Submitted by shaka_sulu t3_ygbsn1 in todayilearned
That’s the way you do it.
Man, that ain't working.
Checks for free
For DECADES, I thought it was “chicks for free.” :/
I always thought that Sting was on a holiday trip in Montserrat, the place Dire Straits recorded the song. And becouse of this coincidence and their friendship, he co-starred Money for Nothing.
Yep. They wanted someone who sounded like sting to sing that part. And an engineer said, you know sting is staying next door
That’s what I’d heard.
Hard to find the non censored version of Money For Nothing. It was crazy what they could get away with in the 80s.
Is it? I think the one on Youtube music is the original, assuming it's just the F-slur which is usually censored.
Apple Music got it
I hear it on Pandora all the time
The lawyers got envolved.
Great accidental hit though.
I believe it was more the manager. Miles Copeland was and is legendary in the music industry for being a bully. Kind of like Allen Klein when he forced the Verve to hand over all the profits to Bittersweet Symphony.
For the Police, he was a fantastic manager, though.
Copeland?
I'm gonna guess that's not a coincidence.
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ShotPut4668 t1_iu8mp1d wrote
Sounds like Sting got Money for nothing.