Schwa. Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 I heard Money For Nothing on the XMRadio today. meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Intersting side note - during recording it occured to the band that the intro melody is the same as Don't Stand So Close To Me by the Police, so they rang up Sting to see if he'd sing it for them to add credibility.I think it's an excellent track - what a guitar sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Sting has a writing credit on the song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Does that add or detract credibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Does that add or detract credibility?for whom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Neither, to me. Great song, somebody had to write it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 I remember putting in my first decent Car stereo and blasting the intro repeatedly. It took me a while to realize there was a "rest of the song" lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 When CD's first came out Money For Nothing was THE stereo shop demo tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 I dunno man Crash Test Dummies certainly made for the true test of any bass bin.....I had Brothers in Arms on cassette! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 wow, i can't even begin to imagine how old some of you fuckers are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 wow, i can't even begin to imagine how old some of you fuckers are. spoken with true old person sarcasm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 (edited) I remember when that video came out and was THE height of computer graphics at the time Ooooooh aaaahhhh ... Still a great f'in song and it was HUGE back then. "Money for nothin' and my "attractive female acquaintances" for free" Edited January 18, 2011 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Copied and pasted from here. Canadian Broadcast Standards Council Bans Itself From Airwaves After Word "Broad" Deemed Too OffensiveOttawa - The CBSC or "Canadian Broadcast Standards Council" responsible for recently banning the song Money for Nothing by Dire Straits has decided to censor itself from Canadian airwaves after ruling that the word "broad" was too offensive.The news comes after a complaint from a listener to OZ-FM in Newfoundland who heard the song Money for Nothing, a radio staple since 1985, stating it violates the code of ethics on several fronts due to the use of a slander for someone who is gay. After news of the ban on the Dire Straits song, a woman from Toronto contacted the CBSC and complained the word "broad" discriminated against women and demanded it be removed from the council's title name. Listed as a noun slang for "woman" in the World Dictionary, the word was ruled to be offensive to women by the CBSC and will be banned immediately from the CBSC title and future broadcasts of its own name.The council convened early Monday morning and ruled in favour of banning itself from the airwaves, and announced it will be referred to as the "Canadian Moderation of Blandness Council" from now on and will embark on a $24 million dollar re-structuring initiative using taxpayers money to make the name change which should conclude in 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 sure, you may be able to joke about this, AD, but there are now going to be thousands, maybe millions of children growing up in canada listening to music who will now be incapable of actually thinking for themselves thanks to the blandness council and i think that is a travesty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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meggo Posted January 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 the latest: "CRTC asks for review of controversial 'Money for Nothing' decision" http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/music/crtc-asks-for-review-of-controversial-money-for-nothing-decision/article1878524/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kookycanooky Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 heard it today, got unnecessarily angry at the censor, and then changed stations shortly after because the song is far too long haha UHF for life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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