| Looking Glass – Brandy (you're A Fine Girl) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Here's the "skinny" on the song, from someone I met online. Like all legends, it may combine truth & myth: "...even better than just knowing the song.. a few years ago I spoke with a guy who said he knew the actual BRANDY from the song.. the sailor was in the 7th fleet stations in San Francisco and his name was *****.. He was a good southern boy and his family did not approve of Brandy.. she was a single mom who worked at a bar... she was about 5'5" with bright red hair curly as all get out.. when the song talks about laying whiskeys down.. i always thought it refered to her serving drinks.., it seems that this was actually a game they played ( kind of like the quarters game they play at bars) anyway ***** and Brandy dated for about 7 years, and eventually did get married in 1970 ( if i remember right) and the looking glass band members (who had served with *****) the timing is about right for this song to have been a wedding gift to them.. Not sure how true all of this is, but it sure adds flavor to the song... |
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