Benny Mardones - Into the Night

I know people like to rag on the video for this song, and yeah it is kinda creepy and I can see why it never saw the light of day for so long, does not diminish this great song in the slightest though, still gives me chills

Didn’t the Mentors do a cover of this?

Benny is like Steve Perry after a few years in prison.

LOL TZ!

That's the only song by him I know.

tohostudios wrote:

LOL TZ!

That's the only song by him I know.

I’ll admit that it’s a good and catchy song and a huge radio hit. His voice has that raspy Steve Perry and Peter Criss thing. But there’s no getting around the jailbait connotation.

I guess in those days, it was a bit more common. Ted Nugent, Gene Simmons and Lemmy were guilty of the same...

Jerry Lee Lewis was the worst! He married his 13 year old cousin.

Troublezone wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

LOL TZ!

That's the only song by him I know.

I’ll admit that it’s a good and catchy song and a huge radio hit. His voice has that raspy Steve Perry and Peter Criss thing. But there’s no getting around the jailbait connotation.

I guess in those days, it was a bit more common. Ted Nugent, Gene Simmons and Lemmy were guilty of the same...

Jerry Lee Lewis was the worst! He married his 13 year old cousin.

The song's lyrics actually weren't written with anything sexual in mind, but the video certainly didn't help.

Didn't know that about Lemmy.

blazingstone wrote:

Troublezone wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

LOL TZ!

That's the only song by him I know.

I’ll admit that it’s a good and catchy song and a huge radio hit. His voice has that raspy Steve Perry and Peter Criss thing. But there’s no getting around the jailbait connotation.

I guess in those days, it was a bit more common. Ted Nugent, Gene Simmons and Lemmy were guilty of the same...

Jerry Lee Lewis was the worst! He married his 13 year old cousin.

The song's lyrics actually weren't written with anything sexual in mind, but the video certainly didn't help.

Didn't know that about Lemmy.

The song opens with the lyric “She’s just 16 years old”. The connotation is very clear.

Lemmy wrote a song called Jailbait and wasn’t shy to admit he liked his ladies young. Presumably under 18. He came from the era of Ted Nugent and Gene Simmons.



(Jailbait by Motörhead)

Hey baby you're a sweet young thing,
Still tied to Mommy's apron strings,
I don't even dare to ask your age,
It's enough to know you're here backstage,
You're Jailbait, and I just can't wait,
Jailbait baby come on

One look baby, all I need,
My decision made at lightning speed,
I don't even want to know your name,
It's enough to know you feel the same,
You're Jailbait, and I just can't wait,
Jailbait baby come on

Hey babe you know you look so fine,
Send shivers up and down my spine,
I don't care about our different ages,
I'm an open book with well thumbed pages,
You're Jailbait, and I just can't wait,
Jailbait baby come on