{"id":17571,"date":"2025-05-18T08:02:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T07:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/?p=17571"},"modified":"2025-09-27T06:00:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T05:00:45","slug":"dire-straits-money-for-nothing-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/?p=17571","title":{"rendered":"Dire Straits &#8211; Money For Nothing, 1985"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">Dire Straits &#8211; &#8220;<strong>Money For Nothing<\/strong>&#8221; <em>(1985)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"50%\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17571-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/musify.club\/track\/dl\/68473\/dire-straits-money-for-nothing.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/musify.club\/track\/dl\/68473\/dire-straits-money-for-nothing.mp3\">https:\/\/musify.club\/track\/dl\/68473\/dire-straits-money-for-nothing.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Money for Nothing<\/strong>&#8221; is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, the second track on their fifth studio album Brothers in Arms (1985). It was Dire Straits&#8217; most commercially successful single&#8230; The groundbreaking video was the first to be aired on MTV Europe when the network launched on 1 August 1987.<br \/>\n[ <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Money_for_Nothing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">wikipedia<\/span><\/a><\/em> ]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n[ Lyrics: <strong>Money For Nothing<\/strong> ]<\/p>\n<p>Now look at them yo-yo&#8217;s that&#8217;s the way you do it<br \/>\nYou play the guitar on the MTV<br \/>\nThat ain&#8217;t workin&#8217; that&#8217;s the way you do it<br \/>\nMoney for nothin&#8217; and chicks for free<br \/>\nNow that ain&#8217;t workin&#8217; that&#8217;s the way you do it<br \/>\nLemme tell ya them guys ain&#8217;t dumb<br \/>\nMaybe get a blister on your little finger<br \/>\nMaybe get a blister on your thumb<\/p>\n<p>We gotta install microwave ovens<br \/>\nCustom kitchen deliveries<br \/>\nWe gotta move these refrigerators<br \/>\nWe gotta move these colour TV&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup<br \/>\nYeah buddy that&#8217;s his own hair<br \/>\nThat little faggot got his own jet airplane<br \/>\nThat little faggot he&#8217;s a millionaire<\/p>\n<p>We gotta install microwave ovens<br \/>\nCustom kitchen deliveries<br \/>\nWe gotta move these refrigerators<br \/>\nWe gotta move these colour TV&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>I shoulda learned to play the guitar<br \/>\nI shoulda learned to play them drums<br \/>\nLook at that mama, she got it stickin&#8217; in the camera<br \/>\nMan we could have some fun<br \/>\nAnd he&#8217;s up there, what&#8217;s that? Hawaiian noises?<br \/>\nBangin&#8217; on the bongoes like a chimpanzee<br \/>\nThat ain&#8217;t workin&#8217; that&#8217;s the way you do it<br \/>\nGet your money for nothin&#8217; get your chicks for free<\/p>\n<p>We gotta install microwave ovens<br \/>\nCustom kitchen deliveries<br \/>\nWe gotta move these refrigerators<br \/>\nWe gotta move these colour TV&#8217;s, Lord<\/p>\n<p>Now that ain&#8217;t workin&#8217; that&#8217;s the way you do it<br \/>\nYou play the guitar on the MTV<br \/>\nThat ain&#8217;t workin&#8217; that&#8217;s the way you do it<br \/>\nMoney for nothin&#8217; and your chicks for free<br \/>\nMoney for nothin&#8217; and chicks for free<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"50%\">\n[ <strong>Dire Straits<\/strong> ]<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/int_a_dire_straits_band_ph1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/int_a_dire_straits_band_ph1-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"291\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dire Straits<\/strong> were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums and percussion). They were active from 1977 to 1988 and again from 1990 to 1995. Their first single was \u201cSultans of Swing\u201d, from their 1978 self-titled debut album. It was followed by a series of hit singles including \u201cRomeo and Juliet\u201d (1981), \u201cPrivate Investigations\u201d (1982), \u201cTwisting by the Pool\u201d (1983), \u201cMoney for Nothing\u201d (1985), and \u201cWalk of Life\u201d (1985).<br \/>\n[ <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dire_Straits\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">wikipedia<\/span><\/a><\/em> ]<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/int_a_dire_streats_wiki_t1_opt.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/int_a_dire_streats_wiki_t1_opt-300x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"182\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17572\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dire Straits &#8211; &#8220;Money For Nothing&#8221; (1985) &#8220;Money for Nothing&#8221; is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, the second track on their fifth studio album Brothers in Arms (1985). It was Dire Straits&#8217; most commercially successful single&#8230; The&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/?p=17571\" class=\"more-link\">Lexo <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}