Dire Straits - 'Money for Nothing' Reaction! Iconic Guitar from an Iconic Band with a Roblox Video!
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- "Money for Nothing" is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits, released as a single in 1985. It was also the lead track on their album "Brothers in Arms." The song became a massive hit and is well-known for its distinctive guitar riff, which was played by Mark Knopfler. The lyrics of the song are written from the perspective of a working-class man watching music videos on MTV and expressing resentment towards the extravagant lifestyle of rock stars.
The song's lyrics and catchy guitar riff contributed to its success, and it won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1986. "Money for Nothing" remains one of Dire Straits' most well-known and enduring songs. 
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The lyrics are a direct transcription of what one of the members of the band heard from the backroom staff at a stereo store. He was there to find some new equipment, and the guys were moving stock into the showroom and snarking at the videos playing on the TVs there. Working class guys sneering at rich rock stars who get their "money for nothing". And yes, that's Sting on the chorus.
It was Mark Knopfler himself in a store in New York, 2 delivery men were commenting on the TV's that were all tuned to MTV and Mark wrote down what he heard and turned it into this song.
@@StevenQ74 Exactly, and he is using their perspective and 'voice' here, not his, guess why he changed the lyric to 'queenie' when doing it live, and now radio just deletes that whole verse unfortunately
I was just about to tell the story,but you beat me to it!True story everybody!
It wasn't even a blip on the radar when they used the "f" word at the time. People knew it was wrong,but working class and uneducated folks used it all the time to indicate someone who was not hyper masculine.At least in Massachusetts anyway.😊
Yeah, context is everything. They weren't the ones calling anyone the F word, it was self-referential
This song is so not trash. They are just singing about people working their ass off complaining about rock stars....
Still one of the best guitar riffs ever.
A groundbreaking video! Dire Straits had guitar genius Mark Knopfler. Sting sings “ I want my MTV “ and harmonies with Mark in this one.
Mark wasn’t trashing gays- he was repeating a conversation he overheard from envious workmen in an appliance store who were watching MTV. They were making disparaging comments about the rock videos they were watching. ❤As usual, Phenom is on top of it! ❤And that guitar intro BANGS!!!!!
Since Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, way before Nirvana. There was U2 and Blondie, and music still on MTV
Don't explain anything.
"Moving TVs ain't hard." My man, do you know what them TVs were like in the 80s? They were the size of a buick and weighed more than two of me and my girl the day after Thanksgiving
Microwaves too. Those used to be giant heavy appliances. LOL
All that, just to have everything smell like popcorn.
I love that Coreys always so positive about the old school bangers 😅
It wasn’t made for MTV. He was in a furniture store and was listening to the delivery men piss and moan about the wall of TVs all showing MTV. The lyrics are what these moving guys said.
Good intel. I’ve heard this song a hundred times and never knew that. 👍
The derogatory word was used because they were reflecting the conversation they had overheard from the delivery men. It was not their own sentiments.
True. Plus, band members wore earrings too.
One of the most recognizable guitar riffs of all time. Huge hit in '85 (#1 Hot 100). The song was nominated for Song of the Year and won for Best Rock Performance. The album was nominated for Album of the Year and won a Grammy for Best Engineering. (other big hits from the album were Walk of Life and So Far Away) Most of us had never seen video graphics like this before.
This song was #1 for three weeks... knocked out of #1 spot by...... Ready For The World - "Oh Sheila".
This was the band actually over hearing workers in an appliance store talking amongst themselves, they probably didn't know that a popular band was in the store that heard what they were saying and going to make it into a song!
It is a criticism of the Commercial aspect of the music on MTV. Music to sell products advertised on the network. When MTV started it was the ultimate commercialization of music as a means to sell, sell, sell...
Probably the coolest riff of all time
Love this video. With 2 working musicians in the family the running joke was to tell them to get a haircut and a real job 🎵🎶💚
From an era when people weren't so sensitive.
We can be older.... just not naive and dwell on today's divisive ideology. MTV as they noted did stop playing it for the reason noted. Plenty from the 70s 80s some would cry to Cancel today. Words, dress, men in tights and aspects of makeup, perms that you know who would be up in arms today when we look back and see many of their videos even some live shows. Sensitive takes sooo many forms even by those religious who canceled for decades and forced filters still to this day vs say Europe even and what they can show on TV.
@@davidw7I also remember back in the 70s and 80s they were TV shows like Benny Hill they were aired on public television that are banned today. I remember the whole family watching we loved it! Censorship in the 80s and 90s was a huge problem and still it's today. In our society now is super oversensitive! Somebody else was talking about how this guy was saying moving TVs isn't hard which he doesn't seem to remember that we didn't have flat screen TVs. I still have one from 89 and I have to pay to have two people or more come and pick it up because I can't move it. It has its own stand with the huge back on the backside. 😆 Off-topic, and reminds me of the waterbeds who remembers those? 🤣😆😆
sensitive in relation to what?
@@ingekoschmidder6424
Being woke.
@@freebirdtony But which part of the song does your comment "weren't so sensitive" refer to?
This is the guitar riff to end all guitar riffs
C’mon you know this song is catchy ❤🎉
I’m gay and I wasn’t offended
Yeah it's hard to be upset when you recognize they we're saying that's what others were calling them.
It’s about people being judgmental and pretending they could do better if they just… Did something. Nothing offensive towards gays. Even though in the 80s it was completely normal to make fun of gay people. And into the 90s gay men still got unalived at random. Although rarely.
This video was so ahead of it's time! The effects and such. I completely remember this being one of the first videos on Mtv that I fell in love with. This was probably when I was 14. Guesing 1984? And it's crazy hearing the casual use of the F word lol. Gets ya cancelled nowadays lol.
Like sultans another song based off a band members experience. One in a london pub, one in a furniture store. And at the time some pretty cutting edge computer animation
The album this song is from is one of the greatest albums of the 80's.
The album also helped the CD achieve a breakthrough.
This is a very cool song, one of my fav Dire Straits song! Pretty sure this was the very 1st video played in the UK when MTV was first aired in England.
Yeah, in August 87.
1st of August, I think.
We got it in our house about a month or two later. The first video i remember seeing was crazy nights, from kiss.
That guitar riff ROCKS. It's so funky and cool. And when I first heard the song in 1985, I absolutely loved the humor of the lyrics. I didn't even know back then that the lyrics were actually overheard; I just thought he was making it up and it was still hilarious to me.
many people first learned about mtv from this video! 😊those were different times!..
damn, the uncensored version still exists!!!❤🧡💛💚
This song is awesome. Probably my second favorite Dire Straits song. That guitar riff makes the song. I’ve never heard anyone call it “trash” though. I don’t see it as any less quality than Sultans of Swing. It’s a different sound, but it’s still among the great classic rock songs of all time.
But hey, not everyone has to like it. 🤷♂️
Definitely one of the first videos on MTV during a time when music videos were just beginning to be relevant on television .
Only in the 80's does this song make sense.
You had to be there...
No it's still makes sense.. is just that Every Generation is taking longer to grow up that's all
1) A time when MTv played music video and this video was on heavy rotation.
2) first all digital recording, mixing, mastering and thus
3) if you had a 3.1 or 5.1 surround sound system this song was awesome
4) headphones don't do it justice
5) and thank you for returning to my 16 year old self in 1987.
When Sting sings "I want my MTV:" which was from the marketing to get people to call their cable Co and ask them to add MTV when it first started. Did you notice it is a slowed down version of The Police's "Don't Stand So Close to Me".
Their song Brothers in Arms, is a great and emotional anti war song.
It sure is!!! It brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it!!!
I remember being in my playpen as a toddler, totally transfixed by the CGI at the beginning. This is truly my earliest memory of a music video (my sister was much older and addicted to MTV in the 80's lol)
And yeah.. the slur is in it.. but the context is that its being said by the workers who think musicians are "that" because they dont have to do "hard work" for a living.
Recognized as one of the best riffs in Rock history
You guys should check out Dire Straits 'Brothers in Arms'. Great tune,.....a bit sad....but excellent.
Mark Knopfler was in L.A. & overheard two delivery men bitching about their jobs & he sat and listened. A little if the lyrics are from those delivery dudes, so it's authentic American tale, from some English guys
We used this song as a running cadence in the Army
Mark Knopfler is underrated as a guitarist.
Is he? He's often regarded as one of the best as far as I've ever heard. Not sure how that's underrated but OK 😂
I was working in the office of a small furniture and appliance store when this song came out. The warehouse workers loved it.
this was the 1st video ever on mtv & one of first CDs ever!
No it wasn't
Mark Knopfler was the driving force behind Dire Straits. After the group split up, Mark went his own way. If you want to hear Mark at his creative best, listen to the full Pennsylvania album. Even though Mark is an Englishman, he understands America perfectly, and it comes through in each song on this album. Your ears will be rewarded, and your hearts warmed.
This was my summer song in the 80s. Sting was the voice of the main MTV commercials singing I want my MTV.bso it was echoing the commercials. The word Fa-git was the taboo word of that time.
Great song and band!!!!
Love that song. The beat is addictive. Those were great times when people didn't get offended so easily. Miss those days!
Oh sure, you mean the days it was bleeped out on MTV? Because in those days people weren't offended? 😂😂 No part of that makes any sense. It was years ago people were literally offended ffs. Think about what you're saying.
FYI, the album version is much longer
Exactly. The build-up at the beginning is much longer and builds a lot more tension before the opening riff, and the extended guitar solo later on is phenomenal.
That’s Sting, he sounds like an angel ❤😊.
Next check out 'Sultans of Swing' the LIVE ALCHEMY version by Dire Straits.
This was the song that launched the European mtv , you missed the best part of this song and it’s the long intro
Written by Mark Knopfler and Sting. Same chords as Synchronicity, which was written by Sting.
Recorded and released in 1985. Same year when Sting was a guest for a Phil Collins song and still had time to record and release his first solo album 💿. Sting was busy as a bee 🐝! L 🤣L
The Live Aid version, same year, was epic 🙌.
Suggested videos 📹: 1 Dire Straits perform Walk of Life 2 Phil Collins and Sting perform Take Me Home 🏡 3 Sting sings Be Still My Beating Heart 💓
Sting and mark grew up in the same city of the uk and have stayed friends over the decades
I used to listen to it when I was young my dad played it I still listen to them legends
This song and album was #1 in the UK about 4years straight.
Love the honest reactions! You don’t have to like everything. It’s all good.
This was literally the first song I saw on MTV.
You know it`s the 80`s, we could do it right back then.
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The very first digitally recorded album ever made.
I have a Dire Straits song for you that is different from Sultans and Money For Nothing. I have been wanting to recommend this song for a little while so this is the perfect opportunity. The song is Twistin' By The Pool. Some people like it, some people hate it and some people don't care one way or the other.
You guys really need to check out the song - It's all Coming Back to me now - Celine Dion (Official Video)
One of the first videos that they played when they first came out with MTV I just had my second baby I was 26
I think that you are misunderstanding about the word , Men that work in factories and also in construction and men that moved houses and stuff or even more truck driver that's what they would say about them men with long hair to play to get tired they said that about them
The Guitar riff was a Nod to Billy Gibbons and ZZ Top. Knophler said that he heard a conversation between to movers in an Electric Store who were taking a break in New York - that's where the opening lines of verse two come from. This was the first CGI video ever broadcast on MTV in 1985!!!!
Here's a few more from Dire Straits:
👉 "Tunnel of Love" - ruclips.net/video/gAirINwjaxE/видео.htmlsi=y54INAdQATTP__h4
👉 "Romeo & Juliet" - ruclips.net/video/rC95MEenIxA/видео.htmlsi=sl_QN623pQjjfwyd
This one's from their 1980 album Making Movies and was inspired by Mark Knopfler's failed relationship with singer Holly Vincent. He still loved her, but felt that she was only using him to further her music career. Beautiful guitar on this one!
👉 "Walk of Life" - ruclips.net/video/kd9TlGDZGkI/видео.htmlsi=hIJ1tofVFBwIbKfI
Love it lads ❤ Dont misinterpret the lyrics. They stand the test of time, as they were directed towards the singer
This was the first time CGI was used for such a length of time. This helped bring out CGI from its infancy. people where awe struck with CGI after this came out. and pushed CGI to grow as more people found it cool to program things like this. Not just CGI but photoshop and image manipulation as well.
Good ear catching Sting.
At one time, this tune was the story of my life. Back when this song was released, I was unloading trucks, delivering and installing appliances, and building and installing custom kitchen and vanity cabinets and countertops. And I was also playing music in a band. 😆
Gotta check out "Lady Writer ".
These guys must be like 50, surely they can remember the 80's.
It has a story fantastic to dance and let your hair down. Sultan's of Swing has a story too. I love the fact the lyric's are about actual personal event's.
Saw them at the Texas jam Dallas cotton bowl. 1978.
I'm gonna be like a stuck record. Sultans Of Swing Alchemy Live. You get the whole hog and a 5/6 minute guitar solo.
This song was the birth of MTV. Love this song. If you watch the concert Live Aid 1985 they did this song there.
This was the most pop / commercial song they had... best live band ever in my view.... sultans of swing or telegraph road from alchemy tour, and from 'on the night' any of brothers in arms, private investigations or romeo and juliet
Dire Straits was e kick a$$band and Mark K. Is a guitar legend
Please listen/watch live Versions. One of the best live groups.
Song is taking from a working man perspective of rock stars
Man, you guys have great taste.
Gentlemen....Excellent reaction and taking the time to sort out and add the disclaimer. This was a huge hit when I was in High School....it was a different time but we all evolve for the better.
Enjoyed your analysis, gentlemen"
Thank you. One of the best rock tunes ever. Everyone can sing it yes the lyrics might be fd but ya rock
He was basically talking about making $10 an hour"
Versus 20 million a year "
Thanks.
Fenom202 nailed it. Knopfler heard two delivery guys bitching about their jobs while watching rock stars on MTV.
"Dire Straits - Once Upon A Time In The West (Alchemy; Live ~ High Quality)" (channel: Max Jansson)" --This song by Dire Straits was released on their second studio album called "Communique" released in 1979. The album peaked at number #11 on the Billboard 200 Chart and spent 21 weeks there on the charts. Here's a basic understanding of what this song I've suggested is about. At its heart it is about the erosion of values, the pace of change, and the challenges we as a society face in the modern world. It's a mix of cautionary tale, and observant commentary. The song points to how people move recklessly through life while others set on the fence and do nothing to stop them, as explained with the lyrics (breaking up the speed limit) and the inevitable consequences which is in the following lyrics "Even a Hero Gets A Bullet in the Chest) which explains that even heroes can get hurt and there are many problems in the world. Enjoyed rocking with you fellas. Thanks for sharing.
I guess yall didn't bleep anything out LOL
This song is sheer genius
I grew up in a time when we bought our music on vinyl LP's, cassette tapes, or 8 track tapes. Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms" album is the first CD I ever owned.
This reactor is taking arrows because the meaning of the song went so far over his head. Ignorance is bliss, buddy!
Dire Straits - Industrial Disease
Today I wan't my old MTV when MTV was Music TV 24/7, 365. not what it turned into. This was when MTV was only Music TV. I would get off work, flip on HBO or Cinamax to find out what movie i wanted to watch at what time. Then flip to MTV to fill in the gap while cooking dinner. and MTV was great to have on in the background while eating or when we would party. it was a great escape from the days work and world events. no news no comentary just music TV. and the only ad on MTV was NASA, lol which was cool ads to watch in between videos.
At the time it was common to hear that term. Times change. Thank God! It's a great song tho. They did change the lyrics so you can check out the revised version.
I'd love to see your reaction to "Walk of Life"! If you liked Sultans of Swing, then you'll love it.
YAY!!!
TV's weighed like 200 lbs back then, he heard this conversation in a store and made it a song,they didn't recognize him
It was a comment on the impact of MTV; on the new delivery of music and how musicians are perceived.As two successful veterans of the music industry, they created it as a parody. This is the reason for the overly pop sound.
The language isn't coming from the POV of a musician. It's a rough working class character observing musicians. Mark doesn't need to 'learn to play the guitar' as he clearly has that figured out. IOW's Mark Knopfler and his band are being derided as soft and unmanly while at the same time being envied for stardom.
I could've sworn I read a Rolling Stone article back then. Where Mark said he was kinda making fun of how MTV was making music acts famous. As opposed to the old days of playing in clubs wherever until you got signed. MTV was how you sold albums, sold out concerts.
Yes this is a “pop” song in many ways. For me it was my gateway drug into Dire Straits. I loved “Sultans of Swing” in 79 and bought the album but I can’t say that I really listened to the rest of the tracks much until years later when this song came out. Listen to the album that it was on “Brothers in Arms”. The title track is a masterpiece. Much of their best work was after this song made them famous for lots of new fans. They had lots of great songs like “Telegraph Road”, “Romeo and Juliet” and “Once Upon a Time in the West”.
It’s not exactly that they were trying to fit in to the eighties it was more of a satire on the eighties and MTV and the music videos. A lot of acts didn’t like doing music videos at first or at all. Some did it because their labels pressured them to to promote their music. The use of the word that is controversial is part of the satire. Censoring the word takes away from the satirical experience and doesn’t have the same experience or effect. This doesn’t mean that it’s okay to actually call someone that it’s just that censorship is also bad and can lead to the loss of knowledge if someone is offended by the use of words or pictures that might not be what some people like.
What sucks about the whole derogatory statement is they're repeating a conversation of how working class people feel about the rock stars
And while the word used is solely a slur today when the song was written it depended on context.
For its time it's not intended in a derogatory way, almost admiring the good hussle the rockstars have getting millions for doing very little
Olli it's all good. Glad to see your honest opinion believe me. Though I've always liked the song I wouldn't say its a truly great song. Just very catchy and memorable.
Another case of "you had to be there".