User talk:Meangrampa

Newbie user so I'm a bit lost as to how to add a needed citation properly.
On this section https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Knopfler#Knopfler.27s_influenceM

Whereas this is Mr.Knopflers history I wish to add this citation as neatly as possible while learning how to do the syntax properly.

There is a note that a citation is needed in regards to his requirement that he be allowed to play on the parody by Weird Al done of his song "Money for Nothing." The parody work being titled " Money For Nothing/Beverley Hillbillies."

"I have this from Weird Al's 4cd box set "permanent Record Al in the Box" sent out with every box set."

(portion of text from "Permanent record" below) One of the highlights of the film was the video for "Money ForNothing/Beverly Hillbillies." Mixing the lyrics of an old TV theme with a new rock hit admittedly wasn't a new idea; Al had done it on the 3-D album with "The Brady Bunch" and the whole process can be traced back to the 1978 underground hit "Gilligan's Island (Stairway)" by Little Roger and the Goosebumps, to the tune of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven." Back in his college Coffeehouse days Al often performed a number called "The Beverly Hillbillies Miss You" to the music of the Rolling Stones.

Among the many people that had to be asked for permission was Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, composer of "Money For Nothing." He said "You can use my song only if I get to play guitar on your version!" And so he did. Lawyers dictated the song's compound fracture of a title; Al would have preferred "Money For the Beverly Hillbillies" or "Beverly Hillbillies For Nothing."

Complete text of which is available here. http://dmdb.org/al/booklet.html

Many thanks to the Webmaster of Al-oholics Anonymous for the source of the above information

Any guidance in what should be a simple matter would be appreciated and please feel free to add the needed citation on the actual page as well. A syntax guide for dummies would be great. I'm really just trying to fix an oversight that a larger portion of music fans find as common knowledge. Without mucking it up like I did this page. Meangrampa (talk) 19:07, 6 December 2012 (UTC)