i have some practice in that dept
― game of crones (La Lechera), Friday, 25 May 2012 01:27 (11 months ago) Permalink
dying @ win butler as benny mardones' illegit love child btw
― me so fat (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 25 May 2012 01:33 (11 months ago) Permalink
They say it fades if you let it. Leave her alone? Forget it.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 May 2012 01:35 (11 months ago) Permalink
Win Butler (born April 14, 1980)Benny Mardones originally released "Into the Night" in June 1980.
hmmm.
― me so fat (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 25 May 2012 01:35 (11 months ago) Permalink
Maybe "She's So French" was him misunderstanding where Montreal was located.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 May 2012 01:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
I'd be willing to host "ILX Covers Benny Mardones"
― Lee971 (Lee626), Friday, 25 May 2012 06:19 (11 months ago) Permalink
Did Win Butler have a teen mom?
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, 25 May 2012 13:19 (11 months ago) Permalink
"Into the Night" remixed at the end of the world:
http://soundcloud.com/stpaulattheendoftheworld/when-it-is-time-please-god
― St. Paul His Own Self, Thursday, 31 May 2012 20:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
I heard this at mini golf last night!
― drawings by teen cultists (Crabbits), Sunday, 5 August 2012 16:28 (9 months ago) Permalink
Ha ha that seems like the best possible place to hear this song
― Elrond Hubbard (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 5 August 2012 17:08 (9 months ago) Permalink
second only to honeymoon night with your child bride
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 5 August 2012 17:11 (9 months ago) Permalink
Those are often the same thing
― Elrond Hubbard (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 5 August 2012 18:45 (9 months ago) Permalink
I never want to see anyone kiss ever again in the world after seeing him kiss that girl in the OG video.
― JessFlip, Sunday, 5 August 2012 19:21 (9 months ago) Permalink
why, you don't think that girl looked like she was like totally into him?
― Lee626, Sunday, 5 August 2012 19:26 (9 months ago) Permalink
Wow @ this thread, serious candidate for the 2012 ILM gold medal. Listening to "She's so French" on repeat, it just keeps revealing new and horrible delights.
― recordbreaking transfer to Lucknow FC (seandalai), Sunday, 5 August 2012 23:33 (9 months ago) Permalink
I'm waiting for the dubstep version.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, May 18, 2012 7:09 PM (2 months ago)
your wish is ....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZfAjWroKp0
― Lee626, Monday, 6 August 2012 00:15 (9 months ago) Permalink
― Lee626, Monday, 6 August 2012 00:16 (9 months ago) Permalink
Usher's take- Amarillo Chop Shop's remix:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgxB331V2E4
― Lee626, Monday, 6 August 2012 00:22 (9 months ago) Permalink
― Lee626, Monday, 6 August 2012 00:30 (9 months ago) Permalink
that was a remix of a remix btw, and much improved on this:
― Lee626, Monday, 6 August 2012 00:35 (9 months ago) Permalink
wau i seriously only just noticed that this song is about statutory rape
uh, great sound tho
― mookieproof, Monday, 6 August 2012 00:49 (9 months ago) Permalink
ur-text for the 21st century
http://soundcloud.com/whatupsupertrog/why-worship-death
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 15:48 (9 months ago) Permalink
not sure how someone entered this descrip into wikipedia w/ a straight face or w/o commentary
Music video
Mardones made a music video for the song, but, as it pre-dated MTV by a year, it was not widely broadcast.
The video opens with Mardones walking down a street and approaching a house. The song plays over the video, and the lyrics serve as Mardones' monologue. He is met at the door by a bearded man who tells him, "She's just 16 years old. Leave her alone." Mardones leaves and walks around to the back of the house, peering through a window at a girl sitting sullenly in her room. The video then cuts to Mardones at a pay phone, speaking to the girl on the other end of the line and professing his love. The video then cuts again to Mardones returning to the girl's house, carrying a rolled-up carpet. He crawls through her bedroom window, unravels the magic carpet, and taking the girl's hand, they take flight into the night sky. The video closes with Mardones serenading the girl as they embrace, the scene finally fading to black as they kiss.
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 15:50 (9 months ago) Permalink
so MTV didn't play the video when it recharted in 1989? C'mon guys, this is way better than "Thriller"!
― Lee626, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 21:43 (9 months ago) Permalink
maybe it wasn't widely broadcast because the MTV execs were busy giving themselves eye baths after watching it
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 22:52 (9 months ago) Permalink
bedridden for days with mysterious vomiting illnesses
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 22:53 (9 months ago) Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=U3_UM8rcGe4
― emilys., Thursday, 13 September 2012 00:57 (8 months ago) Permalink
hahahaha he totally throws tepper under the bus
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 September 2012 01:43 (8 months ago) Permalink
http://youtu.be/U3_UM8rcGe4
― emilys., Saturday, 15 September 2012 01:13 (8 months ago) Permalink
yknow how ccr and the band came along at the end of the sixties and it was as if the beatles had never happened? basically same thing w/ benny and the 80s. it was as if the bourgeois tagg had never happened.
this is a fucking beautiful post and people need to show love imo
― we don't wanna miss a THING!!! (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 15 September 2012 02:19 (8 months ago) Permalink
like wtf there's now a FIFTH version
i'm speechless
― Lee626, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 20:50 (7 months ago) Permalink
this was on at the laundromat yesterday (1980 version) and zero and the signified and i were karaokeing around the place like doofuses.
― With extreme tenderness - flexible - always guided by the words (get bent), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 20:52 (7 months ago) Permalink
He must have seen the thread.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 20:52 (7 months ago) Permalink
deeply hoping this comes to fruition
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 21:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
i rocked the shit outta this at karaoke a couple weeks ago
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 21:28 (7 months ago) Permalink
alltime karaoke song, no doubt
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 22:49 (7 months ago) Permalink
Mardones needs to be told that the lyrics only get creepier every time he records a new version. 73-year-old Benny needs to walk away from cheerleader practice and get back to his mopping before the principal calls his parole officer.
― Gary Mayonnaise (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 22:56 (7 months ago) Permalink
"The song's just thirty-one years old..."
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 23:11 (7 months ago) Permalink
lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 23:12 (7 months ago) Permalink
a timeless holiday classic
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 25 December 2012 19:36 (4 months ago) Permalink
just heard at the coffee shop
i lolled
― mookieproof, Sunday, 27 January 2013 17:14 (3 months ago) Permalink
ha! i heard this on the radio the other day and it was toward the end and i was disappointed.
― this customer is a jerk (La Lechera), Sunday, 27 January 2013 17:18 (3 months ago) Permalink
for a while a local philly-area convenience store chain was playing this every other time i went in and now they never play it u_u
― let's go do some crimes (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 27 January 2013 17:34 (3 months ago) Permalink