Money for Nothing Is About Marc Knopfler of Dyer Straits

The song Money for Nothing is about Marc Knopfler's alienation from his audience. He was frustrated that he was making rock music as a serious literary art, and thus he found himself up on stage playing for throngs of custom kitchen delivering meatheads who don't understand his songs. Ironically, the reason people want to cancel it is because they're consuming it as if it's a light entertainment, as opposed to as aserious literary work.