Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) : Full analysis and critique

[BerkLeeDrm]

haaa hahaha haa haaaaa hahahaaa ha ha huh aha ha aha haahahaha

[70sforever1]

If you're trying to be funny, you have to be good FIRST!

[fredmcmurry123]

These guys suck!

[robotennis61]

It would have to have been terrible being part of the audience that night.It only shows how starved people are for any entertainment. as for me,I enjoy trolling for the worst of the worst,and putting them down. you 2 did not(troll) disapoint. .

[scott30771]

karaoke is fun when your drunk

[99somerville]

They stink.

[LBMAAS]

As bad as Caddyshack2

[meatpole55]

who is this GOAT BAG...he has had wayyy too much caffiene and energy drink,,,what a maggot of an entertainer..

[doejeff]

wtf!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lambofgod1965]

This sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[faffaflunkie]

These guys make me pray for nuclear winter.

[MrMickeybitzko]

I commend these 2 Guys for digging into the semi-forgotten gems of the Me Decade and holding them up to scrutiny. If you like this sort of thing, you might want to check out the videos of Dicey and Paprika, who disembowel such classics as "Edge of Seventeen," "Everyday People" and "Born to Be Wild."

[justaman6972]

attention whores all of you!

[johnjoyko1]

you guys blow. get back get back to where you dont belong.

[decimated550]

I'm sure this had to be funny if you were there. We're trying to watch this on shitty video and audio. Not to mention everyone has a few beers in em

[2guysfromthe70s]

thank you, Mr. Tom.

[tombeaudreau]

Holy shit, a guitar with Lungs!

[robiandolo]

It's amazing that a soing that is not terribly complicated has mostly terrible versions. Check out Joe Tivoli's version. Great guitar player.

[GARYMAX1313]

GONG GONG !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[babydol012]

omg GONG GONG GONG

[digitalwatcher]

Ted Bundy got a gig performing now ?

[glenmann62]

I just lost 6 minutes and 17 seconds of my life watching this!

[digitalwatcher]

people in the crowd are smiling like this is retarded

[noonav]

The title of this clip cracked me up (in a good way!)

i loved the song as a kid... thanks for posting!

[hastyberford]

Lordy. I couldn't even get to the song. Is there a song?

[pbl1]

you should be on The Gong Show. Really bad -- and not in a kitsch way.

[2guysfromthe70s]

@pbl1 actually both the gong show and we agree with you...they actually paid us to be on the show.

[2guysfromthe70s]

@2guysfromthe70s the evidence is here 2 guys gong show 3rd ed on youtube

[maccafan10]

A great song has just been killed and suffered a long agonizing cruel torturous death.

[qewr4231]

what is the purpose of this??? That's not music. I don't know what that is.

[HackerGuitarist]

I want my money back

[maccafan10]

@HackerGuitarist

I want my money back too, plus compensation for the 2+ minutes I lost out of my life, with added aggravated damages for the pain and insult to my ears.

[retiredprc]

Please,please stop

[TruthSurge]

crap.

[YOUNGDUM42]

i loved this video i like those pant "uh- huh"

[LisaAdams28]

Terrible, terrible.

[ohjtbehaaave]

You need to drink a case of Brandy before you watch this video. AWFUL!

[GloriaD5767]

@ohjtbehaaave I agree. Jeeez!

[HIIALS]

yea this is def rid.... the best ones to cover this are the chili peppers thanks to Flea's bass... but i could have gone without seeing this ;)

[joelduke84]

holy cheesyness!!!! you totally fucked this song up.

[eltodomundo]

A friend once said,"Two and a half minute rock song, 500 pages of Nietzche, same thing." I'll go one further: squirrel on a surfboard, 2guysfromthe70s deconstructing 'Brandy', same thing.

[2guysfromthe70s]

you know, you are absolutely right on all your points. Thanks for the perspective and glad you enjoyed it.

[naderchaser]

OMG, what did I just surf into?? I have always disliked this song fairly intensely...and fyi, I'm 54..and Brandy was blaring all over the am radios at my high school in Tucson for several years back then. What bugged me was the "east-coasty-nasally-lounge-li­zardy" quality of the vocals. The lyrics..not too bad. Painted a good picture. Thank GOD we have a strong military, that we can be in here arguing over something so irrelevant and pointless.  Looks like it's been fun, though. Joel in Tucson

[2guysfromthe70s]

While our official position is that all interpretations are equally valid, including those that suggest that Brandy is a sweet innocent love song replete with wholesome family values, unofficially, we say "YES!" to your comment and think you are a remarkably perceptive person.

[ichigatsujohn]

Thanks for raising these questions... I've always hated the song 'Brandy', primarily because of the lyrics. They're deceptively quaint, but really do reflect a not-so-well-hidden chauvinism on the part of this sailor. When does he ever ask. 'Brandy, do you like me?', or, "Brandy, may I give you a gift?'. Basically the sailor wants to play with Brandy while he has a chance, but remain off limits forever - a cruel and tantalizing position. Brandy probably doesn't care at all.

[fauxtaux]

i do believe you are correct :)

[ehswan]

The Looking Glass people did not compose this song in your mileu. What shallow dicks you all are.

[2guysfromthe70s]

Thank you for your thoughtful and coherent comments. Oh, and nice use of the word "milieu".

[ehswan]

Yeah, now I get this. 2 low status boys who will attempt to gain status with low status girls by singing very badly, (how does that work?) about other low status people. ABSURD. Got property and silver? No? OR ANYTHING OF (look this up) "intrinsic" value? No? Then you are, forgive my negligence, poofed!

[ehswan]

Oh. now I've reviewed my ever so deleted comment. Sooo you tube is not real.

[ehswan]

moomar1, totally agree. Brandy loved an honest man. But then this commentary does make me think, "why was she doing the whiskey, and he's doing the rageing glorey..."? Damn, maybe the song is sexist! Maybe I have embraced a LIE. Shit,Shit ,Shit. Damn you You Tube!

[hangover71]

I want to jump now..!!

[codybugsmomma]

I just want to say, I'm named Brandy, and I've loved this song forever because it was played for me. Now I see it in a very different light and I want to thank y'all for that. Now I feel it's pretty sexist and degrading.

[snakpak9]

hey, liked the video guys. you made me laugh, and also were not that bad playing the song. sounded good!

[2guysfromthe70s]

Thanks!

And have a nice day!

[paulmusicdj2000]

this is the worst thing i've ever seen....you take a completely innocent song about a girl falling in love and turn it against itself...and not only that, it was written by men who had nothing to do with this psedo-sexual-individualistic idea you try to portray here..good luck on your future voyage though raising kids and having a healthy marriage...

[2guysfromthe70s]

Wow. First of all thank you for responding to the video. As I have noted below we do think the reason to do a cover is to reexamine and explore other ways of interpreting a classic. And it might surprise you to hear that we would agree that our interpretation of Brandy does encompass a "psedo-sexual-individualistic idea

[2guysfromthe70s]

We think that we are seeing Brandy as an individual who has some individual decisions she has to make and be responsible for. Why you think a woman with such a degree of autonomy is threatening is something you are best qualified to answer.

[2guysfromthe70s]

Your sweet and romantic notion of Brandy innocently accepting the lines that are fed to her and thus waiting for someone to come and sweep her off her feet would indeed be the antitheses of an individualist notion of self-worth and responsibility that we are suggesting. Oh, and thank you for your well wishes in regards to our family and loved ones which we will be pleased to pass along.

[moomar1]

Who says she accepts anything...she fell in love.. with someone she met and misses him... the song has nothing to do with a girl waiting for someone to sweep her off her feet lol...thats a notion YOU have, that how YOU see her...

[2guysfromthe70s]

well not to quible, but i think the song does mention something about a locket that bears the name....but your larger point is quite correct, it is indeed our interpretation of Brandy...all we are saying is that everything is an interpretation and that there is not one "correct" version.

[moomar1]

True there may not be one true correct version but thqt doesn't rule out many wrong interpretations

[2guysfromthe70s]

And on that I think we can agree. thank you for commenting in such a nice and civilized manner. Aside from the copious fame and fortune that we have attained by posting on youtube, it is comments like yours that make it enjoyable.

[moomar1]

Actually I think we're disagreing...your half arsed attempt at sarcasm tells me my comments have upset and anoyed you hahhahha...

[2guysfromthe70s]

nope, not at all.

[moomar1]

yes way

[tonydalcon]

The Smothers Brothers meet the Ramones (or the Flying Lizards--or the Residents). More annoying self-indulgent crap from the college circuit--thanks a lot, jerx.

--anotherguyfromthe70s

[jackwhiskey]

'Guess I'd have had to have been there. . . .

[tdfdance]

Hey! That's me in the movie!!! In the audience.... sitting with Tom Gibson and my sister, and it looks like maybe Mikey??? About 5:25.... =)

What fun memories.... thanks Dan and Mark.... =)

[tdfdance]

yes. Clearly Mikey.

[lexlaw007]

lolllllllll the guy in the beigh jacket with the short hair looks like Ted Bundy!

[themofc]

So sorry to rain on your parade, but when folks hear a cover they should hear the band make every effort to sound like the original. You're not covering it so much as your DOING the song. Kudos on your concept. Making people laugh is wonderful. Now, as an entertainer, radio personality,master of ceremonies & lead sngr of a COVER band that does ths song, plz don't take such liberties with this fine tunage. DO keep entertaining. this world needs all it can get.

[2guysfromthe70s]

No, this is not rain on the parade, but a fascinating discussion. Thanks for your comments. To me, a "cover" just means we are not doing an original "2 guys" song. Thus there is no requirement to do the song exactly as done by the original artist. Like you, I think the primary role of the performer is first to entertain, but ideally we should then lead the audience to other places. An easy way to do that is to present what is familiar to them in another way. Thus engagement. thanks 4 comments!

[tdfdance]

Interesting post! Personally, I love the idea of covering a song, and making it entirely your own. As a singer, entertainer, teacher and performer myself, I love to hear different artist's interpretations of wonderful pieces. If I want to hear the original, luckily I always have that option.

Just my opinion! =)

[2guysfromthe70s]

Hello Mr. Beaudreau. First, thanks for the cross posting. I would like to discuss "ruining" a song. The point of a cover, to me, is to find something new in the original (if you want to experience the original, play the original by the original artist). So if by "ruin" you mean cause people to experience the song in a different way, then this version is a success (especially if you mean by "ruin" make a lasting impression). I suspect you would not care for our version of "Dust in the Wind".

[tombeaudreau]

I agree. WTF? Nobody seems to be liking this satire....so maybe it's not very funny. All I see is that you're ruining a great classic song.

[FOXACHECK]

HACKED IT

[fastguned]

I agree WTF? Terrible, and what's with the high pitched vocals on the chorus - that sucks.

[2guysfromthe70s]

Mr. Gun, thanks for the comments. Remember that this is satire. 2 guys are meant to capture the "emotional honesty" of the 1970's which manifested in music with extremly pretentious production values on songs with no thought behind them at all. Think America or Kansas. Thus this song (Brandi) a piece of fluf rendered as an over produced song about the emergence of women into the economy (serious topic). Maybe you had to have been there at the show to get it.

[NoMoSpam]

erh, u guys r azzhos

[flyodish]

WTF?