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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: "Videos" (?) in Money for Nothing
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Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 21:17:35 EDT
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> Are the "videos" used in the Dire Straits' video "Money for Nothing" real?
> That is, do they actually depict bands that have performed on MTV at one
> point or another, or are they just clever fakes?
> 
> I personally don't recognize the names in the videos, either of the
> performer(s) or of the record companies.
>		G. T. Samson

I feel pretty sure they're not "real" (Magyar Records?---Hungarian rock?).
I think the usage of the MTV typeface and titling style to be a very nice
touch.

(Someone mentioned that there were three references to real people/artists/
 groups in the song?  Could you elaborate?)
-- 
Life is complex.  It has real and imaginary parts.
					Rich Rosen  ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr


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