Geertvandenhende
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And the volume goes way up (to 11 !)  |
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bb_matt
(Hampshire, England) | | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 05:41 | |
Alas, Dire Straits has not dated very well.
Good memories anyway, apart from radio stations at the time playing it to death !
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treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison) | | Posted: Jan 25, 2011 - 06:44 | |
Ever heard of a 25 year lag time on censorship?
>>Dire Straits' 'Money for Nothing' Banned in CanadaJan. 14, 2011 The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has ruled that "Money for Nothing," a Dire Straits hit from 1985, is too offensive for Canadian airwaves. The song is being singled out for the repeated use of an anti-gay slur - "that little faggot" - in its second verse. This hasn't stopped some Canadian classic rock radio stations from playing the song. In the days since the ruling, stations in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Edmonton, Alberta have protested the decision by playing an unedited version of the song on repeated for a full hour. Dire Straits keyboardist Guy Fletcher shared songwriter Mark Knopfler's reaction in the forum of his website, writing "Mark tells me that due to the ban, he has now substituted the word faggot for 'fudger'...for Canada." Though "Money for Nothing" has been a staple of rock radio for over two decades, the move to ban the song came as a result of a complaint by a listener in St. John's, Newfoundland. The ruling does not ban the song outright - versions with the offending words edited out are safe for airplay. |
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calypsus_1
| | Posted: Nov 28, 2009 - 20:27 | |
Mark Knopfler, Sting, Eric Clapton and Phill Collins - "Money For Nothing" Live at The Royal Albert Hall, (1997):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1lNMBsNEw8
"essa seria a melhor banda do mundo!...."
"Money for nothing was never played with a fender... It was played with a pensa for many years during 1987-1992 and a couple of other guitars during 1985-86 shows but never with a fender. "
"Mark always said the best way to play money for nothing was how he recorded it. volume turned up full on a les paul! "
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augenblick
| | Posted: Jun 02, 2009 - 18:03 | |
Prefer ... "On The Night" Album Version
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Patti
(the 'burbs of so cal) | | Posted: Jun 15, 2007 - 11:10 | |
Love it everytime I hear it; and I don't hear it that often. And all I can do is shake my head when I hear/read people saying that they USED to like a song and don't anymore 'cause it's been played a gazillion times. Wish I could turn you off 'cause it's been said a gazillion times and still dosn't make any sense.
pbm
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JokesandJokesandJokes
| | Posted: Aug 08, 2004 - 20:15 | |
UncleRemus wrote:
The opening, which I notice RP did not play...
Yeah, gotta sacrifice some things so we can hear those 10 minute DMB and Santana wankings
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Nuance
(Winnipeg) | | Posted: Jun 28, 2004 - 10:28 | |
have we been bad that you're punishing us with this?
My frickin Monday is hard enough... you're supposed to provide my brain narcotics. :P
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UncleRemus
(City of Fossil Fools) | | Posted: Jun 15, 2004 - 05:15 | |
My anthem of the 80's.... but a tad dated today.
The opening, which I notice RP did not play, is somewhat reminiscent of the extended opening of Steve Miller's Jet Airliner, and I think sets the tone for the rest of the song. The sarcasm is dead-on, MTV being the soma of the masses. It doesn't matter what happens to you, just so long as you have your videos.
Still, I gotta go with the writer who earlier said the influence of this song has been blunted by endless rotation.
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ninja_band
(chicago, il) | | Posted: Jun 02, 2004 - 00:08 | |
i'm having a hard time remembering how much i actually liked this song when it was all over the place - certainly not as much as most of the other stuff on the album - "your latest trick" was a nice underplayed track
"making movies" is still probably their best album, IMHO
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Leslie
(No. Calif) | | Posted: Jun 01, 2004 - 23:53 | |
ksb wrote:Though I love the sarcasm in this song, it was really only interestering the first 100,000 times I'd heard it.
 ksb
Is that how many times we've heard this song in the last 19 years?
It's okay on the RP playlist as long as we only have to hear it a few times a year. |
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PattonFever
(tripoli) | | Posted: Jun 01, 2004 - 23:52 | |
reminds me of my family. my parents and my sister and i used to dance to thsi together in the living room when i was.. probably 5ish. heh.
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ksb
(Oakland, CA) | | Posted: Jun 01, 2004 - 23:51 | |
Though I love the sarcasm in this song, it was really only interestering the first 100,000 times I'd heard it.
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redeyespy
(SoFL) | | Posted: May 19, 2004 - 20:01 | |
lolitampeg wrote:i never noticed they flat out call people faggots in this song. "that little faggot is a millionaire" gotta open up my ears......too funny.
The story behind this tune:Mark Knopfler overheard some moving men as they were watching MTV, and their words more or less comprise the lyrics to this song. So the use of the word "faggot" isn't the name calling you may believe it is(at least on Knopfler's part). |
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lolitampeg
(Palatine, IL) | | Posted: May 06, 2004 - 13:57 | |
i never noticed they flat out call people faggots in this song. "that little faggot is a millionaire" gotta open up my ears......too funny.
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toastee
(Erie Pa) | | Posted: May 06, 2004 - 13:52 | |
EXCRUCIATING.... as overplayed as "Magic carpet ride", "Carry on my wayward son", & "Freebird", When I'm in my car, the station is switched on the opening notes of these songs. It's such a pity too, cause they're all great songs.- ruined by the idiot masses who listen to music now and then, and only want to hear what they know.
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masterhead
| | Posted: May 06, 2004 - 13:49 | |
i LIKE THE SING BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLAY IT HERE...I CAN HEAR IT ON THE RADIO ON MY WAY BACK HOME
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DD joe1
| | Posted: Apr 23, 2004 - 16:00 | |
Shocker of the highest order..
Early Dire is not dire....first LP was fine..This is Carp!
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BoFiS
(Rochester, NY) | | Posted: Mar 16, 2004 - 22:12 | |
Mark Knopfler + Sting = :D/  :D/ |
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spn
(Norway) | | Posted: Mar 05, 2004 - 01:33 | |
Oh no, I can't hear this song. It has been played to death on commercial radio. I still like to hear the first two Dire Straits albums, but this song is not what I expect to hear on Radio Paradise. Back to my own MP3s...
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yellowdog
(Harrisonburg, VA) | | Posted: Feb 22, 2004 - 11:10 | |
Oooooh, I'm a freshman in college again. More Dire Straits, please! :D
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SteveGriff
(Cardiff, Wales, UK.) | | Posted: Jan 15, 2004 - 05:49 | |
Oh my this song is Godlike!
Brilliant :) :)
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Peter_g
(Aberdeen) | | Posted: Apr 30, 2003 - 02:51 | |
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Share this song
Tweet this song
but still you cant diss them they are the best 
