Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert
| "Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert" | ||||
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| Song by Pink Floyd from the album The Final Cut | ||||
| Released |
21 March 1983 (UK) 2 April 1983 (US) | |||
| Recorded | July–December 1982 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | ~1:19 | |||
| Label |
Harvest Records (UK) Capitol Records (US) | |||
| Writer | Roger Waters | |||
| Producer | Roger Waters, James Guthrie and Michael Kamen | |||
| The Final Cut track listing | ||||
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"Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1983 album, The Final Cut.[1][2]
A sound effect used in this song was later used as a segue on Roger Water's 1992 solo album Amused to Death, branching the two part song "Late Home Tonight."
The lyrics of this song list a number of world leaders and conflicts they have been involved in; including Leonid Brezhnev and his invasion of Afghanistan, Menachem Begin and his attack on Beirut, Leopoldo Galtieri invading the Falkland Islands and Margaret Thatcher's counter-attack which sparked the Falklands War.
Personnel
- Roger Waters – Vocals, guitar
- Nick Mason – Tape effects
with
- Michael Kamen – Orchestrations
References
- ↑ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1177. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
- ↑ Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
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