RUBLES WORTH NOTHIN' - a Parody of Money for Nothing | The Freedom Toast & Cinebot Video

To fully appreciate the editing work on this video you might want to take a look at the original MTV video for "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits. Some of us are old enough to remember it. Others are old enough but didn't have a TV. Parody Project Executive Producers: Don Caron and Jerry Pender SUPPORT Visit https://parodyproject.com/supportus CONTRIBUTE to the PROJECT BTC:              33W8cvkCKupG77ChtTFXeAFmEBCaLcjsBJ ETH:    0x1f36edE7A4F06830D0e3d675776607790a2ce636  SHOP Parody Project Store: https://parodyproject.com/shop PATRONAGE To become a Patron of Parody Project please visit our Patreon Page https://www.patreon.com/parodyproject MAILING LIST (Never Shared) https://parodyproject.com/subscribe/ Lyrics by The Freedom Toast I want no K G B Look at them Russians, that’s not how you do it They bomb their neighbors into smithereens That ain’t workin’, that’s not how you do it Rubles worth nothing and their press ain’t free Now, that ain’t workin’. That’s not how you do it. For someone smart, he is acting dumb. If it’s true you want to make some renovations Don’t bomb the place to Kingdom Come Vladimir’s yearning for the Soviet Union Rounding people up like KGB He wants to be a big Liberator! Czar Vladimir of the monarchy See the great Vladimir riding bareback for the papers What a photo opportunity! He won’t let his people see the cities he’s been bombing They won’t hear that he wrecked their economy Vladimir’s yearning for the Soviet Union Rounding people up like KGB He wants to be a big Liberator! Czar Vladimir of the monarchy I should’a learned to work the Kremlin I should’a learned to be Putin’s friend Make myself a couple hundred million dollars And hope he doesn’t shoot me in the end And he’s gone nuts. What’s this? Ukraine invasion? Destruction of their cities and their industry? Oh, this ain’t workin’. That’s not how you do it. Now your ruble’s worth nothing and their press ain’t free Vladimir’s yearning for the Soviet Union Rounding people up like KGB He wants to be a big Liberator! Czar Vladimir of the monarchy Now this ain’t workin’, not the way you do it This killing ain’t a good strategy This ain’t work-in’! This ain’t how you do it. Seen as a failure by posterity! Rubles worth nothin’ Press ain’t free Rubles worth nothin’ Press ain’t free Rubles worth nothin’ (I want no, I want no) Press ain’t free (I want no K G B) Rubles worth nothin’ (I want no, I want no) Press ain’t free (I want no K G B) ABOUT THE SOURCE MUSIC "Money for Nothing" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, the second track on their fifth studio album, Brothers in Arms (1985). It was released as the album's second single on 28 June 1985 through Vertigo Records. The song's lyrics are written from the point of view of two working-class men watching music videos and commenting on what they see. The song features a guest appearance by Sting singing background vocals, providing both the signature falsetto introduction and backing chorus of "I want my MTV." The groundbreaking video was the first to be aired on MTV Europe when the network launched on 1 August 1987. It was Dire Straits' most commercially successful single, peaking at number 1 for three weeks on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Top Rock Tracks chart and number 4 in the band's native UK. In July 1985, the month following its release, Dire Straits and Sting performed the song at Live Aid. At the 28th Annual Grammy Awards in 1986, "Money for Nothing" won Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year as well. At the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards, the music video received 11 nominations, winning Video of the Year and Best Group Video. "Money for Nothing" is a pop rock song. Knopfler modeled his guitar sound on ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons' trademark guitar tone, as ZZ Top's music videos were already a staple of early MTV. Gibbons told Timothy White of Musician in late 1985 that Knopfler had solicited Gibbons' help in replicating the tone, adding, "He didn't do a half-bad job, either, considering that I never told him a goddamned thing!" Following the initial sessions in Montserrat, at which that particular guitar part was recorded, Neil Dorfsman attempted to recreate the sound during subsequent sessions at the Power Station in New York but was unsuccessful. The recording contains a highly recognizable hook, in the form of the guitar riff that begins the song proper. The guitar riff continues throughout the song, played in permutation during the verses, and played in full after each chorus. The song's extended overture was shortened for radio and music video. Mark Knopfler said, "The lead character in "Money for Nothing" is a guy who works in the hardware department . .. He's singing the song. I wrote the song when I was actually in the store. I wanted to use a lot of the language that the real guy actually used when I heard him, because it was more real."