First Video On Mtv Money For Nothing

That amazing voice of sting at the beginning of money for nothing he said i want my mtv finally got its mtv on 1 august 1987.

Knopfler told bill flanagan in 1984. Dire straits and sting performing at live aid in front of 72 000 people in wembley stadium london on the 13th july 1985. When mtv europe launched money for nothing was the first video it aired. Adam ant s highest charting us single 1982 s goody two shoes peaked at 12.

Check below for more. The innovative video was one of the first to feature computer generated animation which was done using an early program called paintbox. Great dire straits song. It was released as the album s second single on 24 june 1985 through vertigo records.

The event was organised by sir bob. 1 august 1987 30 years ago money for nothing that classic hit from dire straits was the first video to be shown at the launch of mtv europe. The lead character in money for nothing is a guy who works in the hardware department in a television custom kitchen refrigerator microwave appliance store. The song s lyrics are written from the point of view of two working class men watching music videos and commenting on what they see.

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Mtv s first day on the air was rebroadcast on vh1 classic in 2006 and again in 2011 the latter celebrating the channel s 30th anniversary. Buggles video killed the radio star 1979 youtube. The first hour on the air was broadcast again on august 1 2016 and was called mtv hour one as part of vh1 classic s planned re launch as mtv classic mtv itself and. Two other music videos are also featured within money for nothing.

Money for nothing is a song recorded by british group dire straits which first appeared on their. The characters were supposed to have more detail like buttons on their shirts but they used up the budget and had to leave it as is. You can view it below. It won best video at the 1986 mtv video music awards.

Money for nothing is a song by british rock band dire straits the second track on their fifth studio album brothers in arms 1985. Despite being a few years old at the time video killed the radio star by the buggles was in fact the first music video played on mtv s flagship network. You get your money for nothing and your chicks for free.