On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen <roz...@geekspace.com>wrote:
> Ben Scott <dragonh...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) > > <g...@freephile.com> wrote: > > > Yes, I can use Meld, but like the song says: <lyrics artist="ZZ Top">I > > > want my MTV</lyrics> > > > > I believe the song you are thinking of is "Money For Nothing", by > > the band Dire Straits. :) > > And I believe the phrase in question was actually voiced by Sting :) > > But maybe Greg can be forgiven for thinking that it was ZZ Top-- > that was presumably due to the ZZ-Top-esque guitar part; > Wikipedia's `Money for Nothing' article says: > > Production > > Knopfler modelled his guitar sound for the recorded track after ZZ > Top guitarist Billy Gibbons' trademark guitar tone, as ZZ Top's > music videos were already a staple of early MTV. Gibbons later > told a Musician magazine interviewer in 1986 that Knopfler had > solicited Gibbons on how to replicate the tone.... > > And if it was done today he'd get sued. As it was, Sting dropped in to do the voice "because he thought it would be cool" and created a fit for the lawyers...
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