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DL What Do You Know About Benny Mardones?

Just saw him perform on an old episode of Merv Griffin. Just incredible singing voice. I wonder why the song was so popular. I just listened to the words of the song... I had never heard of him before.

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by Anonymousreply 31August 11, 2020 9:00 PM
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by Anonymousreply 1March 13, 2018 4:19 AM

Check out the world’s creepiest video for it on YouTube. Great song though.

by Anonymousreply 2March 13, 2018 4:21 AM

He's singing about a 16 year old. Creepy.

by Anonymousreply 3March 13, 2018 4:23 AM

I know

by Anonymousreply 4March 13, 2018 4:46 AM

Omg creepy is right

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by Anonymousreply 5March 13, 2018 4:52 AM

He looks like a 45 year old pervert.

And I liked that song! Or did.

by Anonymousreply 6March 13, 2018 5:12 AM

[quote]He's singing about a 16 year old. Creepy.

He was 34 at the time.

by Anonymousreply 7March 13, 2018 5:12 AM

He looks very feminine.

by Anonymousreply 8March 13, 2018 5:17 AM

Was he a pedophile

by Anonymousreply 9March 13, 2018 9:54 PM
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by Anonymousreply 10March 13, 2018 11:46 PM

He's so icky and the girl that he's stalking in the video looks slow. There's even a rape van in the video.

by Anonymousreply 11September 7, 2018 3:23 AM

Good song, though.

by Anonymousreply 12September 13, 2018 6:11 PM

Perhaps my favorite one hit wonder. Was shocked when I found out he was white.

by Anonymousreply 13September 13, 2018 6:16 PM

He was great in ABBA.

by Anonymousreply 14September 13, 2018 6:18 PM

He was always performing at the NY State Fair, he still may.

by Anonymousreply 15September 13, 2018 6:20 PM

^ that was Benny Zadrine

by Anonymousreply 16September 13, 2018 6:20 PM

This is on one of my Time Life Soft Rock cds that I ordered from publishers clearing house years ago, one of the cds is named "Into The Night". Yeah, wtf was he thinking. Maybe he was going to "adopt" the girl and get around the whole pedo thing that way.

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by Anonymousreply 17September 13, 2018 6:20 PM

He’s genderfluid

by Anonymousreply 18September 13, 2018 6:50 PM

I just wanna STOP and tell him what I think about him

by Anonymousreply 19September 13, 2018 7:21 PM

Video synopsis: Dad Ix-nays the rape van Lots of eye rolling and a call from a pay phone later, benny solves their predicament a la magic carpet?!

Sorry John Mayer, Benny's got you beat on Most Excellent Use of a Green Screen Used In A Video award....

by Anonymousreply 20September 13, 2018 7:34 PM

Ewww I had no idea what the song was about I just liked it and now its ruined

by Anonymousreply 21September 13, 2018 9:03 PM

He and the song were featured on a VH1 one hit wonder show or something like that. He was in a band or something and one of his friend's or neighbor's kids cane by. One of the band mates said something like "she's hot, who is she" and Benny said "She's just 16 years old, leave her alone" and that was the genesis of the song. Benny struggled with alcohol and drug abuse and never really got it together.

by Anonymousreply 22September 13, 2018 9:17 PM

In hindsight, it is an uncomfortable subject. I still like it, but It’s just a song. No one was actually molested in the making of the record.

by Anonymousreply 23September 13, 2018 9:40 PM

But R23, then why make the video with the extra creep factor???

by Anonymousreply 24September 13, 2018 9:43 PM

The anecdote at R22 smells of CYA after societal standards shifted

I have no doubt nobody thought twice about it in the 70s.

I’m sure Mr Jimmy Paige loved it!

by Anonymousreply 25September 13, 2018 9:52 PM

His coke use led to Parkinson's in the early 2000s. He retired last Christmas.

by Anonymousreply 26September 13, 2018 10:07 PM

Someone was squeezing his balls extra hard at the end of that song.

by Anonymousreply 27September 14, 2018 2:32 AM

He had a follow up single, She's so French

by Anonymousreply 28September 14, 2018 12:13 PM

Well he DOES say that he will wait until the end of time, twice, so maybe 2 years ain't so bad

by Anonymousreply 29September 14, 2018 12:13 PM

I showed the video to a friend and the next day she told me Thanks a lot, now I cannot UNSEE that video!!!

by Anonymousreply 30September 16, 2018 1:43 PM

another coronavirus cover up

by Anonymousreply 31August 11, 2020 9:00 PM
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