My music theory: if the band name starts with "Starland", they're bad

[CO Liberal]

Afternoon Delight
Starland Vocal Band


Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight
Gonna grab some afternoon delight
My motto's always been; when it's right, it's right
Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night
When everything's a little clearer in the light of day
And we know the night is always gonna be there any way

Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite
Looking forward to a little afternoon delight
Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
and the thought of rubbin' you is getting so exciting

Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

Started out this morning feeling so polite
I always thought a fish could not be caught who wouldn't bite
But you've got some bait a waitin' and I think
I might like having a little afternoon delight

Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

Please' be waiting for me baby when I come around
We could make a lot of lovin' 'for the sun goes down

Thinkin' of you's workin' up an appetite
Looking forward to a little afternoon delight
Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
And the thought of rubbin' you is getting so exciting

Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

http://www.webfitz.com/lyrics/Lyrics/1976/121976.html

[JimmyJazz]

1. You are a total mess!

:P

[CO Liberal]

3. Why, That's So Sweet!!!!!

Thanks!!!!!

[flamingyouth]

2. OMG - they did "Hail! Hail! Rock And Roll"!!!!

I'd actually be curious to hear about 10 seconds of that.

[JVS]

4. What about the short-lived "Starland Heavy-metal band"?

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

5. Rule #2: If one of the singers in the band is named "Taffy"...

...locate nearest exit to the store. Leave without making a purchase.

"Starland Vocal Band dominated American airwaves during the Bicentennial summer of 1976 with their quintessential soft rock chart-topper "Afternoon Delight." The group emerged from the Washington, D.C. folk scene of the late '60s, its roots dating back to the formation of the acoustic duo Fat City, which comprised future husband and wife Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert. Together the couple wrote a song titled "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado" which was recorded by John Denver and Mary Travers; with Denver, they also penned the smash "Take Me Home, Country Roads." In 1969 Fat City recorded their debut LP, Reincarnation; after 1971's Welcome to Fat City the duo began working as simply Bill and Taffy, regularly opening for Denver on tour.

On Bill and Taffy's second album, 1974's Aces, the duo enlisted 18-year-old singer and pianist Jon Carroll; the couple was so impressed by Carroll's performance they decided to form a new group, adding the youngster as well as vocalist Margot Chapman to become the Starland Vocal Band. They soon signed to Denver's Windsong label and in 1976 issued their self-titled debut LP, with the lead single "Afternoon Delight" quickly reaching the top of the charts on its way to helping earn the group five Grammy nominations. (They won two, including Best New Artist.) "Afternoon Delight" was so enormously popular that the group even landed their own short-lived CBS variety series The Starland Vocal Band Show, which featured a then-unknown David Letterman.

The second Starland Vocal Band album, Rear View Mirror, followed in 1977, but failed to match the success of its predecessor; Late Nite Radio, issued a year later, also fared poorly by comparison, and after scoring one last minor chart entry with the single "Loving You with My Eyes" the group disbanded in the wake of their fourth and final LP, 1980's 4 x 4. In the wake of Starland Vocal Band's demise the Danoffs divorced; Carroll and Chapman, who had also married at the peak of the group's success, later split up as well. All four members of the group later went on to mount solo careers, though never agan recapturing the success of "Afternoon Delight." ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide"

http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/starland_vocal_band/bio.jhtml

[joeybee12]

6. I heard this on the radio on my recent trip to Vegas!!!!

Everyone lists this as one of the worst songs ever, and one of the Grammy's lowest moments (it won 2), but I sort of shrugged it off thinking, yeah, it sucks, but people are over-reacting.

Guess my memory failed me, because when I heard it I realized just how phucking awful it is! And the worst part is that these people can't even sing!

[mac56]

7. Although Margot Chapman was quite the looker.

nm

[Spinzonner]

8. I'm always amused by music snobs

who think that what they like or don't like constitutes good and bad.

Art snobs are pretty much the same.

Clue: it's personal taste.

[CO Liberal]

9. However...

...if most people agree that something sucks, chances are that it sucks.

:-)

[Spinzonner]

10. Chances are that if a large number do something

they're lemmings. :P

It seems to have been very popular with large numbers of people at the time, so where's your 'most' ?

If you don't like genres, or older music, fine - it's personal taste again. It don't make you no music critic or expert.

[CO Liberal]

12. Nor You

Let's move on....

[LDS Jock]

11. I LOVE that song!

I'm waiting for the reunion tour. I hope it comes to my city.

[redqueen]

13. Yes, that's another one the 70's station plays too much

Ugh!

But I've now got a CD player in my bedroom... so no more early morning earworms for me. :D

[skygazer]

14. Arguably the worst song ever written

And, horror of horrors, long ago when I lost my virginity, I couldn't get the damn thing out of my head! No wonder I'm nuts! :silly:

[CO Liberal]

16. Paul Anka's "You're Havin' My Baby" is WORSE

IMHO.

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Come Sail Away Is On The Final List, Too!

Man do i loathe Dennis DeYoung.
The Professor

[tjdee]

15. They look like they rock out on that cover!

They should have gotten flack for such a misleading cover, jiminy!

Afternoon Delight is so not rocking out.....sigh.....

now it's stuck in my head. Eww.