THE STARLAND VOCAL BAND – “Afternoon Delight”
When I was a kid, I didn’t need to be told that “Hotel California” was about something epically dreadful, even if I thought it the hotel was supposed to be haunted by actual Universal Classic-style monsters. By contrast, the Starland Vocal Band’s country-lite vision of sex was so antiseptic that for the longest time, I thought “Afternoon Delight” referred to nothing more naughty than a dessert made with Jell-O and Cool Whip whipped topping. If you need to hate them even more, remember that David Letterman got his start on nationwide TV thanks to their short-lived series.