WE LOVE THIS!!! LOOKING GLASS - BRANDY (YOU'RE A FINE GIRL) REACTION

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Komentáře • 182

  • @bethcrumpton476
    @bethcrumpton476 Před 2 lety +166

    Brandy is the barmaid. She is in love with a sailor who brings her expensive gifts and who is fond of her, but he makes it known that he lives a sailor's life and probably will never marry her.

    • @TheCornishCockney
      @TheCornishCockney Před 2 lety +12

      I thought the lyrics would have explained that….
      Clue: my lover,my lady,is the SEA !!
      Keep up at the back.

    • @lindaleblanc2951
      @lindaleblanc2951 Před rokem

      Thank you...ppeople trying to make everything its not.

  • @michelletaylor1091
    @michelletaylor1091 Před 2 lety +70

    Brandy was a girl who was in love with a sailor. His first love was being out on the sea.

  • @brainsareus
    @brainsareus Před 2 lety +50

    It's a lovely story; because he was honest, and knew he could not give her the life she wanted. That is unselfish love in the larger sense of it; he was not into a quickie fix for himself, which could be hurtful to her.

    • @leetroy3129
      @leetroy3129 Před 2 lety +2

      Lord he was an honest man. (lyric)

    • @oldermusiclover
      @oldermusiclover Před rokem +1

      reminds me of people who are married to their profession like musicians

  • @josephbeall303
    @josephbeall303 Před 2 lety +55

    Yes the guy with the beard at the beginning is Kenny Rogers, lead singer of the First Edition. Check out their hit "I just dropped in (to see what condition my condition was in)" I enjoy your reactions. Keep em coming.

    • @karenmontoyapaints-n-craft8894
      @karenmontoyapaints-n-craft8894 Před 2 lety +2

      He was in the First Edition. Look up their song “I Just Stepped in to See What Condition my Condition is in”

    • @debjorgo
      @debjorgo Před 2 lety +1

      Blond guy with Kenny was Terry Williams, the guitarist for the First Edition. This was from the First Edition's TV show Rollin' On the River.

    • @leetroy3129
      @leetroy3129 Před 2 lety

      Something’s Burning was a good song from Kenny Rogers and the First Addition too.

  • @perrys5150
    @perrys5150 Před 2 lety +27

    The story is just what it is. Brandy loves a sailor but she can’t steal him from the sea.

  • @Lafever1883
    @Lafever1883 Před 2 lety +19

    True Story. My dad was a musician this was one of his favorite songs to play. When my mom was pregnant with me she and my dad had to flip a coin because they could not agree on a name. Dad won and so that is how I got the name Brandy LOL.

  • @liannegreen692
    @liannegreen692 Před 2 lety +30

    There were many girls named Brandy, because of this song. That is Kenny Rogers in the long hair and beard (this is his television show with First Edition). I remember this song on the radio back in 1972, along with Dr. Hook and Sylvia's Mother.

    • @knew3355
      @knew3355 Před 2 lety +1

      I thought that looked like Kenny Rogers, thanks!

    • @CardiacCat
      @CardiacCat Před 2 lety

      Sylvia's Mother was a great song. So heart felt and I always like Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show.

    • @brandyperry-giotis9962
      @brandyperry-giotis9962 Před 2 lety +2

      I'm one of those girls! In 1978 my mom heard this on the way to the hospital to deliver me. I 💜 this song!!

    • @ahcapella
      @ahcapella Před 2 lety

      Besides this song, “Alone Again Naturally” by Gilbert O'Sullivan was _another_ huge hit from '72 which Shawn & Mel have reacted to.

  • @poosala8821
    @poosala8821 Před rokem +4

    20 years Navy here. Brandy was girl serving whiskey and wine to the sailors who sit around and talk about their homes. She loved a sailor who came to port frequently he gave her a locket with a braided chain made of finest silver from the north of Spain meaning she meant something special to him. But he never lied, no harbor was his home, but she loved him anyway and walk home alone every night after work. I've sa in bars across the world and talked about my home with the other sailors I was with. This story rings true to life.

  • @deborahcornell171
    @deborahcornell171 Před 2 lety +25

    A song about a girl's love for a sailor. AND about a sailor's love of the sea. Other songs we ocean lovers really love..."Cool Change" by the Little River Band...""Sailing" by Christopher Cross..."Southern Cross" by Crosby Stills & Nash.
    💙🌊☮

    • @richruksenas5992
      @richruksenas5992 Před 2 lety +1

      Don't forget Downeaster Alexa.

    • @leetroy3129
      @leetroy3129 Před 2 lety +2

      They should absolutely react to Southern Cross by Crosby Stills and Nash. It’s my favorite CS&N song. That’s really saying something because they have so many good songs.

  • @brandyg.1634
    @brandyg.1634 Před 2 lety +4

    My parents named me after this song. They heard it on the radio on the way to the hospital.

  • @bettypogue7021
    @bettypogue7021 Před 2 lety +10

    I loved this song so much as a young girl in the 70s. I named my forever 29 daughter Brandy. My Brandy was a fine Girl. That was my husband's nickname for Girl.

  • @itchyandred4131
    @itchyandred4131 Před 2 lety +19

    The bearded guy was Kenny Rogers he was in a group called the first edition ✌️

  • @LadyGator1983
    @LadyGator1983 Před 2 lety +11

    Another wonderful song I grew up listening to!!!!!

  • @tomaroni6670
    @tomaroni6670 Před 2 lety +14

    Brandy served drinks in a harbor bar where sailors spent shore leave....ALL of them dream of her being theirs while they are away at sea....then one sailor caught her heart and although she loved him....he reminded her that the sea was his only love.....And YES...although I really like Hennessy.....No Brandy was not a drink in this song...

    • @royjohnson465
      @royjohnson465 Před rokem

      ...but Brandy was serving Whiskey and Wine! One of the best, a very favorite feel good song of mine but drinking Brandy is also a feel good. ✌😃👍

  • @wmpetroff2307
    @wmpetroff2307 Před rokem +6

    Thank you both for selecting this wonderful track. This gorgeous, meaningful song compelled me to visit Spain. I was on the coast of Northern Spain imaging the ships of the 1400s. The docks and taverns and the sea and the many unrequited loves. Its really a sad love story. Try to hear the studio stereo version.

  • @R.POWELL
    @R.POWELL Před 2 lety +8

    Love love love this song- good memories ♥!!

  • @debigiroux1811
    @debigiroux1811 Před 2 lety +12

    I love this! I remember this song being on the radio all the time when I was in grade school. Love you guys. Play some David Gates with the group Bread. Such great songs.

    • @laudanum669
      @laudanum669 Před 2 lety +1

      Agreed, My favorite is the title song for the movie "The Goodbye Girl".

    • @ahcapella
      @ahcapella Před 2 lety +1

      This was my favorite song in ’72. _Huge_ summer hit! For this performance, the instruments came from a backing tape, but the lead vocal was truly live.

  • @gailcalderone5229
    @gailcalderone5229 Před rokem +1

    Brandi was a woman that was in love with a sailor...He also loved her but loved the sea more.....if u listen to the words u can't miss it ..

  • @soniabawa8635
    @soniabawa8635 Před 3 měsíci

    Beautiful voice and perfect performance

  • @SteveK77536
    @SteveK77536 Před 11 měsíci +2

    An alltime favorite song, we need more story songs like this.

  • @shauncronin3961
    @shauncronin3961 Před 2 lety +2

    Your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea. Great line

  • @davidgoldstein1526
    @davidgoldstein1526 Před 2 lety +4

    The best one-hit wonder of the 70's. ☺☺

  • @randymeister4553
    @randymeister4553 Před 2 lety +2

    Great song one of my all time favorites ❤

  • @THEREALBONGMAN
    @THEREALBONGMAN Před rokem

    I love this feel good music from this time era...some of my favorite music.

  • @hyacinth4368
    @hyacinth4368 Před 2 lety +2

    This song is my absolute favorite! Any time I hear it brings back the beautiful Spring of 1972, when I was 17!

  • @captainh3831
    @captainh3831 Před 10 dny

    If you're going to be remembered for one song, then by God let it be this one.

  • @stevewalsh4850
    @stevewalsh4850 Před 2 lety +7

    Brandi is a bar maid in love with a sailor but he’s an honest man, he cannot love her back like that, his mistress is the sea

  • @mikenielsen7008
    @mikenielsen7008 Před 5 měsíci

    I love when you use the live videos from back then, gives me great memories of the 70's.

  • @starleemartin1961
    @starleemartin1961 Před 2 lety +2

    This used to play constantly on our local oldies station especially during the summer. Just brings back the nostalgia of the early 2000s as a teen singing this while enjoying the southern nights and trying not to die of heatstroke. Lol.

  • @t.r.1708
    @t.r.1708 Před 2 lety +7

    Brandy is a liquor but not in this song. The sailor was being honest with her telling her that he had to put his job first before he settles down! Poor Brandy! Great song and reaction!

    • @brainsareus
      @brainsareus Před 2 lety

      He may have actually been putting HER first. Maybe; it was not his job only; he also, may not have been into settling down. When he said "what a fine wife you could be"; we can't assume, he was talking about himself specifically.

    • @royjohnson465
      @royjohnson465 Před rokem

      ...but Brandy was serving Whiskey and Wine! One of the best, a very favorite feel good song of mine but drinking Brandy is also a feel good. ✌😃👍

  • @ogmandog
    @ogmandog Před 2 lety +2

    Daaaaaaaaaam! The sign looks awesome my two locos!

  • @Vicki.
    @Vicki. Před 9 měsíci

    My all time favorite song! ❤

  • @johneldridge8678
    @johneldridge8678 Před 2 lety +2

    Love that song!!!

  • @jettechdonatkins
    @jettechdonatkins Před rokem

    I played this a lot on the juke box at Hannigan's burger joint in East St.Louis,Illinois a lot when this came out.This is still a great song.Thanks for this reaction!

  • @kj320175
    @kj320175 Před 2 lety +1

    LMAO, The way you boppin makes yoda look like hes gasping for breath!

  • @leetroy3129
    @leetroy3129 Před 2 lety +1

    This is one of my all time favorite songs! Another one is Ride Captain Ride by Blues Image. Both of these songs have been among my favorites since I was a young girl. With Brandy Looking Glass was a one hit wonder.✌️❤️

    • @royjohnson465
      @royjohnson465 Před rokem

      YES I agree!! ...and also Dancing in the Moonlight by King Harvest.

  • @sangorilla1
    @sangorilla1 Před 2 lety +1

    such a bittersweet song ---

  • @arnopol
    @arnopol Před 2 lety

    When I was in Air Force basic training in Summer, 1972, this was the favorite song at Lackland AFB in San Antonio.

  • @thecelt471
    @thecelt471 Před 2 lety

    First heard this while I was in the Navy, good memories.

  • @tammyjohnston227
    @tammyjohnston227 Před 5 měsíci

    I noticed as your dancing, it looks like Yoda is singing along..love it

  • @neilmartin99
    @neilmartin99 Před 2 lety +1

    Brandy is a liquor?
    Whoa!

  • @randallcoburn8246
    @randallcoburn8246 Před 2 lety +1

    Long haired guy that introduced them was Kenny Rogers

  • @elikahnapace8668
    @elikahnapace8668 Před 4 měsíci

    kenny rogers was one of the men introducing this song...he was lead singer for kenny rogers and the first edition...rueben james and somethings burning couple of their hits

  • @laudanum669
    @laudanum669 Před 2 lety +2

    Another great 70's song is "Thunder Island" by Jay Ferguson. I love your reactions, Thanks !!

  • @oldermusiclover
    @oldermusiclover Před 2 lety

    THIS CAME OUT AROUND THE TIME I GOT OUT OF SCHOOL ONE OF MY FAV 70'S TUNES

  • @TheColdrush22
    @TheColdrush22 Před 2 lety

    Love you guys, and I love you for not placating fans. Be authentic. Keep it up. Sometimes I think that you’re acting like you like a song b/c of the audience, but f everyone who doesn’t dig you for what you are.

  • @b.buster.
    @b.buster. Před 2 lety +1

    Still remember the days then when I had the same hair.

  • @eixor
    @eixor Před 2 lety +1

    LOVE THIS SONG.

  • @thebordenkw486
    @thebordenkw486 Před 9 měsíci +1

    First time??! No way, unless you've been living under a rock 😂

  • @georgehucks2560
    @georgehucks2560 Před 2 lety +1

    Doing the introduction on the right it was KENNY ROGERS.

  • @mikewrasman5103
    @mikewrasman5103 Před 2 lety

    I LOVE Looking Glass. I give it a solid 10!

  • @bjthompson5259
    @bjthompson5259 Před 2 lety +1

    I was named after this song and it's a curse !!!

  • @haroldcraiger3842
    @haroldcraiger3842 Před 2 lety +1

    I would like to see you react to the band Ambrosia. They were a good 70s band that had the vibe you seem to he enjoying. I also love 70s music, its all I listen to.

  • @dionysiacosmos
    @dionysiacosmos Před 4 měsíci

    IDK if anyone has told you but one of the presenters at the beginning was KENNY ROGERS!!! The group he had a hit with was called The First Edition, who had a syndicated in the 1960s. Kenny is the one with the beard.

  • @scottderechinsky9896
    @scottderechinsky9896 Před 2 lety +1

    I used to sing this song to a bartender I knew named Brandy. She loved it. 🤣

  • @davidphillips4476
    @davidphillips4476 Před 2 lety

    Bearded guy was none other than KENNY ROGERS!! His band First Edition. This is my favorite song from that time frame.

  • @BST-lm4po
    @BST-lm4po Před 2 lety +2

    Thank-you for letting the song play thru! I see too many people who give reviews and they stop the song every ten seconds, and I'm thinking "how can you get a feel for the song when you're chopping it up into a dozen pieces, usually just as the song is peaking!" So props to you for letting the song play out! 👍

    • @leetroy3129
      @leetroy3129 Před 2 lety

      I also follow reactors Andy & Alex. That’s one reason that I like them. They never interrupt a song. They wait until after the song is done before giving their comments. Another reason is that Alex is eye candy. ✌️❤️

  • @krisfox3537
    @krisfox3537 Před 2 lety

    Brandy was a barmaid that served drinks to the sailors who came into port.

  • @Zebred2001
    @Zebred2001 Před 2 lety +3

    Looking Glass' other great hit was - Jimmy Loves Mary Anne.

  • @joeoneill6587
    @joeoneill6587 Před rokem

    The introducers were Kenny Rogers and his bands lead guitarist when his band was called the First Addition

  • @andydurazo5337
    @andydurazo5337 Před 2 lety

    Looking Glass one hit wonder but, what a hit it was!

  • @itmightbme
    @itmightbme Před 2 lety

    Love! ❤

  • @happymethehappyone8300
    @happymethehappyone8300 Před 2 lety +1

    THE BUOYS "TIMOTHY",, A MUST HEAR CLASSIC..TRUTH!!

  • @lynnieiapichino1121
    @lynnieiapichino1121 Před 2 lety +1

    ☮️💙💙💙😎

  • @marieraynock6440
    @marieraynock6440 Před 2 lety

    Oh guys you are a riot. I was in high school when this came out lol. We used to hang out at the beach every summer in Rhode Island. Just picture walking on the boardwalk watching the ships go
    By lol and listening to this. Pure Heaven. Brady was a bartender in one of the coast towns. She fell in love with a sailor who came in every time he was in port. She loved him but he always told her the truth that he was leaving and couldn’t stay. 🥲

  • @suedyment511
    @suedyment511 Před 2 lety

    The guy on your right is Kenny Rogers when he was with The First Edition they had a Big Hit - Something's Burning ) 1970

  • @stanrock2225
    @stanrock2225 Před 2 lety

    Great song!

  • @ronacheson6936
    @ronacheson6936 Před 2 lety

    Love your reactions

  • @cdfdesantis699
    @cdfdesantis699 Před 2 lety

    Brandy's sailor is like many who sail the oceans. Their real & truest love is the sea.

  • @twoheart7813
    @twoheart7813 Před 2 lety

    The name is a little play on words but she was in love with a sailor who loved the sea, its like that

  • @garylev35
    @garylev35 Před 2 lety

    The person on the right introducing the group was Kenny Rogers

  • @sarahdixon1943
    @sarahdixon1943 Před 2 lety

    So, when Shawn bounces up and down to the song it looks like Yoda is trying to talk.. 🤷🏻‍♀️😏😊😁

  • @jimmypadgett1106
    @jimmypadgett1106 Před 2 lety

    One hit wonders

  • @SirWrecksy
    @SirWrecksy Před 2 lety

    This song is simply about a man a woman can never have

  • @michaeltaylor8835
    @michaeltaylor8835 Před 2 lety

    When songs told stories

  • @babygore0599
    @babygore0599 Před 2 lety

    Like your new do. Love this song.

  • @Redgascan
    @Redgascan Před 2 lety

    Brandy is a barmaid that loves a sailor that only loves the sea. I grew up around a port and bars. When this song came out, I really could see this all happening in my mind.

  • @nativetexan9776
    @nativetexan9776 Před rokem

    She was a girl who was trying to save herself for a love that will never be because he could not let go of the love for sailing.

  • @bakercarl8518
    @bakercarl8518 Před 2 lety

    Always good to hear. Brandy all lady.

  • @karenmontoyapaints-n-craft8894

    This song came out when I was 15. Loved it then and still do.

  • @CHAUNCEY.GARDNER.
    @CHAUNCEY.GARDNER. Před 2 lety

    I can remember listening to this going up to the cottage,ahh the memerories,i hold this one close

  • @p.j.morris633
    @p.j.morris633 Před 2 lety

    Love this song. My niece her name is Brandi she hates this song because some creepy man use to sing it to her every time he saw her. Anyway great reaction Mel and Shawn.

  • @mckjewel
    @mckjewel Před rokem

    My adopted daughter's name is Brandi. She never liked it, kept playing this song for her. 40+ years later.

  • @markavell7111
    @markavell7111 Před 5 měsíci

    This Is 1972! I was doing LSD and Digging it!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @deegomez2089
    @deegomez2089 Před 2 lety

    Classic 🎶🎵🔥🔥🔥

  • @staceyobrecht1731
    @staceyobrecht1731 Před 2 lety +1

    Mel! Your voice is beautiful 😍

  • @smedleybutler1969
    @smedleybutler1969 Před 2 lety +2

    That was Kenny Rogers!

  • @jons.105
    @jons.105 Před 2 lety +7

    This song was so huge that the band couldn't live it down. Nobody wanted to hear them sing anything else and they just gave up.

    • @ZOSO900
      @ZOSO900 Před rokem +1

      The one hit wonder in it's truest sense. You started with a song so amazing and iconic that you're pretty much done after that. This one, I Melt With You, You Get What You Give, etc..

  • @dannycorbitt2389
    @dannycorbitt2389 Před 2 lety

    That was Kenny Rogers with the guy introducing them.... Kenny Rogers and the First Edition.....

  • @GinaPressley
    @GinaPressley Před 2 lety +1

    He's referring to a lady. She's a fine girl, what a good wife she would be but hos life his love and his lady is the sea.

  • @kylesummers1565
    @kylesummers1565 Před 2 lety

    Guardians of the Galaxy did a great job of making so many aware of some old tunes. Peace, Love!

  • @rebeccawyse5562
    @rebeccawyse5562 Před 2 lety

    This has always been on my fave list.

  • @leonardshevlin7260
    @leonardshevlin7260 Před 2 lety +1

    Female bartenders were very rare until recently. Brandy (no relation to the beverage) was a cocktail waitress.

  • @timtravasos2742
    @timtravasos2742 Před 2 lety

    No, Brandy is a waitresd who loves a sailors who will never be home. And even though he gave her a silver but tells her that he cant be there for her because he will always be at sea. One of the best stories in any rock songs ever.

  • @mikewrasman5103
    @mikewrasman5103 Před 2 lety

    This was probably The Midnight Special.

  • @laudanum669
    @laudanum669 Před 2 lety

    Another 70's suggestion "Hello it's Me" by Todd Rundgren. He has a ton of hits and has produced and written songs for dozens of artists, he's a music genius.

  • @johnperkins4201
    @johnperkins4201 Před 2 lety +1

    How in the world do you think "Brandy" was a liquor in this song? It's pretty simple, she was a barmaid with a sailor for a boyfriend and couldn't commit to Brandy because his love was also the sea.

  • @kwanshiyin
    @kwanshiyin Před 2 lety

    The guy on the right with the glasses is Kenny Rogers!

  • @MntrTodd
    @MntrTodd Před rokem

    This is the only song they are known for, but the other seven songs on the LP are just as good.

  • @dannybeaty3486
    @dannybeaty3486 Před 2 lety

    The record of this sounds much better.