Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2013 September 3

= September 3 =

songs about nursing
I'm trying to find some songs about nursing. The songs should be regardless of gender. Are there any out there?142.255.103.121 (talk) 06:03, 3 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Nursie! Nursie! was well known in its day. --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  06:12, 3 September 2013 (UTC)


 * One of my favourites: http://www.metrolyrics.com/night-nurse-lyrics-gregory-isaacs.html 196.214.78.114 (talk) 06:30, 3 September 2013 (UTC)


 * These four look useful. Plus there's the very short but pretty song Nursie by Jethro Tull.  - Ka renjc 06:46, 3 September 2013 (UTC)


 * There's a comic song called "Nurse" on Jake Thackray's Jake's Progress (album). It's quite saucy but needn't be interpreted in a gender specific way (if it's allowed to be about a gay nurse).--Shantavira|feed me 08:42, 3 September 2013 (UTC)


 * 'Nursie' by Jethro Tull. A splendid song which you can hear on the 1972 compilation 'Living in the Past', itself a fairly splendid album. 78.245.228.100 (talk) 12:26, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Marshall Gold
I'm reading Michael Palmer's The Society. The character Marshall Gold has popped up near the end, but I forgot who he was. Could someone who has read the book briefly explain who the character Marshall Gold was originally introduced as? Please avoid mentioning what he actually does in the book, in order to avoid spoiling the plot for me and other readers of Wikipedia. J I P &#124; Talk 18:33, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Help explain "Royals" by Lorde
Can anyone suggest where I might find an explanation for what Lorde means by "let me be your ruler..."? (I understand the lyrics criticizing the conspicuous consumption in rap videos. And what is the significance of the boys in the video?  Are they supposed to be members of a boxing club?  Simply working class boys without tigers on golden leashes? I have no idea where one would look for this. Thanks. μηδείς (talk) 21:50, 3 September 2013 (UTC)


 * For what it's worth, there's an entry at songmeanings.com. Dismas |(talk) 22:59, 3 September 2013 (UTC)


 * That discussion simply repeats the obvious, unfortunately. Gives no coherent explanation of what is meant by ruler as opposed to royal, and by queen bee.  Nor does it explain what the guys in the video are up to, or their relation to the singer. It could all just be random, but some meaning seems implied. μηδείς (talk) 02:53, 4 September 2013 (UTC)


 * I'll be honest, I don't know the song, I just looked up the lyrics. But, if I had to take a guess: I'd imagine she's commenting on how everybody is wrapped up in the ideas of excessive wealth as being success (and following the idea presented in rap music that glorifies this), and that when she says "let me be your ruler", it is meant in the sense of "follow this idea, mine, instead"; "let me live that fantasy" would be fantasizing a world in which people weren't so consumed by material wealth. It seems to specifically be pointing out the jarring contrast between the lives of fans and the lives the musicians portray- and that such fans are so disjoint from it that their emulation of it is absurd- specifically: "I've never seen a diamond in the flesh/I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies", "We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams". "We'll never be royals" seems to be indicating that that level of opulence is bullshit and unobtainable- in the same way that someone might imagine being a king, where even an actual king (when kings were important) wouldn't actually live up to the imagined one- in the same way fans glorify and fantasize about the absurd, and overblown, gimmicky images presented by the modern "royalty" of culture, stars. Thus, people should realize they are idolizing mere images and, instead of wishing for impossible fantasy, enjoy life and reality (actually be happy). Just my two cents:-)Phoenixia1177 (talk) 04:21, 6 September 2013 (UTC)