🎵 Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight REACTION

[@jefftaylor8780]

Brad: " Ok, I get it. It's not a feeling, it's a quicky." That was priceless.

[@bmw128racer]

LOL. 🤣

[@tinagilbert8902]

👏👏👏 Yep, he finally got it!! lol!!🤣😂

[@glenjohnson9128]

Yes it was, lol. Heard this as a kid.... think they were trying to be like ABBA but not?

[@KTRS]

😂

[@bobbit8987]

EXACTLY.

[@montylc2001]

As a teenager in the 70's...this inspired a lot of "afternoon delights"...trust me on this.

[@jimflores9098]

LOL!!!!

[@michaelasay8587]

Montly....u started young huh!? Lol.....

[@michaelasay8587]

@@jimflores9098 oh u did too.....lol

[@todd8414]

There is nothing better than afternoon delight! 😍😁😎

[@kimberlinibambini1988]

Yep! Except mine (teen years) was 80’s, BUT I was definitely listening to this, Dr. Hook and lots of 70’s too.. Still am!😁

[@CumberlandOutdoorsman]

I absolutely love to see Lex's reaction. She is so sweet and bubbly. Her smile just gives you a light hearted feeling. She genuinely likes these older songs.

[@AllieJ123]

I love the way you guys try to figure songs out. This is a very obvious one lol.

[@waitn4theharpazo]

It's some afternoon loving and it doesn't have to be a quickie 😁

[@theccpisaparasite8813]

Oh no, could make you miss the rest of the work day. Anything worth doing is worth doing right😉

[@jeffmattson5766]

As George Hamilton’s character said on the movie Love at First Bite….”with you (Susan Saint James’ character) never a Quickie, always a Longie.”

[@jayeell1253]

Ahhhh you go go go go go go go🤨😏

[@TonyM1961]

They even say "We can make a lotta love before the sun goes down", so no... that's not necessarily a "quickie" 🥰😍🤩👹👹

[@dyannastevens4862]

Watching Brad work it all out in his head is pure entertainment.

[@ariconsul]

Brad's initial G-rated explanation is the chef's kiss.

[@mattdandersn]

It could be like an Australian kiss.

[@AwjwJiminez]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@davidarmitage289]

Just an amazing masterpiece from the bi centennial year 1976 . Loved listening to this song during the summer when it went #1

[@davidarmitage289]

Brad I LOVE your retro Van Halen shirt!

[@roywall8169]

Nothing like a wholesome “nooner”. 😉

[@deniseriley6622]

🤣

[@Deborahtunes]

Best explanation on here...😂😂😂😂

[@jeffwerth2707]

Sex, Brad - its sex. Rubbing sticks and stones together make the sparks ignite. Shocked that LEX didn't get that reference

[@andyt1313]

Their harmonizing in this song is truly extraordinary.

[@richardcranium5048]

it's what my wife would call a "nooner" which the first time I heard.her say it 30 years ago I thought was the funniest thing I'd ever heard

[@memorast]

Hey, it’s making Love in the Afternoon that’s what it’s all about!

[@thesnoyls]

haha..yeah its about a "feeling" alright

[@sjddds]

Tell brad!

[@memorast]

@@sjddds 👋

[@paulkane7771]

Afternoon delight. Maybe it's an after school sundae. Nothing gets past Brad!

[@Oldschooldan1]

I was a little kid when this song came out, I was 5 or 6. I remember hearing this song again when I was in my 30's and I finally, actually listened to the lyrics and I was like wait a minute!!!! The 70's had a gift for making everything seem so wholesome and innocent, but in fact everyone was getting busy...

[@gordonsmith8112]

Lol!

[@theodoreritola7641]

we wouldnt be here with out it lol

[@davemcbroom695]

They played this frick'n song EVERY 15 minutes!

[@theodoreritola7641]

Just like every song nothing new lol

[@Sandyg1961]

Come on yall. Yeah, Brad got it. Throwin’ in a little quickie when the kids ain’t around. Or if no kids then working yourself up for a good one after work. When you just can’t wait for the usual nighttime boogy. You gotta have it in the afternoon.

[@raymo6795]

SANDY!...c'mon now....this is a family channel, young lady.I sometimes have it in the afternoon,,,if I schedule it a few days earlier, so that I can make the necessary preparations, and take the blue pill a precisely the right time, also so that my wife can do whatever she must (?) to make it happen....To be young again Sandy...Used to be a few times a day, then, a few times a week, then, a few times a month....to all you you people laughing...its coming for "Y'all"

[@carcarjinks1430]

we used to call that a "nooner" when i was younger - run home on your lunch hour to have some fun, and try to make it back on time

[@gandalf679]

My first job was washing pots and pans at local restaurant, we had little AM radio back there and this song was one of our favorites, then it was the "Tawdry" meaning behind the song, but I also enjoyed the harmonies...I was 15 years old...still enjoy the song...Rock ON!

[@frankiebowie6174]

I was always waiting for the sequel that never came: “For God’s Sake, Shut the Blinds!” That would’ve been their middle-age hit.

[@deannajones3849]

Lol! Come on now! I was about 12 when this song came out, I knew what it meant! You are too funny!

[@StatisticsJason]

This got played millions of times in the summer of 1976. I was a kid at the time and liked this song. I remember thinking it sounded so wholesome. I don't even know how I knew that word already but this song was screaming wholesomeness. It was not until years later when I finally figured what the lyrics meant....Not so wholesome!

[@1960rlv]

For me, this song is the summer of 76. My very own personal “summer of love”. For all of us listening to zep, aerosmith, foghat, skynyrd, etc…. This was really quircky, but in a really good way.

[@bloppysloppy4057]

It was peaking on the charts around the time of the US Bicentennial and even mentions "skyrockets in flight" and even has fireworks in the video. It exemplified that era perfectly with it's chill vibe.

[@kickahaw]

Yes well said

[@CardiacCat]

@@bloppysloppy4057 Funny I was thinking about the Bicentennial last week. I remember it so well and the big deal that it was, but suddenly now it was so long ago.

[@CardiacCat]

This song reminds me of the same time.. Summer out at the pool swimming and this playing over the single speaker they had music playing through.

[@bloppysloppy4057]

@@CardiacCat For me 1976 was the Summer in-between 8th grade graduation and starting high school. I got an AM/FM radio in 76 for my birthday so it was the first year I followed music. So many classics came out around that time. I first started following KISS around this time too. 1976 was when I became a music fan and started buying 45 RPM records. "Beth" by KISS being my first.

[@scouser052]

Bill and Taffy, the first couple you see wrote most of John Denver's "Country Roads" in a Georgetown basement apartment in DC, used to see them all the time as a duo called "Fat City"

[@caretaker158]

I was 5 when this came out... I remember singing along with it every time it came on the radio.... and I also remember it taking several years before I knew what the song was about.... then thinking, "omg no wonder all the grownups laughed when I'd sing and dance to this!!!!!!!!"

[@ferrelallan9575]

This is why people where much happier in the 70's. A LITTLE AFTERNOON DELIGHT!

[@simonecameron326]

The most well put together KING OF POP SONGS... Godfathers sweet pop... can't get much better than that melody and harmonious ❤

[@marlonthemarvellous]

I just remember this song from Anchorman. This is an actual song!!!! It's banging!

[@terrydigenti8756]

The two of you rocking back and forth together are so flipping adorable!

[@RichBilyk]

I was a little kid in 1976 when this song came out. It was absolutely EVERYWHERE!!!! That was summer of 1976. By summer of 1978 it was Disco being besieged by a Pasadena CA based quartet led by two Dutch Brothers. But that hard rock band had killer harmonies, too.

[@peggiebradley7434]

This song and I believe summer of 76, boyfriend and me broke up, hearing this at the lake while he's on the other side of the lake with his hit it and quit it. Always makes me think of that day. Funny how that happens.

[@badhabitbabbitt7655]

Oh boy ... getting a little afternoon delight with no kids around 😉! Yeah I remember this as preschooler playing in the 70s.

[@biggmaqq]

On the strength of this song they got a summer replacement show, noteworthy for being David Letterman's first TV gig. They won the Best New Artist Grammy and like so many of the winners of that award were never heard from again.

[@starlandandmore]

We recorded 4 more albums, had a hit in 1980 with Loving You With My Eyes, disbanded when divorced, it happens, 9 albums from 1969- 1980 and even some solo albums, it was a fun,good run

[@bradcolorado8149]

Everyone laughed when this came on the radio .. it's 100 % an afternoon quickie

[@Jamie-lw5sy]

Margo Chapman actually sent me a message once when I commented on this video. It was a pretty funny interaction between us and I think she is awesome. I proposed marriage, but she's already married to a doctor and living in Arizona. Plus she's 30 years older than me. Can't blame me for trying.

[@rossmacintosh5652]

I was 15 when this song was ubiquitous in 1976. It wasn't the kind of song *any* teenager would have admitted to liking. It's the sort of song that if it came on a TV variety show the family was watching the embarrassed kids would either leave the room or pretend to not know what the song was about. We were good at playing all innocent in front of our parents!

[@timothygarrett2785]

Well said

[@DaveWilson831]

It was horrible.. still is

[@rossmacintosh5652]

@@DaveWilson831 How do you feel about 'Muskrat Love'? Funny how 'survivor-ship bias' has most of us conveniently forgetting the crap like Afternoon Delight & Muskrat Love. It's the same with every decade of music. Fans of 80's or 90's music never remember those decades' crap music either.

[@DaveWilson831]

@@rossmacintosh5652 Muskrat Love was just as bad... I'm just hoping they never react to "Hey Mickey" ...

[@maha77]

This song hit #1 on *JULY 10 1976* , exactly _46 years ago TODAY!_

[@theodoreritola7641]

A Bicentennial Babies

[@RealShamanX]

I turned 12 the summer this was all over the radio... The BiCentennial was a cool thing to experience as a kid in NJ.

[@jamielandis4308]

Ugh. When this came out it was played every hour on the radio!

[@randytorres8211]

Bill Danoff, a member of the Starland Vocal Band came up with the title of the song from a happy hour menu at Clyde's restaurant in Georgetown Washington D.C. Bill Danoff said he enjoyed writing the song and downplayed the somewhat controversial lyrics as he didn't want to write an all-out sex song. Bill said he just wanted to write something that was fun and hinted at sex.

[@John_Chu]

My aunt lived in DC for over 40 years and was heavily into the area's folk scene. She was friendly with Tim Hardin and Bill and Taffy Danoff (pre- and post- divorce). Let's just say Taffy got a bit of a reputation as a cougar later on in the '80s.

[@jackndew2]

Thanks for that bit of information. I'm a big John Denver fan and noticed a long time ago that Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert (who called themselves Fat City at the time) did a lot of work with him in his early recordings as writers, co-writers and backing vocals.

[@dggydddy59]

@@jackndew2 They're both all over "Take Me Home Country Roads" for example. As both writers and singers.

[@starlandandmore]

@@jackndew2 thanks for noticing us

[@mil2k11]

This song was absolutely brutal when I was a kid. It was on AM radio every 10 minutes it seemed. Thank you Anchorman for making this song a thing again.

[@SteveA308]

Hail the Ron!

[@gregmacklin9758]

Talk about an overplayed 70s one hit wonder. I was 8 years old and in the third grade. Mom and dad took the family to S. Lake Tahoe for about a week in August. We would either go to Eldorado Beach or the Marina near Ski Run BLVD, and this song was always played on some transistor radio or tape player by all of the sun bathers. Nowadays when I smell coconut oil this song pops into my head.

[@michaelpalerino5276]

Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert from the Starland Vocal Band co-wrote Take Me Home, Country Roads with John Denver. They also sang backup vocals on it.

[@davidnorris5675]

Lap Steel guitars have such an amazing sound Sad not many modern bands use them

[@dggydddy59]

Actually this sounds much more like it's a Pedal Steel, but it's running through a phase shifter. For a Lap Steel think David Lindley on Jackson Browne songs like Running On Empty for example. They're both very distinctive and very different from each other. Cheers!

[@lewskaanen812]

Stay classy, Brad & Lex, and thanks for stopping by.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

An afternoon can last for days. Great reaction

[@jamesmorgan4121]

For days…..stop bragging show off 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

@@jamesmorgan4121 lol

[@j6282]

@@jamesmorgan4121 let the guy brag

[@jeanniemetiva6745]

Afternoon Delight is having sex in the Afternoon!! Lmao 😂

[@kenosburn2205]

I literally LOL'D "ohhkaaay, I don't think it's a feeling, I think it's a quickie " 😂😅. 1974. I was 14 years old and didn't have a clue. You two have quickly become my favorites ❤

[@timbuktu8069]

They came up with the name in a restaurant. There was a desert listed as Afternoon Delight. It turned out to rice pudding with fruit.

[@Jaxicat]

When I was a kid and this would come on the radio, I thought it was just about a good feeling too. lol

[@richard_n]

An absolute classic. Another one of those songs that everyone seems to enjoy.

[@victorialw1]

When I was a kid, we had an overweight neighbor kid who swore this song was about food. We were just kids, so we believed her. It wasn't until I was much older that I understood that they weren't singing about lunch. Lol 🤣

[@cletushouse906]

Brad finally gets it! I thought I was going to have to go in the corner and open a vein.

[@DELANDIGS]

songs name was from a local restaurants' menu called "Afternoon Delights" Little known fact is Bill wrote "Country Roads" the song that launched John Denver's career

[@tonyjensen3699]

A little info for ya. This song was banned from radio and tv play when it first came out. Others that were also banned in the beginning were John Denver's Rocky Mountain High and Sweets Little willy. There were others from this era as banned as well.

[@Stephen_Eee]

Ya'll pull out some random stuff and its great. Now I wanna go watch the Anchorman version.

[@rosemaryoutler2423]

You did it again! I remember dancing at a park with a bunch of friends. It was soooo much fun!!! Thanks for helping me remember happy memories........

[@rosemaryoutler2423]

While drinking strawberry wine lol!!!

[@billallen1307]

As Will drives toward California and the credits scroll this song plays in the movie Good Will Hunting.

[@AW-yj6md]

Yes, a little roll and tumble,..but it's such a sweet delivery of a song, of the meaning,..very sweet, great harmonies, laid back, easy going,..they played this song all the time,..do keep,..going, so glad ya'll were digging it,..the 1970's, amazing decade of music,..Godspeed, Peace ✌

[@scoobysnacks]

LOL. Oh, Afternoon Delight is definitely a "thing". They wanna make some loving during the day. Sparks igniting, thought of loving you is getting so exciting, why wait until the sun goes down, etc. This was a cleverly naughty song in its day.

[@flibber123]

I like songs like this. Assuming you like this type of music, you can listen to this without really paying attention to it and it sounds enjoyable. The voices, melody, slow but steady pace...it's a pleasant pop tune.. It sounds innocent until you pay attention to the lyrics. "But you've got some bait a waitin' and I think I might try nibbling A little afternoon delight"

[@andrewft31]

It is a lot like the Monkees song Cuddly Toy written by Harry Nilsson, it is about a Hells Angels gangbang but the song sounds sweet plus having Davy Jones sing it makes it sound even more innocent.

[@batterdown]

The Danoff's, usually the couple on the right, wrote Country Roads (Take me home, West Virginia) with John Denver. That's a fun background story to Check into. I was fortunate to see them in concert with John back around 1976-77.

[@Scar661.]

Both of your opinions on all these songs are interesting I've been watching your videos for hours already, still watching and I can't believe most of these songs are your first time listening to them. It's great I'm only 32 and know alot of music , seeing other peoples reactions is great!

[@dcramblermusic317]

Bill and Taffy co-wrote and sing the harmonies on John Denver's Take Me Home, Country Roads...

[@AncientBriton1948]

I loved this song when it came out, I had no idea what they were singing about, not heard it for years, obviously I was very nieve back then the saucy minxes.

[@unclebobunclebob]

Two members of this band wrote the popular John Denver hit Take Me Home Country Roads. Sang on it too, I believe.

[@quixote6942]

We had a way of singing about Making love that could be Played on the Radio and didn't involve terms like "Bustin a nut" or using Obscene words. Making Love was much deeper back then as well. It involved more heart than it does today.

[@charlesberton2581]

I remember as a kid in the 70s, this song used to come on the radio often in the summertime.

[@brandontylerburt]

This song is just gloriously sweet and beautiful.

[@bernardcrowley1816]

Ya had to be there, 1976..I was 15, loved this song!

[@wallnut6666]

The man and woman at the beginning co-wrote the song "Take Me Home Country Roads" for John Denver.

[@timothyshafer3084]

This is the first song I ever remember hearing. I was not even 3 years old and my family was moving from WV to OH. That was 1976 & I can recall my sister chasing my older brothers because they weren't helping with the packing to move.

[@jamesaugust7498]

Wait, so dancing in the moonlight isn't about dancing either? :) Love you guys!

[@sherylhenley1931]

Afternoon delight-a little afternoon nookie! We all loved this song! LOL

[@BRENDAJASON1]

Song was good in it’s prime it was for another time. Yep truck driving days of the 70’s, and satisfying the flesh for the that moment, song was fitting for many back then. Yea you see the fire works shooting in the video. Symbolic for shooting something else

[@markcosenza3274]

I was a senior in high school when this song was released. A classmate of mine was a minister in a small church, he said Afternoon Delight was Graham Crackers and a glass of milk,Bahahaha!

[@elsiegon7118]

I love this song. It’s so 70ish!! I was 4 when it came out. ❤ I see how lex really liked it ❤❤. This song is a masterpiece

[@chipchop8070]

Bill danoff and taffy nivert are 2 of my favorite singers. They wrote country roads sang by John denver. Afternoon delight is the best kind of delight.

[@sammyholloway334]

This was featured in the anchorman movie. They sang the heck out of this one. That Ron Burgundy has some smooth pipes on him.

[@3DJapan]

Hilarious rendition of this in the movie Anchorman 2.

[@k.kuklok1814]

As a 6th grader back in the '70's I had no idea what an afternoon delight was. I just loved this song and sang it all the time.

[@13_13k]

Brad nailed it. This song is about a lunch break quickie. Gettin' some before the sun goes down. And yes it does start off with a country music vibe and because of that this song was a crossover sensation that played on the pop radio stations, country stations, easy listening stations and I think the r&b stations. Also the country music explosion was happening then and it actually started to over throw disco and even after the movie Saturday Night Fever, actor John Travolta made a movie about country western nightclubbing and dancing and America was spending billions on buying cowboy boots and hats and belts and jeans, and country western themed nightclubs were popping up in places like New York and the Hay Fever was on fire.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Michael & Maeby singing this together onstage! Bwahahahahaa!

[@SteveInTheOC]

How did you two keep a straight face? 🤣 i couldn’t

[@dawg897]

I was worried there for a few moments. but you caught on. :) and Fyi its more than just a "quicky" a whole afternoon of enjoyment while the sun is up.

[@txrojas]

I remember in 7th grade singing this at the top of my lungs and not knowing what it was about.

[@JoeFerber]

This is the GREATEST country duet of ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL time!!!

[@frenchyman19xx]

oh yes what memories, was very popular with me in the 70s. the song was just chilling

[@kevbomevbo3492]

I like how they sway together as they listening.

[@gj8683]

It's about making huggle-bunny burgers ahead of dinner time.

[@t0dd000]

This is the most cheerful, happy-go-lucky, wholesome ode to an afternoon quicky. :) Anyway, that's what "afternoon delight" is slang for. As a kid, I thought this was just a song about being happy. Heh.

[@denisetinto1828]

It is actually a thing and a feeling. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦🤗

[@richb313]

Great reaction guys especially the end.

[@williamoneill5498]

I always thought it was an "afternoon ride" they were singing about. ie knocking the loose feathers out of the pillows!

[@davidpahlka6301]

I wondered when Lex was going to get it but I probably heard it quite a few times before I did. It's too light to be my music but then I can't recall changing the station for something better. The first couple of times I heard it, I thought of ice cream or a snow cone, I was living in Az. I thought it was a commercial for one of the two, then I listened to the lyrics. Ice cream or a snow cone never set off fireworks!

[@RichardMickle-n6i]

Soft and dainty peaceful pleasant gorgeous

[@playbassken]

One of the most memorable songs from my much younger days. Glad you gave it a listen 😁

[@richarddefortuna2252]

I simply cannot hear this song without seeing Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), duetting this tune with his niece Maeby (Alia Shawkat), during a work party, and realizing exactly what the song means as he is singing it. Priceless, classic episode of Arrested Development that should not be missed!

[@scottperry8354]

"No no no, it'll look worse. Go that way."🤣🤣🤣

[@mikeljenks]

It’s even better later when George Michael and Lindsey sing it together and Tobias announces “that’s my nephew and my wife we have an open relationship.”

[@richarddefortuna2252]

@@mikeljenks yes! I forgot about that scene!

[@looneytoon76]

For me it's Ron Burgandy

[@brendahhstiles9992]

Hahaha! So funny

[@deniseriley6622]

My older siblings tortured me with this song in the 70's 🤣 I have come to appreciate it now. Love Ya'll ❤ Oh and Afternoon Delight is freaky. 🤣

[@matthewchance8835]

Everytime I hear this song I think of the movie "Anchorman", that whole scene is comedy gold. This is such a catchy song Liked it when I first heard it on the radio back in 1976 [When I was 14 & didn't understand the meaning of the song]

[@kentnottingham9635]

Haha! Guilty pleasure of a song isn’t it? Gonna “GET SOME” in the daytime!

[@joedonlewis9820]

A companion song for this song is Chevy Van. I had a custom Chevy Van. Good times.