She was pale, tense, and as motionless as the lookingglass. Jessica arnold has created a completely new, creepy, intriguing and utterly fascinating world in her spooky hotel. Jan, 2012 brandy youre a fine girl looking glass 1972 this american band released two studio albums before frontman elliot lurie left the band to launch a solo career. The band had commercial success with brandy, which sold more than a million records, and the top40 song jimmy loves maryann, both from the looking glass album the group made in 1972. She was pale, tense, and as motionless as the looking glass. The band in the cover photo may or may not be looking glass, depending on when it was taken. Through the lookingglass, and what alice found there, from the manchester guardian, december 27 1871 sat 30 dec 2006 18.
Brandy by looking glass its a fine song best classic bands. One of the great moments of 1970s radio, brandy tells the story of a lonely, beautiful barmaid who works in a pub on the waterfront where sailors come and go. Looking glass, of brandy fame, plays saturday at village. Looking glass in 1972 brandy youre a fine girl made it all the way to number one on the billboard charts. Orleans is an american poprock band best known for its hits dance with me 1975, still the one 1976, and love takes time 1979. Brenden harkin pieter sweval michael lee smith larry gonsky joe dube this was the final lineup of looking glass. A couple buy a desert motel where they find that strange, mysterious events occur. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Looking glass brandy youre a fine girl 1998, cd discogs. Lead vocalistguitarist elliot lurie left the band to go solo after brenden harkin was brought on board as lead guitarist after the release of looking glass. Three thirtysomething friends living in san francisco explore the exciting, sometimes overwhelming, options available to a new generation of gay men. Nellie, the daughter of a landowner and general, a young and pretty girl, dreaming day and night of being married, was sitting in her room, gazing with exhausted, halfclosed eyes into the lookingglass. This lineup released at least one single before changing their name to fallen angels 5, who later.
Dec 30, 2006 through the looking glass, and what alice found there, from the manchester guardian, december 27 1871 sat 30 dec 2006 18. There is still a looking glass group that performs, and we recently spoke with looking glass member jeff lehman. The remaining members morphed into the band starz, which lasted until the late 70s. The year of the looking glass a collection of essays by julie zhuo on design, building products, and observing life. There were, however, a series of twists and turns that complicated the efforts to even get the band s recording career off the ground. Elliot lurie started the band and wanted to be a hard rocker, but the recording company was more interested in his ballads. The four members of looking glass are alumni of rutgers university, and the spring 2009 rutgers alumni magazine carried an article about this song and the band itself. Looking glass by looking glass on amazon music unlimited. Brandy based on the name of lead singer elliot luries high school sweetheart. Our goal is to provide parents, teachers, and others with a tool to help them find truly exceptional books for the young people in their lives. Nellie, the daughter of a landowner and general, a young and pretty girl, dreaming day and night of being married, was sitting in her room, gazing with exhausted, halfclosed eyes into the looking glass. The lookingglass self describes the process wherein individuals base their sense of self on how they believe others view them.
Brandy youre a fine girl looking glass 1972 this american band released two studio albums before frontman elliot lurie left the band to launch a solo career. The story reminds me of a book called forever amber that my grandmother. I like both kinds of music, but his voice does purr on brandy. I am at a place in my life where i thought there was no hope. The luriecomposed brandy youre a fine girl rocketed to the top of the charts in the summer of 1972, when his group looking glass was signed by columbia records president clive davis to the.
This is the 8th of the richard paul evens that i have read. Looking glass did not sound familiar to me, but i bought the cd and there are quite a few good songs on here. Looking glass will forever be known for the softrocking single, brandy. Using social interaction as a type of mirror, people use the judgments they receive from others to measure their own worth, values, and behavior. Theyd hear that sound, but it was mixed in with hardrock remnants of the boys bar band background. While it was never as popular as adventures in wonderland it did include the greatest nonsense poem ever written in the english language, the jabberwocky gardner. Looking glass became a band both helped and hindered by their first big hit single. As the band became more successful on the local scene, it would mix some original. Lewis carrol, through the lookingglass through the looking glass was published a few years after the success of adventures in wonderland.
Brandy youre a fine girl by looking glass song meaning, lyric. Neurath got his start there and fostered close ties with several of its. 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. Loving her was easier than anything ill ever do again 3. The band that would become looking glass was formed at rutgers university. Looking glass 2 by looking glass, released 01 august 2007 1. Through the looking glass version 5 dramatic reading lewis carroll 1832 1898 sequel to alice in wonderland, this volume sees alice travel through a mirror to a dreamworld where she meets chess pieces and other curious characters. Listen to your favorite songs from looking glass by looking glass now. There where no negative events in the purchase of the book. Looking glass is the first album released by the band looking glass in 1972. Every time there is an episode it is worse and i feel as if there is less hope. Looking glass 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.
This 14track collection includes, besides brandy, their other chartmaker jimmy loves mary anne. Check out the shows podcast to hear more from the cast and creatives behind the series. Although the main characters are the usual john ringo supercompetent and generally military types, the focus on civilian response to disaster sets it apart from the paladin of shadows series, or the military scififantasy mashup of the council wars. The lookingglass by anton chekhov online literature. This page is dedicated to my time with looking glass featuring elliot lurie. Theyd hear that sound, but it was mixed in with hardrock remnants of the boys barband background. F or philip glass, minimalism was born when he began writing music to accompany the texts of samuel beckett in paris in the early 1960s. Elliot lurie plays brandy at bogies in westlake village, california on thursday 2222018. The original version of the band broke up after college, with original members elliot lurie and larry gonsky recruiting two new members to form the classic looking glass lineup. The sequel to alices adventures in wonderland finds alice back in wonderland and a pawn in a surreal chess game. Immerse yourself in articulate columns by alan ross, and gordon undy in every edition. Looking glass was an american pop music group of the early 1970s that was part of the jersey shore sound.
Jan 20, 2016 looking glass was an american pop music group of the early 1970s that was part of the jersey shore sound. Looking glass is a different kind of place to learn about photography. I just wanted to let you know that i have only just discovered your site and read the first few pages of the e book back from the looking glass. With nicolas cage, robin tunney, marc blucas, ernie lively. Brandy youre a fine girl by looking glass songfacts. Listen to an interview with piers chater robinson on the origins of peter pan the british musical. Through the lookingglass version 5 dramatic reading lewis carroll 1832 1898 sequel to alice in wonderland, this volume sees alice travel through a mirror to a dreamworld where she meets chess pieces and other curious characters. Elliot lurie wrote that song and just happens to be the singer of that song.
Looking glass was an american pop rock group of the early 1970s that was part of the jersey shore sound. Through the looking glass, first edition, macmillan co abebooks. Elliot lurie of looking glass details the writing of. A place where conversation pushes ideas forward and photographs and words still matter. And as of right now, through the looking glass is on a hold that could possibly be permanent. Luries solo efforts failed to chart, and he began writing for other artists. Looking glass suffered from a problem common to many groups a wide rift between their live sound and their sound on vinyl. The first book of the looking glass series, its very different from the subsequent novels. Librivox recording of through the lookingglass and what alice found there, by lewis carroll. Elliot luries brandy youre a fine girl included in. The book arrived one day ahead of schedule in excellent condition. Shop today and find out why looking glass is a photographer favorite. They disbanded for a while due to lack of work, but soon got back together with jeff grob now on drums.
The band recorded the song seven times before they got it right. People came to looking glass concerts expecting the same kind of new york pop sound theyd heard on brandy. From 20062011 we performed under the above title, but. After leaving the band in the mid1970s, lurie released a self. 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. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Gary james interview with jeff lehman of looking glass. Her work has been translated into more than fifty languages and has appeared in the new york times and the guardian, among other publications. Before looking glass, there was origin systems, a company rife with talent at the dawn of a new decade. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Sep 01, 2017 looking glass was an american pop music group of the early 1970s that was part of the jersey shore sound. Lead vocalistguitarist elliot lurie left the band to go solo after brenden harkin was brought on board as lead guitarist after the release of looking glass subway serenade. The girls name is alice, and she ends up on the other side of a mirror, but that is about where the similarities stop.
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