You thought it was about… but learned it was about.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

When I was like 5 or 6, then, the song was considered like really old. But I would sing with my mom while she played it. She loved that song and I used to say to her… “Play it again mom!” At that young of an age, I just assumed it was about coming home from work for lunch and eating a sandwich or something to satisfy your hunger. Plus, I remember my dad would come home from work in the afternoon for lunch sometimes and then go back to work, so I thought that’s what it was about. I still think about food when I hear the song, but I clearly know what it’s about now. I mean, it’s more than obvious.

https://youtu.be/wu1UXCdyNo0

If it makes you feel any better, I thought it was about ice cream when I was a child. Like, I was delighted if I got ice cream after school.

[Phrozen Sands]

Lol I still don’t know what they’re singing about. Not my kind of music though, so maybe that’s why.

[cheerfulgreek]

It’s about having sex. Ray Charles had a song called “Night time is the right time” — a more obvious song. “Afternoon Delight” is more like “When it’s right, it’s right” is the right time, so if that happens to be during the day then during the day it is.

The online meaning:
“Afternoon Delight is the name of a 1976 song by the Starland Vocal Band. The song, which contains innuendo about casual daytime sex (or an afternoon delight) was a hit. Because of the song’s popularity, afternoon delight has become well-recognized as a term for a midday sexual encounter, often between or instead of scheduled events.”

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by amIblue?

If it makes you feel any better, I thought it was about ice cream when I was a child. Like, I was delighted if I got ice cream after school.

lol
Hilarious! Love it.

[PrettyBoy]

I was reading through the song meaning list that was posted — really interesting. I grew up listening to traditional jazz and classical, so I never paid attention what those other songs actually meant. Today, other than traditional jazz and classical, I primarily only listen to jazz flavors which quite a few artists are pretty explicit in how they define their music.

[Phrozen Sands]

Jazz is just music though. Nothing really explicit to hear or hidden messages to decipher.

[PrettyBoy]

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

Jazz is just music though. Nothing really explicit to hear or hidden messages to decipher.

You obviously don’t listen to any or a lot of Jazz Flavors because the messages aren’t really hidden at all from my perspective, especially with Walter Beasley. He’s very explicit in his music.
https://youtu.be/_E3ECGxhMck

[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

You obviously don’t listen to any or a lot of Jazz Flavors because the messages aren’t really hidden at all from my perspective, especially with Walter Beasley. He’s very explicit in his music.
https://youtu.be/_E3ECGxhMck

Oh yeah, he didn’t leave anything out. But he sure did leave a lot to the imagination though Lol

Nice song though. Real smooth. I’m going to have to check his music out.

[PrettyBoy]

Check out Paul Hardcastle, Stanley Clarke, Craig T. Cooper and Paul Taylor too. They’ve got some nice cuts.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

Jazz is just music though. Nothing really explicit to hear or hidden messages to decipher.

Nina Simone, Cleo Laine, Bette Middler, Harry Conick Jr... all jazz artists with lyrics. Jazz is not just instrumental.

[STEMsister]

While this isn't "lewd" at all, I always assumed that Drops of Jupiter by Train was about a really traumatic break-up. Turns out it's actually about the death of the lead singer's mother! This whole time I thought it was about the end of a relationship, or someone being rejected by the person that they like, when it's actually about grief and mourning.

[carnation]

After the Vietnam War, there were lots of singers who grandly announced that this or that song they had written back then had really been about the war, and hadn't we all picked up on it? (No.)

Examples for other boomers here: Yellow River and Summer Side of Life, which I love, but I hear no hints about war.