# Is Brandy's man (Looking Glass, Guardians of the Galaxy) dead? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739 "2020-07-19T07:11:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/21 "2020-07-19T23:02:18Z")
Oh come on, there’s nothing in the song that suggests he’s dead. He’s a footloose sailor with probably a woman in every port. The only difference between him and any other serial seducer is he didn’t string Brandy along with empty promises of commitment. He was an honest man, telling her that his life was the sea, and he would never settle down and make a family. Brandy does her best to understand that, but she loves him anyway. Brandy probably wants to love an unavailable man for her own reasons. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/22 "2020-07-19T23:16:28Z")
I’ve always thought _Brandy_ and _Ride Captain Ride_ sort of went together well. Brandy’s sailor was one of the 73 men who sailed away to another shore (to laugh their lives away and be free once more). They called everyone (including Brandy) to ride along, but no one took them up on the offer. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/23 "2020-07-19T23:28:15Z")
I voted alive, but you people have got me thinking. Has anyone checked out Brandy’s new garden? She’s getting some really good tomatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/24 "2020-07-20T00:01:43Z")
He is alive. Brandy just needed a name to turn over to the child welfare department. Since he was always going to be gone, he worked out perfectly. Brandy the bartender was fucking every man in that port town. I think I got the Clap from her. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/25 "2020-07-20T00:14:17Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Brandy’s sailor was one of the 73 men who sailed away to another shore (to laugh their lives away and be free once more). They called everyone (including Brandy) to ride along, but no one took them up on the offer. I found it telling that they specified 73 men but no women. Sailing out of San Francisco, I had a lot of “not that there’s anything wrong with that” moments with that in the 90s. Then again, now that you mention it, the ship may also have been stocked with plenty of sailors who only indulged in rum, and the ones that expanded their tastes to another British naval tradition may have been the lucky ones because they didn’t specify that no women were allowed, they just didn’t agree to ride. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/26 "2020-07-20T00:19:42Z")
Brandy has been called the most requested song of all time by many DJs. It’s not surprising, any pop music radio channel plays this song just about every day. I went out to Lowes earlier to pick up a couple of things and Brandy was playing in the store when I walked in. I do like this song because it’s one of the few where I can understand the lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/27 "2020-07-20T00:20:10Z")
Between Brandy and Delta Dawn and Amanda Blaine, it’s surprising there are any sane women out there. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/28 "2020-07-20T02:24:28Z")
Her name is Brandy, she was a barmaid But that was thirty years ago, when they used to have a bar Now it’s a disco, but not for Brandy Still with that braided chain that’s from the north of Spain She sits there so refined, and drinks herself half-blind She lost her youth and she lost her sailor Now she’s lost her mind ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/29 "2020-07-20T02:41:52Z")
Sheesh, it’s a _song_, a romantic song where such things can be idealized. He’s a fellow who has indeed realized that he would never really be happy without a shifting deck beneath his feet. And he cares for Brandy at least enough to be honest with her, and that’s part of what breaks her heart. He could well still be alive, and still Brandy knows that she can never have what she really wants. Tragic. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/30 "2020-07-20T03:11:57Z")
My theory? He’s not dead… she is. > > > \#stringer bell #the wire #wee bey ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/31 "2020-07-20T03:14:21Z")
My theory? He’s not dead… She is. > **[Carolina Huddle](https://www.carolinahuddle.com/forums/)** ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/32 "2020-07-20T06:14:20Z")
I’ve always thought it was clear. Brandy loved the sailor. The sailor loved Brandy but he loved the sea more; so he ended up choosing the sea and leaving Brandy behind. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/33 "2020-07-20T06:18:19Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > My theory? > > He’s not dead… _She_ is. I’m going with this. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/34 "2020-07-20T14:44:11Z")
Well, I think I speak for all of us when I say: 🎶 _Doooo doo do do doo, Doooo doo do do doo._ 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/35 "2020-07-20T21:19:39Z")
Yeah, I liked that song when it first came out. And some of their other tunes were pretty good too. “Sweet Somethin” really resonated with me, as did “Stanton Station”. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/36 "2020-07-20T23:20:33Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > It’s a sweet but sad song about an incredibly naive girl, who believes all the sailor’s lies. I’ll wager he never even thinks of Brandy. Well, he didn’t until that song started getting played non-stop on radios around the world. And remember, this was before mp3’s or CD’s, so that poor sailor was at the mercy of the Top 40 on constant repeat. So EVERY single port, EVERY seaside bar, every hotel or cafe, he heard nothing but Brandy, Brandy, Brandy… And that’s why he signed up for that 10-year stint on an Arctic Icebreaker. The voyage no one came back from, which was his hope when he left port… ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/37 "2020-07-21T00:41:32Z")
I thought he worked crew for the Edmund Fitzgerald. That’s what I heard, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/38 "2020-07-21T18:07:03Z")
Not sure if you’re serious, but the _Edmond Fitzgerald_ was a great lakes boat, it never went to sea. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/39 "2020-07-21T18:10:33Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I thought he worked crew for the Edmund Fitzgerald. That’s what I heard, anyway. > [@outlierrn](#): > > Not sure if you’re serious, but the _Edmond Fitzgerald_ was a great lakes boat, it never went to sea. Maybe he signed up for a three hour tour. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739/40 "2020-07-21T18:30:36Z")
Eventually the guy became part of the Dharma Initiative and was 3rd in command to none other than Benjamin Linus himself: [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p33Ob0bZt11Tpha6ZnEhdLmYFuA5d8yVGv9v3uabbD42XWfXSLqRrJ342yOPsNeLdvKJltwd-jtDG6lE388s9WwWXznj2k7zFRMwljjl1Ii7vQiw0lDsx8BVttbPKb-ud2QaCVuLQw=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/YcUy3tgtoudfJ1nR6) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brandys-man-looking-glass-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dead/915739.md?page=3)