Starland Vocal Band (intro by John Denver) • "Afternoon Delight" • 1976 [RITY Archive]

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@20alphabet 9 ай бұрын

No lip synching here, this is a great performance!

@jameslavin1510 8 ай бұрын

Have loved this song from the first time that I heard it way back in '76. And I still to this day absolutely luv hearing this great tune. 👍

@velocirapture89 6 ай бұрын

Massively underrated song. Incredible harmonies. Reminds me of the Bee-Gees.

@judymcvey9005 5 ай бұрын

Married in 1968...this was one of my husbands favorite songs. He's gone now and playing it makes good memories of a wonderful man❤

@ParkerPlaza 3 ай бұрын

@judymcvey9005 This reminds me of my girlfriend when times were better in the world. Amazing how certain songs remind me of the year it was popular and who is was with.

@rsykesjr 9 ай бұрын

Man! 47 years ago. Still a great song taking me back to a more wistful, romantic and hopeful time.

@Hrfarm0319 2 ай бұрын

I saw the Starland Vocal Band and John Denver in concert at the Capital Center in 1976. I was 14 years old at the time. It was amazing - an experience I will never forget.

@sherrylynndeveau9927 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely loved them and still miss John Denver gone way too soon😢

@sherryhannah9262 5 ай бұрын

I also hope y’all will reply to this I don’t care what people say I like this song it’s great no rap no talking about killing people or raping or disrespecting women

@lindahodge5024 Ай бұрын

I agree

@SusanSandoval-bz6gw 8 күн бұрын

Your absolutely correct reply

@TopsAnolaset 8 ай бұрын

What a group and pure musical talents! Margot is a beast....

@redlikewineagain697 4 ай бұрын

She's so beautiful

@racutis 16 күн бұрын

A Hawaiian honey for sure.

@andydixon2980 9 ай бұрын

Great harmonies/voices. Especially the brown haired woman.

@hehhehhuhhuh7014 9 ай бұрын

Yes, Margot Chapman was outstanding!

@leemartin1417 4 ай бұрын

Takes me right to the summer of 76. I moved with my family to the Bay area. I was 7. We explored new places, behind our house etc. It was one of my best moments then. It was heard a lot on the radio then.

@MilePost106 3 ай бұрын

I'm 120 years old and still listening to this.

@johnepperson8867 3 ай бұрын

I'm 155 years old, you're just a young whippersnapper.

@danacaro-herman3530 2 ай бұрын

MiliePost106. I feel 120 years old and listening , I love it❤

@jesseserna8424 3 ай бұрын

I was 11 in 76 ,my dad give me a little transistor radio and this tune was always playing.. I like the 12 string..thanks

@janeyjaneybird 5 ай бұрын

I loved this song when i was 12 in 76 and i still do, and I'll always love John Denver xx

@owltracker3030 5 ай бұрын

How did they hold those incredibly tight harmonies without ear pieces? Even one of the Bee Gees had to at least block one ear to maintain form. Amazing vocalists!!

@charleyit 3 ай бұрын

A very unique song with amazing vocals.

@EdwardNewa-cc6dl 4 ай бұрын

Brings back wonderful memories. I remember when this amazing song was released. 😊

@Fultonfalcons86 8 ай бұрын

This truly brings back some fond memories of my youth loved this song so much at 8 years old excellent quality and way better than the garbagge that is out today

@KillaCommieFerMommie 9 ай бұрын

Was a great one-hit-wonder.... Takes us all back to simpler times, when America was great!!

@LKaramazov 9 ай бұрын

You were allowed to smoke everywhere, but it was still amazing!

@pfdrtom 9 ай бұрын

Sure, but concert tickets where I live (San Antonio) were about $6-7 dollars for big name bands! @@LKaramazov

@johnnyz3073 9 ай бұрын

Jimmy Carter was such a great guy, never so much freedom as then. Ronnie Raygun came along and wrecked everything.

@KillaCommieFerMommie 9 ай бұрын

@@johnnyz3073 ummmmm, eee-yeah

@markj9267 9 ай бұрын

@@johnnyz3073please go to therapy.

@TRICK-OR-TREAT236 5 ай бұрын

ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS EVER WRITTEN.

@SLAmey-mu9hd 4 ай бұрын

Check them out singing this song on KZfaq (TJL productions) .... It's absolutely flawless and the production with the full band is awesome ❤

@wadeadams4263 3 ай бұрын

I saw a recent report that put it at number 1 of the worst songs ever recorded

@randywilson944 9 ай бұрын

Great year in music 🎶

@hehhehhuhhuh7014 9 ай бұрын

@randywilson944: Yes, IMO the best year ever in music!

@fowmoufpunk 4 ай бұрын

At 2:09 the two girls sing that part alone, in that register, for the one and only time. I always used to wish they did it again but I now see the genius of that arrangement.

@davidrisk4951 6 ай бұрын

a treat to discover this harmonic gem.

@MuthaTucker-ss1ee 6 ай бұрын

Still loving this song! ❤

@catherinekammerer7094 3 ай бұрын

8th grade summer when I met my husband it was his song to me ❤

@Musician-Songwriter 5 ай бұрын

Bill Danoff and Taffy Danoff nee Nivert, wrote "Take Me Home Country Roads" and "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado" for John Denver.

@Gtecv 6 ай бұрын

Still great to hear this song

@jvlp2046 2 ай бұрын

I was just in my first year in High School when this song came out in 1976... I remember the same buggy and bell-bottom pants I wore, the same hairstyle, and my first love... nothing compares to the melodies of yesteryears... love this song...

@ericwaldo5034 24 күн бұрын

I know it's hokey, but it brings me such joy! On every level.

@robrussell5329 Күн бұрын

Hokey yes. But I'll take the money.

@RicksPoems 3 ай бұрын

You are so still are number one in the Afternoon Delight. Young and beyond. Love you all, forever. ❤👍

@billneese5166 3 ай бұрын

On Denver's "Country Roads", that was Taffy singing soprano. She hit an astounding note in the chorus.

@LILTONY1961 9 ай бұрын

Gorgeous ladys❤❤❤❤❤😮

@ILuvRocknRoll67 3 ай бұрын

What gorgeous voices all four of them have. A ripper of a song. Sham they didn't make money from it.

@RobinC63 3 ай бұрын

I was 16 when this came out and I had huge crush on Margot Chapman! 😊❤

@drewnogy Ай бұрын

So did I......

@gss2855 7 ай бұрын

I don't know whether John Carrol remembers me....but our 1st. day at University of Miami CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA. AUGUST 4, 1974. WE MET ON CAMPUS. JOHN SPOKE ABOUT HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC....AND I SPOKE ABOUT MY LOVE FOR SURFING 😊

@Thomass7586 Ай бұрын

Great song. Even greater year 👍

@greenbeagle13 4 ай бұрын

Not a big fan of this particular song, but man oh man, did they write two of my favorite songs - "Country Roads" and "I Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado".... Masterpieces!!!

@bigg4057 2 ай бұрын

Greatest year of my life 1976 Class of 1976 …. 🎼🎸🎸🎸🎸

@edwardcricchio6106 Ай бұрын

To get technical with you, you already graduated when this song became popular in the summer of 1976. It was my Class of '77 that was prepping for our senior year that could say it was a popular song for the class that September.

@robnowlin7285 2 ай бұрын

9 years old. Mom and Dad let me listen.

@richardstrode7846 2 ай бұрын

This is "PURE TALENT" at it's finest Auto tune hasn't been born yet With John Denver's seal of approval You're guaranteed listening pleasure thank you guys...

@Tree-sw6mr Ай бұрын

I love this song,takes me back to hanging out and listening to the radio.

@GJ-wz1lm 4 ай бұрын

👍 Great song!

@arthurloyola66 6 ай бұрын

I love this beautiful song❤❤❤

@aussieallstar66 3 ай бұрын

Love how the girls did a little dance in the middle of the song. Creative harmonies. Oh to be back living in the 70s again. Except for the Vietman War.

@edwardcricchio6106 3 ай бұрын

By 1976, when this song came out, US involvement in Vietnam had ended.

@drewnogy Ай бұрын

@@edwardcricchio6106 By about 4 years.

@stevenlyons491 8 ай бұрын

Good good music from my young years great stuff

@wadeadams4263 3 ай бұрын

I always thought that having a beer in the afternoon was better then waiting for dinner

@raulraul5776 2 ай бұрын

First time to see they perform this song live

@soulman1419 2 ай бұрын

Sure does bring the memories back. Fabulous 👌

@leonardvicari2857 5 ай бұрын

I was 10 years old when the song came out in 1976

@Scott-ri2sy 3 ай бұрын

I was 17

@RobertHill-tu2rl 3 ай бұрын

@@Scott-ri2sy When USA is USA. Long live the constitutional republic

@JonnyTheLeprechaun Ай бұрын

Wonderful'

@franklinrhyne8954 3 ай бұрын

These girls sound excellent together they were the ones that made that song

@ClintonWatrin-sv8lm 2 ай бұрын

Cute of them dancing with each other too during an instrumental. Loved hearing the flute too. Never heard it before

@sherryhannah9262 4 ай бұрын

I hope y’all will reply to this I like them and John Denver…RIP John Denver

@robertcampbell6349 4 ай бұрын

I'm still waiting for the Starland Vocal Band CD box set. I hear it has the death metal and gangsta rap versions of Afternoon Delight.

@michaelriehl7558 5 ай бұрын

The opening lyrics gives me chills , so ahead of thier time ❤❤❤❤

@Ryan2022 9 күн бұрын

What? Lol

@suzuuug4703 8 ай бұрын

Maravilloso video de un grupo Perfecto 👍

@danieloldag7624 2 ай бұрын

I was 3...i sont remember this song .however spirit of 76' i do remember driving into Dallas from Frisco to buy a swing set that was red white and blue with a spirit of 76' theme. Had that swing set into the mid 80s

@JonnyTheLeprechaun Ай бұрын

Just plain sweet.

@kirstymclean854 5 ай бұрын

I was 4 when that song came out

@sherryhannah9262 5 ай бұрын

@kirstymclean854 I was older than you when this song came out I was 7

@gjones7547 2 ай бұрын

Great harmonies, the cutest sexiest song.. i loved this as a kid.. 💕 I always thought it was some sort of candy bar.. 😅

@mikeburgan7675 3 ай бұрын

Wow

@user-zv4ee1vi7t 3 ай бұрын

❤❤❤ seen this video at least 50 times ❤❤❤

@diyi75 3 ай бұрын

I love this song!

@capitainebonhomme1609 7 ай бұрын

I'm from a non english speaking background. I love the harmony of this song but I didn't know what the song was about... until he few years ago ! A British female I was chatting with online asked me what I had been up to that afternoon. I innocently replied : "I enjoyed an afternoon delight with a friend" I meant enjoy the beach and a swim in the ocean with my friend. The British female then wrote back: "That's disgusting, I'm not into that, goodbye" Haha 😂😂😂

@sunnydayzie1202 28 күн бұрын

It's okay. A whole generation of us grew up thinking it was about people going to fireworks in the afternoon. Lol! We were so young !

@dadaevan 2 ай бұрын

Fave ONE hit wonder - EVER.

@kech9496 Ай бұрын

Remember this as a young teenager not knowing what afternoon delight was ! Wonder if John did .

@davidgraichen982 4 ай бұрын

When America was Great!

@toddgittins5692 3 ай бұрын

When someone breaks out the 12 string, things get serious.

@mudhens4ever Күн бұрын

Margot Chapman. What a beauty!

@heathergreen6394 3 ай бұрын

❤❤

@davidson2004fatboy 7 ай бұрын

DAMN !!! I LOVE SOME MORNING, AFTERNOON, and EVENING DELIGHT WITH Margot Chapman

@JonnyTheLeprechaun 10 күн бұрын

Don't forget John.

@LKaramazov 9 ай бұрын

How is it they only had one song? Did they anger someone, or were they unreliable? What happened to them?

@hehhehhuhhuh7014 9 ай бұрын

@LKaramazov: They had another one called "Lovin' You With My Eyes". But after that, I think they broke up.

@Murkoph 8 ай бұрын

One hit wonders. It happens.

@toyman77 6 ай бұрын

It was a HUGE #1 HIT!! They were nominated for four Grammy Awards in 1977 and won two: Best Arrangement for Voices and Best New Artist, the latter award over the group Boston.[4] The song was also in several films.

@user-zv4ee1vi7t 3 ай бұрын

I see Margot sneaking glances to her right 🤔 she's gorgeous ❤

@sherryhannah9262 5 ай бұрын

I hope y’all will reply to this The Starland Vocal Band had their own summer variety show one regular was a young unknown comic named David Letterman

@ddellwo 3 ай бұрын

“Team Margot” always and forever……..!!!!!

@paulito5745 2 ай бұрын

I miss afternoon delight.

@randomname3715 6 ай бұрын

Taffy co wrote Take Me Home..

@AlanStransman 5 ай бұрын

Is there a more joyful song than this?

@poltorn4580 29 күн бұрын

ah the swinging 70s

@hertstraveller Ай бұрын

A classic summer song with the gorgeous harmonies letting the listener float along. I never understood why a Rolling Stone poll voted this the 2nd worse song of the Seventies.Maybe if the Mamas and Pappas had done it 10 years before it would have been received differently..

@sherryhannah9262 4 ай бұрын

I also hope y’all will reply to this with two couples the Starland Vocal Band reminds me of an American version of Abba

@redlikewineagain697 5 ай бұрын

Did you see John's face when that idiot Merve kept grabbing at it. He was like WTF?! He was trying to see if there was a record in there...and there was. 😂😂😂

@sketchley80 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 yes too funny JD's subtle wtf face is priceless haha

@pferrelli 7 ай бұрын

"Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night?" Um, because people have jobs?

@philipmcculley5221 5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@thoughtsurferzone5012 9 ай бұрын

Merv playing dirty songs. 😉😉😉😉

@pgh45rpms 7 ай бұрын

Although "Afternoon Delight" reached # 1 in Billboard's Hot 100, Starland Vocal Band became a one-hit-wonder; Later discs failed to make the Top 40. Starland Vocal Band was made up of rwo married couples. The band broke up in the eary 1980's when both couples divorced.

@toddboden972 9 күн бұрын

That brunette sure sings great!!

@allangedan7630 2 ай бұрын

Margot Chapman was 1 cute lady

@JustSayN2O Ай бұрын

I always liked the Hawaiian gal

@randall6157 5 ай бұрын

Margot's voice is a little too hot in the mix, probably because she was closer to her mic than the rest. Mix engineer should have caught it. Still nice harmonies, though

@geezz99 Ай бұрын

Girl at camp dedicated this song to me , when i was 14yo . i thought she wanted to watch fireworks ?? she laughed and laughed , and said " NO silly i wana MAKE fire works , with you .. i though WOW cool , another pyro.. like me !!! later on that evening , she clarified , apparently that's NOT what she had in mind .. I learned a lot that night .

@arturoalfredocevallos-garc247 2 ай бұрын

What was that round black thing that he pulled out from that bag?

@Strangleholdintn 7 ай бұрын

David LETTERMAN on the right?

@violentmo2241 7 ай бұрын

these guys got ripped off by the label. they shared a $66k check. i wonder how much denver made?

@user-mg6kn3os6f 8 ай бұрын

The other singer looks like a Filipina.

@helisoma 7 ай бұрын

Margot Chapman was born in Hawaii but yes seems and looks very filipina ...i can't find her ethnicity

@knowhere60 4 ай бұрын

@helisIoma If from Hawaii, then perhaps Polynesian?

@thomasgonzalez1610 2 ай бұрын

Great song, great vocal band. This is lip sync'd though.

@tommytwomommy 9 ай бұрын

Too fast

@hehhehhuhhuh7014 9 ай бұрын

@barwick5466: Hmmm, to me it sounded like the same speed as the original studio version.

@tommytwomommy 9 ай бұрын

@@hehhehhuhhuh7014 Yes, it sounds like the original backing track but something is a little off. Maybe they’re going too fast

@hehhehhuhhuh7014 9 ай бұрын

@@tommytwomommy They added a flute part to the chorus after they sing the words AFTERNOON DELIGHT. Maybe that is what you are hearing that is different. I have heard them singing this song live many times (no lip syncing) and they sound absolutely amazing, most recently in a video from 2007. So, I'm not sure why this particular performance is done to the original track.

@larry4111 8 ай бұрын

I just played it side by side with the original and it's actually slightly slower. After awhile this one lags behind.

@tommytwomommy 8 ай бұрын

@@larry4111thank you. I knew the cadences didn’t sound right