Captain & Tennille - "Can’t Stop Dancin’"

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.

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.

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.