“Brandy, you’re a fine girl, what a good wife you would be, but my life, my lover, my lady, is the sea….”
My guess is that the Looking Glass singer forsook the above referenced ingénue in favor of nonreproductive romantic inclinations on various ships and foreign shores.
Regardless of which way(s) your sails blow, the late Pieter Sweval was a capable, pocket bassist anchoring one-hit wonder Looking Glass, and hard rock popsters Starz.
Pieter Sweval Sound & Vision…
Looking Glass on “Brandy” https://youtu.be/DVx8L7a3MuE
Starz “Fallen Angel: https://youtu.be/24iMWfiKcDM