It’s Tuesday. It was 1985 and I was in my teens when British rock band Dire Straits released “Money for Nothing” from their fifth studio album Brothers in Arms. It dominated the radio and MTV that summer. The video, the first of its kind, featured an early 3D computer animation of human characters. Crude by today’s standards, but it was groundbreaking at the time of its release. If there was a single song that best defined the 80’s it would be “Money for Nothing”.
I recently came across this video that details the story of how “Money for Nothing” was created. Check it out above. And if you’re not familiar with the song, you can check out the original video below. Enjoy!
I Want My MTV
It’s Tuesday. It was 1985 and I was in my teens when British rock band Dire Straits released “Money for Nothing” from their fifth studio album Brothers in Arms. It dominated the radio and MTV that summer. The video, the first of its kind, featured an early 3D computer animation of human characters. Crude by today’s standards, but it was groundbreaking at the time of its release. If there was a single song that best defined the 80’s it would be “Money for Nothing”.
I recently came across this video that details the story of how “Money for Nothing” was created. Check it out above. And if you’re not familiar with the song, you can check out the original video below. Enjoy!
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