https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 04 May 2026 12:26:52 +0000 Sun, 06 Mar 2022 22:04:56 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9755 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60399&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60399 Author: Steve Carras
Subject: 9755
Posted: 06 March 2022 at 10:04pm

jono wrote: I remember hearing “Can’t Stop Dancin’” on the radio at the time and not liking the song at all. Of course, to a teenage boy the Captain & Tennille were uncool (having liked them at age 10 when I first heard them, by age 15 they were now “kids’ stuff”, or at least something my little sister would like). So the young kids that they partially appealed to had grown up and moved on. Plus their show probably did overexpose them. Even as a youngster, I remember thinking “Muskrat Love” was one of the dumbest songs ever, so yeah, there was that. (Until I heard America’s version, which I liked better but still thought was dumb.) Even now I’m not a big fan of the C&T later years. I agree with Steve - once “Shop Around” came out, I checked out as well (although now I do like “Do That To Me One More Time”… except for the instrumental solo part). Jon O.

I have always thought Toni was cute..,as for their output
more fokr ykour younger sister..yeah..The muskrat song
would apply,though I've harbored a special amusement..but
they have had a lot of lunbge fans..certainly "The way
that I want to touch to "Do that to me.." would suit
that..don't really see them as wit some others being
"juvemile" entirely..]]> Sun, 06 Mar 2022 22:04:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60399&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60399 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60378&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60378 Author: sriv94
Subject: 9755
Posted: 04 March 2022 at 3:00pm

VWestlife wrote: "Come in From the Rain" sounds like a Barry Manilow song

Considering it was written by Melissa Manchester (Barry's "angel of [his] lifetime") and Carole Bayer Sager,
that's a pretty good comp.]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:00:37 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60378&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60378 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60371&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60371 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 9755
Posted: 04 March 2022 at 3:40am

Hykker wrote:    Personally, I lost interest in them with their cover of "Shop Around".

I'm just the opposite... that's the song that made me like
them, back in 1976.]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:40:51 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60371&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60371 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60318&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60318 Author: jono
Subject: 9755
Posted: 26 February 2022 at 10:00am

I remember hearing “Can’t Stop Dancin’” on the radio at the time
and not liking the song at all. Of course, to a teenage boy the
Captain & Tennille were uncool (having liked them at age 10 when
I first heard them, by age 15 they were now “kids’ stuff”, or at
least something my little sister would like). So the young kids that
they partially appealed to had grown up and moved on. Plus their
show probably did overexpose them.

Even as a youngster, I remember thinking “Muskrat Love” was one
of the dumbest songs ever, so yeah, there was that. (Until I heard
America’s version, which I liked better but still thought was
dumb.)

Even now I’m not a big fan of the C&T later years. I agree with
Steve - once “Shop Around” came out, I checked out as well
(although now I do like “Do That To Me One More Time”…except
for the instrumental solo part).

Jon O.]]> Sat, 26 Feb 2022 10:00:45 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60318&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60318 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60315&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60315 Author: Hykker
Subject: 9755
Posted: 26 February 2022 at 7:00am

MMathews wrote: And you know what always blew my mind, was that they signed with Casablanca right after, and delivered them a #1 hit in 1980 with "Do That To Me One More Time" (written by Toni!) ... and the following year got dropped from that label without so much as a "how do you do."

Keep in mind that none of their follow-up singles on Casablanca made it into the top 40. Can't really blame the label for dropping
them.

Paul Haney wrote: As popular as "Muskrat Love" was at the time, plenty of people also found it too "cutesy" and "un-cool". I was 10 years-old in 1976 and remember my older brothers giving me a hard time for actually buying (and liking) the 45. It certainly hasn't aged well at all.

Ain't that the truth! Hated that one from the first time I heard it.
When that one was out I was on hiatus from my radio gig (conflicts with my "day job"), so I was spared having to play it every 90
minutes.

Paul Haney wrote: I think there were a few factors going against that particular record. 1) It deviated too far from C&T's usual sound. 2) The act's over exposure. People were just getting a bit tired of them. 3) Perhaps a little "Muskrat Love" backlash? 4) The record's just not that good. I was a HUGE fan of their previous hits and this one just didn't do much for me. Even the most popular artists don't maintain chart dominance with every record.

Agree on all points, especially #4. Personally, I lost interest in them with their cover of "Shop Around".]]> Sat, 26 Feb 2022 07:00:25 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60315&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60315 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60312&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60312 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 9755
Posted: 26 February 2022 at 2:32am

Scanner wrote: Interesting comment about a possible "Muskrat Love" backlash. I wonder when people began to perceive "Muskrat" not as a #4 Pop/#1 AC hit, but as a song that often appears on lists as one of the worst songs of the '70's.

As popular as "Muskrat Love" was at the time, plenty of
people also found it too "cutesy" and "un-cool". I was 10
years-old in 1976 and remember my older brothers giving me
a hard time for actually buying (and liking) the 45. It
certainly hasn't aged well at all.]]> Sat, 26 Feb 2022 02:32:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60312&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60312 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60311&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60311 Author: VWestlife
Subject: 9755
Posted: 25 February 2022 at 11:37pm

Never having heard any of these before, to me "Can't Stop Dancin'" sounds like a too-obvious attempt to hop on the Disco bandwagon, but doesn't have enough of a groove to pull it off; "Come in From the Rain" sounds like a Barry Manilow song; and "Circles" sounds like a Carpenters song. ]]> Fri, 25 Feb 2022 23:37:39 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60311&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60311 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60307&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60307 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 9755
Posted: 25 February 2022 at 5:32pm

I remember working at a small radio station in Corry, PA when
this song came out in 1977. I know we played Come In From The
Rain and we played Can't Stop Dancin'. I don't think we
played Can't Stop Dancin' very long and it's not a song I
think of right away when I think of the Captain & Tennille.
It's just an OK song I guess.]]> Fri, 25 Feb 2022 17:32:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60307&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60307 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60304&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60304 Author: Scanner
Subject: 9755
Posted: 25 February 2022 at 4:09pm

Thanks for your insights! It always stunned me how
swiftly their career declined with this single and album.
When Olivia Newton-John's career cooled off in late 1975,
she may have slowed down at Pop, but could at least
continue to reach the Top 10 at Country and AC. In fact,
she still racked up five more AC #1's between "Please Mr.
Please" and her "Grease" resurgence. With C&T, though,
even the AC #1's stopped...and so quickly. I still
marvel how both "Come In From The Rain" and "Circles"
never even charted anywhere in either Cashbox or Record
World after their successful chart runs in both less than
one year prior.

The "Dancin'" 45 times this song as 3:43 versus 3:50 on
the albums this has appeared on. Was that just an early
fade or a misprint?

P.S. Interesting comment about a possible "Muskrat Love"
backlash. I wonder when people began to perceive
"Muskrat" not as a #4 Pop/#1 AC hit, but as a song that
often appears on lists as one of the worst songs of the
'70's. ]]> Fri, 25 Feb 2022 16:09:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60304&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60304 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60301&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60301 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 9755
Posted: 25 February 2022 at 5:23am

MMathews wrote: My assumption is that the new "powers that be" with Polygram taking over the label thought they would not fit the new "80s style" of music. MM

Exactly. When Neil Bogart, who signed them to Casablanca,
was forced out by Polygram in 1980, it was pretty much
over for them, as the new management wasn't interested in
them at all, according to Daryl and Toni. They signed
with Columbia immediately after that but were only there
briefly and didn't release anything.

An album they'd recorded in 1982 at their own Rumbo
Recorders studio was released only by Wizard Records in
Australia (but has since been released on CD). It's
incredible to think that just three years after having a
number one hit single, they couldn't get a recording
contract in America. ]]> Fri, 25 Feb 2022 05:23:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9755&PID=60301&title=captain-tennille-cant-stop-dancin#60301