There was a theory floated in recent years that the inspiration for “Brandy” was actually a women named Mary Ellis, a spinster in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where Rutgers University is located and where Lurie went to college. Nov 11, 2002 41,043 19,686 113. I am 58… I remember the first summer I heard that song back in the early seventies, in Memphis Tennessee where we lived then… I’d walk miles to the community center.. And swim all day… And that song would play on the loudspeaker… And I’d go rollerskating at night… And that was one of the songs that was played..omg I love that song… That was one of the most awesome summers of my life… And ” Brandy” brings back wonderful memories of it all. After his role in The Big Lebowski, Sam Elliott was the name on filmmaker Rod Lurie’s lips. I love this song. How can you help but like it ?.. Have loved this song forever. Thanks for letting us peep into their past. Nita. Despite the success of “Brandy,” which made it to No. 6/26/2018 Looking Glass is right up there with The Association, Hamilton Joe Frank and Reynolds, Frankie Valli, The Lettermen, Kenny Rogers, Bread, The Eagles, Jay and the Anericans, I can go on and on, and then I start to feel bad that those happy times and that music is gone. I was six years old in July 1972 when I came to United States from India My dad came and I can 71 and I had become a student at Rutgers University, The family stayed in student housing on Busch campus. “Brandy” puts me in a great mood. I love this song too. It’s much appriciated for sure. 113 on the U.S. Top 200 albums chart in 1972. "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" is a 1972 song by the American pop rock band Looking Glass, from their debut album, Looking Glass. I am a fan of Looking Glass, because of this Song “Brandy,” but I recently heard a story about the original recording having to do with an illness in the band, and one of the original members, not available for that recording. Thanks for reading and commenting. Find Brandy Short online. But the band members each convinced their parents to give them a year to see if they could make it in the music industry. Please download one of our supported browsers. I also love the story he tells in his song. (Photo courtesy of Elliot Lurie). Thank you Pandora! I’d seen him in “ Stranger Than Paradise ” and “ Down By Law ” more times than I’d care to admit and was a proud owner of the Lounge Lizards record, “Voice of Chunk.” Thomas. On my sixteenth birthday they gave me the CD. I’m grateful my parents named me Brandy if I was born a boy I would have been named for an uncle, Harvey Ray, nope, glad I’m a girl. Video Interview with Elliot Lurie: Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) by the Looking Glass: Reactions: KevH, batts, iReC89 and 4 others. Even though he was just out of college in 1970, Lurie had already developed his own way of songwriting, which included playing a chord sequence and melody that worked for him, then just free associating from there. Your email address will not be published. The answers to both of your questions are revealed in the piece. Looking Glass had a smash No. https://elliotlurie.com. Best song I have ever heard! Wendi Summers, I agree this was a beautifully written article! Moore liked “Brandy” a lot. Local legend has it that Ellis was seduced by a sea captain who vowed to return from his journeys to marry her. But Ellis wasn’t the inspiration for the song, according to Lurie. I was in 8th grade when “Brandy” came out. However Elliot Lurie, lead guitarist for Looking Glass and writer/singer of the song, said in an interview that the lyrics were loosely based on a girl he knew in real life named "Randye" but he changed the name to "Brandy" to remove the ambiguity of the gender. In a recent interview with THR, Elliot Lurie, who created the song "Brandy" for the band Looking Glass, commented on how he enjoyed its use in the film saying: "The first Guardians is not the type of movie that I would normally watch, but I had heard so many great things that I put the DVD in and from the first moment I was hooked. Song is a classic and is now the lead in song for Guardians of the Galaxy 2. The single reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100 charts, remaining in the top position for one week. The co-founding member of the band Looking Glass shared with radio host … That’s the only clue from the interview I have about the farmhouse’s location. Lurie, keyboardist Larry Gonsky and bassist Pieter Sweval were all classmates at Rutgers University in the late 1960s. I was 15yrs at the time. I can’t say I do it justice but I put my heart into it. On Saturday nights we would go roller skating and drive the owner crazy because we requested it over and over! For my birthday my Mom bought me my own record player so I would quit playing on hers and driving her crazy! Every time I hear Brandy by Looking Glass it brings back a lot of fond memories. I live there and would love to see it. Elliot Lurie is a great interview and a story like that isn’t possible without him sharing that detailed information. Check out our interview with Elliot Lurie former lead singer for the group Looking Glass. A ‘fine girl’ turns 45: Elliot Lurie of Looking Glass details the writing of his iconic song ‘Brandy’, Micky Dolenz and Mark Lindsay getting some kicks out of monkeying around, Channeling the ‘Friday Night at Joni Mitchell’s House’ vibe at the local level. Elliot Lurie is a singer and songwriter best known for the hit “Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl)”.Recorded by Looking Glass, featuring Lurie on vocals and guitar, “Brandy” was released in the summer of 1972. Paul said to me very early on, it's all about codependent anthems. When my friends hear it they always think of me. This is my go to song. ” Brandy” is a treat every time iI hear it. When I do karaoke and it’s available I sing it, loud ann proud. Lurie was at turns funny and charming, then cutting and dyspeptic. Wasn’t it Elliot Lurie girlfriend in college named “Randye?”, Charlene: Thanks for writing in. 1 on the U.S. And this certainly is one of those songs. Thanks for the story! Great interview with the Little River Band. The farmhouse had been built around the turn of the 20th century and was surrounded by 88 acres of farmland. I hear Brandy all the time over our speaker system on Sirius at work and have always felt special and though they didn’t realize, this song was for me! Singer-songwriter Elliot Lurie was a recent musical guest on The Time Machine. Gold Member. One of the best of the 70’s. While the stories may be similar, the song has nothing to do with Mary Ellis. “But Randye is a weird name because it can be taken as a male name or a female name. Here is the verbatim quote, which doesn’t reveal the exact location of the farmhouse: “So we rented a farmhouse out in the northwestern corner of New Jersey, Hunterdon County, which is a lovely area. Thanks for the kind words, Wendi. And the record company guys said, ‘We’ve done this before; we do this for a living. Things happened pretty quickly from there with the band’s debut album, the self-titled “Looking Glass,” which was recorded in both Memphis and Manhattan. It summons up a mood, summons up escapism to me, and I love escapist scenes. So he started inserting the name Randye into the lyrics of what he was creating that day in his bedroom. I’ve got it on my mom’s 8 track, a 45 and a cassette. But “Brandy” wasn’t the first song to be released as a single. Find exactly what you're looking for! 1 hit single. I read years back that it was in Glen Gardner N.J. but they didnt give the exact location. It was great. I would often listen to “Brandy” with headphones on with an amp while on my break from duty. Still sounds great and I love the story of the band. I did NOT have a boy in my life – I was kinda like Brandy wishing I had. Makes me wish I’d followed my love of writing songs and scripts. The co-founding member of the band Looking Glass shared with radio host Michael McCartney and the Maui FM radio audience his thoughts and inspirations behind both the music of Looking Glass and his solo career. Then I got to the chorus and to Randye,” says Lurie. I’d love to see y’all perform it live one more time. Sadly, the group “Looking Glass” never had another hit song. Is your network connection unstable or browser outdated? “But when I first finished writing it, I didn’t jump up and down and say, ‘this is a hit.'”. Now I play it for my 11 year old daughter and she now knows all the words also. . It quickly rose to the top of the charts, selling over a million copies and becoming one of the most played radio records of the year. January 7, 2018. I was 10 when i heard Brandy! 2.1K likes. The co-founding member of the band Looking Glass shared with radio host Michael McCartney and the Maui FM radio audience his thoughts and inspirations behind both the music of Looking Glass and his solo career. Really great article. Elliot Lurie, composer and singer of "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass. I was in the Navy on various ships in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam war. My mom and dad were dating and they said if they got married and had a daughter they would name me Brandy. “We said, are you sure? Always fun to read about this kind of Rutgers stuff/trivia. Elliot Lurie as he looks today. I agree , I am a 55 yr female and every time I hear this song I blast it !! The band, which had been fairly successful playing bars and fraternity houses in the late 1960s in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, had rented it for $240 a month with the hopes that it would provide an atmosphere that was conducive to creating music that would take the band to the next level. Elliot Lurie is a great interview and a story like that isn’t possible without him sharing that detailed information. Upon graduation, the band members wanted to pursue a career in music, an idea that didn’t originally sit too well with their parents. And we rented it. Lurie, wearied over the contradictions in the group's success, left Looking Glass in 1974 and embarked on a short-lived solo career that yielded a solo album and a series of unsuccessful singles. There is something about Elliot Lurie's voice that is really calming, the "Looking Glass" band as a whole is super geat too. If you have a song in a major market like this and the requests are like that, it’s going to be a hit.’”. A story, fantastic vocals and arrangement and here we go! I was seven years old when it came out and I loved it then as much as I do now. It’s such a great song. Where was the farmhouse in Hunterdon County? It was a wonderful, bucolic kind of place.”. Once the album was completed, it was released on June 6, 1972. Your current browser isn't compatible with SoundCloud. That's what worked for him. One evening, the four of them were sitting in Lurie’s 1965 Chevy Supersport convertible — “imbibing something or other,” according to Lurie — and trying to think up a name for the band. But it was. It’s 2019 now, I still love the song, I know all of the words; I still have my record (45 single). – M2. Elliot Lurie. I was 14 when this song came out. It’s Interview Time! “Of course, they were all appalled because we were middle class and lower middle class kids and our parents had saved up to send us to state university in New Jersey, and the idea of becoming musicians was abhorrent to them,” Lurie says. What a thrill to talk to such a sweet guy! Don’t mess with me when it is playing. Singer/writer of "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass. We feature Fanny’s version of “Badge” at Linda’s request! I have loved that song since it first came out. Great song and a great article. I was little and never got to see that, 8 p.m. was my bedtime then. The lyrics are so touching. I was barely five years old when this song came out and I still love it just as much as I did then! Elliot Lurie Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Elliot Lurie (born August 19, 1948) is an American singer/musician who was the lead guitarist and songwriter (and frequently, lead vocalist) for the band Looking Glass from 1969 to 1974. When I had my first child in 1978 it was supposed to be a boy and I was going to name him Brandon. But I’m glad my parents both loved the song. It was written by Looking Glass lead guitarist and co-vocalist Elliot Lurie.. “No, that’s an incredible coincidence,” he said. I have the song Brandy in my list of favs, was just listening to it, thought I’d quickly look them up. Singer-songwriter Elliot Lurie was a recent musical guest on The Time Machine. None of it changed my opinion of the man. “What we liked about the name was that we were kind of like ordinary guys and we thought we were sort of a reflection of whoever may be listening to us.”. Loved it then and still today! Thank you Looking Glass it’s a classic! Elliot Lurie wrote and composed the number one hit and tells its story in this 2016 interview. And based on what Davis saw that evening, he signed Looking Glass to Epic Records, the label that Columbia used for new artists. I read books and listened to music to escape my life. And it was the 1960s and that had some kind of psychedelic overtones,” Lurie says. ❤️ Reply. There were, however, a series of twists and turns that complicated the efforts to even get the band’s recording career off the ground. “That could have been it right there; that could have been the end of the story.”. I always thought they were a soul band, hahaha! Well, "Brandy" songwriter Elliot Lurie admitted in an interview with the Tennessean that the whole story is made up. The official Facebook page for Elliot Lurie: singer, songwriter, and musician, best known for the hit song "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass. IMDb's advanced search allows you to run extremely powerful queries over all people and titles in the database. (Photo courtesy of Patti Myers). A promotion man could have a relationship with a disc jockey and ask him to listen to something and he would,” Lurie says. When people laugh and say I am named after alcohol I laugh and tell them I’m named after a bar maid, they look at me so funny. When an article is that easy to read, it wasn’t easy to write. “I write fiction.”. My aunt talked to them and found out they were in this band called “The Looking Glass.” When the song came out I was so excited. It made me feel like I was actually there. If so, can you list all musicians who performed on the original recording? – M2. When I was in my mid thirties I was a bartender in Panama City Beach (I tended bar a a beach bar named Busters) I often would go drinking at a “Super Bar” named Spinnaker, where I met the manager of Spinnaker- and it turned out that he was actually a member of Looking Glass! Read your article, fabulous! I said I wished I were older because I was only fifteen at that time and he said “Don’t wish your life away ” I have never forgotten his wise words!!! e5fdny Hall of Famer. Very interesting article about the band. Elliot also shared his latest arrangement of his timeless classic "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" performed a cappella with Ontario's Yonge Guns Quartet. Need help? And that’s how the young musicians ended up in the rural New Jersey farmhouse, creating music and honing their craft during the week while maintaining their bar and frat house gigs on the weekends. I listen to a lot of Paul Williams' stuff. Awesome! Mel. Wow took me right back to my teen years. His full concert playlist is available at setlist.fm. They were joined by drummer Jeff Grob, who attended a nearby New Jersey community college. Not only that, but “Brandy,” released 45 years ago by the band Looking Glass, would go on to become one of the most iconic songs of the 1970s. Thank you for this song. He wrote and sang lead on their 1972 #1 hit single "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" and their 1973 top-forty single "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne".Biography. Looking Glass made a local name for itself as a cover band playing local bars and frat houses at Rutgers and Princeton University and at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. – M2. “We put it out and it did nothing,” said Lurie. Interview With B. J. Thomas. Had no idea the guys were from my home state of NJ! The original members of Looking Glass: Elliot Lurie, far right, Jeff Grob, Larry Gonsky and Pieter Sweval as they looked in the early 1970s. Takes me back to family and friends of the past no longer here. The Elliot Lurie of Brandy performance of "Brandy" at the Arcada Theatre, St. Charles, IL on Dec. 2, 2017! And I distinctly remember listening to the song as a seven-year-old riding in the backseat of my dad’s car listening to him sing to it as the song played on the radio, I love the song back then and I still love her today so thank you Elliot ! Thanks for reading and commenting. I’m from Hawaii and I was 6 years old when this song came out! The band eventually attracted the attention of Clive Davis, then president of Columbia Records, who liked what he heard, especially “Brandy,” and he wanted to see the band perform live. Small World. Elliot Lurie (born August 19, 1948) is an American musician who was the lead guitarist and songwriter (and frequently, lead vocalist) for the band Looking Glass from 1969 to 1974. Thanks. I was 8 years old when this song came out, loved it then love it now. A 2017 interview with singer/songwriter Elliot Lurie on the 45th anniversary of the song: In high school, Lurie had a girlfriend named Randye. Many thanks. In high school, Lurie had a girlfriend named Randye. Thankfully, his music will far outlast all of us. Some songs just touch a person, often for no particular reason. Elliot Lurie Interview On The Time Machine, Users who like Elliot Lurie Interview On The Time Machine, Users who reposted Elliot Lurie Interview On The Time Machine, Playlists containing Elliot Lurie Interview On The Time Machine, More tracks like Elliot Lurie Interview On The Time Machine. Elliot Lurie (born August 19, 1948) is an American singer/musician who was the lead guitarist and songwriter (and frequently, lead vocalist) for the band Looking Glass from 1969 to 1974. I DO have a niece named Brandi and I did marry a Sailor – after he got out. Thank you Mike Morsch! For some reason that song just hits everyone I know and you can’t help but sing along. Loved the song when it came out in ’72. Me too ❣️Just loved from the early ’70. “We were looking in the rearview mirror and we thought, what’s another way to say mirror? I am going to introduce my grandchildren, especially my granddaughter to the wonders of “Brandy!” Thank you for such a wonderful gift of this song! In 2 minutes i pulled it up on Youtube and was grooving. Interview With Little River Band. 'Brandy' - based on the name of (lead singer) Elliot Lurie's high school sweetheart 'Randy' - tells the story of a musician torn between his love for a life at sea and his love for a barmaid. Since I was already a mom of 4 children, I had to name my first Cat “” Brandy! We lost a whole generation of incredibly talented people in those early years of HIV, when it was, literally, a death sentence. And he played it a lot. It’s just one of those feel good songs. Life and Times of Jim Messina. Your email address will not be published. (Photo courtesy of Elliot Lurie), “The song is about a barmaid, so I thought, why don’t I change the name to ‘Brandy.’ So that’s what I did,” Lurie says. A week later, the band members got a call from record company officials telling them that a disc jockey in Washington, D.C., had put “Brandy” in regular rotation on the station and the phones were ringing off the hook. One of my all time favorite tunes! It’s a nice, peaceful song. I remember listening to this song over and over and over again. I fell in love with it! Yesterday heard Brandy as a background to a tv ad. Been playing this song and singing it to my boys for years and they always thought it was uncool until the movie came out and now they understand at last and have picked up the genre too. I think we paid $240 a month for the house, which had 88 acres of farmland around it. It’s still my fave song. We found an old farmhouse that had been built around the turn of the century. Still love them just as much now as I did back when I was a kid. Required fields are marked *. I got to sit on Jeff Grob’s lap for a ride home from a concert they gave at our High School in Paris Illinois! I think it was in the mid-1980’s that my sister told me that the song was about the mother of a girl who lived next door, in San Diego, CA. – M2. I’ve loved this song, since the first time I heard it. Well, looking glass would be another way. He also played live locally in the New York-New Jersey area, including a gig with Al Kooper at New York's Bottom Line. Billboard Hot 100 singles charts, the U.S. Cash Box Top 100 singles chart and the Canadian RMP singles chart, the Looking Glass album only made it to No. But I had Epilepsy and the kids picked on me even beat on me. So he set up a showcase gig for Looking Glass to open for Buddy Guy at the Cafe au Go Go in Manhattan. Aug 30, 2017 #2 Nice. This is an incredibly well written article. I loved it when it came out and I love it just as much today. The band members liked a Lurie-penned song, “Don’t It Make You Feel Good,” as the first single. You have to sing along! When I hear it on the radio, I blast it. Turned out to be a girl so I named her Brandy! This week we have our first interview! As the band became more successful on the local scene, it would  mix some original songs into its sets, something that Lurie says was “tolerated” by the local following the band had established. I’m proud to say that he is a Rutgers graduate as am I my parents and sisters, I absolutely love this song it’s one of my very favorites. Rick. I went back and checked the notes from my interview with Elliot. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Images, Youtube and more on IDCrawl - the leading free people search engine. Oddly enough; I have always been obsessed with lockets. Great interview with B.J. In an interview with NPR's Melissa Block, Snider remembers hearing the song when he was a little kid. You need to enable JavaScript to use SoundCloud, Singer-songwriter Elliot Lurie was a recent musical guest on The Time Machine. Funny thing is, this band is the only white band in my playlist. I tell them about the song and I have had so many people sing it to me off key. “I got the story in my head and I had a few lines with a verse that was kind of interesting. “The promotion man went in to hang out with Harv and he said, ‘Have you heard this Looking Glass thing?’ And Harv said, ‘Yeah, but it’s not really happening.’ And the promotion man said, ‘You really got to listen to the rest of the album, this group is pretty good.’ Back in those days, that could happen. Elliot Lurie as he looked in the early 1970s. The only song that I have to hear every time it plays and everyone around me has to be quiet. Yes, Donna. I never had any records and never saw a picture of Looking Glass until today; however, I added this song to a “favorite childhood memories” playlist.
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