Dire Straits • Money for nothing (1984)

[clovisalves100]

MTV E FODA

[jdmmer]

"See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup" they predicted Justin Bieber

[Purman99]

man I missed this song thank 96.9 Jack FM

[brandonlace]

Hey, OZ FM, go fuck yourself you piece of shit radio station. 

[tubesnake08]

just let rock and roll play., and don't discrimate on the lyrics of rock n roll and just let them roll. . Tryna change the spng. . over a f*cken lyric. . Live and Live!

[mjndblain]

when this song was banned form radio stations i would blast it out and now they play the song again :)

[marri4981]

Essa musica foi uma da minhas preferidas,ouvia-a todo dia...amo

[Maxmulham]

Yes. Canadians can FINALLY watch this again. Thank fucking god.

[bluebear1985]

@Maxmulham That's true, but when I hear it on the radio, I don't hear the second verse, just the music for it. Either way, it's still a good song.

[Icemain]

@Maxmulham we couldn't watch this?

[Coaljet]

@Maxmulham Absolutely! That censorship was absolutely idiotic. Shows how petty the comfortable bureaucrats can afford to be.

[fredescalona]

es lo maximo este video unos de los mjores de tds los tiempo



[Ellipser]

Free? Ringo's laugh say's it all.

[Ellipser]

(It was a one-eye'd, one-horned flyin' purple people eater)

3:50 I came from backwoods Bismark (ontario, Canada) and a friend's parents, who lived closeby, 2 km down the road, had just installed the new high-tech cable line. This was a mind bender awaking moment for me, the first thing I saw when I went over to his place and the Tele came into view was the spinning micro..  wow.

[MegaTROQ]

this is the real music!!!!!!

[Zichiable]

The 'little faggot' part was what Knopfler heard from two American chaps working in a department store lifting heavy objects whilst watching televisions on display. An MTV video of Wham was playing.

[CloneByDesign]

faggot1 esp US, fagot [ˈfægət]

n

1. a bundle of sticks or twigs, esp when bound together and used as fuel

2. (Engineering / Metallurgy) a bundle of iron bars, esp a box formed by four pieces of wrought iron and filled with scrap to be forged into wrought iron

3. (Cookery) a ball of chopped meat, usually pork liver, bound with herbs and bread and eaten fried

4. a bundle of anything

Problem?

[adamstewart90]

lol

[adamstewart90]

i have a couloUr TV a "microwave oven", movies and a refrigerator

[BeatlesFetish09]

great song and the video is pretty advanced for back in its day

[BeatlesFetish09]

@Toxicationify but there tends to always be something that somebody will get all sensitive about. this society is like walking on eggshells.

[MrBlindskill]

MK guitar pwns so mutch

[Norum86]

now u cant even say faggot because of the fucking political correctness. ...fuck that

[Dirtyburger11]

Best song to listen with your ipod cranked

[wiske7834]

this song was perrty much the last best of rock and roll for me, the rest i don't really care for it's only bang bang and bang bang.

[DoloresHaze84]

I was so ashamed to call myself a Canadian when they even CONSIDERED editing that song. Even my gay friends thought it was stupid that somebody got 'butt-hurt' enough to complain about it. :P

[SEAngeluz]

0:39 to 1:06 <3

[DoloresHaze84]

@SEAngeluz COLORZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! C:

[greatwhitenorth112]

@BreakingMB Ultra High Frequency

[ScrapMetalJoe]

Beautiful, just beautiful... 0:38.. epicness

[alexgeorge501]

this video and def leppard's let's get rocked were both done by mainframe (now rainmaker) entertainment who were also the creators of shadow raiders, beast wars/beast machines, and ReBoot!

[MachinimaBook]

Dire straits is one of the best bands i have ever heard of!! they are a band which dosent only have a couple of good songs. But instead almost all songs they make is good!

[captainkid1]

Money for nothing and your chicks for free..

FUCK if I were a rich man...

[captainkid1]

That aint workin, that's the way to do it.

[perplemunkeeez]

163 people have to install microwave ovens.

[YBW4]

lekkah gitaren!!

[JimmyCognitti]

Dire Straits: Promoting Minecraft since 1985.

[powerchordification]

One of the best bands that have ever entered the earths atmosphere

[mrFud23]

you knpw wot im saying !!!!!

[athlon2200xp]

Lol Money for nothing and chicks for free .. awesome song

[SCROGY]

This video was the first ever commercial use of CG graphics if I recall correctly.

[playerf]

@SCROGY i thought disney's tron (1981) was the first commercial use of CG graphics. this video came out in 1985

[SCROGY]

@playerf Good point, but that's what I read somewhere. Maybe it was wrong. I forgot about Tron.

[playerf]

@SCROGY might have been the first use of CG characters, as they seem pretty rudimentary :p cheers

[SCROGY]

@playerf Yeah, today the Sony PSP and Nintendo 3DS can render better graphics than this and you can hold them in your hand........:P..........It probably took a computer the size of a small building to do this in 1984.

[xsara123]

It's too bad that this kind of guitar sound has vanished from today's music.

[techn9nekaliko]

i dont even like the singing i just love the melody its amazing

[joewindlebrox]

UHF

[22Adam94]

Clearly 163 people don't want money for nothing. Weird.

[grantessky]

CBSC is Retarted

[TheAnxiousMan]

ReBoot bruv

[MrWhowas]

what the hell i cant share this on my fackbook u guys are idiots ....

[aroseinthegarden]

I was 9 years old when this some came out, and I was totally amazed by this. I watched this every time I saw it was on MTV and later on on VH1. I heard it took ages to create the animation for this , because the computers they used to make computer animation at the time was so huge it filled up a room, and the ' drawing tablet ' was as large as a table. This still stands out as one of the most amazing videos of all time. I heard it won awards for the amazing animation at the time.

[nitroholic2002]

163 people still gotta move them color TV's..

[ohgodnotBECCA]

People, don't be so stupid. Dire Straits wasn't being discriminatory. When they say "that little faggot is a millionaire" they are saying, wow, I'm so jealous, look at that guy - he's going places, while I'm still here doing NOTHING.

[legendabbott]

I like the fact that the ban was lifted and Radio stations can play whatever version they like. so everything is back to as it once was.

[FrankieOnTheSpot]

@pastaEATINboyz who cares how it was meant. Stop listening if you don't agree or like it. When will the children in this country begin to grow up? Anyone remember this schoolyard saying, "Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me"? Call me whatever you want, you will never break me.

If you are gay and feel hurt by words, just remember...no one is stopping you from being gay. If you shove it in people's faces they might be insulted or even react to it.

[kylebarber88]

"that little faggot is a millionaire" well said dire straits

[FrankieOnTheSpot]

Wow! I sure am glad the CBSC decided that Canadians can now watch and listen to this video/song in the privacy of their own homes and decide for themselves. In fact, now that the song has their approval, doesn't it make you feel like a safer Canadian? Sure appreciate when non-artist bureaucrats tell me what kind of art I can watch or listen to. In Canada. In the 21st century. On the internet.

Hey CBSC...go FUCK yourself.

How's THAT for offensive?!??!

Thumbs up if you concur.

[jozanstarks]

i do not approve of the FOUL language in this song!!! I love gay people and they do not deserve to be insulted by 26 year old dire straits songs.

[FrankieOnTheSpot]

@jozanstarks I'm not sure if this is sarcasm or genuine short-sightedness. I don't deserve to read your inept posts, does this mean I can call a bureaucrat to have you banned? Think about it: I love gay people and they have every right to not listen to Dire Straits if they so choose. Do you see how I just turned your argument on it's head? Do you?

[MegaTank1979]

@jozanstarks If you don't like the song, then don't fucking listen to it asshole!!! People can decide for themselves and I personally love this song so fuck off. I don't have anything against gay people but I do like this song. thanks(asshole)

[sausagenmuff]

@jozanstarks unfortunately for you we have something called freedom of speech, which for instance allows me the liberty of calling your comment "retarded"

Bye.

[harmonicaman008]

@jozanstarks um you do realize the song is not making homophobic statements? right??? the useof faggot is completely satirical...therefor they are trying to sound like ignorant people who are jealous of celebrities and use words like "faggot" to prove it.... not to mention.....26 year old dire straits songs??? who are you to talk down to them???

[leonardobertaia]

is a 1985

[nljuggalo]

Ironic how a song which was made to honor MTV (now mostly a channel for the gay audience) is now pissed because the word "faggot" is in the song. Butthurt much?

[PhantomSticky]

"The little faggot with the earring and the mink coat. Yeah buddy, that's his only hair."

If you're gonna print lyrics, get them right.

[LennonMeringuePie]

@PhantomSticky LOL......it's not "mink coat" . It's "MAKEUP" and it's ..."yeah buddy, that's his OWN hair"

[clinmo]

@PhantomSticky and IF YOU are going to correct someone make sure you turn up your hearing aid first...You DOUCHE BAG!!! Go get an education while your at it.

[era2beme]

The little fagot in St. Johns can suck it!!

[eckertdavid4]

wahoo back on the airwaves!

[kurtcobain279489]

If I can, I'm gonna save up my money, go to college, learn how to operate a television station, and I'm gonna make it an independent music channel. No reality shows, no awards ceremonies, no retrospectives with people who are only recognized in the media, just music, all genres, 24/7, only other program will be live concerts, or repeat concerts.

[DrunkyDoggy]

CBSC released a decision today stating that song can be played on Canadian airwaves unedited.

cbsc.ca/english/decisions/2011­/110831.php

[GHETTODIMENSION]

@DrunkyDoggy Yes! I was just listening to rock 101 in Vancouver the other day and this was played and I was like "Man. Unedited is just the way to go" Like, I have no problem with gay people. I have a problem with this song being tampered with though.

Great fucking decision!

[kittensradio]

@GHETTODIMENSION So. . .unless you feel like spending hours to understand the CBSC's role in Canada, you shouldn't be posting about it.

[H2OorHELL]

@DrunkyDoggy Youtube -

They Sold Their Souls For Rock And Roll

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers,

fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in

the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death

Revelation 21:8

[firebirdhome]

Okay just so everyone is on the same page - NO it is not banned off the internet [LOL what is eh?], NO the word is not banned in the english language, nor use in Canada, YES - THIS "SONG" is banned from radio airing in Canada if the 'F' word is not bleeped out. It is NOT a law, it was the Canadian Broadcasting overlords who have dictated this. My thinking is that Youtube MAY decide to play that political game and eraticate it, so save this vid. That's all that's going on...

[PriusRider]

I WANT MY (old) MTV BACK!!

[poopasoreass]

Mtv bearly even plays rap or hip hop anymore, its just fucking Jersey shore, and teen mom...

[gym5kids]

This was one of the first ever vids we got to see in New zealand. MTV was all new then, we thought it was AMAZING!!! but now, yeah, my kids watch it, seems like too many crap programmes bout teenage pregnancies and shit!!

[PERUTECHNO]

que alguien me explique porque dice mtv? cual es la relacion?

[nweberstorm]

now a days, its more or less tmtv. that stands for teen mom television.

[greggieguygood]

THE VIDEO i will make from this song will sure, f the shiet out of the work who tried to fire me from injury... comp... for the headache but pay... and the X thinks "I'm leaving this loser"....that's 4 digits in that check you will be giving me every month... and this guy won't take down this post but keep as the best comment... the video might suck but the music I will rip it from here. Well the video is work, I got to go lie down wit da bitc..s

[Comerford1986]

can't believe this is banned in canada!!! whats that all aboot aye?

[DrumBumRyley]

@Comerford1986 im in canada and im watching it?

[Comerford1986]

@DrumBumRyley thats because its not banned off the internet you fucking tool. i'm in canada too!

[DrumBumRyley]

@Comerford1986 why are you calling me a tool?...

[Comerford1986]

@DrumBumRyley how would banning it in canada stop u from watching it on youtube?? asking why i called u a tool is exactly what makes u a tool! sorry if ur a kid r a bit special r somethin

[DrumBumRyley]

@Comerford1986 im talking about it being band off fucking youtube you retard, fuck off

[Comerford1986]

@DrumBumRyley no one said it was banned off youtube ya braindead cunt

[firebirdhome]

@Comerford1986 - no it would be the Youtube powers that be who would find the 'f*ggot' word offensive and start a search and delete. The original version with that word in it is already banned from radio. So if you want to remember this video, download a copy while you can. You can you savetube-dot-com if your browser can't... save it while you can...

[firebirdhome]

@Comerford1986 - it was confirmed here in Canada that the word f*ggot is offensive to the homo and meant as derogatory. Strictly political. [But you can use Jesus Christ any way you want, but don't offend Muslims]. Anyway, it is only a matter of time before the US does the same political wish-wash. Hence Youtube will do seek and delete. Save a copy of this vid while you can!!!! Mark my words! You can use savetube-dot-com if your browser can't.

[CanadianBacon756]

@firebirdhome I think they overturned that ruling didn't they?

[firebirdhome]

@CanadianBacon756 - haven't seen anything about that yet, let me know if you do...

[dmacintyre06]

@firebirdhome But faggots means an annoying harley rider?? This makes no sense at all?!??

[firebirdhome]

@dmacintyre06 - yeah go figure. And sure use Jesus Christ, graphically degrade women, use every one of those 7 words 'you can't say on tv', and every kind of violent bloody description in music - that's all ok -- but don't offend a homo or a Muslim. If they watch the vid, the context here is calling a f*ggot a straight guy who dabbles in feminine products - earring and makeup. How do we know he's straight - 'gets his CHICKS for free'. But let's all be politcally correct good dogs now....

[DrumBumRyley]

ultra realistic graphics!

[HawK047]

When music was still really music. Whenever I listen to modern music, you just hear something is FUCKED UP.

[MagiKpeople]

Dire Straits is one of the only 80's bands I really like, although this song ain't my favorite...

60's and 70's rock forever!

[trpandas]

Simpsons!

[MrMasonmaster]

Great music & song!!!!!!!

[sneakyfly]

the intro is rules!

its like: whe is the riff kicking in? is it now? nooo not yet! oh here it comes! nope not yet? maybe now? yes now? ye! BAM riff kicks in.

thats how i expierence the intro atleast :p

go dire straits!

[o0HouzE0o]

the intro is FUCKING AWESOME

[VeryCatchie]

The best intro ever!

[kbytes11]

dam I love sting doing the I want my MTV and that guitar at the start makes me remember the old wwf cavalcade on Saturday afternoons lol.

[sneakonproductionz]

did u say sting????

[85turtle]

I want my MTV!!!!!

[patrickh499]

best guitar solo EVER

[zteller]

Q104.3 Representttttt!

[nicke992]

shiit the beginning of this song is epic!

[werewolfnomore44]

is this song on rock band?

if not it should be

[nattiePL]

..and I've been to Mark Knopfler's concert, ha! :D

[wilkes85]

HAHA faggot lol

holy shit I never heard that in the song before LOL, maybe because I only heard this on the radio, and you know the communists who own all the Canadian radio stations, editing our music. Oh well, fuck em.

[7thWarGod]

did you just call kim mitchel a communist fuck ? wait do you get Q107 out in the praries.?

[nitrousxxxcam]

I barely get the mighty Q in oshawa, and Kim Mitchell is amazing

[wilkes85]

No, we don't get Q107

[STFDVC]

Who's the woman at 3:09?

[cheekygirl1972]

Mark Knopfler is awesome, great song!!!!!!!!!

[Enlazador9]

baby quiero pesto roñoso

[alkar70]

LO digo en español en catellano paro los latinos esta cancion es extraordinaria!!! genial fuck !!

[ad30279]

it says that little faget lol

[insanecowboy]

Go listen to Acid For Nothing, please its so much better..

[koumar55]

word

[kgarsena]

i hope ur joking,they just stole mark's great riff and stuck some techno electronica shit behind it

[K155fan]

this would have been so cool in guitar hero

[STFDVC]

It remember me PS1 era..

[IggyHazard]

Retro forever!! Those polygon guys always reminded me of Mario and Luigi. XD

*waxes nostalgic*

[TrustInFlames]

This is what I call true rock.

[JamesKingPictures]

@TrustInFlames Then you're sad.

[TrustInFlames]

@JamesKingPictures You're the sad one looking through 2 year old comments HAHAHA.

[CrabKing88]

80s music was the greatest, I find modern day

music a load of crap,

except original music soundtrack from movies and video games.

[loonyfool11]

THAT IS SOOOO TRUE!!!

[leekenobi21]

Remember how *great* MTV used to be? Now it's just gone to shit.

[kornown]

too rite youth, the only thing gud about mtv at the minute is the south park marathons they play at weekends

[partyingdonut]

what are you talking about? 80s music never dies out. well as long as it's your heart :)

[wprt949]

it sucks at nbc

[aciddmc]

the song could be interpreted to be about the Illuminati. Notice the checkered floor included.

[wickel2008]

very nice song

[beatlehop]

Wish they get back together again saw Mark last year he was good not the same without the lads.******

[Tamanna19]

LMAO at screen jackass! haha good one! true that the 80s rocked:)

[orzabal1983islove]

I want my MTV the way it used to be back in the 80's baby woot!

[LoopieLoopie444]

Hi Rocky! This is the best classic rock song of them all!!!! well, second only to Barracuda by Heart...

[piterras]

song of my childhood - great thing!!!

[luiggitursi]

MEJOR TEMA DE LOS AÑOS 80 =)

[richiebear1969]

This video and "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel in my opinion were awesome vids.

[TruseBoyFun]

so fuckin' awesome!

[Jvergakis]

God i was like 6 years old it was my favorite vid

[squyres]

Great classic !! Miss the old MTV days!! It was so exciting !!

[beatlehop]

Thanks Squyres for sharing.

Cheers Friend.

[LeoxMotive]

First music video on MTV.

[scrabbledmind]

what. are you high? this song is from 1984.

[machine134]

Wrong! The first music video on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.

[simonbalk1]

On european MTV. The first ever clip on MTV (USA) was indeed "Video Killed the Radio Star"

[LaVozdePaco]

Hermosos 80's!!!!!

[greaterthenlife]

i wonder when mark knopfler did this song, if he knew that Mtv would become the crap it is now. old Mtv rocks as does dire straits so rock on!

[yugoboy17]

MTV rocked in the old days, now it sucks with the programs which have nothing to do with music, like: dismissed and made and more of thoes shit programs.

[MrGlitch1397]

@yugoboy17 i dont really care bout the programs, its more the rap and shit that bothers me

[merkonomi]

The lyrics are so true :D

[ImBoyD20]

The begenning is INSANE!!!

[nitrousxxxcam]

no matter how hard you try in life, its comforting to know that you will never be quite as awesome as this song :)

[triangletrexx]

how much time + computers it cost to render that animation in 1984? :-D

[locopuyo]

1984 pwnt so hard

[victorrain]

Bonafide lovin, oh oooooh ooh oh

[matyjaszczyk25]

kocham to! / I Love it!

[fremar13]

vieux mais goodies....

[addy800]

mtv sucks

[thegtafanboy]

tahnk u finally someone with sense