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She’s the one, the only remedy”

An undeniable roots classic, Gregory Issacs’ Night Nurse is real and heartfelt. I can’t say enough about the quality of the music, but this is nothing truly of note on this blog; all the music is exceptional. Music loud on the speakers or in the headphones speaks for itself. The beat in Night Nurse is sensual. The song goes upward in lust, downward in request. Gregory is a patient that needs some help in the night. If you feel like Gregory, lay back with this song in your ears and take some deep, slow breaths. Like in most reggae music, the instruments here accentuate poetic expression. The song is a jam for the whole human race.

‘night nurse/only you alone can quench this here thirst’

The ‘thirst’ metaphor will never be trite. It’s so human, universal and understandable. In this track of lust, it is so welcome. Night nurse, you’re the only one quenching Gregory’s thirst. It’s simple, it’s real, it’s easy to close your eyes and relate.

‘I don’t want to see no doc/I need attendance from my nurse around the clock’

He wants his ‘night nurse’ 24/7. He wants her bad. It’s on his mind constantly. The clever ‘medical rhyme’ and subconscious implying of his desire for a woman’s company over any man’s is quite poetic. Quite relatable, and quite telling. He’s going a bit crazy, and he made a great song about it.

‘night nurse’ is just the right amount alliterative, and just the right amount telling. The title’s repetition in the song works because of the poetic quality of the two words together. Nurses work at night. They take care of people. Patients really need their care. They really benefit from their care. It’s just very attractive to a man. 'night nurse’ is a really good sound and thought. Always welcome in music; poems, all art.

'tell her it’s a case of emergency/there’s a patient by the name of Gregory’