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re: SongFacts: Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
Posted on 2/12/25 at 9:34 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Posted on 2/12/25 at 9:34 pm to FightinTigersDammit
quote:
Money For Nothing doesn't sound one bit like Don't Stand So Close to Me
Of course not. But Sting’s “I want my MTV” sounds a lot like “Don’t stand so close to me”. Just those lines, not the whole song.
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Posted on 2/13/25 at 12:03 am to Wiseguy
It's almost a throwaway line at the very beginning that's never heard again.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 8:27 am to FightinTigersDammit
They repeat the line multiple times on the back end of the song, which is probably what prompted the comparisons..
Don't stand so, don't stand so, don't stand so close to me...
I want my, I want my, I want my MTV...
Don't stand so, don't stand so, don't stand so close to me...
I want my, I want my, I want my MTV...
quote:
Get your money for nothing (I want my, I want my)
(Bozos) And the chicks for free (I want my MTV)
Money for nothing (I want my, I want my)
And the chicks for free (I want my MTV)
Get your money for nothing (I want my, I want my)
And the chicks for free (I want my MTV)
Ah, get your money for nothing (I want my, I want my)
And the chicks for free (I want my MTV)
Easy, easy, get your money for nothing (I want my, I want my)
Easy, easy, and the chicks for free (I want my MTV)
Easy, easy, get your money for nothing (I want my, I want my)
And the chicks for free (I want my MTV)
That ain't working
Posted on 2/13/25 at 9:13 am to Ranger Call
You're right. Forgot about that ending.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 9:23 am to FightinTigersDammit
Definitely close enough for a bean counter in a suit to try to make some money in court with it... 
Posted on 2/13/25 at 10:20 am to FightinTigersDammit
quote:
It's almost a throwaway line at the very beginning that's never heard again.
Say what, now? I can’t disagree with you more on this. That line is in my opinion THE iconic line of the song that sets the tone for the rest. It’s a different song without it.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 10:36 am to dukke v
quote:
Sultans of swing>>>>>>>money for nothing.
agreed
but that money for nothing guitar riff!
Posted on 2/13/25 at 1:47 pm to MorbidTheClown
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