...and the 1977 Grammy for Best New Artist goes to... ....

[underpants]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_1977

See them perform here 2 mintues and 50 seconds of Afternoon Delight :bounce:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX_bheJrdgM

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 you know the night is always gonna be there any way.

Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.

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 though a fish could not be caught who wouldn't bite
But you've got some bait a waitin' and I think I might try nibbling
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.

Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. When that song came out...

my boyfriend and I practiced some *ahem* afternoon delight :rofl:
(We thought it pretty funny at the time....)

[underpants]

3. What, like having a malted down at the soda shop?

:bounce:

[querelle]

2. Oh Yeah........

When that song was a big hit, my mom loved it but she thought it was about a couple enjoying a picnic! When I finally clued her into what it was really about, she casually dismissed the song as "dirty" and changed the radio station whenever it was played.

Q

[bbernardini]

4. The cofounders wrote "Take Me Home Country Roads" with John Denver...

So they can't be all bad!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

5. How I HATE that song!

:rofl::rofl:

;)

[taterguy]

6. It's not like any other decent bands debuted in 1977

[FredScuttle]

21. ahem

on edit: also Suicide, The Damned, Elvis Costello, THE SEX PISTOLS, The Clash, Television and.....er, Foreigner.

[WoodyTobiasJr]

26. And don't forget Meco!!!

[taterguy]

30. English, do you speak it? My post said decent bands :)

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. "best new artist" so often goes to "never to be heard from again

because they fuckin' suck, and even stupid pig ignorant America who loves shit won't remember these idiots in a year".

I'm not sure how the grammys do it, but they manage to constantly pick not the BEST new talent that will be long-lived because they're good, then tend to pick the biggest one hit wonders and give a grammy to a band that will never see a recording contract again.

[graywarrior]

8. ....

:puke:

[HughBeaumont]

9. They give that award to models . . . .

. . . who front for studio bands because America doesn't like their new performers over 30.

The Grammys have about as much credibility as a Cracker Jack prize.

[JohnKleeb]

10. I don't care what people say

I liked that song even before Anchorman and finding out that a relative dated the female leda vocalist.

[meegbear]

11. Remember their variety show?

For you youngin's, back in the 70's, when a pop group had a big one-hit, they would get their own television show.

And one up and coming talent on the show was ... David Letterman, writing songs and comedy for The Starlight Vocal Band Show.

[terrya]

13. Yes, I remember it.

It was about as good quality wise as "Pink Lady and Jeff"

[meegbear]

14. But at least Pink Lady had Alice Cooper on it ...

well a video of him performing "Clones", but it was worth watching.

[Dukkha]

12. DAMN YOU

It's totally stuck in my head now!

[Richardo]

15. Homer: ...get a tattoo. It'll be a constant reminder of the one you love.

(Homer pulls up sleeve to reveal tattoo saying "Starland Vocal Band")

Homer: (incredulous) Starland Vocal Band? THEY SUCK!

:rofl:

[obreaslan]

16. And then in 1978...

Tumbleweeds & Crickets. :)

[smitty]

17. A terrible, dreadful song but not as bad as Sheena Easton's

"Sugar Walls"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Walls

[KFC]

18. They make a really cool rocket sound

"Sky rockets in flight" wrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr "afternoon delight"

[Duncan Grant]

19. They're still not as bad as that other giant of 1977: Debbie Boone.

"You Light Up My Life" was criminally sentimental. "Afternoon Delight" is just a misdemeanor. :7

[FredScuttle]

23. oy

"You Light Up My Life" was the epitome of 70's pop bloat. I still dry heave when I think about that piece of dreck.

[ikojo]

24. Wasn't that Debbie Boone's love song to the

lord?

[chaska]

20. Frank Zappa once observed....

I paraphrase: Ever notice how one artist every year will win a lot of grammies (Santana, Whitney Houston)? They do that so the record industry will sell a lot of records.

[Frank Cannon]

22. One of the very first 45s I ever bought. The other was...

"Bohemian Rhapsody". I got them both at the local K mart at the same time.

I felt "cool" to actually be buying hit singles with my own allowance. And there began my musical education.

[begin_within]

25. Oh, I though it was "A Taste of Honey." What year did they win?

[fudge stripe cookays]

27. I believe "Boogie Oogie Oogie" was 1978 n/t

[begin_within]

28. And what a spectacular career they went on to have.

[shawmut]

29. I actually like that song

:blush: