The WEIRD STORY of DIRE STRAITS MONEY FOR NOTHING

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In this video, we explore the iconic Dire Straits song "Money for Nothing," from its origins to its lasting impact on rock music. Formed in 1977, Dire Straits rose to fame with hits like "Sultans of Swing" and "Romeo and Juliet." By 1985, they were ready to release "Money for Nothing," a track born from a chance encounter in an appliance store, where Mark Knopfler overheard a delivery guy's candid remarks about rock stars.
The song became a massive hit, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning critical acclaim for its innovative music video, which featured groundbreaking computer animation. The video won the first-ever MTV Video Music Award for Best Video in 1986 and helped solidify Dire Straits' status in the music industry.
However, "Money for Nothing" also sparked controversy due to its use of a derogatory term, leading to debates about its meaning and impact. Despite the backlash, the song remains a classic, recognized for its unforgettable guitar riff and thought-provoking lyrics.
Join us as we delve into the history, legacy, and controversies surrounding "Money for Nothing," and discover why it continues to resonate with audiences today. Don't forget to like and subscribe for more music history and analysis! This description summarizes the key points of the script while enticing viewers to watch the video for more in-depth information.

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@rnrtruestories 2 месяца назад

How do you guys feel about the music video and was A-ha’s better?

@LostHorizons0 2 месяца назад

Great song screw libs

@AmazinglyBadGamer 2 месяца назад

this could be a stretch, but the video concept, two guys commenting on mtv vids while being on mtv, sounds like it may have inspired beavis and butthead, just a little bit.

@LostHorizons0 2 месяца назад

@@AmazinglyBadGamer beavis and butthead is from the 90s this came out in the 80s lol you are just oozing zoomer on this one.

@rnrtruestories 2 месяца назад

@@AmazinglyBadGamergood point

@URKillingme100 2 месяца назад

After hearing this some 50,000 times, I never connect "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and I Want My MTV". Or I just forgot.

@trinaq 2 месяца назад

You hear the opening guitar riff, and you instantly get excited. Also, Mark Knopfler's one condition to let Weird Al parody the song was to have him play guitar on the track. 🎸

@MrHazelRah 2 месяца назад

UHF 4eva

@Martin-di9pp Месяц назад

That rif got me into metal. 🤘

@ebinrock Месяц назад

@@MrHazelRah"Be-ver-ly! Be-ver-ly! Be-ver-ly Hill-bil-lies!"

@garth217 Месяц назад

@Martin-di9pp it's not metal

@crowe668 Месяц назад

Love that riff...and the video. I grew up in the 80's....I miss the good ole days!!

@LostHorizons0 2 месяца назад

Mark Knopfler is an amazing songwriter and guitarist. Period

@JeffScottKing 2 месяца назад

I can't believe Dire Straits invented Minecraft

@elizabethgrassi9444 Месяц назад

Seriously

@dansihvonen8218 Месяц назад

😄🤘👍

@stevepatrickjarvis Месяц назад

Wow I didn't know they invented minecraft.

@JimmyKnight-uc3pt 2 месяца назад

They didnt remove it , its still on the Brothers in Arms album, or you can find it on here . People are too sensitive !

@deadinthewater218 2 месяца назад

The world is full of cry babies.

@JimmyKnight-uc3pt 2 месяца назад

@@deadinthewater218 True words, my friend!

@scottdowdy3563 Месяц назад

They did remove it. Just because you can still get the original doesn’t change the fact that the lines were removed

@stevethompson210 Месяц назад

It is not about politeness, it is about power. The same people have no problem using the worst language against their political enemies.

@dunebasher1971 Месяц назад

@@stevethompson210 What are you whining about? Do you get joy from the homophobic slur? Is that what makes the song worth listening to for you? It's still exactly as it was on the album, so you can get your homphobic fix any time you like. And bear in mind that Knopfler himself has been changing the lyrics when singing it live for nearly 40 years.

@nolarobert 2 месяца назад

The "Brothers In Arms" album is one of the few records that I consider to be perfect from start to finish. I bought my copy when "Money For Nothing" was ruling the charts and dominating MTV. I still have it in my album collection and play it on occasion. It brings back great memories from the summer of 85.

@BubbaZen10 2 месяца назад

The same people worried about words and censoring music are the main reason why music today is so vapid and horrible

@joeshoe6184 2 месяца назад

That's a gross oversimplification man. 99% of the great songs in the history of music contain zero slurs. Whether you like slurs or not, that's just a fact.

@BubbaZen10 2 месяца назад

@@joeshoe6184 yeah, i was completely wrong and you're right. music is great today. Sorry

@nmarks Месяц назад

Music today is so vapid and horrible because of management accountants and shareholder returns.

@BubbaZen10 Месяц назад

@@nmarksGood music and rock, it'll come back around. It always does. I've watched rock supposed to be dead at least 4 or 5 times now. "Rock is dead they said LONG LIVE ROCK! "

@redbaron977 Месяц назад

Exactly

@vk3fbab 2 месяца назад

Contrast the use of the word between money for nothing and one in a million. There you get the context that so many people are lacking. Mark used the language of the protagonist because it was so right. It's a social commentary on what the working class thought of rock stars. Just because someone gets offended doesn't mean their offence is always valid.

@sootchh4055 2 месяца назад

I mostly listen only to metal but Money For Nothing is still one of the best rock songs ever.

@narrator69 Месяц назад

Metal head since the 70's and I agree, Dire Straits is one of a few bands outside the metal genre that I liked.

@lynnmcculloch-m4h Месяц назад

❤❤❤❤❤

@CanItAlready 2 месяца назад

I thought the meaning behind the song was clear from the first time I heard it. How on earth did anyone misunderstand it???

@notcherbane3218 Месяц назад

Yeah I was kind of wondering about that too it was pretty obvious what it was about !!

@nogames8982 Месяц назад

@@notcherbane3218 if people couldn’t figure it out just by the lyrics you think they’d get a clue with the video.

@phillipbreedlove3209 Месяц назад

I think the video is just click bait. Everyone understands the song.

@bat2275 2 месяца назад

The unedited version is the best to listen to

@wesbaumguardner8829 Месяц назад

Always. Editing is BS.

@briankady1456 Месяц назад

Agreed

@janmarchand7294 2 месяца назад

I miss the old MTv. I was there for the very first broadcast and my friends and I kept the tv on all day, sometimes just on silent! We didn't want to miss a minute, just videos and music all day long. Heaven.

@deadinthewater218 2 месяца назад

I miss those days

@JonasWhite 2 месяца назад

@@deadinthewater218I remember the world premiere of money 4 nothin

@TPaine1776 2 месяца назад

I saw MTV's beginning. Then spent most of the 80s in Asia and missed almost all of it. Now I wouldn't watch it if it were the last channel out there.

@michaelme1548 2 месяца назад

I’ve never liked MTV. It was huge and my opinion wasn’t a popular one. I still think in general visuals have taken more from music than they have added.

@janmarchand7294 Месяц назад

@@JonasWhite And the chicks are free...😃

@RanterInShades 2 месяца назад

I always believed the song was about Motley Crue. I’ve heard others say it’s about Boy George, George Michael, Prince, even David Bowie. But the line “Yeah buddy, that’s his own hair” just sounds like something you’d say about a hair band.

@KassiusFineArt 2 месяца назад

It was about John Waite of The Babies.

@pinehawk9600 2 месяца назад

Really?@@KassiusFineArt

@KassiusFineArt 2 месяца назад

@pinehawk9600 A long time ago, that's what someone in the band said in an interview. Think it was MK but not sure. They were in an appliance store....not a gym as said. Maybe it's in one of his interviews on RU-vid.

@christopherpardell4418 Месяц назад

It wasn’t ’about’ ANY other band. It was about the average listener watching MTV videos and envying how rock stars made money without having to work for it. An inside joke to other musicians because being in a highly successful band is more work than they could ever know.

@julieschoolcraft1503 Месяц назад

I always thought it was about Prince.

@mattdixon6396 2 месяца назад

Dire Straits were an almost yearly touring band over here in Australia. Many years after Brothers in Arms they did a tour and played back to back arena shows in Melbourne. It was apparently cheaper for the band to rent a big house as a band and do the direct helicopter to the gig every night. One of my old chefs was in charge of a pub right near where they were staying and were in there quite a bit and were left alone to enjoy a quiet drink and dinner. Apparently they appreciated it immensely. On the last night they were there the pub had its usual open microphone night and DIRE STRAITS PLAYED IT FOR FUN! The locals knew who it was and was enjoying every minute of it. The owner had no idea about anything later asked them to be the regular Sunday night band😂 Apparently one of them told the owner they couldn’t do it ‘as they had previous work commitments’ 😂😂😂

@MosherBear 2 месяца назад

I'm baffled; I mean, Mark used his journalist experience to write the lyrics taken from what he overheard - how can that be censored?

@herbie_the_hillbillie_goat 2 месяца назад

Because people don't care about context, especially nowadays.

@rcyalater...2305 2 месяца назад

Weak, thin skinned, constantly needing to be offended snowflakes

@stevecarter8810 Месяц назад

@@herbie_the_hillbillie_goatyou nailed it. In recent years we can't even distinguish writer from character from actor. Social media has given power to the ignorant.

@rozzie101 2 месяца назад

I remember a few years back, on Canadian radio stations. They tried to ban 'Money for Nothing.' A local radio station CFNR, didn't take part in the ban, actually played the song more. 😅

@gottlicherhammer 2 месяца назад

Cool story, bro. Wish he would have mentioned that in this video. 😒

@richiehoyt8487 Месяц назад

Thank God for CNFR, the resilience of common sense, and a willingness to say 'stick it' (no, not trying to be 'clever') when necessary! I myself took against this song when it came out, but in my defence, I wasn't much more than a kid and I didn't get it.

@tonymacd1624 Месяц назад

It came out in 1985 they were a few decades late…..

@PS-zw4yc Месяц назад

Bet they still played WAP

@rozzie101 Месяц назад

@PS-zw4yc what is WAP?

@coolnegative 2 месяца назад

What's wrong about singing about a bundle of sticks?

@scuffedryangosling4264 Месяц назад

The bundles of sticks get sad or something.

@coolnegative Месяц назад

@@scuffedryangosling4264 thanx for responding. I realize my joke was probably not acceptable by today's "society," but i couldn't help myself. I try honestly to be respectful of everyone, even if i don't necessarily agree, however it is also my opinion that everyone (especially Americans) are just WAY too uptight where they don't need to be. Blessings.

@gwts1171 2 месяца назад

One of the few bands that never recorded a bad song. Also, this has to be the only time ever where someone talking about "the 'f' word" isn't talking about "f**k".

@r.edward5701 2 месяца назад

@@elimcfly350😂

@Rigel7WasAlreadyUsed 2 месяца назад

It was a Les Paul Standard. Dorfsman's quoted as saying it's a Jr, but it was a Standard. No reflection on you, you researched, found a source, and trusted it. Fair play.

@StefanMedici 2 месяца назад

TBF Mark did pretty much own every sort of guitar known to man. If I remember his touring set was 50 or so. 😂

@clinkman007 Месяц назад

It was indeed a 1983 Les Paul 'Standard'...a reissue of the Historic 1959 Les Paul, not a Les Paul Junior. This guitar was sold at auction in Jan 2024 for £592,000 although it had a guide price of £10,000 - £15,000 and Knopfler confirmed it was the guitar used on the recording of Money For Nothing. Ordinarily a 1983 Les Paul '59 reissue would be worth £6,000 - £8,000.

@DjWellDressedMan 2 месяца назад

1980's MTV = I remember when 'Money for Nothing' was #1 and the sole reason it got huge airplay was due to it mentioning MTV. Then MTV figured out that the song was openly mocking MTV and they dropped it.

@kehmsecksdiin4547 2 месяца назад

Gotta say.....umm ..no..no that's not what's happening...I can certainly see why I have come to that position ur taking . But it's just not so ..

@cchavezjr7 2 месяца назад

I don't recall them ever dropping it just because they realized what the true meaning was.

@crabbyhayes1076 Месяц назад

Mark Knopfler also mumbles, which could be the reason no one heard anything objectionable.

@michaellazor5667 2 месяца назад

Censorship has always been out of hand

@almightyironhead25 2 месяца назад

GREAT SONG!!! But they RUINED it by taking out the best part. Obviously people that criticized it DIDN'T grow up in the 80's...

@Ottophil 2 месяца назад

I grew up in the 80’s I have no problem with removing the slur. How is the part hating gay people “the best part” to me its marks riff

@Rigel7WasAlreadyUsed 2 месяца назад

He started changing that line almost immediately. If you see a live version from back then he often says "queenie", for example.

@somenamelessdude8095 2 месяца назад

@@OttophilIf he was actually talking about Poison, its fitting, glam rockers looked like crossdressers back then

@almightyironhead25 2 месяца назад

@@Rigel7WasAlreadyUsed right on....

@almightyironhead25 2 месяца назад

@@Ottophil damn right!

@bradkrekelberg8624 2 месяца назад

My second favorite song ever. I love the part about Sting. "be great if Sting was here... " "he is!"

@LeonLandgren-qt9pg 2 месяца назад

Yeah😂

@imaginitivity7853 Месяц назад

Also when this song came out, i was working in electrical retail. I had to move refrigerators and colour TVs, which would play the song in store, so at least we could sing along while we did it!

@blacksunshine7485 2 месяца назад

Song reminds me of corrupt fat cat suits in the 80s doing coke and making deals. I love these videos that have dated computer animation like Def Leppard Let's Get Rocked and I think there's a ZZTop video..

@deadinthewater218 2 месяца назад

Let’s Get Rocked is a good song too

@OttoByOgraffey Месяц назад

The little cigarette with the earring and the makeup, yeah buddy, that's his own hair.

@KirkFleming-er1up 2 месяца назад

I don't usually make comments on RU-vid but this album was a huge part of my childhood I was born in 83 and my dad had it on vinyl still love it to this day. Love your channel one of the best on RU-vid much love and respect from Brisbane Australia.

@rnrtruestories 2 месяца назад

Thank you so much! That means a lot

@bobeaseshop9389 Месяц назад

This was fantastic. I deeply enjoyed your work and dedication on this era. Thank You.

Месяц назад

So if Virgin Records got a share of the royalties for the melody of the chorus of Police’s “Don’t stand so close to me,” shouldn’t the two employees of the appliance store also get a share for providing much of the lyrics?

@busterhikney6936 Месяц назад

"SCREW THEM." -The Music Industry

@satevo462 2 месяца назад

As someone born in the late 70's, believe me, you could not turn on MTV with seeing this video.

@iowa_don Месяц назад

This is a song that needs to be played at VOLUME. Love that guitar!

@coolnegative 2 месяца назад

You should do a video on Dann Huff. How an easy listening Christian guitarist went on to become one of the most respected and sought after session players and producers. The man basically invented the 80s guitar sound playing on everything from Kenny Loggin's "Danger Zone" to Madonna's "Like A Prayer" and Peter Cetera's "Glory of Love." Dann Huff WAS the soundtrack of every 80s song, whether they know it or not.

@florianbohren5886 2 месяца назад

Dann's amazing - but i would say the inventors of the 80ies sound are lukather and landau

@Nightdare Месяц назад

@@florianbohren5886 Don't forget Phil Collins for that Gated Reverb drumsound

@bryan5238 Месяц назад

In 1985 I was a closeted gay 16 year old in rural Washington state. The 2nd line in "Money for Nothing" withe the "F-word" did nothing but inspire me and made me feel included, giving me hope that I could do anything, and be successful. That I could have my own jet airplane and be a millionaire. I'd like to thank Mark Knopfler,

@bri1042 Месяц назад

I was 14 when this song came out. Whatever the band meant by using the F word was utterly lost on every little Michigan 14 year old I knew. It got quoted in the halls at school, kids turned up that part of the song and hit rewind to hear it again. All the little bigots I went to school with used it as an anthem. The artist's intention has meaning, of course, but how it's received also has meaning. Some artists recognized this and some don't, and it was the 80's. The same kids misinterpreted the The Beasties Boys in later years (which was much more amusing), along with many other bands and songs.

@IRNHYD Месяц назад

You completely glossed over the point here, by citing the fact that some 14 year olds made the lyrics an impromptu anthem. The ignorance of some middle school students does not validate your argument. Social policy should not be dictated by the notions of tween kids that going to be brutal and mean to each other regardless of the song playing on the radio.

@AndrewGreenaway Месяц назад

It’s just a word

@kingnurk888 2 месяца назад

Didn't knew it's been THAT long since some people were unable to understand rony and sarcasm and take everything just too literally, like it happens nowadays especially when it comes to comedy. Anyway, MTV was great not only in getting irony and sarcasm, but also in appreciating it.

@RonBaker456 2 месяца назад

As it is now, nobody but the critics cared about what the critics said.

@Unitenotfight Месяц назад

DS is a very underrated band. Incredibly talented and great song writing. And they can play the honky tonk like anything.

@SomeRandomDude2020 2 месяца назад

Sometimes I’ll be sitting here watching one of your videos and I’m suddenly struck with: Damn this is good. MTV was on my television nonstop in the 80s. Great job!

@rnrtruestories 2 месяца назад

Thanks!

@deadinthewater218 2 месяца назад

I miss the 80s

@crumblingheights4367 2 месяца назад

This song came out when I was about 12 years old. It was played on radio and MTV all the time. I don’t remember anybody not being in on the joke. It doesn’t surprise me that some people were offended, but this is the first time I’m hearing about it.

@stewartw.9151 Месяц назад

The editing of the word which means " sticks of wood, tied together and used as fuel for a fire" was one of the stupidest things one can imagine!

@JosephSastreShowsYou Месяц назад

"I want my MTV" = "Don't stand so close to me" Brilliant I love that!!!!

@jrossi9250 Месяц назад

Loaded trucks to help pay my college tuition until I played bass in a band. I loved this song and still smile when I hear it.

@xrayjosh 2 месяца назад

This song has a special place in my heart, it was the first tune I ever air guitared to! I was 8 or 9, and the riff still gets shivers going up my spine today!

@mbberry135 2 месяца назад

What is there to get? Blu collar guys at working being jealous and repulsed by rich people on MTV. Go to vest buy and listen to the employees when the watch MTV (You'll need to coax the into turning it on.) The song You'll write 40 years later will be exactly the same as Money For Nothing. I knew that back in the 1990's!

@JamieStuff Месяц назад

"Brothers In Arms" was groundbreaking in many ways. It was (one of) the first CDs to be "DDD" (digital recording, digitally mixed, digitally distributed). "Money For Nothing" was one of the first music videos to feature such computer imaging. Word in the tech community was that the CGI was done on Amiga computers.

@JacobDean88 Месяц назад

I remember in the late 70s, my dad cranking up Sultan's Of Swing.on Vinyl. Man, those were good times for music

@Jay-n262 2 месяца назад

Had no idea Dire strait's was from the UK. They have an American sound.

@BotsWeekendCovers 2 месяца назад

Great Effing Song!!!!!!!!!!!! This song got me back into guitar until I realized I don't play fingerstyle like Mark LOL. Well I still got back into guitar over it. Just a bad ass song and it was when I finally got to legally get into a club and drink. It was ALWAYS playing the all the babes were dancing to it!!! Great memories!!!!

@dezawol9786 2 месяца назад

STAYED UP LATE FOR HANDBANGERS BALL 😂😂

@clocksurfer Месяц назад

I get the song. I understood the tongue-in-cheek immediately because, at the time, I was a young musician grappling with how hard it is to make it look easy.

@stevenr8606 Месяц назад

OH, PLEASE. 🙄 Whatever happened to "'Words' can not hurt me ... ❓️" Some people are so touchy. Especially today.

@BasementPepperoni 2 месяца назад

See that little draft dodging hippie with the earing and the make-up, yea buddy that's his own hair. That draft dodging hippie got his own jet airplane!

@carlmanvers5009 Месяц назад

An amazing time for MTV. I miss the days it was about the music. The song itself is a classic, original language and all and I have no problem with it.

@DiZZoLabs 2 месяца назад

❤ dire straits - come to you is my favorite song

@trendmassacre8423 2 месяца назад

I always thought of Don't Stand So Close To Me when hearing the "I want my MTV" bit, but didn't know that Mark had The Police in mind when the beginning was written, and also didn't know that was Sting singing the beginning of Money For Nothing!

@spacewolf9585 2 месяца назад

I remember when we all were waiting in anticipation for the video to drop on MTV, as they had done a big promotion effort on the channel for it, and everyone being blown away by the look of everything. And of course the Weird Al parody video from that era was equally amazing.😂

@PaboritongAwitinniBoyKarne17 2 месяца назад

I like the music video of MONEY FOR NOTHING...

@AxlRose-ug5db 2 месяца назад

Great band great song it came out when i was 13 it was a huge hit 💯

@raddastronaut 2 месяца назад

Love Dire Straits. Knoffler is so awesome. He pulled a Weird Al, and got Al on that same song. It was great he demanded to play on the song with Al. I love the UHF soundtrack. Also. That thumbnail is epic. 😂

@elosoguapo8137 2 месяца назад

The people who make these criticisms have to be the most ignorant ones of them all. They don’t even attempt to contextualize. They want to be offended and they want to be victims.

@derrickstableford8152 Месяц назад

I used to install custom kitchens. It was our song. That was how we were at the time…thoughts and times have changed.

@musicauthority674 Месяц назад

Many people don't know that Mark Knophler is left handed and plays the guitar right handed. he's on a sorta long list of guitarists that I have. because I am left handed and play the guitar right handed also. Duane Allman and Gary Moore are also on that list. something else that many people don't know. is Mark Knophler plays a Fender Stratocaster most all the time. but his favorite guitar is his Les Paul. it's just that the Strat. has a better tone for many if their songs.

@RealRoknRollr3108 2 месяца назад

This was probably my favourite song as a kid in the 80s. But I never understood what the song was about and thought the line was 'money for nothing and cheques for free'. Made no sense but money and cheques seemed to logically go together 😅

@kgk4L96 2 месяца назад

That is wild. Last night, I was thinking of some obscure football player, and today I saw news about him. Yesterday, I was looking up the movie Local Hero and here it is being mentioned.

@derick-smith Месяц назад

When I listen to the song, I just sing CLAMPET really loud when they get to that word. Weird Al forever baby!

@funkyzero Месяц назад

Brothers in arms was the best recorded and mastered album I had ever heard when it came out. It set a standard that was generally unmatched for a very long time. By todays standards, it's even better. If you really want to brutalize your sound system, this is the album to use. It's almost like there is no real peak until things start melting. It is so dang clean it just makes you want more and more.

@firebir11 2 месяца назад

Mark Knoffler remarked his guitar sound came from a wah pedal making a sound left at particular poisition which acounted for the unique sound it made.

@enricmaria97 Месяц назад

Sting in Don't Stand So Close to Me (1980): Don't stand Don't stand so Don't stand so close to me Sting in Money For Nothing (1985): I want my I want my I want my MTV

@epicpotato8507 2 месяца назад

I dont remember hearing the edited version.. ever.

@FranciscoGarcia-hi3zx 2 месяца назад

Great timing. Been listening to this song the for the past week.

@solidsneakie Месяц назад

Communique is an amazing, chilled album.

@nocturnal101ravenous6 Месяц назад

I mean Yeah the video and song are so iconic, in that era you had Bon Jovi and Def Lepard putting out catchy music. all the way up to the early 2000s you had the wave of Rock and alternative Rock really dominating. I still say Executives are what killed the music industry, anti consumer, lazy, and over predatory with the artists.

@iconoclad Месяц назад

I have heard the song literally hundreds of times. I have no idea what the lyrics are other than "money for nothing and chicks for free" - a musicians life.

@richardsinger01 2 месяца назад

I'm not a Dire Straits fan, but I recognise Brothers in Arms is excellently recorded. My vinyl copy has a really great sound compared to most of my other LPs. As far as I'm concerned it puts to bed the idea that analog recording and mastering is the be-all and end-all.

@andonbailey9656 Месяц назад

Playing the song for a full hour on repeat. That is some Grade A Canadian passive aggression. I have to admit that is the funniest protest I've ever heard of. I'm glad it worked out for the stations.

@kallekas8551 2 месяца назад

Oh man! I remember seeing an interview on this in the 80s…biggen dealen!😂

@fatimaemiko7073 7 дней назад

ESSA MUSICA TEM MUITAS PECULIÁRIDADES 1 GANHOU O GREMMY DE MELHOR PERFORMANCE DE ROCK, O BATERISTA DA BANDA TAMBÉM LEVOU O GRAMMY NA ÉPOCA...TEVE A PREMIAÇÃO DA MTV POR SER A PRIMEIRA BANDA A UTILIZAR ESSE FORMATO DE VIDEO, TEM A CONTROVÉRSIA SOBRE A LETRA DA MÚSICA QUE ESTA MUITO BEM EXPLICADA NA PRÓPRIA IMAGEM DO VÍDEO...E AINDA TEM A INTRODUÇÃO DA MÚSICA QUE ALGUNS DIZEM SER IMPOSSÍVEL REPLICAR ALGUMAS PARTES...MARAVILHOSA ESSA MÚSICA

@mgmx2099 Месяц назад

I remember being so mesmerized by the video back then.

@mht525 2 месяца назад

The Drum into is a great piece to play and Knoflers claw picking is what it takes. Dire Straits were enormous in Australia.. Real musicians ✌️🤘⚖️🎸🥁🇦🇺🇺🇦

@richarddexter7641 Месяц назад

And now, you can't hear this tune in it's entirety anywhere these days. Damn radio cowards. Fortunately, they can't keep me from playing it on my home system.

@cyrilfrance-jackson1892 Месяц назад

I have always thought that 1 line of that song came from my grandmother, from when John Illsley and I were school friends.

@juliegood7999 Месяц назад

Right, back in the day, the F word ( can’t believe I have to say F word) was not used as a slur but as in the same general context as the B word or the C word and I never heard that it was aimed at any artist. Sheesh 🙄

@wallheadkdir 2 месяца назад

Once upon time in the west...great song!!

@derekdelboy Месяц назад

OK why at 2:39 are you using B Roll of Dublin Ireland when announcing the Dire Straits are from the UK?? Brothers in Arms was my first ever CD I even bought a CD player just to play it 🎼

@usefulidiom 2 месяца назад

Mark Knopfler is a legend.

@karakillgrave8105 2 месяца назад

I loved this song and video as a kid.

@krystiangorski6201 2 месяца назад

Lmao. My dad introduced me to alot of music and was always giving me tapes to listen to in my Walkman before bed. I was about 8 years old when he gave me the Brothers In Arms album. Anyway i was in the 3rd or fourth grade when my teacher thought it would be a great idea to let each student bring in a song they liked, play it and then discuss it. 😂. I naturally brought that tape and she proceeded to play Money for nothing. When the verse with the little fgt came on she jumped out of her seat in a panic to shut it off. She then proceeded to try to explain the lyrics, but changed it to " the little people". Now i was to young to understand but i kind of felt like i did something wrong just didnt know what. Nothing ever happened because this was Nyc in 92 and there wasn't any of this woke crap around. But years later thinking about it, i dont think i ever laughed so hard in my life. ( at the situation) anyway very bizarre. What could she say? That an 8 year old is homophobic? I didnt understand the lyrics fully at the time. I wonder how that would've played out these days 😂😂😂

@soberek Месяц назад

13:33 stupid error. It wasn't a Les Paul Junior. It was a 1983 made Les Paul 1959 Reissue.

@jeanclaude7018 Месяц назад

Maek was just being a good journalist, reporting what he witnessed.

@whoisharo4689 2 месяца назад

PLEASE PLEASE do a video about the contortion guy in TOOLs Aenima album photos! Youre the perfect channel to cover it!

@harrydbastard Месяц назад

As a kid the music video for this blew my mind

@lugnutt66 Месяц назад

It's what the dude said. It's what most bands looked like including Dire Straights. It's what all of us heard working people were thinking. And that's why it's the best song ever. Get you panties unbunched and grow up😎

@ericheine2414 Месяц назад

The lyrics for the song were written in San Anselmo California Mark Knopfler got them from Chris Hackney in Sonoma California. The frame for the song was completed before MTV came to be. The music business is seedy. I've never known so many liars.

@petepeterson5337 Месяц назад

"Michelle Vaughfield (spelling) of the standards and practices branch recalled that they made censorship decisions based on the context in which the word is used." Those days are gone!

@rnrtruestories Месяц назад

@@petepeterson5337 yes that is true

@DougguoD 2 месяца назад

Have any of those "chicks for free" sued yet? Seems to be a thing 😼

@carpecanem611 2 месяца назад

It's about poultry farming.

@A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid Месяц назад

Omg nothing better to do than jump through hoops to launch a complaint about this song.

@hammer1bad Месяц назад

So I remember back in the day, I was told when that song came out it was about prince!! The lyrics that little Fagot. Now the stories changing

@Barry-p4m 21 день назад

My favorite British band

@wratower7409 Месяц назад

I think it hilarious when people don’t understand the meaning by song lyrics. Arguably one of the greatest Is Madonna’s Like a Prayer. It’s a good well put together tune but millions of people love that song and have zero clue what it’s actually about.