I am both shocked and appalled that no one has yet mentioned one of the best and most important musical-cultural moments of the 1980s: Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing." Not only is it just a kick-ass rock epic with a killer guitar riff, not only is it far and away the best thing Sting ever had a part of, but the video was absolutely brilliant. There's no possible way anyone can think about the first years of MTV without thinking of this song and this video. It's a monument, and one of those wonderful paradoxes of a "protest" song that actually became a huge hit.
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