Dire straits-Money for nothing *REACTION!!*
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If you go back to the intro reading, the song is sung from the point of view of the delivery workers that were overheard watching a wall of TV's in a store playing MTV and commenting on their "hard" work compared to what they thought the musicians were doing. Also heard that they (the delivery workers) may have been commenting on Boy George. This was early meta where the MTV musicians were doing a song about blue collar workers commenting about MTV musicians.
I'd heard it was Motley Crue they were watching.
@@johnfriday5169 I've heard Bowie, Prince, the New Romantics etc
It’s probably an amalgamation of a lot of bands from that time period…
@@johnfriday5169 Me too... it was about them or at least someone close to that... Earrings and make up... chicks for free. Because the video that was playing had the band and beautiful women.... which was not a Boy George video lol
This is why I think it is necessary to watch the video clip to understand the song completely.
Singer/guitarist Mark Knopfler was in a department store in New York and overheard 2 delivery workers commenting on the TV's that were all tuned to MTV, Mark wrote down what he heard and turned that into this song. It's Sting from The Police singing "I want my MTV" to the tune of "Don't stand so close to me" by The Police. Mark Knopfler wanted the guitar to sound like ZZ Top since they were very popular on MTV when he wrote it.
Thanks for playing the proper uncensored version of the song.
Remember the context of that one line; they are saying this is what others say about THEM, rather than it being what they say about others. That misunderstood nuance got this song censored, even to this day, for radio play.
There's actually a radio edit version without that verse 😊
Right , he's not making it like anti -gay. It's the little guy is laughing all the way to the bank. This is how the artist intended it be played. I hate the censorship.. Just don't play it.
@@charlieparra3103So...EXACTLY like I said, when I said the song was censored?
@@Tijuanabill not exactly. You said the song was banned for radio playing, leading people who were not there at the moment to think it wasn't aired.
All I did was clarify for everybody else, there's a radio edit version ;) chill out bro.
@@charlieparra3103 Except I NEVER said that. I never said it was banned. I said it was censored. And it was and is censored, when they play it, to this day. Stop trying to correct people, when it's you who is confused. Douche.
Money for Nothing was the first musicvideo on MTV Europe.
A legendary concert is Alchemy live from 1983. Sultans of Swing, Telegraph Road, Romeo and Juliet and Tunnel of Love
I hate that the entire discussion on this song revolved around the f-word used. As others here have stated, within the context of this song, the lyrics were clearly being spoken in the 3rd person by a blue-collar worker delivering appliances. They see the rock stars or pop stars they see on MTV as having easy jobs as they get their “money for nothin’ and their chicks for free.” In the mid-80s lots of the rock and pop musicians had long hair, earrings, makeup, etc. (glam rock, hair bands, etc.).
Dire Straits wasn’t endorsing the opinions or behavior of the workers being portrayed, rather the opposite. Kinda like the movie Tropic Thunder where Robert Downey Jr. portrays a white actor who is so over-the-top with his method acting that he appears in blackface, unaware of how offensive it is. The film isn’t endorsing the practice of blackface, rather it is making fun of Hollywood narcissists who don’t have any self-awareness.
LOL. No, it's about working Joes watching MTV and thinking it looks easy, compared to their labor jobs. Of course, the band the singing song knows better, but this is what people think about the entertainment business, that's is a cushy gig. It isn't.
A question for people - have they ever tried to learn playing a guitar? Let alone singing at the same time! It's not manual hard work, lifting etc. But it is by no means easy. Take A Lot of hard work
This song was written before people got offended by everything.
My dad LOVED this song.
I recall how much fun he'd have playing this on his guitar ❤
Mark and the band were recording the Brothers in Arms album in Montserrat. mark said he would love Sting to have sung the opening. Someone said "Sting is here on holiday" so Mark asked him to do the song and he agreed.
This song was written from the perspective of working class delivery workers in a electronic shop.
Over here in the UK it wasn't really a word for that-because there is a food item that was hugely popular in the 1970's & 1980's of that name. Our version of it was Queer, Shirt Lifter, Chutney Ferret or Arse Bandit/Burglar.
There are people in today’s world who are perpetually offended. Context means nothing to them. They hear a trigger word and sieze on the opportunity to be angry
Lets make "bad *guys* " a no no word. It is sexist, it suggests all evil in the world is perpetrated by men.
Money For Nothing was the first music video to be played in the UK and also the first 3d animated video
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As a boy well into his teenage years when this came out, I can say you can rest easy that the F-word verse was completely cut out of nearly every radio and video airplay. So what this song is so eloquently railing against is the advent of MTV. Back then it would be considered what TikTok is today - WILDLY popular with all the kids and influencers of the day. You could only get MTV through a cable subscription. Something we think of as quaint today, but was a brand new thing back in the day. It was definitely Dire Straits biggest hit, by far. But definitely not their best. Those aren't hard to find. But a lot of musicians hated the impact MTV had on the music industry. It becomes a beauty contest over the actual musical work. That said, the Jeanie was out of the bottle already since musicians were already using the video format to film themselves on stage and the Beatles made movies to go along with their music (Hard Day's Night, Help! are extremely popular examples). These were different times.
Edit: By the way, Elton and Bowie were in their prime well before MTV was a thing. I think DS is referencing Boy George in this sense, a very big act in the early 80s.
I like how they read exactly what this song is about, and then have a discussion trying to understand what it's about.
Ha always wanted to see you guys do this one! The look on Vins face when the F**** line came in was priceless. The 80s hit differently, reminds me of old Eddie Murphy stand up. couldn’t get away with these lyrics now days!
what I love is the context. As you flinch hearing the word being said, the story is that the guy in question wears Furs, has a Jet Plane and is a Millionaire. Somethings a delivery guy couldn't have.
@@DaneFalco Funnily enough those were the exact words Knopfler heard some workers saying about Mötley Crüe as they watched them on TV
Bingo!
This song is about rock star excess and the easy life it brings compared with real work. Mark Knopfler wrote it after overhearing delivery men in a New York department store complain about their jobs while watching MTV. He wrote the song in the store sitting at a kitchen display they had set up.
Mark Knopfler has pointed out that the song was written from the viewpoint of a stupid character who thinks musicians make their "money for nothing," and this guy's stupidity is what leads him to make ignorant statements. Speaking in late 1985 to Rolling Stone, the Dire Straits songwriter expressed his feelings about people who react angrily to the song. He said: "Apart from the fact that there are stupid gay people as well as stupid other people, it suggests that maybe you have to be direct. I'm in two minds as to whether it's a good idea to take on characters and write songs that aren't in the first person."
I saw a gay stand up comic on Kill Tony say he was jealous of black people using the N word. He said “I’ll trade you 5 Faggots for 1 N word” killed me 😂
The song is simply about low wage electronics/custom kitchen workers wishing to have the easy wealth and perks of rock stars.
It's written from the perspective of manual laborers watching a Motley Crue video in a hardware store
I personally always thought they were referring to the glam bands that were all over MTV in the mid 80’s
Watching the video helps to fully understand the lyrics ;-)
Hahaha that reaction to the f** verse was gold. Could see it in their eyes
Classic song about workers complaining that rock stars don't work for a living Knopfler responds with these sarcastic lyrics just brilliant , My kids listen to swear words everyday but back in the 80s this was considered very risky.
not in europe no beep brep
Back in 1981 when MTV launched, cable TV was new and most providers did not carry MTV... so, the channel started a campaign to get the public to demand MTV on cable - it was promoted by popular artists doing TV spots demanding, "I want my MTV!"
It worked... by 1984, MTV was in huge demand and being broadcast overseas as well.
Mark Knopfler (vocals & guitar) wrote 'Nothing for nothing' about delivery men watching MTV on the job and wishing they had become stars on MTV... Back in 1984, there was a lot of 'glam' artists who dominated MTV w/ makeup, outrageous clothes and big hair... they were probably referring to artists like Boy George (Culture Club)... David Bowie... Twisted Sister... Prince... who dressed in drag or feminine personas and appeared on MTV music videos back then.
As far as MTV's impact... u gotta understand that artists in the 70's would occasionally appear on TV spots, and music videos were on occasional TV programs like 'Top of the Pops' (in the UK) ...All the major artists depended on radio and live concerts from touring to get their music heard. The visual aspect of marketing music was not that prevalent.
MTV changed all that... To get a hit record, u had to have an image... a music video that people loved... and millions of fans would buy the record without the artist playing a single concert. Established artists like Christopher Cross, Billy Squire, Pat Travers, and Eddie Money found their popularity fall dramatically in the 80's because they didn't have the image to market.
MTV launched the careers of Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Duran Duran, Kiss (the non-makeup band), Twisted Sister, Scorpions, etc. because they had a very striking image that came across on the TV w/ the music to back it up.
Even artists who were huge on MTV were grumbling in the 80's that it was no longer about the music, but the image on music videos... Pat Benatar recalled bitterly shooting the music videos for 'You better run' and 'Love is a battlefield'... where she admitted she was p+++ed off at doing poses and dance sequences...
Steve Perry of Journey thought the music video for Journey's 1983 single 'Separate ways' was ridiculous... "We were shaking our fists at the camera because we were furious that we had to 'act' for the music video - it was no longer about the music..."
Others like David Coverdale (Whitesnake) were grateful for MTV exposure... he said MTV saved a lot of time touring and money when Whitesnake broke big on MTV in 1987 w/ music videos... Aerosmith were also grateful for MTV bringing back their career in 1986/ '87 after a decade of being irrelevant... Even AC/DC were shut out of MTV in the early days, but by 1986, the band's music videos got on the air and built their popularity back up by 1990.
Poison owed their career to MTV when they broke big in 1987... But they were fuming in the 90's when grunge rock and hip hop took over, and MTV would not promote their 1993 album 'Native tongue'... it only sold gold (half million copies) as a result.
Best intro ever into that killer in your face guitar riff! Awesome!
My band is covering this song lol I didn’t know about the history behind it, that is really cool
Kudos for selection the proper version of the song!
Video was video of the year on MTV when it came out.
I do love this song!
One of the best rock videos.
Your reactions when he said the F slur 😂😂
Fun fact about that Green Jelly song: The guys from that band are good friends with Tool, and the guy who sings "Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin" is Maynard.
also danny carey was the drummer
The album was the breakthrough for the CD. So I bought new boxes for the car.And smiled when the rear window vibrated.
A little Knowledge etc…
I was a little kid when Sultans of Swing came out and it got to the point where both parents forcefully told me to shut up (which, btw, was something they usually rigorously avoided) so this coming out in my middle teens was *huge*! To this day, in quiet times, I hear this swimming around my skull...
I want my MTV was a big marketing campaign and commercial that ran on the channel. Different artist would be used saying “I want my MTV”…..this song was mocking that.
I don’t think they were mocking it, I think they were capitalizing on it. They knew the network would play their video over and over, and that the kids who latched onto the tagline would latch onto the song as well.
The tagline wasn’t just promoting the network; the commercials were played on broadcast TV, encouraging families to sign up for cable TV (which was far from ubiquitous at the time) and to demand the cable companies expand service to their neighborhoods.
MTV debuted on August 5th 1981. The first ever music video played on MTV was video killed the radio star by the buggles. Michael Jackson was the first black artist on MTV with Billie Jean.
meaning playing the guitar is like a hobby vs working for someone else delivering tv's and such is work.
love this song, remember the video back in the 80s... totally understand the middle song Edit LOL
Working man was seeing long haired rockers on MTV, getting chicks and becoming millionaires/famous. That's all it was.
This was actually the first ever music video on MTV Europe in 1987. Dire Straits (English band) was pretty big back then.
This song peaked at number 1 for three weeks on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Top Rock Tracks chart.
Killer riff, but quite repetitive :)
why do so many americans react as if the singers murdered someone when they say some swear words lol
it's about blue-collar guys complaining about rich celebrities.
they have to work hard to pay their bills, while some rock star on mtv gets the girls, the cars, the parties, etc.
the song expresses the jealousy and angst of a struggling schmuck who feels he got the short end of the straw.
Don’t be surprised, this is how men talk . Great song from back in the day .
Thanks for the great video
Umm so did you like the song?
aahhhh i always got the chills with this song, i was 14 when first released
The best version of Money for nothing is from Wembley live 1985 wembley 1988 Mandela live with Eric Clapton, and live on the night 1993. Amother amazing performance is Telegraph Road Live at Alchemy 1983 , or Brothers in arms Live aid 1988, .
That's funny but also irritating how people do not get the irony and tend to take art 1:1 but most importantly they are used to have songs/ lyrics written as, in first person singular. Majority of Mark Knopfler's songs are like novels, a classic story telling poems. All those lines like "that ain't working" etc including F word are the actual words Knopfler heard while visiting kitchen appliance store in NY and they were being said by those delivery guys who were working there and were looking at the wall of TV sets tuned all to MTV at that very moment. So putting in a nutshell this is these guys 'position and view of the world...
mark knopflers amazing playing was so good, it made you completely forget that you already read what the song was about before listening to it. xD you read in the beginning that it was about delivery drivers talking about musicians on mtv, and that some of the lyrics are quotes of what mark overheard them say. sori even said something about eavesdropping.
Should watch this performance from live aid 85. EPIC.
To the people saying Elton John etc because of the gay reference, incorrect. It was written about very straight men who were dressing provocatively at the time. Although never officially confirmed, it was widely understood it was about one of my favourite rockstars of all time, Nikki Sixx. Much like 'Dude Looks Like A Lady' was written about Brett Michaels, it was all about how the dudes of the era of MTV were seen to be dressing like women. Different times.
Everyone acts so shocked at the second verse, lol
SHOULD HAVE WATCHED THE MTV VIDEO ??? DUH ??
"I want my MTV" was their motto.
And as for "derogatory" terms I believe it's not about what works you say but what intention is behind what you say . Words like fudge and heck are identicle in intent so no different than cursing while you can say a slur without meaning it offensively.
It is about class differences. The song is written from the persona of a person who is not the performer. The POV is a working class guy who is struggling with menial, manual work looking at artists and performers who seem to be getting outsized financial and sexual rewards without doing "real" work. Yes, there are crude and offensive words used. In the context of the lyrics it seems clear that they are not intended to portray Knopflers views on homosexuals.
By the mid-eighties, the fellow with the earring being slurred is likely Boy George or George Michael. Bowie and Elton John were already established as (inter)national treasures and respected musicians by that point, and Bowie's persona had shifted a number of times away from the early iterations as a weirdo hippie and thrn Ziggy Stardust, by '85 he's even a long way past the Thin White Duke with all of the fascist flirtations and cocaine abuse.
top line ever
I liked the video. But, not having the MTV experience and making comments that are inaccurate because you feel it necessary to analyze really detracts from the experience.
I couldn't get past the intro and all the begging for money.
legend says it was written about the guys in motley Crue
I remember Green Jelly I had the cd did you know a couple of the original members were Danny Carey and MJK made there debut on TV on the Gong show... and got gonged B4 they finished
The F word was probably directed mostly at long haired rock bands/singers & perhaps somebody like Prince. In the video it is being sung by an aminated, macho workman-so wouldn't really be a gay slur at a gay guy, more a jealous insult of look at that f with all the money & hot women-just because they got a lucky break. It was the thing back then that if a guy suddenly had long hair & or an ear piercing even friends would say that word to them jokingly. Can remember a kid at my school when I was 8 /9 got called gayboy, gaylord etc, just because his mum had him doing ballet lessons. Knopfler was good friends with Bowie & was & remains good friends with Elton John-so certainly not them.
the good old days when an artist could truly use freedom of speech and say words like faggot without being shunned or have their career canceled.
bunch of....Fa? pansies? ha these days can't even handle words, let alone sticks n stones.
this song is just a blue collar take on how alot of people viewed the trending uprise to glam metal and the rise of the music video and image,that came along with MTV.
and nah MTV screwed up MTV when they abandoned what made them and jumped on the reality bandwagon. ironic that a tv station and product that was founded on the counter cultures,rebels,and progressive thinking, ended up being the biggest sell out of them all.
Fantastic riff
Y'all needs to turn some lights on 'cause there's something nasty going on there!
I love this song. Being a musician is not seen as “a job”. But installing kitchens is. He should have learned guitar to get the chicks and money!
You have to this with the video though, it makes so much more sense!
You missed the point of the song, after reading what the song was about... and the "I want my MTV." line used to be the catch phrase in their TV ads.
Actually the beautiful time of acceptance you were referring to were when we just didn't know or think about other's experiences.
You'll never really get this song unless ya check out the original music video that played 50 million times on MTV back in the time when they actually only played killer music videos 24/7/365.
The Part where ya were shock "F&#%&T" he was referring to George Michael. In fact in the music video they actually have a video of George Michael playing in the background when he is saying that line........
Check out their live performances sultans of swing and telegraph road live alchemy
the meaning is literally in the title.
This song had a cool music video too..:)
My problem personally with what Sori was saying about people using tech instead of skill is in calling them musicians I"ll give them artists but musician is a bit too far for me .
Money for nothing as a statement is satire as they worked hard for a long time to get on the MTV.
You should watch the video it’s pretty funny. This played over and over on The MTV❤
The little f@##et is supposed to be Boy George
Point of view is from the delivery workers. I wish I had their talent too.
Alchemy live dira straits
Do "Nephicide by Jogger" Please?
Hope this doesn’t come across as salty. You should have listened the radio version it’s shorter and also there are lots of interviews with mark knopfler who explained what the song was about. Mark wasn’t having a dig at anyone or being disrespectful to anyone. He just overheard a conversation and turned it into a song. The person being disrespectful was the guy in the store.
a turn it up road song
It’s sad with all political correctness nowadays.
How could you forget MAX HEADROOM?????
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Blue collar workers lamenting about their carrier choice. They have to work hard and the guys that play guitar have it easy. Money for nothing, chicks for free. That ain’t working.
Sad you guys just didn’t get it, you probably should have got the video, this went way over your heads
You completely missed the point of this song😂 no problem because if you know nothing of it it works far better with the legendary music video - the first ever played on European MTV.
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This is a song from the time when MTV was still all about music and the videoclips. In my opinion, the intro is brilliant with building anticipation, but when Mark starts singng, everything falls kind off flat on it's face, musically. Vin states that Mark Knopfler is more talking then singing. Thats not only in this clip, he does that with most of his songs. You could say that Mark is the Dave Mustaine of the pop music. You expect a great guitar player, but average singing.
Drum solo...Omar Hakim
🤡🤡imagine not understanding that the song represents your average worker watching MTV after a long back breaking day and saying "come that aint working thats the way to do it i shouldve done the same" and the current rap song degrating women all the time IN CURRENT TIMES....but God forbid PEOPLE DOING THAT IN A DIFFERENT GENRE
This is one of those songs that seemed to be on radio and TV continuously for at least 7 years - an entire teen cycle - in the '80s, to the point it got obnoxious and I associated it with everything capitalist, American and cheesy, while we were trying to be Indie and metal and into more authentic and less commercial music and politics. The song itself is incredibly repetitive, and still feels overlong to me. I don't thnk I ever understood the lyrics. Even with that understanding of how meta and stuff it is, quoting delivery guys commenting on how easy they thought the bands on MTV had it, it's still not funny or cool to me. Dire Srtraits became incredibly lazy and sold-out as the eighties went on, with critics and DJs openly clalling their albums crap, which may have had to do with the brothers breaking up because of the older brother being too domineering about the band's sound and song composing. I suspect that they needed that tension and conflict to sharpen up their sound, and that without any pushback about song construction, it became formulaic and limp.
WATCH THE ORIGINAL MTV MUSIC VIDEO
PLEASE REACT TO MEG MYERS - DESIRE
It's in the opinion of rent a center employees watching MTV and being pissed off watching rock groups of 80's making money for nothing in their opinion while they are moving refrigerators and microwave ovens
.your to deep with this one