Your dog has the right damn idea.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 May 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
My kid begged me to turn it off. She had a point. xp
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, 18 May 2012 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
she's just three years oldtwenty one indog years
― balls, Friday, 18 May 2012 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
Another Tepper cowrite from Never Run Never Hide. Comparatively saner/duller, just.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9wFHO-1_G0
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 May 2012 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
have you been listening to this album all afternoon? Brave man.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 May 2012 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
Hey, it beats Medicine.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, 18 May 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
It's that boring at work.
"Crazy Boy"! Cowritten by the "She's So French" cowriter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oriuPKe-6T8
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 May 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
wow B+ from xgau
― balls, Friday, 18 May 2012 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
xpost -- That cowriter, BTW, ALSO has his own rep -- I give you D. L. Byron, aka David Leigh Byron, from his 1980 album This Day and Age:
http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-2936524-1323812317.jpeg
"Listen to the Heartbeat"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjzE0AANHJY
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 May 2012 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
Okay you have to c/p the full review there.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 May 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
Back to Benny -- "Hold Me Down" -- and quite the opening scream there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q98JJsnafYQ
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 May 2012 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
man who originated this lou gramm/steve perry rock vocal style? paul rodgers?
― balls, Friday, 18 May 2012 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
Was wondering that. I've heard Rodgers be credited/blamed for it before so I think you're right. Before that...who was Free's lead vocalist?
And the next song on Benny's album was "American Bandstand" -- so no points in guessing where he ended up playing it once:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWtR1DaOedA
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 May 2012 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
lol jk about xgau
― balls, Friday, 18 May 2012 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
paul rodgers was free's vocalist! i think
Ah well, that makes sense then, doesn't it! :-D
"Hey Baby"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWS9is-v8a0
"Hometown Girls"! Almost properly new wave there at the start.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN4kql72WHg
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 May 2012 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
And finally, yes, "Too Young"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDCuHYO1r8w
re "Hey Baby" -- that's not the Bruce Channel classic is it
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 May 2012 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
Oh Jesus Christ, there's a FOURTH version of "Into the Night"...
ACOUSTIC!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZBbcrcRgMA
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 May 2012 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
xpost - O FUCK YOU
― balls, Friday, 18 May 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
I'm waiting for the dubstep version.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, 18 May 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
That "She's So French" intro is just BEGGING to be sampled.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 18 May 2012 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
btw spotify does have several benny albums, none of which are never run never hide.
― balls, Friday, 18 May 2012 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
"listen to the hearbeat" is one of the worst things i've ever heard
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Friday, 18 May 2012 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
haha i am so glad i started this
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 18 May 2012 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
i had visions of it being one of those sad little polls with six posts and two votes, but you came through, ilm. you came through.
pederasts and 80s mullets, bringing us together as always.
I have this habit of really babbling when I watch the lil one by myself...she was yelling because she wanted more bananas and I wasn't cutting them fast enough...I caught myself saying - outloud - ” Hold your horses there Benny Mardones”
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 18 May 2012 23:21 (twelve years ago) link
you were a fool separating her from her banana
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 18 May 2012 23:23 (twelve years ago) link
lmao i can't believe robert tepper starred in and directed the room under a pseudonym!
― call all destroyer, Friday, 18 May 2012 23:24 (twelve years ago) link
If this thread has achieved nothing else, I doubt that I'll ever again lump Benny Mardones in with the yacht rock crowd.
― Ninja Rap (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 18 May 2012 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
as Ned and strongo pointed otu, Mardones is closer to the Bad Company-Michael Bolton crowd anyway.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 May 2012 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, this was never really apparent to me on the basis of the one creepy Mardones song I'd ever heard before this thread.
― Ninja Rap (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 18 May 2012 23:47 (twelve years ago) link
Richard Marx owes a lot to these dudes.
― game of crones (La Lechera), Saturday, 19 May 2012 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
Richard Marx's mullet owes a lot to these dudes' mullets.
― Ninja Rap (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 19 May 2012 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
They paved the way for parties in the back.
― Ninja Rap (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 19 May 2012 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
Richard Marx was a pop guy; he worked for Lionel Richie and Madonna.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 19 May 2012 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
to think i genuinely used to like music
― dell (del), Saturday, 19 May 2012 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
never thought i would be able to say "i hate ned raggett" but everything is different now
― dell (del), Saturday, 19 May 2012 00:52 (twelve years ago) link
that d.l. byron song would sound right in place on one of the rhino american power pop compilations.
― get wolves (get bent), Saturday, 19 May 2012 01:52 (twelve years ago) link
then they should be destroyed posthaste
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Saturday, 19 May 2012 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
this is what i love about ILM.... i come here looking to read up and chat about my cult-fave indie bands, only to find we're all exhuming the recorded legacy of Benny Mardones
i swear that "listen to the heartbeat" song was the Chevrolet jingle used for several years during the '80s. I can't decide which is worse....
― Lee626, Saturday, 19 May 2012 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
or even better, this punk compilation
― Lee626, Saturday, 19 May 2012 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
lest we forget
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG8-Ay6nIQA
― get wolves (get bent), Saturday, 19 May 2012 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
Wonder if the "Good Girls Don't" cover has the "sitting on her face" line
― Lee626, Saturday, 19 May 2012 02:07 (twelve years ago) link
btw this was the "listen to the heartbeat of america" chevrolet jingle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MdrOVzvb7I
― get wolves (get bent), Saturday, 19 May 2012 02:09 (twelve years ago) link
man, because this thread is so entertaining i have listened to "into the night" like five times today and i still couldn't tell you how it goes
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 19 May 2012 02:11 (twelve years ago) link
AH'LLTAKEUUAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHHHHHHHHHHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHUHHHHHHHHHHUHHHHHH
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 19 May 2012 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
― get wolves (get bent), Friday, May 18, 2012 9:52 PM (46 minutes ago)
actually the only thing I knew DL byron for was an appearance on the times square soundtrack, he covers "you can't hurry love"!
(not on youtube)
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Saturday, 19 May 2012 02:46 (twelve years ago) link