"Dancing In The Moonlight" vs. "Brandy"
pickwick33
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Okay, King Harvest did "Dancing In The Moonlight" and Looking Glass did "Brandy." But anybody ever notice how these two 1972 songs sound like they're by the same band? Deep baritone lead vocals, background singers that sound like they're boozing it up at the corner bar's happy hour, Fender Rhodes piano all over the place. Antyway, which one do you think is the better oldie? I love them both, but if I had to choose I'd probably lean towards "Dancing In The Moonlight."
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Hmmmmm...King Harvest were named after a Band song...but then Looking Glass are Central Jersey homeboys....I'm torn.
Both good tunes though.
"Dancing in the Moonlight," kind of slays me. I have a HUGE soft spot for that one.
King Harvest wins.
...yeah, even though it sounds so damn happy!
ever see the ep of Saturday Night Live from the seventies where they had a comedy skit built around it? i think it was Laraine Newman who played the role of "brandy" the barmaid
When I was a kid I thought "Dancing in the Moonlight" was sung by a black man named King Harvest (you know, like King Curtis or King Pleasure).
awesome loner loser downer drank song
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It was pretty rough hearing it in that IRA (or was it a mutual fund?) commercial a couple of years ago, but with that passed, I still prefer Dancing in the Moonlight. Even the Toploader version isn't terrible. Not particularly original, either, but that's probably what keeps it from being terrible.
brandy totally takes it
For a moment, I thought you meant Thin Lizzy's "Dancing In The Moonlight", which would have been a clear winner. But the King Harvest song has probably been ruined for life for me, thanks to a shitty cover by an English band called Toploader around 2000, which not only featured in a long-running TV ad campaign but was also never off the radio for about two years.
I actually play "Brandy" out on occasions, but usually only during the summer and at the end of the night when the bar is full of cheerful drunk people. In the UK it was what they used to call a turntable hit; it got tons of radio play, but was only on the chart for a week or two. Stuck with me, though.
"Brandy" wins.
I don't think it ever got radio play over here, and the King Harvest version is the only one that got the TV ad treatment.
I like how your post is like mine on Bizarro world.
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As big a Thin Lizzy fan as I am, I still gotta say that King Harvest is the first thing I think of when I hear the words "Dancing In The Moonlight" (thanks to childhood/hit song familiarity).
wasnt that on perception?
Yep. And probably the biggest-selling record Perception ever had.
I've only heard Dancin in the Moonlight. What's the rest of the LP like??