I was very young when I heard this song. I asked my dad what was Afternoon Delight, and he told me it was Banana Pudding. For years I believed him. Oh I miss my dad.
I'm jamin to it and oh the memories of my teens and the people in my life back then. No rioters and protesters looting and burning down cities. This is the only way we can go back to a good life is through the music we adored then and continue to appreciate now. Take care and keep playing those 8 track flash backs. Hello from Church Point Louisiana. 🦐🦞🦀
In a way this makes me sad. I am a kid of the ‘70’s. When I watch this video it reminds me of a time that was pretty cool. The culture back then was laid back and humble. Living in today’s America doesn’t resemble or feel the same way, and anyone younger wouldn’t have the slightest idea what I’m talking about. Now I’m bald and gray where I do have hair, lol. These times in the video are long gone and never to return. It’s just the progression of things, really. I’m glad I lived back then, but also bummed that it’s only in my memory.
funny..I had the same feeling..made me laugh and cry at the same time...even know I didn't realize what the song was about...it was one of my favs as a kid
@@gothschaefer6631 The 70s were far more "leftist" than today. The US had a more extensive government safety net, unions were stronger, & poverty rates were lower than they are today. The horrible direction and subsequent social problems can be blamed on the trickle-down bullshit economics of Ronald Reagan.
@@thelemonademan6235I was 8, I do everything possible so my kids & now grandkids get to experience as close as possible a childhood as we did, I live in the deep country so it’s not that hard
I hear ya bro, good times in 70s 80s, all about music and fun and cars and trucks cruising the ave looking for girls lol. God bless stay safe and well. We have are memories to share we lived it.
You only think it was peaceful because you were young and sheltered. Not only were we stockpiling nukes in an existential struggle with the Soviets, but the violent crime rate was twice as high as now.
And people were dying by the thousands in the Vietnam War we had to put up with Nixon those things are only the best of times because you refuse to look at it honestly every decade has its good in bads!
@@theironcraftergaming7401 Well, the Vietnam War AND Nixon were done by '76. Speaking of the violent crime rate, at least it wasn't the *criminals* who were making awful, *violent* popular music...LIKE NOW. So, in those ways, I think many would agree that the mood was *better* .
I saw them in 1976 open for John Denver at the Cow Palace in SF. Before they performed this song (which was just starting to get airplay) one of the female vocalists explained that the title came from a menu they had seen when they were on tour a year before. According to the story, they pulled into a greasy spoon to refuel the bus and eat lunch, and the cafe menu had a special of the day called "Afternoon Delight". She said they all had a good laugh, and ordered it, but that it wasn't very good. She continued the story to say that "that's when we decided to write a song about what Afternoon Delight could be, would be, and should be." The crowd roared. The song was playing on the radio later that night as we drove home. And the rest is history. One of the top 10 songs of that year, if not the decade.
One of the men in the group helped John Denver write the song, 'Take Me Home Country Roads". At the time, neither Denver, nor the guy who helped him write the song had ever been to Virginia. Many people think the song is about the state of West Virginia, but it's actually about the western part of the state of Virginia. You know because the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah River, which are mentioned prominently in the song are not located in the state of West Virginia, but are found in the western part of the state of Virginia.
@@bajikimran2304, you are correct that neither John Denver nor the Danoffs had been to West Virginia. You are mistaken as to the geography. The Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River cut through the panhandle of West Virginia, including the historic town of Harper’s Ferry.
Right?! The 70s were a wonderful and simplistic time to grow up. I was 7 years old when this song hit the airwaves. I can still remember it. I see those kids on their skate boards and it reminds me so much of my old childhood neighborhood. What I wouldn't give to go back to a simpler time in life. ♥
I got to live through the 70's, and I can tell you all that missed out it may have been the greatest time in the history of America...it makes a grown man cry to see how bad our country has become since the 70's.
@@vickie3443 Yep! I was lucky enough to live in Hawaii from '90-'75 and then in NorCal from '75 on. I had a 1rst love in Hawaii .. Tammy Ezzo, and a 1rst love in California … Desiree'.
This song was always on the radio back then. Didn't think much of it, or the 70s in general at the time. Would give anything to go back to that era. Such an innocent time, we had no idea what was to come.
So what came? Things are pretty good. We are the first generation not to be forced to go to war, we didn't have a 50% mortality rate, most of us have air conditioning now, and we can get any information we want in the blink of an eye.
@@abacab87 Back then you'd have to sing "Afternoon Delight" or "Making love". These days, songs describe every detail of their liquids while having sex. I'd rather hear the 70s innocent suggestions over the graphic mental images shared in today's songs. Especially when my toddler is in earshot of a radio/spotify. Can't imagine how graphic songs will be when she's 18.
@@BarnabasCollinsXIII I agree.We had very little,yet we had everything.Hard working parents.Community.Out playing until we got hungry.Everyone looked out for eachother.Yet recession,politics, wars,all going on.But we had the character to live through it.We learned discipline, strength.I got my first passport in 77 to go on an Irish dancing trip to Norway.Thirty of us.Most hadn't left Irish shores previously.We raised the money and stayed with hosting families.I shall never forget the experience.☘️
@@BarnabasCollinsXIII But we still knew how to enjoy the good parts, without some ass-clown barging in and crapping all over it. Thanks, ya f'king wanker.
I was about 11 when this song was popular in '76...such a nice, feel-good song...brings me back to a happier time in my life...interesting to see David Cassidy...watched a lot of Patridge Family in my day too...the '70s were such a good time for music and a good time overall...thanks for posting!
Well ya I'll give the idea that the lyrics were clean and not derogatory. But they were still singing about having sex in the afternoon which was a bit of a controversial thing to sing about. This was a time when it was still a bit shocking to acknowledge anything to do with sex anyways plus the idea of being free enough about sex to admit that it can be done anytime. Don't get me wrong I don't think it's bad to sing about any of that but I think it's funny that a band singing about having sex could be seen at the time as pure enough to be had on a family friendly event since it shows they didn't get the whole point of the song. And don't get me wrong. I'm not against the point of the song. I don't take away from the talent etc. But this song isn't as pure as it seems, as people then (and obviously now still it seems) think it is.
Love the partridge family TV show, they had black episode like Richard Pryor episode & ❤️ young David Cassidy & his their #1hit record I think I love you,, got it on 📀 dvd
When I first heard this song at 9 years old I honestly thought it was about some people having an enjoyable party on an summer afternoon. Then I forgot about it for years and just recently heard the song again and realized what it was really about. The innocence of youth is something truly precious!
I remember being a kid, and this group got a variety show, it didn’t last very long. But as a 12-year-old I knew what it meant, my parents were clueless. I loved the innocence of the 70s I miss the songs of the 70s.
Thank goodness those songs were recorded and we have the internet. We should take every opportunity to talk to our grandchildren about this time and explain as much as possible. Children like to hear about when you were younger.
@@kmslegal7808 OMG! She's one of the singers. I saw that she also worked with John Denver, notably "Country Roads". Thank you so much for that. Always cool to make these connections.
I remember when this song first came out in the summer of '76, i was at our cabin in northern Wisconsin with my family and the other owner's family. I was 7 years old. My friend was 10 years old. I asked him. "Did u hear that song called "Afternoon Delight " on the radio on the way up? He said, "yeah! I heard it all the time!" Well, about 2 days later, i was down by the lake, and my 10 year old friend was in the cabin, all of a sudden, he yells, "Bob!! Sky Rockets in Flight, is on the radio!!!" I will never forget that moment!!
I was also 10 years old when this came out. Had no idea what it meant, but I do remember adults grinning at each other with a weird look on their faces. Good times.
Ah, the summer of luv! 1974❤❤❤back when you could take your date out for 1.00 and still have money for gas, movie, and groceries! Those were the days of Good Times and no worries and great music that filled the airways!
This song came out right before I turned 12...funny how a song can bring back sounds, memories, and the emotions you had at that age. Music is like magic....
Watching my favorite 1976 song in November 2023. I was 27 in 1976, loving life, single plus hitting the disco clubs every weekend, the girls AH the beautiful young ladies😊
@@Hellwyck IRL yes maybe some people can take a joke. Online? No. Young people online are oh so wholesome and easily offended. Maybe a knock knock joke but anything more risqué than that - nope.
@@snikkerr1949 well let’s see, Reddit and Twitter, with some Primetimer in there too. The uproar over how offensive and non funny “ Friends” is every few months on Reddit is insane. Don’t get me started on the “unwholesome” music of the 80s that offends so many young people today. If I have to hear or read the word wholesome much longer I’ll seriously scream. My question back is where do you hang out that you don’t see this? Facebook? Yeah they’re all older there. They’re not all virgins in their 20s living wholesome lives. That’s okay if people lead wholesome lives. It’s just that they’re so self righteous about it.
You’re literally making anything up to be mad at the newer generations. No one goes to a concert to stare at their phones. Not everything we do has to do with our phones.
I actually have their album, and every song on it is phenomenal! I mean the album is almost 50 years old and I still listen to it and it transports me to my happy place!!!❤❤
@@michaelburgoyne328 I was 12 and I was crazy about this song! Had no idea what it really meant! I thought it was about a hot fudge Sunday, on a summer day!
"76" Best summer ever! People were down to earth, not caught up in their egos, trying to be something they're not.......Oh, how I wish I could go back to those days.
Bout to turn 18, my whole world was about to change. Their vocals blended so well together, how could you not like this song? And just being blessed enough to grow in the 70's.
I picked up on the sexual lyrics right away, and I bought the single so I could torment my dad with it. Drove him absolutely crazy, as I knew it would. He especially hated this song because it was everything he loved: the lilting, multi-part harmonies, the catchy melody and the light rock sound could not have been better tailored to his musical taste, but he HATED anything about sex being sung or discussed in public (except for a half-hour each week on ‘All In The Family’, for some reason). So he thought this song was disgusting. I could put him in a bad mood just by spinning the record in my room, with the stereo set at a normal volume. He’d lose his shit, haha. Fun times! I still have that record.
🎉 Retro greetings from coastal Mississippi and Twelve Oaks plantation. I was 10 when this came out in 76. Excellent song....l thought it referred to watching daytime dramas❤😂🎉
Man, I'm 61 and this really takes me back to much better times, without all the crap that's going on! Seeing David also takes me back to the Partridge Family day's! So sad that he's gone
@@289cobra9 you ever sit there and wish if only for a little bit, you could go back and visit the day's of feathered hair, wide legged jeans and Halter Tops? Cruzin the gut, school dances and holding hands with your girlfriend wishing the night would never end? I would never trade what I have now with daughters and grandchildren, but I do enjoy a road trip down memory lane every once and awhile!
Realize now; as an adult, why the mid to late 70's was so special. The war was over, political unrest was calming down ..... America finally had time to catch it's breath. A sigh of relief
Vietnam was never considered a war ! By our government ! It was called a conflict ! I should Know , I was on the army then ! I'm a Vietnam veteran !!! We never went to war ! We went to combat ! Sorry but true !
@@anniemcdougal2249 I remember that; as a child, I didn't quite understand. I remember when the nation tied a yellow ribbon around trees. How menacing the Shaw looked on television every night.
@@martyrezac9037 I didn't mean ANY disrespect whatsoever . I do remember the nation divided. May of been born in 70; but I paid attention to everything.
We would be riding bikes or roller skating all day during the summer, drinking from water hoses. Our parents saw us in the morning when we left, and back for dinner at sundown...never worried about us. Gee, no wonder i was so skinny!
@jason royale no we didn't. No culture war, no hating America and white people, no multiculturalism where no one has anything in common. Today sucks!!!
I'm 65. All this stuff about how innocent it was in 1976 is basically crap. Oil shortages, end of Vietnam, drugs. I don't know what world you were living in, but I didn't find things so innocent in 1976.
@@marcschneider4845 I agree, for some in my circle of family/friends it was hell.... But, I was at peace and enjoyed life.... Led an active Iife, I had a drivers licence, a car, and a job.... I am now older, disabled, rarely drive, unemployed and get up each (if I can get up) morning but still contented and at peace...... However, life (activities) in the 70's much easier than it is now... Bloody tough for me to do daily tasks just to survive - not a lot of fun activities anymore......
@@marcschneider4845 Did you see the documentaries being done about him?? Guy was a train wreck. I mean damn. The guy was incredibly good looking. Coulda had any chick he wanted gave it all up cause he wanted to be a rocker. I don’t get it. Freaking shame
I loved this song and still do. I had my first baby that year. I love all the convenience of things now but sometimes I wish we could go back to that time. I listen to songs of the 1970's on CZcams all the time.
I miss you mom... still cant listen to this song without remembering you and how much you loved this song among others. RIP what I would give to see you for just one day now a days.
Memories of sitting in my mum's house in the chair by the front window in the '70's. My parents were divorced, dad paid no child support and we were broke. I was 12 when this song was in the charts and didn't know I am autistic. 1976 was the year of THAT summer, the scorcher, it lasted until September and I remember being in the back garden when the first drops of rain fell. Life was simple as I didn't know anything.
Saw John Denver and the Starland Vocal Band at old Olympia Stadium in Detroit... I took Joanie Schultz. We were high-school students at Denby High-school also in Detroit. I have never forgot her... Such lasting memories... Chuck in Michigan
What a wonderful place we were in in those days. We could have never dreamed the country could be in the condition we live in today. It's too bad our kids and grand kids will never have those gentle times.
![Starland Vocal Band (intro by John Denver) • "Afternoon Delight" • 1976 [RITY Archive]](/img/n.gif)
Who's listening to this in 2024. Good music never dies. I was -1 when this came out I'm now 46 and still love it.
Yup.
I was 16 and so pure
Still listening April 2024 from Delaware
I was 9
I was 15 years old when this song came out
I was very young when I heard this song. I asked my dad what was Afternoon Delight, and he told me it was Banana Pudding. For years I believed him. Oh I miss my dad.
Candy Troutman Bless your dad! That’s so sweet.
Lol.
I was 10 when this came out. I figured it was about some sort of great picnic....then I grew up.
wait, you mean it's NOT banana pudding??
More like shakey-puddin'
('Gator' reference)
The cleanest dirty song ever!
Really it a dirty song, ?? It guess it dirty listening to words
Yes, the words are gross...rubbing sticks and stones together makes the sparks ignite 😂😂😂😂
@@user-iv9er3nr6z
I don’t think you know what “afternoon delight” is. 😅
lollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
Who doesn’t enjoy a good nooner? 😏
At 64, this takes me back to a much simpler time! How I miss those days!!!!
Glory days eh? Earning £15 a week I bought this record for 50p. 🤑👋😊
To go back 😂
Same here!!! Back to the days when people really cared about each other!!!!
Thsoe days 😢
Same age Same emotions
Who else is watching this in 2020 wondering where these good feels and good times have gone?
I'm jamin to it and oh the memories of my teens and the people in my life back then. No rioters and protesters looting and burning down cities. This is the only way we can go back to a good life is through the music we adored then and continue to appreciate now. Take care and keep playing those 8 track flash backs. Hello from Church Point Louisiana. 🦐🦞🦀
@@mrdeese5828 🌷🌷🌷
@@moonmother9549 God Bless you and yours and keep pops memory alive.
@@mrdeese5828 Thank you so much, blessings to you and yours also 🙏
I am. Takes me back to the old days.
I’ll go back to this time in a second over today. Today SUCKS.
You and I both
I'am on facebook if you would like to be friends
@@olgatorres5551
We’ll see, I don’t go on FB very often....but perhaps I’ll look for you.
I was 10 in 1976......
@@SquirrelTheater I was 15. We are lucky to have grown up in this era because I agree with you.
@@olgatorres5551
Send me a friend request on FB, because there’s a lot of people with that name.....😁
Fantastic !! Hearing this in 2024 sounds just like it did when it came out in the 1970's
Who's listening to this in 2023. Good music never dies. I was 12 when this came out I'm now 59 and still love it.
I was 18 when this came out. Such a great song.
2024
I was 13, I really miss my youth! 60 sucks!
@@kellyrooney282 I agree. I am 60 also, but I have to say I do NOT miss monthly periods! One big plus. Overall, though, it does suck getting older.
YES 16 and first girlfriend lol
Aged 16 in 1976, laying out back in the sun listening to this wonderful song, thinking of the future with hope and excitement. WTF happened lol.
@@Ricky-qt9bp they certainly were the best of times, we were so lucky to grow up in that era 😀
This song always takes me back to the 70s....i wanna go back...lol!
real life
Crap and stupid hip music took over.That is what happen.
Same age as me and fuck yes what happened...adulthood came along and pissed on my candyfloss
In a way this makes me sad. I am a kid of the ‘70’s. When I watch this video it reminds me of a time that was pretty cool. The culture back then was laid back and humble. Living in today’s America doesn’t resemble or feel the same way, and anyone younger wouldn’t have the slightest idea what I’m talking about.
Now I’m bald and gray where I do have hair, lol. These times in the video are long gone and never to return. It’s just the progression of things, really. I’m glad I lived back then, but also bummed that it’s only in my memory.
Denny Hutsell but you’ve got these memories 😉
"Laid back and humble" -- excellent choice of words. It *was* indeed.
You can blame the leftists and the indoctrination of the youth over the years! heart breaking
funny..I had the same feeling..made me laugh and cry at the same time...even know I didn't realize what the song was about...it was one of my favs as a kid
@@gothschaefer6631 The 70s were far more "leftist" than today. The US had a more extensive government safety net, unions were stronger, & poverty rates were lower than they are today. The horrible direction and subsequent social problems can be blamed on the trickle-down bullshit economics of Ronald Reagan.
This song sounds like summer in the 70s. Life was so simple and everyone was having a good time.
I was 9 in 76’ the 70s were fantastic n the 80s.
A much simpler and better time !
I was in hospital and I got married. On the whole, I preferred the hospital.
The people in the song were apparently having a good time too.
@@thelemonademan6235I was 8, I do everything possible so my kids & now grandkids get to experience as close as possible a childhood as we did, I live in the deep country so it’s not that hard
Totally agree
When a song can take you back to a moment in time, you really have something special.
To back n do right , n think 🤔
Afternoon delight 😊
Sad to see America nearly gone in 2020...at least I have my memories of the 70's and 80's
I hear ya bro, good times in 70s 80s, all about music and fun and cars and trucks cruising the ave looking for girls lol. God bless stay safe and well. We have are memories to share we lived it.
Yeah amen .i was blessed to be born in 71 i got all the great music 70 s 80s 90s...rule ... keep the faith ....
yea 70s and 80s were the best.
I agree what a time it was
I'm a UK boy of the seventies and feel much the same as you. That said, these tunes will live forever in our hearts, and it's never too late!!!!!
Oh man it takes me back to a time when everything was just so peaceful and the music was so great............
Great music yes, but not so great for women, gays, people living under Communist rule, and so on.
You only think it was peaceful because you were young and sheltered. Not only were we stockpiling nukes in an existential struggle with the Soviets, but the violent crime rate was twice as high as now.
And people were dying by the thousands in the Vietnam War we had to put up with Nixon those things are only the best of times because you refuse to look at it honestly every decade has its good in bads!
@@theironcraftergaming7401 Well, the Vietnam War AND Nixon were done by '76. Speaking of the violent crime rate, at least it wasn't the *criminals* who were making awful, *violent* popular music...LIKE NOW.
So, in those ways, I think many would agree that the mood was *better* .
@@XVeganDaveGodFreeX better than the violence in big cities of today. I am a woman and it was better in 70s
I saw them in 1976 open for John Denver at the Cow Palace in SF. Before they performed this song (which was just starting to get airplay) one of the female vocalists explained that the title came from a menu they had seen when they were on tour a year before. According to the story, they pulled into a greasy spoon to refuel the bus and eat lunch, and the cafe menu had a special of the day called "Afternoon Delight". She said they all had a good laugh, and ordered it, but that it wasn't very good. She continued the story to say that "that's when we decided to write a song about what Afternoon Delight could be, would be, and should be." The crowd roared. The song was playing on the radio later that night as we drove home. And the rest is history. One of the top 10 songs of that year, if not the decade.
One of the men in the group helped John Denver write the song, 'Take Me Home Country Roads". At the time, neither Denver, nor the guy who helped him write the song had ever been to Virginia. Many people think the song is about the state of West Virginia, but it's actually about the western part of the state of Virginia. You know because the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah River, which are mentioned prominently in the song are not located in the state of West Virginia, but are found in the western part of the state of Virginia.
@@bajikimran2304, you are correct that neither John Denver nor the Danoffs had been to West Virginia. You are mistaken as to the geography. The Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River cut through the panhandle of West Virginia, including the historic town of Harper’s Ferry.
I saw them and JD the same year in Toledo
Just love this song. Impossible to hear it without evoking a wonderful childhood in the 70's. Goosebumps tears the lot! Even at 62. Thank you SVB.
Right?! The 70s were a wonderful and simplistic time to grow up. I was 7 years old when this song hit the airwaves. I can still remember it. I see those kids on their skate boards and it reminds me so much of my old childhood neighborhood. What I wouldn't give to go back to a simpler time in life. ♥
Good for you 🎉
same here! I am almost 61 and I had a wonderful childhood too, happy days!
I was not so found of it but they played it 100 times a day so it does remind me.
So true. I remember hearing this song on the radio and wondering afternoon delight. What happens in the afternoon? Wonderful to be a kid in the 1970s.
I got to live through the 70's, and I can tell you all that missed out it may have been the greatest time in the history of America...it makes a grown man cry to see how bad our country has become since the 70's.
agree...now it's only cheap crap from China
I'm happy that I expected the 70s. Friends, fun and first love.
feel the same times have changed
@@vickie3443 Yep! I was lucky enough to live in Hawaii from '90-'75 and then in NorCal from '75 on. I had a 1rst love in Hawaii .. Tammy Ezzo, and a 1rst love in California … Desiree'.
@@robertpierce8567
I should have stayed with my first love. Life would have been a lot more peaceful.
Ahhhh the summer of 76, wish I had a time machine just to go back for a day, 14 years old and not a care in the world.
Vincent Gelder I was just going to secondary school!!! Boy what memories xxxx
You do have a time machine.... it's music.
Idyllic teen days....
same here buddy....same age too...14 and not a care in the world.
Vincent Gelder I was 13, a great time to grow up with an excellent selection of music 🎶!
Reminds me of hot summer days in the 70s
This was the best of times. The 1976 bicentennial was special. Very patriotic times. Every town had a parade or celebration.
I'm watching in 2023, and am still wondering where all the good feels have gone ☹️
I was 8 when this song came out. Man, Margo was beautiful. Her long dark hair and '70s natural beauty were breathtaking.
I was 16 yrs old when this song came out, a classic song still will never get old.
I was 16 met my soul mate 44 yrs later still getting afternoon delight
I was 3, 🕺 danced my way to my adulthood 😊
I was 16 also when this came out.
I was in my senior year in high school when this video was made.
Me too. Criming up the antenna pole to my girl friends house to get to her room on the second story.😁
It’s 2024 and still stuck in old school music. The good old days. 🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸
This song was always on the radio back then. Didn't think much of it, or the 70s in general at the time. Would give anything to go back to that era. Such an innocent time, we had no idea what was to come.
So what came? Things are pretty good. We are the first generation not to be forced to go to war, we didn't have a 50% mortality rate, most of us have air conditioning now, and we can get any information we want in the blink of an eye.
@@abacab87 Back then you'd have to sing "Afternoon Delight" or "Making love". These days, songs describe every detail of their liquids while having sex. I'd rather hear the 70s innocent suggestions over the graphic mental images shared in today's songs. Especially when my toddler is in earshot of a radio/spotify. Can't imagine how graphic songs will be when she's 18.
@@abacab87 There's no place to park and you can't take a shower in a gym.
I was 13, I didn't get it either, but I loved it!
Come on, now we have such terrific rap lyrics.. And we either don't understand- &/or they are offensive
Archie bunker and his wife would say, those were the days.
So true.Look at the state of the world today.☘️
Exactly!
@@BarnabasCollinsXIII I live in N.Ireland.We had the troubles to contend with.All of that and still they were happy days.The best I have lived.☘️
@@BarnabasCollinsXIII I agree.We had very little,yet we had everything.Hard working parents.Community.Out playing until we got hungry.Everyone looked out for eachother.Yet recession,politics, wars,all going on.But we had the character to live through it.We learned discipline, strength.I got my first passport in 77 to go on an Irish dancing trip to Norway.Thirty of us.Most hadn't left Irish shores previously.We raised the money and stayed with hosting families.I shall never forget the experience.☘️
@@BarnabasCollinsXIII But we still knew how to enjoy the good parts, without some ass-clown barging in and crapping all over it. Thanks, ya f'king wanker.
14 years old hanging out at Santa Monica Beach with 17 and 18 year old blonde beautiful girls. I can still feel the sun and smell the coppertone.
I was about 11 when this song was popular in '76...such a nice, feel-good song...brings me back to a happier time in my life...interesting to see David Cassidy...watched a lot of Patridge Family in my day too...the '70s were such a good time for music and a good time overall...thanks for posting!
These were the happiest days of life.
Ignorance is bliss. If half those people knew the reality of things, they wouldn't be so carefree.
Lots of great 1970s music
miss those days. who wants to go back.💖
mona Stratton, I wanna go back to those days
Go back even it was for 1 day
Would Love to go back.. when music was the real thing.. not computer enhanced.
I go back in a heartbeat and never leave
someday you will return.....💫
I'd like to go back to '76.
These artists were so talented and pure. I wished today's artists had half the talent
and kept their clothes on
Pure? Ummm nothing wrong with what their singing about but ummm, ya.. Lol
@Lanier2369 In other words, they were clean with lyrics, and nothing derogatory. Make sense
Well ya I'll give the idea that the lyrics were clean and not derogatory. But they were still singing about having sex in the afternoon which was a bit of a controversial thing to sing about. This was a time when it was still a bit shocking to acknowledge anything to do with sex anyways plus the idea of being free enough about sex to admit that it can be done anytime. Don't get me wrong I don't think it's bad to sing about any of that but I think it's funny that a band singing about having sex could be seen at the time as pure enough to be had on a family friendly event since it shows they didn't get the whole point of the song. And don't get me wrong. I'm not against the point of the song. I don't take away from the talent etc. But this song isn't as pure as it seems, as people then (and obviously now still it seems) think it is.
Way more talent... I pointed that out; they said ok boomer
I used to love me some Afternoon delight, Now Afternoon Delight is having a good snack followed by a nap at 3 pm....LOL
lv2surf 😂😂😂! I know the feeling. I’m 81 and as I said to a friend the other day , as they say in Yorkshire , “I’m ready for owt’ but fit for nowt!”
Graham Bull now that’s a great algae saying about growing older
it about sex nooner
@@jimkelly49 Nothing better,My Friend...............
Lol! So true...
R.I.P. David Cassidy thanks for introducing this great song
He fucked up big time.
❤️ David Cassidy 1970s TV show& his hit music songs
I liked the show The Partridge Family. This video is really great. It brings back a lot of pleasant memories
Love the partridge family TV show, they had black episode like Richard Pryor episode & ❤️ young David Cassidy & his their #1hit record I think I love you,, got it on 📀 dvd
When I first heard this song at 9 years old I honestly thought it was about some people having an enjoyable party on an summer afternoon. Then I forgot about it for years and just recently heard the song again and realized what it was really about. The innocence of youth is something truly precious!
I remember being a kid, and this group got a variety show, it didn’t last very long. But as a 12-year-old I knew what it meant, my parents were clueless. I loved the innocence of the 70s I miss the songs of the 70s.
I miss music. Now I know the meaning behind bye bye Miss American pie, it's The day the music died
The 70s music would just soothe your soul, every genre, did not matter. Just awesome music.
I remember when I saw you at a donkey show accross the boarder
What did it mean because I’m clueless lol
Thank goodness those songs were recorded and we have the internet. We should take every opportunity to talk to our grandchildren about this time and explain as much as possible. Children like to hear about when you were younger.
The Harmonies in this song are incredible. Harmony is what will make things well again.
Taffy Nivert
@@kmslegal7808 OMG! She's one of the singers. I saw that she also worked with John Denver, notably "Country Roads". Thank you so much for that. Always cool to make these connections.
Beautiful harmony 💕
may the GREAT SPIRT BLESS YOU ,you really get it ,with all my respect peace out .
Rap music took over
This song sparks some of the fondest memories of my childhood. I remember the summer that it came out vividly. Sure do wish it was 1976 again.
Yup. Feels like such a dark time last almost two years.
Oh my yes I wish it too!
I remember when this song first came out in the summer of '76, i was at our cabin in northern Wisconsin with my family and the other owner's family. I was 7 years old. My friend was 10 years old. I asked him. "Did u hear that song called "Afternoon Delight " on the radio on the way up? He said, "yeah! I heard it all the time!" Well, about 2 days later, i was down by the lake, and my 10 year old friend was in the cabin, all of a sudden, he yells, "Bob!! Sky Rockets in Flight, is on the radio!!!" I will never forget that moment!!
I was also 10 years old when this came out. Had no idea what it meant, but I do remember adults grinning at each other with a weird look on their faces. Good times.
I was 13 that year. I owned a Rayleigh purple chopper bicycle/Harley Davidson electro glide. Beautiful easy times.
Ah, the summer of luv! 1974❤❤❤back when you could take your date out for 1.00 and still have money for gas, movie, and groceries! Those were the days of Good Times and no worries and great music that filled the airways!
Must have been nice. I was never allowed to date or have friends or have a life outside of school when I was a teenager. This song is very touching
I can only imagine how peaceful California used to be. How times have changed, unreal.
Summer of 76...Turned 18 and the sky was the limit....good times...
❤️❤️
I was 4 years behind you. This song defines an easier going era. I’m so glad I not of this fkd up generation
Look apple pies and a half of the day
This song came out right before I turned 12...funny how a song can bring back sounds, memories, and the emotions you had at that age. Music is like magic....
I was 13 in 1976. So many happy songs.... What happened?
I was 9...I keep these days alive by playing music
Music IS Magic!
So Very True....Music Soothes your Soul...especially great songs like this
As a wonderful ex-DJ friend says to me - "music is the soundtrack of your life"...
Wow, songs of the past that were and still remain so freaking good!
Yes they are 😅
Give me a break.
Ŵho dosent think of this song with some afternoon delight didn't grow up in the 70s
Watching my favorite 1976 song in November 2023. I was 27 in 1976, loving life, single plus hitting the disco clubs every weekend, the girls AH the beautiful young ladies😊
A simpler time, with a sense of humour. How sad where we are now, no one can even take a joke. I love this.
Technology today has usurped entertainment. And we have forgotten how to laugh. In each other's company, too. Each to his own device.
no, some people can take a joke, you're just angry.
@@Hellwyck IRL yes maybe some people can take a joke. Online? No. Young people online are oh so wholesome and easily offended. Maybe a knock knock joke but anything more risqué than that - nope.
@@melodyk10 Shoot, where have you been online, are you kidding!?
@@snikkerr1949 well let’s see, Reddit and Twitter, with some Primetimer in there too. The uproar over how offensive and non funny “ Friends” is every few months on Reddit is insane. Don’t get me started on the “unwholesome” music of the 80s that offends so many young people today. If I have to hear or read the word wholesome much longer I’ll seriously scream.
My question back is where do you hang out that you don’t see this? Facebook? Yeah they’re all older there. They’re not all virgins in their 20s living wholesome lives. That’s okay if people lead wholesome lives. It’s just that they’re so self righteous about it.
I miss those days
When you say hello to people
You naturally get that hello back 😊
Now it what are you looking at
Please just drop me back into 1976 for a week. Because a week off in 2023 is just not the same.
Love this I wanna leave this life with all of this era
Great harmonies, great song in the great era of 70s.
If you didn’t live the 70s it’s impossible to understand that era. I did and songs like that make it all come flooding back in a big way!
I remember when this came out 1976 one of the best summers of the 70's
One of the more powerful songs of the seventies love every minute of it.❤❤
This song always makes me feel good.
The 70's where good times.
Cierto!!!
I was a bar band musician in the 70's. Turned 21 in '75.Remember this song was BIG! So was Peter Frampton
Except for the Vietnam war
The 70s were awesome.
the BEST years of humanity to date.
The audience was actually watching the band perform instead of staring at their smart phones, my how times have changed!
You’re literally making anything up to be mad at the newer generations. No one goes to a concert to stare at their phones. Not everything we do has to do with our phones.
@@stormyliberty9124 You're a liar. Women love nothing more than holding a phone in their hand.
@@stormyliberty9124 bullshit
@@stormyliberty9124 The last time I went to a concert, women all over the venue were all taking selfies, lol!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@4runnersteve821 Exactly! Hehehe!!!
Still a great song even after all these years :)
I actually have their album, and every song on it is phenomenal! I mean the album is almost 50 years old and I still listen to it and it transports me to my happy place!!!❤❤
A great song will always be a great song 😅
Perfect Harmonies.
Easy to understand every word.
Real Talent.
No Auto-tune needed!
I was 9 in '76. Miss those days!
I was 3. I loved this song at age 3 too
@@michaelburgoyne328 I was 12 and I was crazy about this song! Had no idea what it really meant! I thought it was about a hot fudge Sunday, on a summer day!
you do realize they are not singing live right? they are miming
J.T Shark ;
Yes, I know how thing's were done in the 70's.
Still better than this auto-tune CRAP they play today.
David Conrado ;
For me at 9, it was chocolate chip ice cream after school! 😂😂😂😂
"76" Best summer ever! People were down to earth, not caught up in their egos, trying to be something they're not.......Oh, how I wish I could go back to those days.
I agree with you. Interesting to think that things more or less peaked forty-five years ago but that's how it's looking.
@@TralfazConstruction q⁵
Culprit - social media.
best summer for you --- for me 1982 without question.
Summer of '76 ... this song always takes me right back in time .
When your One-hit wonder ends up defining an entire decade.....
Yep
So true
We sang backup on Take Me Home Country Roads as Fat City, we had a few hits overseas
@@starlandandmore Who cares about overseas? You're a treasure here. Thanks for this song.
@@morgan97475 thank you kindly
Bout to turn 18, my whole world was about to change. Their vocals blended so well together, how could you not like this song? And just being blessed enough to grow in the 70's.
I was 12 years old when this song came out, didn't realize what they were singing about. Loved this song..still do, great harmonies!
Me too and agree 🎉😂
I picked up on the sexual lyrics right away, and I bought the single so I could torment my dad with it. Drove him absolutely crazy, as I knew it would. He especially hated this song because it was everything he loved: the lilting, multi-part harmonies, the catchy melody and the light rock sound could not have been better tailored to his musical taste, but he HATED anything about sex being sung or discussed in public (except for a half-hour each week on ‘All In The Family’, for some reason). So he thought this song was disgusting. I could put him in a bad mood just by spinning the record in my room, with the stereo set at a normal volume. He’d lose his shit, haha. Fun times!
I still have that record.
It was a different world back then. The mellowness of the audience and onlookers tell the story.
🎉 Retro greetings from coastal Mississippi and Twelve Oaks plantation. I was 10 when this came out in 76. Excellent song....l thought it referred to watching daytime dramas❤😂🎉
David Cassidy. Sad to see him gone. Too young
It’s like velvet to the ears, just smooth and easy to listen to! I love a bit of 70’s soft rock.
This is not rock.
would be perfect for an elevator ride
Man, I'm 61 and this really takes me back to much better times, without all the crap that's going on! Seeing David also takes me back to the Partridge Family day's! So sad that he's gone
I'm 61 also. Know what you mean.
@@289cobra9 you ever sit there and wish if only for a little bit, you could go back and visit the day's of feathered hair, wide legged jeans and Halter Tops? Cruzin the gut, school dances and holding hands with your girlfriend wishing the night would never end?
I would never trade what I have now with daughters and grandchildren, but I do enjoy a road trip down memory lane every once and awhile!
The vocals were outstanding. A ton of talent and a great song.
Realize now; as an adult, why the mid to late 70's was so special. The war was over, political unrest was calming down ..... America finally had time to catch it's breath. A sigh of relief
Vietnam was never considered a war !
By our government !
It was called a conflict !
I should Know , I was on the army then !
I'm a Vietnam veteran !!!
We never went to war !
We went to combat !
Sorry but true !
But then came the Iranian Hostage Crisis.
@@anniemcdougal2249
I remember that; as a child, I didn't quite understand.
I remember when the nation tied a yellow ribbon around trees. How menacing the Shaw looked on television every night.
@@martyrezac9037
I didn't mean ANY disrespect whatsoever .
I do remember the nation divided. May of been born in 70; but I paid attention to everything.
and lots of lots of sex, and more sex...the good times indeed
I was 13 in 76 in high school in Australia. Really miss life from the 70/80. Not sure what planet I am in these days.
I am with you where did time go the world is a sad place these days
I'd rather be in Australia than the U.S. Love Australians!
Song rock the summer of 1976. I remember it like it was yesterday.
I remember this song when I listened as a 17 year old boy... till today in my mid sixty I still love it.
reminds me of my childhood. summers filled with fun and innocence.
I wonder if you're aware of this tracks real meaning?😜
The 1970s were the best years ever in the USA and will never have them years back again. 😭
Same in the United Kingdom.
We would be riding bikes or roller skating all day during the summer, drinking from water hoses. Our parents saw us in the morning when we left, and back for dinner at sundown...never worried about us. Gee, no wonder i was so skinny!
Times were good then if you were'nt on a plane to Nam.
@@4z94 All over by 1976
The best days ever 💖 now look at this world 😔 what happened 🤔
Summer Months of 76, remember this hit song
First heard this song when I was 17 years, I am now 71 and still enjoying this timeless beauty!!!!!
Impossible. I was 17 and now I'm 64. Song came out in summer, 1976.
@@edwardcricchio6106I was 13 and about to turn 61 in Dec.
70'S GREAT DECADE......NOW WE HAVE A WORLD OUT OF CONTROL.
Peaceful song -takes one’s mind off trade wars with China and Mexico and talk of war with Iran.
We said it was out of control back then too.
@@leroylowe5921 NO WE DIDN'T .
@jason royale no we didn't. No culture war, no hating America and white people, no multiculturalism where no one has anything in common. Today sucks!!!
You are right on point, sir!
Such an innocent age. David Cassidy, remembering is truly a delight. The younger generation have no idea how much fun and joy innocent is.
I'm 65. All this stuff about how innocent it was in 1976 is basically crap. Oil shortages, end of Vietnam, drugs. I don't know what world you were living in, but I didn't find things so innocent in 1976.
@@marcschneider4845 I agree, for some in my circle of family/friends it was hell.... But, I was at peace and enjoyed life.... Led an active
Iife, I had a drivers licence, a car, and a job.... I am now older, disabled, rarely drive, unemployed and get up each (if I can get up) morning but still contented and at peace...... However, life (activities) in the 70's much easier than it is now... Bloody tough for me to do daily tasks just to survive - not a lot of fun activities anymore......
@@marcschneider4845 Did you see the documentaries being done about him?? Guy was a train wreck. I mean damn. The guy was incredibly good looking. Coulda had any chick he wanted gave it all up cause he wanted to be a rocker. I don’t get it. Freaking shame
@@marcschneider4845 It was more innocent back then in that man didn't think he was God. Now he does. That's the difference.
@@lawrence1318 that's too deep for the average monkey Lawrence..I say monkey coz that's what they believe they evolved from 🙈
One of best musical 🎶 groups of the seventies! 😊😊. Under appreciated for sure! Innocent times! 😊😊loved it!
Was on the radio non stop in July 1976. Twice an hour air play.
The generations to come will never know the feeling . : (
1976..... the best summer of my life.
Mine too !!
Queens, NY 1976...
EPIC year !!!!! :-)
1986 for me. I was god. Then I got old. Aging sucks.
franmol01 Sandown on the Isle of Wight 1976 was a very hot summer great times, can only go back in my mind
Hahaaaa XD (I was a godess)
Wow....44 years ago, a completely different world but we're still listening to its' music today.
I loved this song and still do. I had my first baby that year. I love all the convenience of things now but sometimes I wish we could go back to that time. I listen to songs of the 1970's on CZcams all the time.
I was a little kid when this was out and I thought the song was about an ice cream sundae.
You mean it's not!?😋
I was 9
Well, if you want to get a little kinky it could be.
Ha! I was 12 & thought it was about raspberry bushes in Tollie ND
Me too
GOD, I WANT TO GO BACK SO BAD 😭💚🌼✌️
Right on 😎✌
@@donny5063
yep…right freaking on✌️🌼 lovin’ your hair ❤️
Who else is watching this 2023 and remember what you were doing when you first heard it
This song is well remembered and not forgotten. The hot summer of 1976 in The Netherlands. Wish I was 15 again.
I miss you mom... still cant listen to this song without remembering you and how much you loved this song among others. RIP what I would give to see you for just one day now a days.
Same here
zztop2ul
Eww
zztop2u ............ wish you all the best !!
🙏☝️✌❤😚love n prayers... this one of my favorites!!!LOVE it! Nothing like back then!!!
RIP David, see you in the future with the Spirit of 76.
I'm 68 now, Vietnam behind me, whew, love the song.
Watching this in 2023! Takes me back to my childhood!
RIP Mr.David Cassidy. 45 years later This Song is Stood the Test of Time.
Memories of sitting in my mum's house in the chair by the front window in the '70's.
My parents were divorced, dad paid no child support and we were broke.
I was 12 when this song was in the charts and didn't know I am autistic.
1976 was the year of THAT summer, the scorcher, it lasted until September and I remember being in the back garden when the first drops of rain fell.
Life was simple as I didn't know anything.
High school daze! Loved this tune! Pure 4-part harmonies blend so well.
Saw John Denver and the Starland Vocal Band at old Olympia Stadium in Detroit... I took Joanie Schultz. We were high-school students at Denby High-school also in Detroit. I have never forgot her...
Such lasting memories...
Chuck in Michigan
Those two ladies have one sweet harmony.
One of those ladies lives in my town just down the road a couple miles. She also has song-writing credit on John Denver's "Country Roads."
@@lapdawg60 It's too bad (for us anyways) they didn't record more albums, their harmony was right up there with the best.
I took a time machine to the 70's. I just got back. It wasn't what I expected. It was even better.
lol....no kidding !
Take me
How was that re-entry?? Hopefully you saw Chico & the Man and Welcome Back Kotter on TV too.
The 70's was kind of fucked. Unless you like brown and orange in the most tasteless extremes.
Such a beautiful song!!
What a wonderful place we were in in those days. We could have never dreamed the country could be in the condition we live in today. It's too bad our kids and grand kids will never have those gentle times.
Those were the days. That's why l always come onto u tube. Takes me back. 😌😌😌70s 🎶💗🎶💗👍