@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.
I'm happy you have your wonderful memories, my husband and I still find time for a "little afternoon delight😊❤, we're in our 70's now - where has the time gone 😮❤!!!! Bless you 🙏🏻
@@anthonykimball7463 You'll have to point out where you see that proof as this is not the same as the studio version. Inevitably when 4 people lip- sync like this you will be able find instances that prove it. I couldn't, maybe you can. Unless you want to claim it's an alternate version recorded just for this show and then lip-synced. But again, you'd find a mistake here and there by the singers.
@@blackratsnakes It's lip-synched. I stand by my observation 1,000%. You are of course free to disagree, but I won't be engaging with you on this issue any further....have a nice day.
I remember when this song was popular in 1976. I was a teenager. It was the bicentennial year. People were celebrating and we had a much more cohesive and respectful country back then.
We were recovering from the mess of the 60s, and the crazy extremists went back to the margins of society. Hopefully that cycle will happen again soon.
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
This brings back good memories at 12. I have to say not all rap is negative. I’m not a fan of it myself but like most hear the popular negative stereotype bits. Can you really not like Vincent Price’s rap in Michael Jackson’s Thriller?
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.
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.
We're the same age and I feel the same way. This and "Love Hangover" were my favorite songs during that Bicentennial summer. The last year of my true innocence.
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!!
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.
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
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!!!
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...
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...
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 😊
I was a sophomore in high school in 1976! First heard this song while in a car riding up the WV Turnpike. Will never forget as this was the first time that I heard the song.
This song is definitely a timeless classic. I was almost 3 years old when this song came out. I will be 51 in on September 16. This song never lost it's touch. It's really great!
I remember Johnnies band: John Sommers, Cash Cashman, the Weismann brothers and ‘Thank God I’m a Country Boy’ good times at the ‘Purple Onion’ I will remember those Aspen Brothers, God Bless You John❤ You were a good soul
This takes me back to my carefree youth, to the summer of one of my favorite years 1975-(1976, the Bicentennial year), going outside to play, from after school to when it was close time for the street lights to cut on, sleeping outside in the summer, my 1st favorite aunt expecting her second child, which was my 2nd favorite cousin, riding bikes in the neighborhood, going to our favorite summer spot, the public swimming 🏊♀️ pool. For New Year's Eve next year 12/31/2025, I am gonna get a 1976 Cadillac Coupe De Ville with the stars and stripes also spray painted as a backdrop on a light blue, pink, or white T-shirt, an it is gonna read The Spirit of '76, in honor of the United States' 50th anniversary of the Bicentennial. I am an avid classic car fan, too!
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.
It was released a few months later in Australia, in 1976. Then famously used in Simone Townsends Wonder World , an Australian staple for kids arvos ( afternoons) . I was just 11 , but loved the song .
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 😂😂😂
I just close my ees and let the exquisite vocal harmonies take me way back to those wonderful yesteryears. Such a great melodic time machine this is. 😍
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.
🎶🎶👐👐📷📷💯💯🎧🎧🎺🎺😎😎✌✌🙌🙌🙏🙏still here lisenting this beautiful song from my childhood 70s 🙏great time to be alive good old days and memories after all these years later classic masterpiece love 💘it thanks for posting this video bring nostalgia watching what days 🙏 is 2024 🎶🎶👐👐📷📷💯💯🎧🎧🎺🎺😎😎✌✌🙌🙌🙏🙏
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
The song that, at least for me, best encapsulates and embodies the entire decade of the 1970s in America. Too bad it's lip-synched, but virtually all the songs performed on these afternoon tv chat shows back then were done that way. Thanks much for uploading. 👍
@@scotts9300 Absolutely not. Music and vocals track 100% with the record. If you can't tell that, then I can't help you. Not engaging in this dialogue any further...you have a nice day.
@@anthonykimball7463 The gentleman on the right wavers slightly sharp in pitch in the opening line. The ladies crane towards their mikes, absolutely full of concentration, and the brunette's voice is at times rather forward in the mix (would have been adjusted if pre-recorded). The blonde gives the "nailed it" gesture at the end. I see no deviations in lip movements from the sounds produced. This is genuine live singing.
If it wasn't for Good Will Hunting. Us 90s teenagers would have heard this. I cleaned movie theaters back in the 90s, and this song played during the movies credits.
Massively underrated song. Incredible harmonies. Reminds me of the Bee-Gees.
And ABBA
Underrated? It was No.1 for two weeks!
I was 16 when this came out and I had huge crush on Margot Chapman! 😊❤
So did I......
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❤
@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.
I'm happy you have your wonderful memories, my husband and I still find time for a "little afternoon delight😊❤, we're in our 70's now - where has the time gone 😮❤!!!! Bless you 🙏🏻
No lip synching here, this is a great performance!
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. 👍
Sorry to tell you, but this was indeed a lip-synched performance.
@@anthonykimball7463 You'll have to point out where you see that proof as this is not the same as the studio version. Inevitably when 4 people lip- sync like this you will be able find instances that prove it. I couldn't, maybe you can. Unless you want to claim it's an alternate version recorded just for this show and then lip-synced. But again, you'd find a mistake here and there by the singers.
@@blackratsnakes It's lip-synched. I stand by my observation 1,000%. You are of course free to disagree, but I won't be engaging with you on this issue any further....have a nice day.
@@anthonykimball7463 yes. listen to the instrumental part and it doesnt sound like live instrumentation.
Absolutely loved them and still miss John Denver gone way too soon😢
I remember when this song was popular in 1976. I was a teenager. It was the bicentennial year. People were celebrating and we had a much more cohesive and respectful country back then.
We were recovering from the mess of the 60s, and the crazy extremists went back to the margins of society. Hopefully that cycle will happen again soon.
Blah blah blah
Hello. I'm british. I remember the queen going on a "goodwill visit" to the usa!. 1976.
Gerald Ford had that impact on People.
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
I agree
Your absolutely correct reply
I think this is something like a nooner.
Especially the end with the vocal fun on afternoon delight❤
This brings back good memories at 12. I have to say not all rap is negative. I’m not a fan of it myself but like most hear the popular negative stereotype bits. Can you really not like Vincent Price’s rap in Michael Jackson’s Thriller?
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.
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
What a group and pure musical talents! Margot is a beast....
She's so beautiful
A Hawaiian honey for sure.
ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS EVER WRITTEN.
Check them out singing this song on TH-cam (TJL productions) .... It's absolutely flawless and the production with the full band is awesome ❤
I saw a recent report that put it at number 1 of the worst songs ever recorded
Man! 47 years ago. Still a great song taking me back to a more wistful, romantic and hopeful time.
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.
I loved this song when i was 12 in 76 and i still do, and I'll always love John Denver xx
We're the same age and I feel the same way. This and "Love Hangover" were my favorite songs during that Bicentennial summer. The last year of my true innocence.
`So wonderful .... and with John Denver introduction is just Heaven !!!
Was a great one-hit-wonder.... Takes us all back to simpler times, when America was great!!
You were allowed to smoke everywhere, but it was still amazing!
Sure, but concert tickets where I live (San Antonio) were about $6-7 dollars for big name bands! @@LKaramazov
Jimmy Carter was such a great guy, never so much freedom as then. Ronnie Raygun came along and wrecked everything.
@@johnnyz3073 ummmmm, eee-yeah
@@johnnyz3073please go to therapy.
Great harmonies/voices. Especially the brown haired woman.
Yes, Margot Chapman was outstanding!
That would be Margot Chapman. She is a beauty and a talent.
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!!
I don't see a flautist, so they're probably lip-synching
@@slake9727live vocals over a recording
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.
Had the pleasure of attending the John Denver concert with Star Land Vocal Band as his backup. Really dating myself!
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
I'm 120 years old and still listening to this.
I'm 155 years old, you're just a young whippersnapper.
MiliePost106. I feel 120 years old and listening , I love it❤
@MilePost106, what's your secret to living way past 100?😇😇
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!!!
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...
many many great memories of this song in my 20s, 1 bad memory, my first marriage, i let the wrong head do my thinking for me....
2024 and this song still holds it’s own.
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.
Wow. John wasn't kidding when he said Bill Danoff is one of the finest songwriters around. Cool
Still loving this song! ❤
Great year in music 🎶
@randywilson944: Yes, IMO the best year ever in music!
Got married un dec 76. Love this song. Om still married almost to my 50th.
a treat to discover this harmonic gem.
A very unique song with amazing vocals.
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...
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 😊
Gorgeous ladys❤❤❤❤❤😮
Still great to hear this song
On Denver's "Country Roads", that was Taffy singing soprano. She hit an astounding note in the chorus.
I hope y’all will reply to this I like them and John Denver…RIP John Denver
I was a sophomore in high school in 1976! First heard this song while in a car riding up the WV Turnpike. Will never forget as this was the first time that I heard the song.
I know it's hokey, but it brings me such joy! On every level.
Hokey yes. But I'll take the money.
This song is definitely a timeless classic. I was almost 3 years old when this song came out. I will be 51 in on September 16. This song never lost it's touch. It's really great!
I remember Johnnies band: John Sommers, Cash Cashman, the Weismann brothers and ‘Thank God I’m a Country Boy’ good times at the ‘Purple Onion’ I will remember those Aspen Brothers, God Bless You John❤ You were a good soul
This takes me back to my carefree youth, to the summer of one of my favorite years 1975-(1976, the Bicentennial year), going outside to play, from after school to when it was close time for the street lights to cut on, sleeping outside in the summer, my 1st favorite aunt expecting her second child, which was my 2nd favorite cousin, riding bikes in the neighborhood, going to our favorite summer spot, the public swimming 🏊♀️ pool. For New Year's Eve next year 12/31/2025, I am gonna get a 1976 Cadillac Coupe De Ville with the stars and stripes also spray painted as a backdrop on a light blue, pink, or white T-shirt, an it is gonna read The Spirit of '76, in honor of the United States' 50th anniversary of the Bicentennial. I am an avid classic car fan, too!
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.
By 1976, when this song came out, US involvement in Vietnam had ended.
@@edwardcricchio6106 By about 4 years.
The opening lyrics gives me chills , so ahead of thier time ❤❤❤❤
What? Lol
It was released a few months later in Australia, in 1976. Then famously used in Simone Townsends Wonder World , an Australian staple for kids arvos ( afternoons) . I was just 11 , but loved the song .
I love this song,takes me back to hanging out and listening to the radio.
Only saw this song on U-Tube 4 years ago, from UK loved the song & melody, never had internet in my days still catching up 😁
Margot hitting those high notes really sends this song!
What gorgeous voices all four of them have. A ripper of a song. Sham they didn't make money from it.
These girls sound excellent together they were the ones that made that song
Cute of them dancing with each other too during an instrumental. Loved hearing the flute too. Never heard it before
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 😂😂😂
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 !
music full of charm ! . . . great choruses ! this sounds like heaven to my ears ! even with the little flaws . . .
Brilliant, clearly singing live too. Amazing!
I just close my ees and let the exquisite vocal harmonies take me way back to those wonderful yesteryears. Such a great melodic time machine this is. 😍
Great harmonies, the cutest sexiest song.. i loved this as a kid.. 💕
I always thought it was some sort of candy bar.. 😅
I love this beautiful song❤❤❤
Greatest year of my life 1976
Class of 1976 ….
🎼🎸🎸🎸🎸
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.
When America was Great!
And still is.
8th grade summer when I met my husband it was his song to me ❤
Great, great live singing.
🎶🎶👐👐📷📷💯💯🎧🎧🎺🎺😎😎✌✌🙌🙌🙏🙏still here lisenting this beautiful song from my childhood 70s 🙏great time to be alive good old days and memories after all these years later classic masterpiece love 💘it thanks for posting this video bring nostalgia watching what days 🙏 is 2024 🎶🎶👐👐📷📷💯💯🎧🎧🎺🎺😎😎✌✌🙌🙌🙏🙏
I was 10 years old when the song came out in 1976
I was 17
@@Scott-ri2sy When USA is USA. Long live the constitutional republic
9 years old. Mom and Dad let me listen.
NOW I LOVE THIS SONG EVEN MORE, BILL AND TAFFY + ANCHORMAN + STAR-LAND BAND + JOHN DENVER!
Still one of my favorites
This IS an awesome. I love their harmony and the one they with their voices, later on.
You are so still are number one in the Afternoon Delight. Young and beyond. Love you all, forever. ❤👍
Loved seeing this great footage.
Maravilloso video de un grupo Perfecto 👍
Nice job folks. I remember it well. The good ole days for sure
I love all their hit song
Good good music from my young years great stuff
First time to see they perform this song live
Great song. Even greater year 👍
Sure does bring the memories back. Fabulous 👌
👍 Great song!
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
❤❤❤ seen this video at least 50 times ❤❤❤
I always thought that having a beer in the afternoon was better then waiting for dinner
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.
I was 4 when that song came out
@kirstymclean854 I was older than you when this song came out I was 7
I love this song. One of my favotites.
Always LOVE this song
Margot Chapman. What a beauty!
The song that, at least for me, best encapsulates and embodies the entire decade of the 1970s in America. Too bad it's lip-synched, but virtually all the songs performed on these afternoon tv chat shows back then were done that way. Thanks much for uploading. 👍
The vocals were clearly live.
@@scotts9300 Absolutely not. Music and vocals track 100% with the record. If you can't tell that, then I can't help you. Not engaging in this dialogue any further...you have a nice day.
@@anthonykimball7463 The vocals were live.
@@anthonykimball7463 The gentleman on the right wavers slightly sharp in pitch in the opening line. The ladies crane towards their mikes, absolutely full of concentration, and the brunette's voice is at times rather forward in the mix (would have been adjusted if pre-recorded). The blonde gives the "nailed it" gesture at the end. I see no deviations in lip movements from the sounds produced. This is genuine live singing.
Not lip-synced - besides what others have said, the closing harmonies at the end of this performance are not as clean as the original recording.
Fave ONE hit wonder - EVER.
They were voted best new band which is the kiss of death!!
They released 4 fine albums!
Love it
If it wasn't for Good Will Hunting. Us 90s teenagers would have heard this. I cleaned movie theaters back in the 90s, and this song played during the movies credits.
Wow
Margot Chapman has such a great voice. One of my very first crushes. Absolutely gorgeous!
I love this song!
Just plain sweet.
Great song.
Remember this as a young teenager not knowing what afternoon delight was !
Wonder if John did .
Mer Griffen was not one of the premier talk shows. That's why it was on in the afternoon.
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
Siempre me encantó el muchacho de lentes