A playlist of Star Trek music videos done to Dire Straits

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[mairdie]

A playlist of 5 Star Trek music videos done to the music of Dire Straits:

Ride Across the River
The Man's Too Strong
Brothers in Arms
One World
Walk of Life

[mairdie]

Love this album!

[mairdie]

PING to Star Trek music videos

[freedumb2003]

Watch this later :)

[TomServo]

Please

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pRHOz5xyeY

[Tired of Taxes]

Great album. And who would guess it would pair so perfectly with Star Trek? lol

[mairdie]

MASHUP - Dire Straits and Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - “Money For Shopping”

Not really my style.

[mairdie]

And THAT is the joy of literary music videos! The trick is to interpret the lyrics so that you’d almost believe it was written for the new context. YES!!!!!!!!

[Kommodor]

No “Money for Nothin’”?

:)

[mairdie]

Have to admit the song didn’t inspire me.

So how would YOU create it? You build a literary song video on paper first.

Now look at them yo-yo’s that’s the way you do it
You play the guitar on the MTV - Spock with his lyre
That ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it
Money for nothin’ and your chicks for free - Kirk and Mudd’s woman
Now that ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys ain’t dumb
Maybe get a blister on your little finger - McCoy with someone’s hand????
Maybe get a blister on your thumb
We gotta install microwave ovens - food synthesizer
Custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators - All Our Yesterdays snow
We gotta move these color TV’s - viewer on the bridge?

[libertylover]

Mark Knopfler is one of the greatest guitar players ever.

[mairdie]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Knopfler

[Fledermaus]

Later

[Hardastarboard]

Absolutely and without question.

[real saxophonist]

Those are pretty good.

On the other hand, you can add this music to just about anything, and completely change the scenario.

[BlueStateRightist]

The stanza of lyrics expunged from the “modern” version of Money For Nothing:

See the little faggot with the earring and the make-up
Yeah buddy that’s his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot he’s a millionaire

You’ll never hear those lines if the song is played or downloaded today.

[mairdie]

The Ritual / Ancient Battle / 2nd Kroykah
Volume Two, Original Television Soundtrack, Star Trek
The Doomsday Machine and Amok Time.

And I thought you were going to send us to Leonard Nimoy singing!

[mairdie]

I must admit I have never heard those lyrics.

[real saxophonist]

Could have sent you to William Shatner singing.

Slightly off topic, if you saw the last few episodes of 'Fringe', Anna Torv channels Leonard Nimoy so perfectly it's hilarious.

[BlueStateRightist]

Actually, if you download from iTunes you’ll get those lyrics. But if the song is played on the radio they’re completely deleted.

[Kommodor]

I was kidding :)

I think Weird Al did that tune enough parody justice in “UHF”.