Not Now John
Not Now John | |
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Pink Floyd | |
publication | May 3, 1983 |
length | 5:02 (album) 4:12 (single) |
Genre (s) | Rock , progressive rock |
text | Roger Waters |
album | The Final Cut |
Not Now John is a piece by British rock band Pink Floyd that appeared on the 1983 album The Final Cut . It's the only song on the album that David Gilmour sings on, as The Final Cut is mostly an album by Roger Waters . Not Now John is also the only track that was released as a single. Not Now John contains the most profanity in the lyrics that has ever been sung in a Pink Floyd piece: The line “fuck all that” has been changed to “stuff all that” for the single version.
content
Roger Waters text deals with the war, especially the Falklands War and criticism of Margaret Thatcher , at the same time it is generally about his criticism of human greed and corruption, which Waters considered to be a social danger.
Video
In The Final Cut Video EP , to the music of Not Now John, a Japanese child wanders through a factory in search of a soldier. The child finds workers playing cards and geishas before falling off a scaffold to their death. Then a World War II veteran discovers the child. The video was directed by the then brother-in-law of Roger Waters, Willie Christie .
Musician
Pink Floyd
- Roger Waters - vocals , bass , guitar , synthesizer
- David Gilmour - vocals , guitar
- Nick Mason - drums