Metamusic

Today's theme is music about music -- metamusic:

The British group Dire Straits was founded by brothers Mark and David Knopfler, John Illsey, and Pick Withers.  Their fifth album, Brothers in Arms, charted at number one worldwide and gave rise to the single Money for Nothing which proved to be the group's most successful single.

Mark Knopfler described the composition of Money for Nothing as stemming from a visit to an appliance store in New York City where a wall of TVs was tuned to MTV.  He wrote down some of the words that one of the workers there was uttering and later set them to music.

Sting also had a presence on the track in the backing vocals.  His "I want my MTV" line at the beginning and end of the tune led to a co-composing credit with Mark Knopfler.

Haters be hatin', right Chad Kroeger?

Joe Walsh enjoyed stardom with the James Gang before he went on to The Eagles.  The autobiographical tune "Life's Been Good" takes a rather cynical look at rock stardom, though Walsh has stated on numerous occasions that most of the lyrics are true rather than satirical.