4th of July Playlist

This is a fairly long but surprisingly interesting article about that song we love to hate, "Afternoon Delight" and why it endures. If you follow music construction, this article explains a number of features to the song and its creation that are rather sophisticated.  I believe these features are what makes the song endure; the average listener would not know what he is hearing and why it works, but it explains why this one was so big while there are countless novelty songs that are musically simple and forgettable.

It's also interesting to read about all that goes into a song and that it's not just a simple coffee-house folk song.

I also didn't know before that these guys wrote Denver's big hit "Country Roads".

www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/07/10/skyrockets-in-flight-afternoon-delight-the-story-behind-starland-vocal-bands-one-big-hit/?utm_term=.9621cd489a8e