It was 1972 when Elliot Lurie penned Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl) and his group Looking Glass took it to number one. So who was Brandy (and was she really that fine)?
In a recent sit down with the Nashville Song Writers Association, Mr. Lurie answers that nagging question and dispels a number of myths.
– A sample of 45 year old vintage Looking Glass –
very cool dr tar, great song
Heard the song on an oldies station a few years back and remember talking to someone about it, speculating that Brandy is just some personification of spirits or something along those lines.
My then co-worker told me I’ve been analyzing texts for way too long an now I have to tell him he might have been right. His high school girlfriend! 🙁
I remember playing this in my Mustang II T top. Girlfriend knew all the words. We went to the woods behind the Dairy Queen to see how my transplanted alien plant life was adjusting to Earths habitat. I didn’t think they would grow.
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Haven’t heard this in moons!
Around that time we lived in a SMALL town and had to drive at least fifteen miles to get any fast food at a larger city.
Our choice at the time? An A&W Rootbeer stand that still delivered to the car windows or they had outdoor tables. Dang that was good food and root beer.
I once knew I girl named Brandy. She hated that song.
My father was in the Army, and the Army was his first love. My mother knew that and accepted that. She loved this song because she could relate to it.
This song was overplayed back in the day. I cannot stand it now.
When I was stationed in Okinawa 37 years ago this song came on the AFEES radio.
I cranked up my 160 watt per channel system.
Brandy blasted throughout the barracks rooms.
Only Spanky complained about it, later.
I said “Spanky, you’re the only guy that would complain about hearing Brandy.”
Spanky said “Dude. It was two in the morning.”
“I couldn’t help myself. It’s just a great song.”
Great song, great interview!
Man, that song took me back to the Lodi Hotel in upstate NY…they were good times back in the day. 🙂
That was my fave song when I was a kid.
Barack The Magic Negro is still my favorite song.
Nice memories. Harv Moore was the DJ at WPGC that put it on the map. Doubtless, I and a lot of other listeners enjoyed it a bit earlier than the rest of the country. Yes, it did get overplayed at one point. Didn’t make it any less of a great song. Thanks 🙂
One of my favorite songs but it is so sad. Unfulfilled love because a stupid sailor didn’t recognize what he could have had.
The song is ok but the host in the video makes it sound like it’s the second coming of Beethoven 9th.