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Big Daddy — Money For Nothing
Album: Cutting Their Own Groove
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Released: 1991
Length: 3:13
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Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on the M.T.V.
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Money for nothin' and chicks for free.

Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb
Maybe get a blister on your little finger
Maybe get a blister on your thumb.

We gotta install microwave ovens custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators we gotta move these color T.V.'s.

See the little faggot with the earring and the make up
Yeah buddy that's his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot he's a millionaire.

We gotta install microwave ovens custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators we gotta move these color T.V.'s.

We gotta install microwave ovens custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators we gotta move these color T.V.'s.

I shoulda learned to play the guitar
I shoulda learned to play them drums
Look at that mama she got it stickin' in the camera
Man we could have some fun

And he's up there, what's that?
Hawaiian noises?
Bangin' on the bongos like a chimpanzee
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Get your money for nothin' get your chicks for free.

We gotta install microwave ovens custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators we gotta move these color T.V.'s.

Listen here
Now that ain't workin' that's the way to do it
Play the guitar on the M.T.V.
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Money for nothin' and chicks for free.

(Get your) Money for nothin' chicks for free
Money for nothin' chicks for free
Money for nothin' chicks for free...
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 reggiepdavison wrote:

Stop it.  Just stop it.  Never play this again.


If you don't like it, too bad!  Learn how to use the "skip button"!  ...problem solved!  And you can spare us from your drivel!   A LOT of RP listeners seem to LIKE IT!
Posted 4 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 LoL!
While nothing beats the original, I appreciate the balls and creativity required for this piece.  These guys must have been fun to see live!
Posted 2 years ago by wiegandshawn    [ Reply ]

ROFLOL

very far better than the original!!!!

Solid 10 for sure.


Posted 7 years ago by thais    [ Reply ]
Granted, but that's in the original lyrics.
  

offroadbiker wrote:
The use of 'faggot' is repulsive.

 


Posted 8 years ago by scarletdancer    [ Reply ]
This is fun!  And hilarious!
Posted 8 years ago by scarletdancer    [ Reply ]
I like the dire straits but this was never their best song. This is a nice improvement and a really good arrangement, but maybe a little too clean.
Posted 8 years ago by islander    [ Reply ]
Oh, I get it. Link to Barenaked Ladies is the million dollars. I can only imagine what will be next. Unrated. Unless I have to hear it again soon.
Posted 8 years ago by dingleberry    [ Reply ]
Sadly, it's too late for a Leonard Nimoy version.    Shatner is available, tho... 
Posted 9 years ago by Bobert_ParkCity    [ Reply ]
The use of 'faggot' is repulsive.
Posted 9 years ago by offroadbiker    [ Reply ]
a welcome humorous respite on an otherwise stressful Monday. Thanks Bill!
Posted 9 years ago by ColdMiser    [ Reply ]
Stop it.  Just stop it.  Never play this again.
Posted 9 years ago by reggiepdavison    [ Reply ]
Of all of the ways to cover this song, this is definitely one of them...
Posted 9 years ago by scott_bruce    [ Reply ]
WTF?!
It is kind of entertaining though.
Posted 9 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 ekalvi wrote:
I see a money theme.

Anyway, that was actually fun. I was like "what song is this? And how come I recognize it?". Then I was like "Ooohh yeeeaahhhh..Dire Straits."
 
Ditto
Posted 9 years ago by Muddyman3019    [ Reply ]
Oh, my god, this is so awful.  ::PSD::
Posted 9 years ago by Clarentine    [ Reply ]
Worse than I originally thought. From 2 to 1 it goes.
Posted 9 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
 smehan55 wrote:
Wow. Stupendously awful.
 
You took the works right out of my mouth...BLECH!
Posted 9 years ago by raewah    [ Reply ]
Wow. Stupendously awful.
Posted 16 years ago by smehan55    [ Reply ]
Very funny! Now... I hope I never hear it again.
Posted 16 years ago by Derecho    [ Reply ]
This is a brilliant takeoff on the old Tennessee Ernie Ford song - I love it! (I can understand those who are not familiar with that old chestnut of a song not getting this song tho.)
Posted 16 years ago by doctec    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by ryuujin23    [ Reply ]
I see a money theme. Anyway, that was actually fun. I was like "what song is this? And how come I recognize it?". Then I was like "Ooohh yeeeaahhhh..Dire Straits."
Posted 16 years ago by ekalvi    [ Reply ]
I...um...I...aah...oooook...
Posted 16 years ago by OmegaConcern    [ Reply ]
Nine 10s? Some people have strange gods...
Posted 16 years ago by andrewmi    [ Reply ]
I think this is a scream. For those of you truly offended, check out Big Daddy's take on Sgt. Pepper's.
Posted 16 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
I can't decide if this is supposed to be a satirical song or not. I'm picturing some high school jazz students sitting around recording this.
Posted 16 years ago by mamradpivo    [ Reply ]
why? why was this produced, why has it made it to RP? With so much good music and so little time, why Bill, why??
Posted 16 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
There is absolutely nothing of merit in this song. Time to switch to another channel for the rest of the day.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
...meesa likey!..
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
terrible
Posted 16 years ago by contractor07    [ Reply ]
Nightfire wrote:
Homophobia alive and well? I agree with the poster who said this song needs to be put down. Kill It.
While this cover is indefensible, the original lyric is intended to be satire about a narrow point of view held by a type of person, not a shallow homophobic stab.
Posted 16 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
sonofpick wrote:
A bit Amos and Andy.
A lil' bit o' Amos N' Andy wit' da' Kingfish sing'd da lead.
Posted 16 years ago by lwilkinson    [ Reply ]
How about some Hayseed Dixie?
Posted 16 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
This would be humorous to watch in a coffee shop. Did not need to be recorded. Ugh. Every time you think it's over, it just keeps going.
Posted 16 years ago by MrGreg    [ Reply ]
1
Posted 16 years ago by buzoo    [ Reply ]
wtf?
Posted 16 years ago by stevo_b    [ Reply ]
Big Daddy - Money For Nothing Pink Floyd - Money Big Audio Dynamite - The Bottom Line 1-10-1 only on RP...
Posted 16 years ago by gumby    [ Reply ]
funny cover :)
Posted 16 years ago by monemose    [ Reply ]
wow... i can't believe this... sweet... though I think Richard Cheese is better...
Posted 16 years ago by Paxus    [ Reply ]
Homophobia alive and well? I agree with the poster who said this song needs to be put down. Kill It.
Posted 16 years ago by Nightfire    [ Reply ]
If nothing else, this song gets comments. -dave
Posted 16 years ago by Phonedave    [ Reply ]
I'll listen to anything once, but please, not again. This song needs to be put down like Old Yeller.
Posted 16 years ago by wade44    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by dereksailor    [ Reply ]
ThirdRail_33 wrote:
Pretty F'in funny - once or twice.
Yep, Kind of like listening to Weird Al, or Primus. Good for the humor, not for the musical content, but humor only takes it so far. -dave
Posted 16 years ago by Phonedave    [ Reply ]
Weirdest cover ever.
Posted 16 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
other than the deliberate mispronunciation of "refrigerators" i like this one. for some reason by about the 3rd time i hear "refrige-re-ator" i get annoyed.
Posted 16 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
pdhski wrote:
Richard Cheese does stuff like this better
... and somehow This song is "Richard Cheese".. Ironic, aint it.
Posted 16 years ago by slickdh    [ Reply ]
Taraincognito wrote:
Is this to the tune of 16 tons ?? sortof ?? how appropriate.
16 tons of crap?
Posted 16 years ago by redtex    [ Reply ]
A bit Amos and Andy.
Posted 16 years ago by sonofpick    [ Reply ]
wow...i get what they tried to do...but it didn't work.....
Posted 16 years ago by swinghamer    [ Reply ]
WTF????????????????? ???????????????????
Posted 16 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
This needs to be followed by Nigel Russell's "White Collar Holler".
Posted 16 years ago by aflanigan    [ Reply ]
hee hee hee! fun a few times a year. I can see this as a really bad, kitzchy video, complete with shiny, skinny suits and slicked hair....
Posted 16 years ago by Tagish_girl    [ Reply ]
ThirdRail_33 wrote:
Pretty F'in funny - once or twice.
Unfortunately we're up to several dozen plays by now. Even a brilliant joke wears thin with repetition.
Posted 16 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
I need a "OMGWTF?!" rating.
Posted 16 years ago by twp    [ Reply ]
Perhaps the worst song ever heard here. WTF?
Posted 16 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
Not that I dislike this mind you but I'm having visions of a bunch of guys and gals wearing boots and hats, deer skin jackets with lots of long fringes, on the stage at Nashville at the Opry...... with Tennessee Ernie Ford as back-up singer.
Posted 16 years ago by lwilkinson    [ Reply ]
Is this to the tune of 16 tons ?? sortof ?? how appropriate.
Posted 16 years ago by Taraincognito    [ Reply ]
Kinda funny, kinda clever.
Posted 16 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
Richard Cheese does stuff like this better
Posted 16 years ago by pdhski    [ Reply ]
Sshhmooooovve Daddy!!
Posted 16 years ago by xc_para_puravida    [ Reply ]
Wasn't this used in a recent General Electric TV ad? (the one with the coal miner girls?)
Posted 16 years ago by Agent510    [ Reply ]
Thank goodness! This brightened an otherwise dark and cold early Saturday morning. I came to the comments, expecting all kinds of hatin'. Fortunately, it seems like the vast majority of folks have enough of a sense of humor to appreciate this. My faith in humanity is restored.
Posted 16 years ago by runningtwig    [ Reply ]
Lets agree that Money for Nothin is what levered Dire Straits into the mainstream (and the very over mixed Industrial Disease). Big Daddy's version is kick. I look forward to hearing it again in about 6 months (not sooner please).
Posted 16 years ago by ChrisInAZ    [ Reply ]
Very nice. Exceeds the original by far. Like the choral allusion too.
Posted 16 years ago by chasech5    [ Reply ]
guiguy wrote:
Luv za schtick...that was great, once or twice though and the novelty will certainly wear off; very cool, bros.....
Is the correct answer.
Posted 16 years ago by madaxeman    [ Reply ]
pannaramma wrote:
Lighten up people - this is pretty funny.
Pretty F'in funny - once or twice.
Posted 16 years ago by ThirdRail_33    [ Reply ]
Could like this more than once in awhile with a little Leon Redbone tossed in. Rickie is working nicely though.
Posted 16 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
psg wrote:
I never understood the appeal of Dire Straits and I think this gives a bad song the treatment it deserves.
I am a big Dire Straights, Mark Knoplfer fan, but I have never liked this song. The sum total of Mark Knopfler's work is soooo much better than this song represents in my opinion. His guitar work and subtle but powerful story telling and ballad writing is phenomenal. This version of Money For Nothing actually found a way to be a lot worse than the Dire Straights version! It bloweth mightily. I am very stingy with the "Sucko Barfo" rating, but this one gets it.
Posted 16 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
excellent cover!!!...super creative!
Posted 16 years ago by HonduranRed    [ Reply ]
Hi-larious!!!
Posted 16 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
This is amusing ONE time.
Posted 16 years ago by coffee-eyes    [ Reply ]
Luv za schtick...that was great, once or twice though and the novelty will certainly wear off; very cool, bros.....
Posted 16 years ago by guiguy    [ Reply ]
stickers11 wrote:
...never play this again....
+1
Posted 16 years ago by hctim_53    [ Reply ]
what the hell was that!? I couldn't stop laughing!
Posted 16 years ago by pamohearn    [ Reply ]
...never play this again....
Posted 16 years ago by stickers11    [ Reply ]
Inspiring.
Posted 16 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
I never understood the appeal of Dire Straits and I think this gives a bad song the treatment it deserves.
Posted 16 years ago by psg    [ Reply ]
Lighten up people - this is pretty funny.
Posted 16 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
Love it.
Posted 16 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
Laughing my ass off right now.
Posted 16 years ago by karen    [ Reply ]
"we got to move these refrig-ree-ators" love it
Posted 16 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
Great smile-generating piece for 9am. Yow!!!
Posted 16 years ago by 2Hawks    [ Reply ]
How could anyone not like this song? It's a great tune and it's covered with a sense of humor. An outstanding combo all around.
Posted 16 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
bbqking wrote:
"Sixteen Tons of fun!" Tennessee Ernie Ford is clapping from his grave. Beautifully eclectic!
What a travesty! I think Ernie's vomiting in his mouth in his grave.
Posted 16 years ago by underarmor    [ Reply ]
The greatest Money song of all time (Money by PF) followed by the worst Money song of all time! Good golly Miss Molly!
Posted 17 years ago by jadewahoo    [ Reply ]
wait..you gotta dig the concept that these guys did with this band...Big Daddy was a band that got lost on a USO tour of Viet Nam...came back years later without ever hearing the orginal tunes and played them according to the styles noted on the sheet music and in the styles of the 50's and early 60's things they played...it's really pretty brilliant.
Posted 17 years ago by rantnraver    [ Reply ]
"Sixteen Tons of fun!" Tennessee Ernie Ford is clapping from his grave. Beautifully eclectic!
Posted 17 years ago by bbqking    [ Reply ]
photomuse wrote:
Please RP. Overplayed Floyd Money followed by this? Not clever. Not witty. Just stupid and annoying.
sense of humour, anybody?
Posted 17 years ago by federico    [ Reply ]
I LOVE Big Daddy!!! Funny thing is I played some of their early stuff for Knopfler years before they covered this tune. Check out the Everly Brothers styled take on "Super Freak". You'll cry from laughing.
Posted 17 years ago by rantnraver    [ Reply ]
Make it stop. please. This is awful. Shouldn't a cover be played because it's good, not simply because it's a radical departure from the original? Can we add '0' to the rating scale?
Posted 17 years ago by catrip    [ Reply ]
I like this. Wouldn't want to hear it every day or even once a week, but it's pretty funny. The original was a definite sell-out on Knopfler's part, though.
Posted 17 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Any song with a clarinet in it is automatically awesome, I think, this one included.
Posted 17 years ago by cayenne    [ Reply ]
Eeek
Posted 17 years ago by scottdburnett    [ Reply ]
Please RP. Overplayed Floyd Money followed by this? Not clever. Not witty. Just stupid and annoying.
Posted 17 years ago by photomuse    [ Reply ]
This is funny stuff.
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
and I sold my soul to the company store... Great melody version of this tune. People get a "cents" of humor
Posted 17 years ago by laserace    [ Reply ]
I'm laughing so hard my co-worker is worried about me. It's best put on very light rotation though.
Posted 17 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
This is awful. I'm amazed 7 people had the disfunction to rate this a '10'.
Posted 17 years ago by Wolf825    [ Reply ]
Some songs are so bad they are good. This song is so bad, it went clear around the toilet bowl and ended up at bad again. Bill: please flush this turd of a song once and for all so we don't have to hear it again!
Posted 17 years ago by Ipse_Dixit    [ Reply ]
I like it. A sense of humor is an important thing to have.
Posted 17 years ago by aflanigan    [ Reply ]
My least favorite Dire Straits song just got worse.
Posted 17 years ago by bradjak    [ Reply ]
This style works great for the lyrics. Gets old quickly though.
Posted 17 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
laozilover wrote:
This is funny! Tenessee Ernie Ford meets Frank Zappa (Thing Fish) and Dire Straits! Yeah. Sure you do.
It reminded me of Thing Fish as I listened too....this is a fantastic version! "Refridge-re-ators" I just love that!!
Posted 17 years ago by SpaceCase    [ Reply ]
THIS IS AWESOME!!
Posted 17 years ago by buddy0407    [ Reply ]
this sucks
Posted 17 years ago by leahnichole    [ Reply ]
Am I the only one who finds this amusing in context of the overall seriousnes of this mix? I think it's a great addition!
Posted 17 years ago by MissAmy    [ Reply ]
Why, RP, why? Whatever did us listeners do to deserve this? Please forgive us and never play this again.
Posted 17 years ago by cattgirl813    [ Reply ]
George Takei?
Posted 17 years ago by Ropes    [ Reply ]
squidish wrote:
At least play some Richard Cheese if you're going to sink this low.
Seconded.
Posted 17 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
Pure, unadulterated, bullshit.
Posted 17 years ago by Death_to_Clear_Channel    [ Reply ]
SOOOO totally bad, it's likeable
Posted 17 years ago by SomeOldGuy    [ Reply ]
Gotta move these color TVs!
Posted 17 years ago by bobrk    [ Reply ]
At least play some Richard Cheese if you're going to sink this low.
Posted 17 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]
Hm. Bad.
Posted 17 years ago by mattt    [ Reply ]
Oh. My. Stars. This is like Dr. Demento gone bad or something...
Posted 17 years ago by Beanie    [ Reply ]
Birthstone on little finger. Blister on thumb. Get it right or go home.
Posted 17 years ago by drtjdel    [ Reply ]
What the hell? Terrible
Posted 17 years ago by biggeorge    [ Reply ]
Utterly brilliant. And completely wrong.
Posted 17 years ago by Euphemism    [ Reply ]