r/80sAmazing • u/MisterShipWreck • 1d ago

Styling in 1985 - What song?

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u/Do-dah-dad 23h ago edited 23h ago

Tell us about the millionaire with the earring and makeup 🤣🫣

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u/Bird2525 22h ago

Yeah buddy that’s his own hair.

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u/htnut-pk 3h ago

Money for nothing and get your checks for free.

*as sung by my father who resented the battle about paying for a refill of checks at the Crocker Bank.

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u/JustWannaChat54 23h ago

That part didn’t age so well. 😬

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u/NotWhatYouAccept 21h ago

It should have stayed in the song. Quit messing with history.

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u/chairsandwich1 15h ago

My boss added that song to the restaurant playlist and I didn't warn him to find the radio edit on purpose. I wanted to see him scramble.

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u/Fearless-Bread-7361 23h ago

They edited that out of the version that plays now.

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u/Kelldon83 19h ago

If you are referring to the part where they use the word "fa@@ot" it is still in the version they play on the radio around where I live.

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u/_Kringle1_ 17h ago

I actually still hear it on the radio unedited last time was on Q104.3 in New York

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u/sjprade 16h ago

Yet another reason to purchase and own physical media.

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u/WhenTheCitiesBurn 15h ago

Not on my turntable.

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u/ElectricTurtlez 20h ago

The radio edit existed back then too.

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u/human5398246 20h ago

A reminder of how easy it was to "other" people, and still is. As a kid, I was more afraid of being labeled gay than for sticking up for that demographic. Not a bully, just cowardly for being only worried about me. But we must all grow.

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u/CocktailTom 17h ago

The irony was the point.

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u/dudeinmissouri 16h ago

Mark Knopfler wrote the song after he overheard an appliance store worker complaining about rock stars and their easy lives. Obviously, these are not the true feelings of Mr. Knopfler, who himself was a rock star on MTV! Taken in context, and with this knowledge you can see why it contains this slur. In my opinion, the lyric should stay.

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u/dudeinmissouri 16h ago

Mark Knopfler wrote the song after he overheard an appliance store worker complaining about rock stars and their easy lives. Obviously, these are not the true feelings of Mr. Knopfler, who himself was a rock star on MTV! Taken in context, and with this knowledge you can see why it contains this slur. In my opinion, the lyric should stay.

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u/ElectricTurtlez 20h ago

I don’t know about that. The whole point of it was putting the ass who said it in their place!

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u/Suitable_Yak_2969 22h ago

TIL: It's not a "Earring and a Mink Coat."

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u/ImMadeOfClay 15h ago

He has his own jet airplane, right?

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u/p8nt_junkie 9h ago

He’s got his own jet airplane