Gone Hollywood Songs: Not Now John

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lesson learned: keep taking pain meds. They’re the reason im not hurting. I learned that the hard way today. Now that I’ve had my Tylenol, it’s time to give you another song that mentions Hollywood. Here’s today’s song, and it comes with a profanity warning. Not Now John - Pink Floyd The “John” in question isn’t our John Roberts, or John Lennon or John Cougar Mellencamp Schwartz (Weird Al joke). It’s just a name, like we’d say “hold on, Jack” if we didn’t know the person’s name. Pink Floyd bassist/singer Roger Waters said that he wrote the songs on this album in response to Britain’s attack on Argentina and what is known as the Falklands War. Guitarist David Gilmore was not too pleased with Waters being political. (It was nothing new: listen to “Pigs [Three Different Ones“].) In fact, this is the final Pink Floyd album that Waters appeared on. But Waters had a reason to be mad. His father was killed in World War II. So, excuse him for being upset that Britain got involved in another war. Now, after saying, all of that, this song is not necessarily about war. This is more of a slap at the production values of countries who let other nations surpass them in technology (‘gotta compete with the wily Japanese,” a reference to the era when all the technology that actually worked came from Japan). There’s a version without the F word in it on YouTube, if that word bothers you. Either way, this is proof that Pink Floyd was more than those two songs they play to death. Not Now John Written by Roger Waters Recorded by Pink Floyd From The Final Cut, 1983 HOLLYWOOD LYRICS; hollywood waits at the end of the rainbow (Profanity warning) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryba3yLrTnM