At the back of the store was a wall of televisions which were all tuned to MTV. As he explained in an interview, he was in New York City in 1984 and had visited an appliance store.
Whereas 1981 had seen Video Killed The Radio Star kick proceedings off on the parent channel, the first video shown on MTV Europe was Money for Nothing by Dire Straits, which, appropriately, starts and finishes with repetition of the line "I want my MTV", voiced by Sting.Ĭonsidered groundbreaking at the time of its release in June 1985, thanks to its use of CGI graphics, the music video for the song was a literal interpretation of lead singer Mark Knopfler's lyrics. After all, we’re all in this to help each other!ĭire Straits – Money For Nothing.On August 1st 1987, six years to the day since MTV first began broadcasting in the USA, MTV Europe launched in a similar tongue-in-cheek style to its US counterpart. Three of the fills start on the “e” of the beat but I have elected to put them starting on the “&” for ease. Other than this, the transcription is accurate.Īs with all of the content on this site, feel free to share it with other drummers. The awkward part of this is trying to make sure the transcription is accurate with a click track. Ironically, the only part of Williams’ drum tracks that made it to the final mixes was the drum intro which was conducted rather than recorded with a click track. To this end, Omar Hakim was flown in from New York and recorded the entire album in three days. Williams recorded drum parts for the entire album, but the engineer Neil Dorfsman, decided that the drum tracks weren’t quite right and convinced Mark Knopfler that they needed redoing. The fills at the beginning of the track were played by Terry Williams who was a part of Dire Straits at the time the album “Brothers In Arms” was recorded. The Radio Edit is 4:38, whereas the album version is 8:25……… In case there is a need to avoid any confusion, the transcription is based on the Radio Edit not the original album version. A song that has a massive drum solo at the beginning? Check.Ī song that had one of the coolest videos ever? CheckĪ song that features a massively cool guest vocal appearance? CheckĪ song that has won a grammy award? CheckĪ song that has the first video played on MTV Europe? Check
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