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The real story goes, He was in Montgomery Wards and in the appliance section, two employees were watching MTV bitching about how hard they had to work for low pay while rock stars make millions for doing "nothing" and they get all the women.
"That little f_ggot" part was a direct quote from a conversation he heard some appliance store workers saying about guys they were watching on MTV on TV's. Song is an amazing social commentary.
@@whofactchecksthefactcheckers i looked it up and dire straits was the first music video on mtv europe. video killed the radio star was the first in the us
Back in the eighties, we didn't need a cry closet and play dough to hear the word faggot. Young folks today need to get over their woke selves. Sticks and stones, grow up!
I almost spit out my soda when you backed up the video and then realized what he just said. To see someone genuinely speechless. Omg it was priceless. I was a teen when this came out. Was a different era. I miss the good ole days.
If a man got his ear pierced back then you did hear this. You also used to hear it depended on which side. I let all my sons get their ears pierced. Rebel!
story behind the lyrics: According to Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, the song’s lyrics were inspired by the comments of a delivery man he met at an appliance store in New York. Knopfler stated that while he was at the back of the store, the deliveryman, whose job was to move appliances, was busy watching MTV on the TVs displayed at the store. And after being disgusted by what he was watching, he came up with a number of the song’s famous lines, including “that ain’t working”. According to the deliveryman, he felt the MTV performers received money for doing absolutely nothing. And on top of that they got “chicks for free”! Knopfler, who found the worker’s commentary interesting, instantly borrowed a pen and paper and began writing down some of the comments he was uttering about the musicians. According to Knopfler, he wrote most of the song’s lyrics right in the store because his aim was to use as much of the real comments the man made about the MTV performers.
Man to many meaningless interruptions ruins the flow. I know it's your show but, dam. This video was put out in 1985. It was the very first video done with CGI. MTV was very popular during this period and this was the most played video at this time.
"We've got to install microwave ovens, custom kitchen delivery" I always interpreted it as a guy busting his ass working at a tv/appliance center. He's watching music videos on the tv's in the store while wheeling refrigerators around.
That’s exactly how the song became! Workers watching kids play on tv and daydreaming about money for nothing and more women than you could shake a stick at!! LOL
@@scottyray8004 You are right, as Mark Knopfler describes it, he was in an appliance store and I believe New York City and heard the delivery driver complaining about these people that are getting paid a lot of money to do nothing while he's having to hump refrigerators into houses and install microwaves and TVs and everything else. he went up to the counter of the shop to get a piece of paper and something to write with so he could write down with this guy was saying and turn it into a song
Mark Knopfler wrote this as a parody after hearing workers in an appliance store making fun of musicians that were on the TV screens. Very sharp lyrics and creative video, and the other voice you hear singing "I want my MTV", which was their slogan back in the day, and on harmonies, is Sting of the Police. Good look bro 💯
@@MattSingh1 - Yes, it's a soliloquy (if you really feel the need to take it that far)BASED ON the conversation among several people. Samsbro 1952 is correct.
You just wouldn't believe how big, revolutionary and fun MTV was back in this day. I watched it from the beginning for years when it was just videos all day
'82 I was born... MTV, then MTV UK, Ray Cokes!!! - Glorious! Eyes glued to the screen, singing along by heart to anything on.. without actually knowing the language, yet 😅 Bliss
Specifically the effeminate guys in the 80's like hair bands and pop groups etc wearing tight leather pants and having long straightened hair or hair that looked like a toupee. Although still kinda applies with all these guys running around with skinny jeans around their knees today.
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. Many of the lyrics were things they actually said.
@@Tommysimonsen Yeah, back in 1987 and boy did this video blew my mind when I first saw it. :D (no, did not have MTV Europe from launch, it was some other show)
Dude, don't be afraid to be a beginner. Learning an instrument is HARD! I was a cellist for 30 years, and taught kids. I'll tell you what I told them... "The first step toward being really great at something is to suck at it first." And "The best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time." It's OK to be a beginner. Even the great Eddie Van Halen (may he rest in peace) was a beginner once!
I've been playing for 15 years. And I suck. But I still love playing. Play because it brings you joy, not because you want to be as good as guys like this. Just play for the love.
I've been a musician since 1979. I play sax, guitar, bass, a smidgin of keys and I pretend to play harmonica. The only way to learn is to practice, play and challenge yourself. It takes time, devotion and passion. Each time a new technique clicks,t hat lightbulb comes on and you get a charge from it and want more. There's nothing like it.
Sting was so impressed with the song when he heard it, he told them flat out it was brilliant. He added the hook which is similar to his own song "Dont stand so close to me". As far as the lyrics go, officegirl below nailed the story for you.
I'm old enough to remember TV shows (mostly reruns) that proudly proclaimed at the beginning, "In color!" They had to tell the black and white TV set owners, so they would want to go out and buy new TVs.
@@russb24 right there with ya. No computers, let alone internet, rotary phones, changing typewriter ribbons... Iv'e worked with kids who stare jaw agape in amazement when I tell them these things.
The beginning of this video with the guy floating into the tv; that was all of us kids when MTV first started. We were sucked in! Speaking as a gen x’er. 😂😂
The song was about when a member of the band (I think mark knopfler)went to an appliance store and he overheard one of the employees shit talking him saying most of the things in the song like "he plays the guitar on the MTV, he gets his money for nothing chicks for free" and then being rude to him in general The "I want my MTV" part was sung by Sting lead singer of "The Police" with hits such as Roxanne and Every Breath You Take
RIght! This song is not Mark Knopfler singing as himself. This song is about blue-collar laborers. It's the veiled, angry envy of a person who thinks that the life of a performing musician is nothing but fun, games, sex, and everything for free. It's a naive viewpoint of someone who doesn't understand the THOUSANDS OF HOURS that muscisians and artists spend on perfecting their craft, scheduling shows, dealing with PR people, lugging gear all over the place, and dealing with envious pricks!
@@danwest9900 yeah. Only the successful ones have it easy. The wannabes and bar bands have to struggle and do all those things, but that was their choice. If you're still struggling, moving your own gear and booking your own gigs after five years, maybe music ain't for you, and you're not nearly as good as you thought you were. The lives of SUCCESSFUL performers and musicians is pretty easy.
There has got to be a gif when Mr Video hears that sick riff and he turns his head with that shit-eating grin. Someone please make this happen! Best expression ever. Don't be afraid to play your guitar! You don't have to show anyone. Just take your time and enjoy it.
One of the Greatest trolls of all-time... Make a tune so perfectly catchy it’s undeniable, pair it with an equal visual experience and load it full of social commentary about the music industry, music culture, and commercialism then sell it to MTV for an anthem...rings just as true today.
@@yesterdaystech86 no it wasn't. The first video played was Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles. Money For Nothing was the first to showcase 3D animation.
When this song came out my husband and I were working as contractors for several appliance and furniture stores. They used to stack up all their TVs against one wall and turn them on. Every damned time we went into one of these stores, all the sales guys would be standing around watching MTV. We got a huge kick out of the lyrics and made it our theme song.
I was about 20 feet away from them for 2 hours. Sixth row center stage on the floor Boston show for this tour. This was their first encore song. ROCKED the house!
this video was the shit when it came out!!! back when MTV was really Music Television... not the crap it turned into nowadays!! Glad you liked it!! Keep up the great work... my wife and I REALLY ENJOY watching you and your reactions!!
The little squeal in the opening guitar solo. Gets me every time. Got you too. That's magic. That's why Mark Knopfler is one of the all time greats. That little squeal right there.
At the time this came out, glam rock was a thing. Manly men called them names. The lyrics basically said 'say what you want but they're living good no matter what you call them'.
There's a great documentary about Twisted Sister. How they decided that they had the chops, so if all it was missing was the make up, dammit, that wasn't going to stop them. One of the quotes was "In glam you were used to very pretty men; Twisted Sister looked like a bunch of Long Island longshore men in drag."
Different time plus they were tongue in cheek referring to themselves after hearing these kind of remarks come out of laborers complaining about how easy rock stars had it. So they are forgiven.
I forgot the original video that was showed constantly on MTV contained the full lyrics. When this song is played on the radio these days the ".....with the earring and the makeup..." part is cut. For those that are too young to know about MTV in the 1980's, the literally played music videos and nothing but music videos all day long. It was great! Also, Dire Straits is another band that shined in their performance at Live Aid! Finally, color TV's in those days weighed over 100 lbs and they were HOT! Seriously, if they were placed too close to curtains the heat from the color TV's could burn the house down.
I wholeheartedly agree- Their songs “Brothers in Arms” and “Walk of Life” are musts’. Studio versions please- “Brothers in Arms” (also the title of the entire album) is a beautiful song!! ❤️✌️
And good for you learning guitar. My brother's teaching himself now and he's over 40. That's the thing about adult learning: you're self-motivated, so you're probably making a decent sound.
This was one of the first truly digital releases, and EVERYBODY back in the day threw on their headphones and tripped out to the stereo drum intro. HELL YEAH!
Bro, YEEW! I've wanted this review for so long! The extended version is just sick guitar for the last 3 minutes. Thank you, thank. We bow to your greatness 🙌🙌🤘🤘
You can always separate the people who lived in the 80s from the people who didn't with this video. Younger generations jaws drop to the floor, my generation just goes "Yeah, we used that word all the time back then and no one even blinked."
Love this song. Has a pretty special place in my heart. It was my welding mentors favorite song they played it at his funeral so every time I hear this song it his me great reaction my dude
When I saw you were reacting to this...I could see the "WTF DID HE JUST SAY?!?" expression on your face. It was a much different time. That whole verse is missing in a lot of versions of the song anymore. Anyone born after 1980, its a pretty alien experience to hear...that verse causes a lot of discomfort...its not a word you just don't hear in polite company anymore.
Find a friend or take lessons... Hard to unlearn mistakes..... lifetime instrument 🎸 and yes it’s awkward at first and takes time but I think you’ll get it 🤟
So glad you did this one! I grew up hearing this song and never knew wtf it meant! Lol. Reading everyone's comments; it totally makes total sense now! Thanks Mr. Video and Commentors!!!!
I've spent 30 years trying to figure out what this song's about. Congrats on the guitar, playing guitar is truly a health improving hobby that you can do until the day you die. Even if it's just noodling around at home, it helps your brain and it's like soothing therapy too. It's frustrating at first, but the cool thing is the more you dedicate to practicing the better you'll get and you'll get a lot more confidence and have a lot more fun. One of the best ways to practice is to take one of the song's you're really into, and just try to learn how to play that song.
The lyrics were from the perspective of a couple middle aged guys moving stuff and seeing music videos on MTV. That explains the "interesting" lyrics. 🤣
How come no one is mentioning Sting ffs!! Legendary hook. He sings the part, "I want my MTV" , and back vocals throughout. And is represented by the skinny character in the video. EPIC!!!!
The use of the F word, I think, was meant as a slam on people who use that word in a hateful way because he is saying you may call him this, but he has his own hair, jet airplane and he is a millionaire.
the lead singer was in a department store when he heard two employees watching MTV and complaining about the singers on tv then jumping right back into salesmen mode when a customer came by. he asked for paper and a pen and wrote down their rant and turned it into the song
Yeah, it was a slam in this context. To listen to it now in these times makes you pay attention but they were not being homophobic in their use of it in this song.
Yeah I mean this is the debate isn't it? You aren't allowed to have offensive characters who have offensive views in art any more. I can understand the arguments against it but think it's a dangerous road.
IT'S BRILLIANT! What better way to insure your video gets a lot of air time on the new music television channel than to put out a cutting edge groundbreaking video with the lyrics being "I want my, I want my, I want my MTV".
So, I remember an interview where Mark Knopfler said he overheard this conversation in an appliance store, about how those guys on MTV aren't working, they're just getting their "money for nothing," so he wrote this song. All the appliance stuff is about working in an appliance store: "we got to install microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveres. We got to move these refrigerators. We got to move these color TVs." (And your telecaster is beautiful. Learn to play it, brother! You can do it!)
When MTV first came out all they had on the screen were basic computer generated shapes pulsing to the music. They barely had any videos. It was like a radio station on your tv with Atari style graphics changing colors.
In 1985? Not quite. Not even Star Wars (the wireframe animation in the Rebel briefing room, 1977) is barely in the first 10 uses. One of the first music videos, maybe, but not the first. That would be Elvis Costello "Accidents Will Happen."
@@anaacevedo2263 That would have been when we first got cable TV, so late 70s. That would have been sometime between 1977 and 1980. I remember one of the first videos I saw on MTV was Gary Newman as they played cars all the time. Video killed the radio star as well.
Here's the story behind the song: Mark Knopfler was sitting in a kitchen appliance store in New York, and there was this large wall with the TVs mounted on it and all of them where tuned to MTV. The supervisor was saying to his colleague pointing at the TVs: "That's the way you do it, you play the guitar on MTV. Maybe you get a blister on your little finger... You get money for nothing and the chicks for free..." etc. Then he was ordering the workers: "We've got to install microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveries..." etc. When Mark noticed this, he immediately took out a notepad and a pen and started writing the lyrics of Money For Nothing on the spot saying that these lines were "classic"! So basically, think of the song being sung by, or from the point of view of the supervisor of that kitchen appliance store.
Your face when that lyric dropped 😂 he's referencing how the workers who install the kitchens etc. (ie doing hard manual labor) might dismiss and/or be envious of musicians for not really working ("nah, that ain't working") Such a killer opening guitar riff. Love this song.
Explanation thanks to Serraguim's commentary. This song is about the excess of Rockstars and the easy life it brings compared to real work. Mark Knopfler wrote it after hearing salespeople at a New York City store complaining about their jobs while watching MTV. He wrote the song in the store sitting in a kitchen they had set up. A lot of the words were things they actually said.
From the very moment that this video had its world premiere on MTV (way back in 1985), everyone who watched it instantly had that guitar riff memorized as soon as it hit our eardrums. I mentioned it before but in case you didn't see my previous comment on your Sultans of Swing reaction video; that is Sting, lead vocalist of The Police, who sings the beginning falsetto intro "I want my MTV" although this uploaded version is shortened, as the full video starts with him saying 'I want my"....(pause) "I want my"....(pause) "I want myyyyy MTVeeeeee". He also provides the background vocals throughout the song too. :-) Other Dire Strait classics to check out are - Walk of Life & Brothers in Arms If you ever get around to watching the Live Aid concert (1985), Dire Straits performed this song live, with Sting joining them on stage. Everyone always talks about Queen's performance at Live Aid, which was amazing & no doubt, Freddie was the ultimate shining star of that whole show, but there were many other great singers & musicians that put on incredible performances. I watched both concerts (from Philly & London) in its entirety when it aired live in July 1985. i was tired as hell but it was worth the lack of sleep to catch both shows. I remember watching Phil Collins perform in London, then rushing to the airport, jumping aboard the Concorde to fly to Philly, & running onto the stage to close out the American portion of Live Aid. It was definitely a memorable moment in music history. :-)
Dude, that cherry red Telecaster is GORGEOUS. Good on you for being introduced to a "new" (for you) genre and wanting to really understand how it was made. Good luck, and (as a guitarist) I hope the callouses come soon, so you won't hurt when you're smoking and exploring :)
This song always sent me the message of how the artists of this Era on MTV promoted commercialism and along the way sold more music and became wealthy.. The "MTV Generation" so to speak.
Sorry to double post, but I think "AM Radio" by Everclear would be a great nostalgic follow-up to this. Everclear is a criminally underrated band with a LOT of bangers.
The most memorable scene for me from Luxury Comedy was when Noel Fielding was wearing a flashing neon headband and mentioned it was Mark Knopfler's actual headband. It has already been mentioned numerous times in the comments that the song was based off a conversation he overheard in a department store between two delivery guys watching a Sting video, which is why this song was made with Sting. The interesting thing was the song was banned in some countries because of the second verse because they thought they were talking down about gay people when they were talking about themselves according to how the delivery people saw them. Most versions of the song still have the second verse replaced by an instrumental section. Good on you for learning the guitar. Stick with it. It's brilliant! Money for Nothing is a great song to learn for a beginner too. The main riff is not difficult to learn at all but it rocks!
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The real story goes, He was in Montgomery Wards and in the appliance section, two employees were watching MTV bitching about how hard they had to work for low pay while rock stars make millions for doing "nothing" and they get all the women.
I actually purchase my first color TV from Montgomery Wards. It was $500.00 When 500 was real money.
"That little f_ggot" part was a direct quote from a conversation he heard some appliance store workers saying about guys they were watching on MTV on TV's. Song is an amazing social commentary.
MTV when it actually played music videos.
Pretty sure this was the first ever CGI music video.
@@blackmonjet4043 no but it was the first music video mtv ever played
@@dawatcherz I thought "video killed the radio star" was the first video
@@whofactchecksthefactcheckers i looked it up and dire straits was the first music video on mtv europe. video killed the radio star was the first in the us
Was a great time and era wasn't it 👌👍👊
I always love the reaction people have to the original uncensored version of this song.
Me too!
That's the ONLY version like it or lump it. If you don't like it, don't listen to it.
Wait until he reacts to Guns 'n' Roses' "One In A Million"
100%
Back in the eighties, we didn't need a cry closet and play dough to hear the word faggot. Young folks today need to get over their woke selves. Sticks and stones, grow up!
I almost spit out my soda when you backed up the video and then realized what he just said. To see someone genuinely speechless. Omg it was priceless. I was a teen when this came out. Was a different era. I miss the good ole days.
I was 8 years old and could never get enough of this or video.
This song is playing a role and the 80's were a different time. I am glad it shocked you. It means we have made progress.
I preferred the days before the thought police and woke internet mob regulated & weighed every fucking syllable anyone uttered.
If a man got his ear pierced back then you did hear this. You also used to hear it depended on which side. I let all my sons get their ears pierced. Rebel!
@@valogden Wasn't the earing in a certain ear tied to George Michael in some way? I have a vague memory of that connection from back in Jr High.
story behind the lyrics:
According to Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, the song’s lyrics were inspired by the comments of a delivery man he met at an appliance store in New York. Knopfler stated that while he was at the back of the store, the deliveryman, whose job was to move appliances, was busy watching MTV on the TVs displayed at the store. And after being disgusted by what he was watching, he came up with a number of the song’s famous lines, including “that ain’t working”.
According to the deliveryman, he felt the MTV performers received money for doing absolutely nothing. And on top of that they got “chicks for free”! Knopfler, who found the worker’s commentary interesting, instantly borrowed a pen and paper and began writing down some of the comments he was uttering about the musicians. According to Knopfler, he wrote most of the song’s lyrics right in the store because his aim was to use as much of the real comments the man made about the MTV performers.
Man to many meaningless interruptions ruins the flow. I know it's your show but, dam. This video was put out in 1985. It was the very first video done with CGI. MTV was very popular during this period and this was the most played video at this time.
"We've got to install microwave ovens, custom kitchen delivery"
I always interpreted it as a guy busting his ass working at a tv/appliance center. He's watching music videos on the tv's in the store while wheeling refrigerators around.
That’s exactly how the song became! Workers watching kids play on tv and daydreaming about money for nothing and more women than you could shake a stick at!! LOL
@@scottyray8004 You are right, as Mark Knopfler describes it, he was in an appliance store and I believe New York City and heard the delivery driver complaining about these people that are getting paid a lot of money to do nothing while he's having to hump refrigerators into houses and install microwaves and TVs and everything else. he went up to the counter of the shop to get a piece of paper and something to write with so he could write down with this guy was saying and turn it into a song
Yep, that always been my impression- Noe that I’m grown.. it’s absolutely what it’s about-
You got it!
@@TheRevFireman630 Bingo! You got it right, my friend!
Finally! Someone reacting to the uncut version of this song =) Bless your heart, lol
Mark Knopfler wrote this as a parody after hearing workers in an appliance store making fun of musicians that were on the TV screens. Very sharp lyrics and creative video, and the other voice you hear singing "I want my MTV", which was their slogan back in the day, and on harmonies, is Sting of the Police. Good look bro 💯
Ok but in many ways people can say way more today than ever before.
samsbro1952- the song is a soliloquy.
@@MattSingh1 - Yes, it's a soliloquy (if you really feel the need to take it that far)BASED ON the conversation among several people. Samsbro 1952 is correct.
Just an FYI - color tv's came out in the early 50's. By the early to mid 60's they were quite affordable.
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You just wouldn't believe how big, revolutionary and fun MTV was back in this day. I watched it from the beginning for years when it was just videos all day
Back when MTV played videos 24/7 no commercials. Just music videos. It was glorious. One of MTV's slogans was "I want my MTV".
And MTV was on our tv's 24/7...unless there was sports. Or maybe Hill Street Blues.😂
I am 65...sure there were no commercials...but there was only like 10 videos that played all day...lol
'82 I was born... MTV, then MTV UK, Ray Cokes!!! - Glorious!
Eyes glued to the screen, singing along by heart to anything on.. without actually knowing the language, yet 😅 Bliss
I love watching you react to this! Love it my man !
He's just telling you what the guys in the warehouse were saying about the band they were watching on MTV
Thank you!
@@marylarrimore3950 ..and the band they're watching is most likely Motley Crue
hehehehehe
Specifically the effeminate guys in the 80's like hair bands and pop groups etc wearing tight leather pants and having long straightened hair or hair that looked like a toupee. Although still kinda applies with all these guys running around with skinny jeans around their knees today.
Probably one of the best guitar into's ever. Man, I loved the 80's!!
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. Many of the lyrics were things they actually said.
I remember hearing that story. I was fascinated by it for some reason 🤷🏻♀️
Think it was the first song played when they later started Mtv europa
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@@Tommysimonsen Yeah, back in 1987 and boy did this video blew my mind when I first saw it. :D (no, did not have MTV Europe from launch, it was some other show)
I always hear it was in a Sears Department store...
This computer animation was state of the art at the time... how far we’ve come since 😂
Close to 40nyeara ago. Heck yeah we were rocking that animation!😂
But we were supposed to have flying cars etc by now!
Dude, don't be afraid to be a beginner. Learning an instrument is HARD! I was a cellist for 30 years, and taught kids. I'll tell you what I told them... "The first step toward being really great at something is to suck at it first." And "The best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time."
It's OK to be a beginner. Even the great Eddie Van Halen (may he rest in peace) was a beginner once!
Amen 🙏 👍
I've been playing for 15 years. And I suck. But I still love playing. Play because it brings you joy, not because you want to be as good as guys like this. Just play for the love.
Agreed 💯
“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
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I've been a musician since 1979. I play sax, guitar, bass, a smidgin of keys and I pretend to play harmonica. The only way to learn is to practice, play and challenge yourself. It takes time, devotion and passion. Each time a new technique clicks,t hat lightbulb comes on and you get a charge from it and want more. There's nothing like it.
🤣🤣🤣 Telling Sade she hasn't been fluffed up in a while.😂
that definitely got a chuckle from me.
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms : one of the most beautiful songs of all time.
Lyrics version please.
Oh yes! The live version from the "On the night" album is by far my favorite. ua-cam.com/video/Pq9v0yCgDA4/v-deo.html
You are just before me haha.
@Mr Video wait until you see this one ! Please please please can't wait to see this one
Beautiful, poignant, devastating.
This song is so poignant, so beautifully written and it makes me cry when I listen to it!
Because how you reacted at 2:38, you're now my favorite youtuber. Dude...Priceless
The “I want my MTV” part is sung by Sting The lead Singer of the Police
Sting sings a lot more than that part. 🤘🏼
And he's singing it to the tune of "Don't Stand so Close to Me."
That I didn't know..thanks
LoL you know I started singing it and it's TRUE 😂😂
An during chorus Saying chicks for free
Sting was so impressed with the song when he heard it, he told them flat out it was brilliant. He added the hook which is similar to his own song "Dont stand so close to me". As far as the lyrics go, officegirl below nailed the story for you.
You are so damn funny. And BTW, there were color TVs way before this song came out lol
Hold up...are you saying you were watching MTV in COLOR in the late 80s? Yes, unless Chris Issac was on.
Color yes but big screens were new and still weighed a fucking ton🤣
I'm old enough to remember TV shows (mostly reruns) that proudly proclaimed at the beginning, "In color!" They had to tell the black and white TV set owners, so they would want to go out and buy new TVs.
@@russb24 right there with ya. No computers, let alone internet, rotary phones, changing typewriter ribbons... Iv'e worked with kids who stare jaw agape in amazement when I tell them these things.
@@russb24 In Living Color!!! 😂
The brilliant Dire Strates.... love just love ur reactions ta good music ur ace 😘👌
The beginning of this video with the guy floating into the tv; that was all of us kids when MTV first started. We were sucked in! Speaking as a gen x’er. 😂😂
Those were the glory days.
Yep. Gen X here. In middle school watching every video a million times over. This was played a ton. Burned into my memory. 🎶 ♥️
And now we have Kardashians on MTV :/ Or at least we had 9 years ago since I don't own TV since then...
Seriously man, You are killing me. Watched this as a kid. Different times back then. Your reactions make my day. Thanks for just being you. God bless.
good old days
The song was about when a member of the band (I think mark knopfler)went to an appliance store and he overheard one of the employees shit talking him saying most of the things in the song like "he plays the guitar on the MTV, he gets his money for nothing chicks for free" and then being rude to him in general
The "I want my MTV" part was sung by Sting lead singer of "The Police" with hits such as Roxanne and Every Breath You Take
RIght! This song is not Mark Knopfler singing as himself. This song is about blue-collar laborers. It's the veiled, angry envy of a person who thinks that the life of a performing musician is nothing but fun, games, sex, and everything for free. It's a naive viewpoint of someone who doesn't understand the THOUSANDS OF HOURS that muscisians and artists spend on perfecting their craft, scheduling shows, dealing with PR people, lugging gear all over the place, and dealing with envious pricks!
@@danwest9900 yeah. Only the successful ones have it easy. The wannabes and bar bands have to struggle and do all those things, but that was their choice. If you're still struggling, moving your own gear and booking your own gigs after five years, maybe music ain't for you, and you're not nearly as good as you thought you were. The lives of SUCCESSFUL performers and musicians is pretty easy.
@@davedammitt7691 Only the successful ones have it easy, after they've been successful for years, ... and rehab sticks this time.
There has got to be a gif when Mr Video hears that sick riff and he turns his head with that shit-eating grin. Someone please make this happen! Best expression ever.
Don't be afraid to play your guitar! You don't have to show anyone. Just take your time and enjoy it.
The intro to this song became the theme music on MTV for like the next 20 years
Um. It WAS
It was the first music video ever played on mtv also
One of the Greatest trolls of all-time...
Make a tune so perfectly catchy it’s undeniable, pair it with an equal visual experience and load it full of social commentary about the music industry, music culture, and commercialism then sell it to MTV for an anthem...rings just as true today.
@@yesterdaystech86 no it wasn't. The first video played was Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles. Money For Nothing was the first to showcase 3D animation.
@@reesemalo heard the same as what you said. First for 3D animation in a music video or something along those lines
Yep. He said it. Quite a few times! So glad you're reacting to it. This is the norm then. Times have changed. A lot!
When this song came out my husband and I were working as contractors for several appliance and furniture stores. They used to stack up all their TVs against one wall and turn them on. Every damned time we went into one of these stores, all the sales guys would be standing around watching MTV. We got a huge kick out of the lyrics and made it our theme song.
That's pretty cool. Realistic perspectives make a song so much stronger.
You totally reacted to the "word" the way I thought lmao hold that I gonna light this...ok rewind wtf did he just say ?😂😂
He's English.
Playing two American contrasts. Working class and celebrity.
It's a parody that holds no punches and a groove that packs punches.
Additional note: The higher pitched voice is Sting who joined Dire Straits for this song.
Ok, you gotta do one more, Do the walk, do "The walk of life" Dire Straits . Great song it's a must to close this catalog. 😎✌🎶🎶
Yes!
The one with the sports highlights or the other one? You don't want him reacting to the wrong one.
@@jeraldbennett9289 Definitely the vevo video the sound is much better, good call on that. Forgot they did it a little different originally. ✌
I love their song ROMEO & JULIET
And "Brothers in Arms".
MY FAV SONG WHEN I WAS 5 IM 39 NOW AND STILL LOVE IT MY DAD GOT THE RECORED AND I ALWAYS PLAYED IT ,,,,LOVE FROM SCOTLAND
I was about 20 feet away from them for 2 hours. Sixth row center stage on the floor Boston show for this tour. This was their first encore song. ROCKED the house!
Sting of the Police singing:
I want my MTV = Don't stand so close to me
It’s also a throw back to the “I want my Mapo” commercial.
Sting was actually invited to record this for DS.
Your reaction to the second verse was freaking hilarious lol
this video was the shit when it came out!!! back when MTV was really Music Television... not the crap it turned into nowadays!! Glad you liked it!! Keep up the great work... my wife and I REALLY ENJOY watching you and your reactions!!
I still come back here just to see this 5:52 - 7:00 your slow realization is hilarious
Now you can watch Weird Al's parody "Beverly Hillbillies". Of course, you have to know who the Beverly Hillbillies are. LOL
I'd love to watch Leo react to an episode of Beverly Hillbillies!
Gotta get the whole intro in though, for the backstory!
This!!!
swimming pools :D
I second this (ua-cam.com/video/0WPzFnZkZmI/v-deo.html ), AND a reaction to an episode. Mr. Video vs. Vintage TV. :)
I am not a frequent commenter but I am a big fan and I love your reactions. So entertaining and authentic!
The guitar is just like any other skill. PRACTICE! PRACTICE! We talking about PRACTICE!!!
allen iverson . no one else seems to be catching what you did there.
Unless you're Johnny Ramone (amongst others).
Time and practice.
40 hours a day
@@ice-iu3vv I immediately got it myself,a good one but you can't beat "Playoffs"? Lol
The little squeal in the opening guitar solo. Gets me every time. Got you too. That's magic. That's why Mark Knopfler is one of the all time greats. That little squeal right there.
Interesting little side note. This was one of the first albums to be recorded in completely digital format. No static. No background hiss.
😆 😊😂😂😊😂😂😂🌝😊😮 your explanation made me 😆 too funny. Your face when he uses the ‘fa’ word 😂 😂
At the time this came out, glam rock was a thing. Manly men called them names. The lyrics basically said 'say what you want but they're living good no matter what you call them'.
There's a great documentary about Twisted Sister. How they decided that they had the chops, so if all it was missing was the make up, dammit, that wasn't going to stop them. One of the quotes was "In glam you were used to very pretty men; Twisted Sister looked like a bunch of Long Island longshore men in drag."
Good to see you back at it ! ... and that smile :) Love the guitars grove in this ! CLASSIC MTV !
Love you ! Mean it!
🙊 Puff on that, pretend you didn't hear it... 😭🤣🔥❤ Different era folks, CALM DOWN! 😂💀
Lmao, the song hasn't even started playing for me but i know exactly what you're talking about.
Lol. Yep, good decision by Mr. Video to move on without comment!
Different time ya know
Different time plus they were tongue in cheek referring to themselves after hearing these kind of remarks come out of laborers complaining about how easy rock stars had it. So they are forgiven.
No pearl clutching or fainting couches allowed in the 80's!😂😂😂
I love watching this dude fall in love with music maybe he’s never heard before and just jam out
This song made it to number one and that's how you do it. As catchy as a pop/rock song can be. Color TV 1965.
Yeah this came out when i was in high school and we had color tv way earlier than this.
I forgot the original video that was showed constantly on MTV contained the full lyrics. When this song is played on the radio these days the ".....with the earring and the makeup..." part is cut. For those that are too young to know about MTV in the 1980's, the literally played music videos and nothing but music videos all day long. It was great! Also, Dire Straits is another band that shined in their performance at Live Aid! Finally, color TV's in those days weighed over 100 lbs and they were HOT! Seriously, if they were placed too close to curtains the heat from the color TV's could burn the house down.
@@ingridstrickland8768 But black and white tv's were still being sold, color tv's were not new but they were more expensive than B&W ones.
I wholeheartedly agree- Their songs “Brothers in Arms” and “Walk of Life” are musts’. Studio versions please- “Brothers in Arms” (also the title of the entire album) is a beautiful song!! ❤️✌️
And "So Far Away From Me"
Calling Elvis is another good one.
And good for you learning guitar. My brother's teaching himself now and he's over 40. That's the thing about adult learning: you're self-motivated, so you're probably making a decent sound.
Your reaction is everything!! Dire Straits is an awesome band. Sting does the background vocals... 🎵I want my MTV🎵
This was one of the first truly digital releases, and EVERYBODY back in the day threw on their headphones and tripped out to the stereo drum intro. HELL YEAH!
Bro, YEEW! I've wanted this review for so long! The extended version is just sick guitar for the last 3 minutes. Thank you, thank. We bow to your greatness 🙌🙌🤘🤘
AND just subscribed to that 2nd channel 🤙
That's Sting singing in the intro..and what an intro!❤
Not sure, but also the chorus right? (the pitched notes throughout the song)
@@miguelmendoza9622 yes, Sting also is in the background vocals
@@miguelmendoza9622 Yes Sting does harmonies as well.
Yes, singing to the tune of The Police hit "Don't Stand so Close to Me."
Always loved this song! Fyi I literally laughed out loud at this reaction especially when you fluffed and arranged the pillows😂
One of the first videos I have a memory of. It was a very big deal on MTV. Back when they actually played videos lol
Yep 😂❤️
@@lindamaemullins5151 the good ole days 😉
Yeh videos that told stories lol
@@saucyempress9803 and such great stories! But, sometimes, extremely corny 🤣🤣
@@saucyempress9803 and such great stories! But, sometimes, extremely corny 🤣🤣
I can say out of all the reaction video people out there yours is the most entertaining. Keep it up.😄👍🏼
Mr. Video when he heard the F-slur: TIME OUT [spark]
Shocking, innit?
yeah, haha. different time before "political correctness" took over
🤣
You can always separate the people who lived in the 80s from the people who didn't with this video. Younger generations jaws drop to the floor, my generation just goes "Yeah, we used that word all the time back then and no one even blinked."
I just read this as it happened. Lol
Love this song. Has a pretty special place in my heart. It was my welding mentors favorite song they played it at his funeral so every time I hear this song it his me great reaction my dude
Yeah, it was a very different world back then. Not that long ago. Fluffing the the pillows is a pretty good response. Keep up the good work!
When I saw you were reacting to this...I could see the "WTF DID HE JUST SAY?!?" expression on your face. It was a much different time. That whole verse is missing in a lot of versions of the song anymore. Anyone born after 1980, its a pretty alien experience to hear...that verse causes a lot of discomfort...its not a word you just don't hear in polite company anymore.
I truly think it's the fact that he says it THREE TIMES within a couple lines that really blows the mind.
Good Morning from way up north Michigan..this is when MTV rocked not crap last 30 yrs
Now it's all about teen pregnancy.
Straight facts!
Liked and subscribed for the unedited version and your reaction to it. Lol
Find a friend or take lessons... Hard to unlearn mistakes..... lifetime instrument 🎸 and yes it’s awkward at first and takes time but I think you’ll get it 🤟
So glad you did this one! I grew up hearing this song and never knew wtf it meant! Lol. Reading everyone's comments; it totally makes total sense now! Thanks Mr. Video and Commentors!!!!
I've spent 30 years trying to figure out what this song's about.
Congrats on the guitar, playing guitar is truly a health improving hobby that you can do until the day you die. Even if it's just noodling around at home, it helps your brain and it's like soothing therapy too. It's frustrating at first, but the cool thing is the more you dedicate to practicing the better you'll get and you'll get a lot more confidence and have a lot more fun.
One of the best ways to practice is to take one of the song's you're really into, and just try to learn how to play that song.
thank you for reminding me what great music i listened to and was always there when i needed a friend, and of course your enthusiastic dancing,
The lyrics were from the perspective of a couple middle aged guys moving stuff and seeing music videos on MTV. That explains the "interesting" lyrics. 🤣
Whats wrong with the lyrics?
@@iamperplexed4695 well...the F word for instance?
@@iamperplexed4695 since when did "interesting" mean wrong? Is that some of that doubletalk newspeak?
To be fair, he's voicing a character talking about the lead singer of Dire Straits, ie himself.
@@rogercline5377 I heard it was about boy George
How come no one is mentioning Sting ffs!! Legendary hook. He sings the part, "I want my MTV" , and back vocals throughout. And is represented by the skinny character in the video. EPIC!!!!
The use of the F word, I think, was meant as a slam on people who use that word in a hateful way because he is saying you may call him this, but he has his own hair, jet airplane and he is a millionaire.
the lead singer was in a department store when he heard two employees watching MTV and complaining about the singers on tv then jumping right back into salesmen mode when a customer came by. he asked for paper and a pen and wrote down their rant and turned it into the song
Yeah, it was a slam in this context. To listen to it now in these times makes you pay attention but they were not being homophobic in their use of it in this song.
Yeah I mean this is the debate isn't it? You aren't allowed to have offensive characters who have offensive views in art any more. I can understand the arguments against it but think it's a dangerous road.
They’re talking about hair bands specifically which dire straits are not and probably didnt fly in private jets even if they could afford it.
Yup that's what he's saying alright
LMAO! 6:16 you hear the lyric and stop to BLAZE UP! I was dying!
The song is from the perspective of two working class dudes watching MTV.
IT'S BRILLIANT! What better way to insure your video gets a lot of air time on the new music television channel than to put out a cutting edge groundbreaking video with the lyrics being "I want my, I want my, I want my MTV".
You need to react to "Romeo & Juliet" by Straits next.
Second that, and "Skateaway"
My favorite
Bro you know damn well you're gonna be getting money in your P.O box now. It's brilliant!!
So, I remember an interview where Mark Knopfler said he overheard this conversation in an appliance store, about how those guys on MTV aren't working, they're just getting their "money for nothing," so he wrote this song. All the appliance stuff is about working in an appliance store: "we got to install microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveres. We got to move these refrigerators. We got to move these color TVs."
(And your telecaster is beautiful. Learn to play it, brother! You can do it!)
😁😆😅😅 u crack me up . Never go wrong watching ur reactions ROCK ON #mrvideo #STAYWILD 🎵🎶🎸🎵
well, there was color tv:s in the 70´s when I was a kid
Thanks for playing the uncensored version. Stand up to the censors.
This was the first video clip to ever use CGI
No
When MTV first came out all they had on the screen were basic computer generated shapes pulsing to the music. They barely had any videos. It was like a radio station on your tv with Atari style graphics changing colors.
@@tfodthogtmfof7644 really? What year was that?
In 1985? Not quite. Not even Star Wars (the wireframe animation in the Rebel briefing room, 1977) is barely in the first 10 uses. One of the first music videos, maybe, but not the first. That would be Elvis Costello "Accidents Will Happen."
@@anaacevedo2263 That would have been when we first got cable TV, so late 70s. That would have been sometime between 1977 and 1980. I remember one of the first videos I saw on MTV was Gary Newman as they played cars all the time. Video killed the radio star as well.
Here's the story behind the song:
Mark Knopfler was sitting in a kitchen appliance store in New York, and there was this large wall with the TVs mounted on it and all of them where tuned to MTV.
The supervisor was saying to his colleague pointing at the TVs: "That's the way you do it, you play the guitar on MTV. Maybe you get a blister on your little finger... You get money for nothing and the chicks for free..." etc.
Then he was ordering the workers: "We've got to install microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveries..." etc.
When Mark noticed this, he immediately took out a notepad and a pen and started writing the lyrics of Money For Nothing on the spot saying that these lines were "classic"!
So basically, think of the song being sung by, or from the point of view of the supervisor of that kitchen appliance store.
Check out Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles, it was the first music video MTV ever played.
Your face when that lyric dropped 😂 he's referencing how the workers who install the kitchens etc. (ie doing hard manual labor) might dismiss and/or be envious of musicians for not really working ("nah, that ain't working")
Such a killer opening guitar riff. Love this song.
Sun out, windows down, Money For Nothing playing.. that's the way you do it...😎
Explanation thanks to Serraguim's commentary.
This song is about the excess of Rockstars and the easy life it brings compared to real work. Mark Knopfler wrote it after hearing salespeople at a New York City store complaining about their jobs while watching MTV. He wrote the song in the store sitting in a kitchen they had set up. A lot of the words were things they actually said.
This had some brave language in it and he kindly repeated it twice in case we were not sure we heard it clearly lol.
I think he said it 4 times. They played that part in rock stations till like 8 yrs ago.
he wasnt being homophobic at least
From the very moment that this video had its world premiere on MTV (way back in 1985), everyone who watched it instantly had that guitar riff memorized as soon as it hit our eardrums. I mentioned it before but in case you didn't see my previous comment on your Sultans of Swing reaction video; that is Sting, lead vocalist of The Police, who sings the beginning falsetto intro "I want my MTV" although this uploaded version is shortened, as the full video starts with him saying 'I want my"....(pause) "I want my"....(pause) "I want myyyyy MTVeeeeee". He also provides the background vocals throughout the song too. :-)
Other Dire Strait classics to check out are - Walk of Life & Brothers in Arms
If you ever get around to watching the Live Aid concert (1985), Dire Straits performed this song live, with Sting joining them on stage. Everyone always talks about Queen's performance at Live Aid, which was amazing & no doubt, Freddie was the ultimate shining star of that whole show, but there were many other great singers & musicians that put on incredible performances. I watched both concerts (from Philly & London) in its entirety when it aired live in July 1985. i was tired as hell but it was worth the lack of sleep to catch both shows. I remember watching Phil Collins perform in London, then rushing to the airport, jumping aboard the Concorde to fly to Philly, & running onto the stage to close out the American portion of Live Aid. It was definitely a memorable moment in music history. :-)
Listen to "Don't stand so close to me." It's the same as "I want my MTV."
Dude, that cherry red Telecaster is GORGEOUS. Good on you for being introduced to a "new" (for you) genre and wanting to really understand how it was made. Good luck, and (as a guitarist) I hope the callouses come soon, so you won't hurt when you're smoking and exploring :)
This song always sent me the message of how the artists of this Era on MTV promoted commercialism and along the way sold more music and became wealthy..
The "MTV Generation" so to speak.
This is my first hearing this band I like it.... I love the guitar in this song.. 🌹Much love Mr.video 💋
Sorry to double post, but I think "AM Radio" by Everclear would be a great nostalgic follow-up to this. Everclear is a criminally underrated band with a LOT of bangers.
When the song refers to the "little f****t with the earring and the makeup, they're referring to Boy George of Culture Club.
I got my money for nothing until they found my counterfeit machine
yeah, gov doesn't like competition! only THEY can print counterfeit...you know, "money" with nothing to back it aka fiat money
The most memorable scene for me from Luxury Comedy was when Noel Fielding was wearing a flashing neon headband and mentioned it was Mark Knopfler's actual headband.
It has already been mentioned numerous times in the comments that the song was based off a conversation he overheard in a department store between two delivery guys watching a Sting video, which is why this song was made with Sting. The interesting thing was the song was banned in some countries because of the second verse because they thought they were talking down about gay people when they were talking about themselves according to how the delivery people saw them. Most versions of the song still have the second verse replaced by an instrumental section.
Good on you for learning the guitar. Stick with it. It's brilliant! Money for Nothing is a great song to learn for a beginner too. The main riff is not difficult to learn at all but it rocks!