junior doctor, and the role left behind was filled by carer.
Sister on the other hand was a different beast altogether! She had to be schmoozed by senior ranks...
Posted 4 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
you need a comfort woman   jimys wrote:
Don't like this.
 

Posted 4 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
That's what we need for our Covid-19 soundtrack--an anthem about a patient sexually harassing medical personnel.
Posted 4 years ago by maggierob    [ Reply ]
 DavidSwannanoa wrote:
Reggae is the cure
 

I really hope so
Posted 4 years ago by lyteroptes    [ Reply ]
Aretha, Koko and then some reggae !
Posted 4 years ago by Wesurk53    [ Reply ]
 flyboy wrote:
Lots of reggae today on RP.
 

And that's a good thing!
Posted 5 years ago by Oldfan    [ Reply ]
UNITE RP
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Reggae is the cure
Posted 5 years ago by DavidSwannanoa    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:
Rating:  -10 = "Jesus, make the pain stop!"

little girl crying and banging on window screen from "The Help"
 
Ha!
Posted 5 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
The band Doe Maar from Holland, incredible popular here, which played music with heavy reggae influences in the native language, also made a song about the night nurse. It's called Nachtzuster - http://tinyurl.com/yd94bokg
Posted 5 years ago by klaasstap    [ Reply ]
Great song and I am not into this type of song at all
Posted 5 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Rating:  -10 = "Jesus, make the pain stop!"

little girl crying and banging on window screen from "The Help"
Posted 6 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Lots of reggae today on RP.
Posted 7 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
This was THE song in the 80's when I was working at a hospital.  So many nurses, so little time...
Posted 8 years ago by dangoebel    [ Reply ]
Working away on the keyboard, but when this song came on I had to just close my eyes and grove.  
 
Posted 8 years ago by jarcampbell    [ Reply ]
Just simply classic Reggae.  How can you not start rocking to this tune, and if available reaching for the bong.   
Posted 8 years ago by zurcronium    [ Reply ]
Don't like this.
Posted 8 years ago by jimys    [ Reply ]
 {#Lol}nagsheadlocal wrote:
Due to the activities of a former house mate, I can never hear reggae without also hearing the bubbling of a bong in the background.

 


Posted 9 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Unfortunately the advertising industry have ruined this... every time I hear this song I think of the Nightnurse cough syrup or whatever it is. {#Wall}

Also, every time 'I Believe in Miracles' comes on in the bar I work in, I can't help but sing in my head 'I believe in Mirror Coils' ... some mattress company's bastardisation...
Posted 9 years ago by BenMH    [ Reply ]


My favorite night nurse...
Posted 9 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
Due to the activities of a former house mate, I can never hear reggae without also hearing the bubbling of a bong in the background.
Posted 9 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

That comic book is worth around $100.00 by now.  Pretty good tune.

 
Why will Night Nurse forever lose the man she loves if she helps the stricken gent? 

I ask only to distract myself from this...song.

Perhaps NN can prescribe a PSD pill for me. {#Pray} 
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Now ya talkin'  8........ no 9.
Posted 10 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
 zoopmama wrote:
Night Nurse comic #1

 
That comic book is worth around $100.00 by now.  Pretty good tune.
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Night Nurse comic #1
Posted 11 years ago by zoopmama    [ Reply ]
Shucks, I had no idea the man left the house.

The old Rhino Records on Westwood Blvd, the best record store I've ever entered. They had a section of discs on the wall with a hand-written sign announcing Staff Picks. That's where I originally heard of Gregory, his Classics album. Black Against Black, an unreal tune. I later got this album, and it remains one of my all-time favorite reggae albums (and I used to collect a LOT of reggae). All the tracks here are worthy of your time.

This man has the smoothest voice of 'em all, it spreads like warm butter.
Posted 11 years ago by k-man    [ Reply ]
This guy needs a life... seriously.
ER RN 
Posted 11 years ago by hokuahi    [ Reply ]
Good Night Nurse
Posted 11 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Took a trip to Jamaica in 79 mid Clash Talking Heads and Ramones. OOOOOO Gregory Isaacs met our spiky selves with Night Nurse  one night in Negril.. Still brings it all back.
The man was magic
Posted 11 years ago by houston    [ Reply ]
Good Night Nurse, this sucks!
Posted 12 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]

Amazing rhythm. Anyone who trashes it doesn't understand this man's influence on Jamaican music and how many subsequent artists have 'ridden dis riddim' to a chart topper.


Posted 12 years ago by Delanor    [ Reply ]
 glassman wrote:
sucky crappy song comment
 

fixed it for you
Posted 12 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
sucky crappy song
Posted 12 years ago by glassman    [ Reply ]
Saw him 10 years later live in Jamaica. He showed up at 6 o´clock in the morning! Crazy Jamaica! Nice song by the way!
Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 Masi wrote:
Now I by chance finally got to listen to the original. Until now I only knew the Sinead O'Connor version.
 
I will say a prayer for you tonight.


Posted 13 years ago by kayc    [ Reply ]
Know it. Dig it.  Never knew who it was.
Posted 13 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
The "Cool Ruler".  Can anyone else lay down a groove this smooth?

It's a shame that it took his death to get his music on RP but it's still welcome.
Posted 13 years ago by Bat    [ Reply ]
Now I by chance finally got to listen to the original. Until now I only knew the Sinead O'Connor version.
Posted 13 years ago by Masi    [ Reply ]
R.I.P. Gregory — we'll miss your sweet music. . .
Posted 14 years ago by raulman1    [ Reply ]
R.I.P. Gregory.

Thanks for playing this!
Posted 14 years ago by MJdub    [ Reply ]
TOTALLY   9 !!!  
Posted 14 years ago by musickat    [ Reply ]
I like it
Posted 14 years ago by dasfeuer    [ Reply ]
Bless you, tuneful soul...
Posted 14 years ago by mcYammer    [ Reply ]
R.I.P.

A great and underappreciated voice
Posted 14 years ago by roulleau    [ Reply ]