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Benny Mardones- Into the Night
Posted on 6/2/16 at 10:53 am
Posted on 6/2/16 at 10:53 am
I could listen to this song 5 times a day.
I have a problem.
I have a problem.
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 11:08 am to Dr Rosenrosen
I was thinking about this song the other day. 16 years old. Really?
One of the cheesiest videos of all time.
One of the cheesiest videos of all time.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 11:52 am to RogerTheShrubber
Creepiest video ever. Could you imagine that song and video released now?
This post was edited on 6/2/16 at 11:54 am
Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:20 pm to Dr Rosenrosen
I've always wondered about this song. Apparently here is what someone says regarding Benny's story behind it. Not sure if true, but damn that's a good story if so.
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With that said, the video clearly shows an old dude trying to lay a 16yo girl
Also, some of the comments on that webpage are very creepy
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Benny Mardones lived in an apartment complex. He had a neighbor who was a struggling set creator on broadway. The family had come upon some tough times and had very little. When the father made it big, rather then help out the family he moved off with a 24 year old girl who was in the shows choir. One day the families 3 little kids came up to his door and began to cry, they told Benny that their Dad had left them. Benny told them that they would get through it. Benny created odd jobs for them throughout his apartment. The young boy would run out and get cigarettes for Benny and keep the change from 20$. The one girl would clean Benny's apartment for 50$ a week. The final daughter, 16 years old, would come over in the morning and let Benny's dog out. The 16 year old girl came in when he was writing the song. She came in after a night of writing and she came in to walk his dog. His partner with whom he was writing the song the song said "Oh wow," regarding how good looking she was for a 16 year old. Benny then said said "She's just 16 years old, just leave her alone." Straight from Benny's mouth. It was a great story.
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The song is about a young girl who lived in Benny's apartment building in Spanish Halem. The father of the girl ran out on her and her mother was never around. Benny felt bad and hired her to walk his dog. The song was inspired to be of a parental love, not a pedophile. If you don't believe me check out the kazaa.com/us/audio/…. I used to think it was a pretty sick song until I researched its meaning. This should put to rest any idea that it is a song about a pedophile.
With that said, the video clearly shows an old dude trying to lay a 16yo girl
Also, some of the comments on that webpage are very creepy
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:04 pm to Midget Death Squad
That's interesting. I always figured it was just a narrative from a detached POV. Like possibly told from the voice of a fictitious 17 year old or something.
I never understand the whole thing of persecuting a songwriter for presuming that he absolutely HAS to be the protagonist in a story. The same is done for stories of murder or robbery or whatever and nobody blinks an eye.
Obviously Freddie Mercury was a murderer. He said so in Bohemian Rhapsody, right?
I never understand the whole thing of persecuting a songwriter for presuming that he absolutely HAS to be the protagonist in a story. The same is done for stories of murder or robbery or whatever and nobody blinks an eye.
Obviously Freddie Mercury was a murderer. He said so in Bohemian Rhapsody, right?
This post was edited on 6/2/16 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:19 pm to RockAndRollDetective
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I never understand the whole thing of persecuting a songwriter for presuming that he absolutely HAS to be the protagonist in a story.
I fully agree with this. I think it occurs because music is often a very personal affair; however, there are many writers who use it to tell a story from a third person perspective. For instance, Mike Patton has never murdered anyone to my knowledge, yet he writes all about it in The Morning After
Posted on 6/2/16 at 4:15 pm to Midget Death Squad
Interesting. This song was one of only 10 in history to hit the charts twice--1980 and 1989.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 5:56 pm to Dr Rosenrosen
I like the song too
Posted on 6/2/16 at 6:12 pm to Midget Death Squad
I buy that explanation. Gary Puckett and the Union Gap songs are just creepy.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 5:47 pm to Dr Rosenrosen
You guys motivated me...
But still a beautiful song nonetheless...
But still a beautiful song nonetheless...
Posted on 10/22/24 at 10:06 pm to Midget Death Squad
Was doing a deep dive on Benny Mardones when I discovered this old thread.
And the writing partner Benny seemingly threw under the bus? That's Robert ( "Aint No Easy Way Out") Tepper of Rocky IV fame.
Here's the sad final live performance of Mardones' "Into the Night" before he died of Parkinsons 2-3 years later.
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The final daughter, 16 years old, would come over in the morning and let Benny's dog out. The 16 year old girl came in when he was writing the song. She came in after a night of writing and she came in to walk his dog. His partner with whom he was writing the song the song said "Oh wow," regarding how good looking she was for a 16 year old. Benny then said said "She's just 16 years old, just leave her alone." Straight from Benny's mouth. It was a great story.
And the writing partner Benny seemingly threw under the bus? That's Robert ( "Aint No Easy Way Out") Tepper of Rocky IV fame.
Here's the sad final live performance of Mardones' "Into the Night" before he died of Parkinsons 2-3 years later.
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