Throwback Thursday - Video Edition: A Banned Video???

So I actually wanted to post Dire Straights "Money For Nothing" video for this week's Throwback Thursday - Video Edition, but actually couldn't find the video on YouTube. The video pretty much sums up the 80s both visually with the early computer generated cartoon and all the neon in the live sequences and lyrically, being a statement of music and the growing MTV generation.

Could I find the video on YouTube?

There was a lot of live versions of the song, a version that was titled "Original Banned Video" that never showed a video, just a screen shot of Mark Knopfler in neon and the lyrics and a couple parodies, but no video.

Over the years there has been a lot of controversy over the use of the word "faggot" in the song. In January 2011, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) ruled that the unedited version of the song was unacceptable for air play on private Canadian radio stations, as it breached the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' (CAB) Code of Ethics and their Equitable Portrayal Code. Is this part of the reason why I can't find the video on YouTube?

If it is the reason why it's not on YouTube, why are the live versions of the song okay? Some version he sings "faggot" and in other's he says "Queenie" rather than "faggot". Isn't "Queenie" just as bad or possibly even worse?



Looking outside YouTube, searching Google I was able to find the original video on Vimeo.

Dire Straits - Money For Nothing from Berussa on Vimeo.
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing

Prior to finding the original version, I found this and almost posted it instead...