Looking Glass - "Brandy," Acoustic Guitar Cover by Butch and Cousin Don Hill

Butch and Cousin Don Hill cover "Brandy" by Looking Glass, an American pop music group of the early 1970s that was part of the Jersey Shore sound. They are best remembered for their million selling 1972 song, "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)".

The group was formed in 1969, at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and consisted of four members: Elliot Lurie (lead guitar and vocals), Lawrence Gonsky (piano), Pieter Sweval (bass), Jeff Grob (drums).

Written by Lurie, Brandy was released in the U.S. in June 1972 and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for one week, with a total stay of 16 weeks in the best-sellers.

The song was covered by, among others, the Red Hot Chili Peppers - found on their album, Live in Hyde Park.

After Looking Glass disbanded in 1974, two members went on to form the heavy metal band Starz in 1976. Lurie appeared a solo artist with "Your Love Song", an entry on Billboard's "Easy Listening" chart in 1974.

The success of "Brandy" created a bit of difficulty for Looking Glass, in that the song's mellow pop sound was atypical of their normally somewhat harder-edged style; many fans of the single who attended the band's concerts were reportedly taken aback by a more rockish sounding band than they'd been expecting to hear.

Brandy Lyrics:

(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda)

There's a port on a western bay
And it serves a hundred ships a day
Lonely sailors pass the time away
And talk about their homes

And there's a girl in this harbor town
And she works layin' whiskey down
They say "Brandy, fetch another round"
She serves them whiskey and wine

The sailors say "Brandy, you're a fine girl.
What a good wife you would be
Yeah your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea"

(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)

Brandy wears a braided chain
Made of finest silver from the North of Spain
A locket that bears the name
Of the man that Brandy loves

He came on a summer's day
Bringin' gifts from far away
But he made it clear he couldn't stay
No harbor was his home

The sailor said " Brandy, you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea"

(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)

Yeah, Brandy used to watch his eyes
When he told his sailor stories
She could feel the ocean foam rise
She saw its ragin' glory
But he had always told the truth, lord, he was an honest man
And Brandy does her best to understand

(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)

At night when the bars close down
Brandy walks through a silent town
And loves a man who's not around
She still can hear him say

She hears him say "Brandy, you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea"

(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)

Brandy, you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea

(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)

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[jabre12]

nice check out mine :)

[cattaraugus41]

I dunno



[zaawisz]

This version is fckin redneck... but I still like it

[DoggBisket]

You guys naild this one one guys. I think I'm going to learn this song next..

[andymillsacoustic]

Nice guys!!

[FuzzyMcButterWink]

Nice job...where's the back up singing chicks? LOL! Great Job!

[westlawn8211]

This is one of my favorite songs, you guys sing it with a lot of soul thanks.

[guitquick]

Pretty toit harmony-actions! both pretty good singers, the guy on the right could be majik - keep rockin' out!

[dirtyrocknrollparty]

very good!!!!!!!!!!!

[toothmaker22000]

sucked

[Kirkola]

a brave cover to try...and tricky camera work

[tctebsrules]

haaaaa but sounded similar

[hassan2424]

Very good job guys, i got a request for soul to squeeze red hot chili peppers

[RobSeiter]

Kick ASS, nice job tough song to play

[trippyguitar]

a pleasure hearing this, really nice duet :)

[nicholas563]

its very good

[willlzzB]

That was a really good cover! i was surprised, really good singing! acoustic version sounded nice too.