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In fact, I'm still in two minds as to whether it's a good idea to write songs that aren't in the first person, to take on other characters. The singer in "Money for Nothing" is a real ignoramus, hard hat mentality — somebody who sees everything in financial terms.

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I mean, this guy has a grudging respect for rock stars. He sees it in terms of, well, that's not working and yet the guy's rich: Dire Straits often performed the song in live concerts and when on tour, where the second verse was included but usually altered slightly. For the band's 10 July concert televised in the United Kingdom on The Tube on Channel 4 in January [13] , Knopfler replaced the word faggot with Queenie in this context also a term that implies homosexuality:. In January , the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council CBSC ruled that the unedited version of the song was unacceptable for air play on private Canadian radio stations, as it breached the Canadian Association of Broadcasters ' code of ethics and their equitable portrayal code.

John's, Newfoundland and Labrador , which in turn followed the radio listener's dissatisfaction with the radio station's reply to their complaint about a gay slur in the lyrics. Galaxie , which was owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation at the time of the controversy, also continues to play the song. The regulator requested the CBSC to appoint a nationwide panel to review the case, as the decision on the ban was reviewed by a regional panel for the Maritimes and Newfoundland. On 31 August, the CBSC reiterated that it found the slur to be inappropriate; however, because of considerations in regard to its use in context, the CBSC has left it up to the stations to decide whether to play the original or edited versions of the song.

Most of the CBSC panelists thought the slur was inappropriate, but it was used only in a satirical, non-hateful manner. The music video for the song featured early computer animation illustrating the lyrics. The video was one of the first uses of computer-animated human characters [ citation needed ] and was considered ground-breaking at the time of its release. Two other music videos are also featured within "Money for Nothing". The fictional album for the first video was listed as "Turn Left" and the second was "Hot Dogs".

For the second video, the record company appears as "Rush Records", and it was filmed on Fisherman's Bastion , Budapest. Originally, Mark Knopfler was not at all enthusiastic about the concept of the music video. MTV, however, was insistent on it. Describing the contrasting attitudes of Knopfler and MTV, he said:.

The problem was that Mark Knopfler was very anti-videos. All he wanted to do was perform, and he thought that videos would destroy the purity of songwriters and performers. They said, "Can you convince him that this is the right thing to do, because we've played this song to MTV and they think it's fantastic but they won't play it if it's him standing there playing guitar.

They need a concept. Barron then flew to Budapest to convince Knopfler of their concept. Meeting together after a gig, Knopfler was reportedly still unimpressed, but this time his girlfriend was present and took a hand.

Luckily, his girlfriend said, "He's absolutely right. There aren't enough interesting videos on MTV, and that sounds like a brilliant idea.

We just went ahead and did it. The video also included stage footage of Dire Straits performing, with partially rotoscoped animation in bright neon colours, as seen on the cover of the compilation album of the same name. Rolling Stone listed the song as the 94th greatest guitar song of all time, noting how Mark Knopfler "traded his pristine, rootsy tone for a dry, over-processed sound achieved by running a Les Paul through a wah-wah pedal on a track that became one of the [MTV] network's earliest hits.

These versions featured extended guitar solos [ according to whom? From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the Dire Straits song. For the Darin song, see Money for Nothing Darin song. Dire Straits — "Money for Nothing". Retrieved 1 April But the channel's continental incarnation- MTV Europe Retrieved 23 July On '58 Les Paul and hearing 'voicings ' ". Archived from the original on 30 September Dire Straits 'Money For Nothing ' ". Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. Archived from the original on 10 August Retrieved 27 November Archived from the original on 14 January Retrieved 13 May Archived from the original on 23 June Retrieved 3 February Archived from the original on 10 October Archived from the original on 15 January Retrieved 13 January Retrieved 19 June Canada's radio watchdog is defending a controversial decision to ban the uncut version of Dire Strait's hit Money for Nothing.

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Despite many complaints — including criticism from a member of the band — officials are not backing down, insisting the song's offensive lyrics make it unsuitable for broadcast. The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 16 January Retrieved 15 January Archived from the original on 9 March Retrieved 14 April The Beginnings of CGI". Shaping the MTV landscape". Archived from the original on 30 May The New York Times. Retrieved 15 May After all, if Knopfler's portrait of a working stiff is so very insightful, it shouldn't rely on a single profanity in order to work.

This is hardly controversial. What is controversial is the idea that "faggot" being a bad word is new.

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Granted, the slur is less acceptable now than it was in ; 25 years of activism have accomplished something, even if it's only a widespread recognition of the fact that "faggot" is a word specifically intended to hurt and dehumanise gay people, not an all-purpose insult that sounds adorable coming from Molly Ringwald in Sixteen Candles. But there are still some people who believe their right to say "faggot" — ironically, in character; or as a "social commentary" on the fact that poor people are sometimes jealous of rock stars — supersedes anyone else's right or desire not to hear it.

This is an obnoxious position, to say the least. Still, one wonders if we gain anything by erasing history.

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When certain publishers removed the "n— word" from Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, there was a widespread outcry — and it was based on some very solid grounds. Yes, the word appears many times; yes, the word is unambiguously racist. But erasing evidence of racism from Mark Twain's work, while valorising Twain himself, is hypocritical: But comparing pop music to Mark Twain is a little off-base.

Money for Nothing is not taught in schools, and editing the song for radio doesn't make the unedited versions disappear.

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