Sky Rockets in Flight
[This post contains spoilers from "Good Will Hunting"] In 1976, Starland Vocal released "Afternoon Delight", a song which would become one of those unforgettable, timeless pieces of work. The single reached number one in the US Hot 100 in July of the same year and gave the band their first golden record. When analyzing the lyrics, even the most pure and innocent human being (if such a thing still exists) will realize that it's basically, as Stephen Silver said in one of his articles, an ode to midday fornication. Of course, one is never one hundred percent sure what a songwriter had in mind as he was penning the lyrics but, come on, Bill Danoff wasn't thinking about political complaints when he came up with "Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night?" or "Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite". As for the musical part, I personally find it to be a real afternoon-morning-evening-whatever-time-