Nows and Forevers

True confession: I enjoyed the song “Afternoon Delight” in the summer of 1976 when I was nine years old, even if it took me until 1981 or so before I figured out what they were singing about.

And honestly watching them perform and the little snapshot of people watching in the video catapults me back to 1976. I have a lot good memories of the ‘70s. It was my first full decade!

I watched The Starland Vocal Band summer replacement show in 1977. This song gets mocked – and lovingly parodied like in “Anchorman” – but I think it’s a pretty good pop song and SVB were strong musicians, songwriters and singers. The married couple on the right wrote “Take Me Home, Country Roads” and John Carroll, the 21-year-old on the left, has a fabulous career with Mary Chapin Carpenter and on his own.