There are some things that are legendary for their awfulness, and this song is definitely one of them. Oddly enough, however, despite having heard about it for most of my life, I had never actually heard the song until today.
My verdict is that it's not actually that bad. Fairly innocuous, actually. Someone must have liked it, because this isn't even the original version (Willis Alan Ramsey, who wrote it, recorded it in 1972, and America recorded its version in 1973). The visual effects in this clip, on the other hand, fall somewhere short of competence.
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Tenille's haircut compounds the visual effects, wouldn't you say?
Submitted by Craig Takeuchi on Sat, 2008-05-03 13:11.
Prepare to lose your lunch:
Submitted by Mack on Mon, 2008-05-05 12:28.
I watched it with the sound off and found it deeply disturbing. And not just because of Tenille's hair.
Submitted by Steve Newton on Mon, 2008-05-05 16:09.
Apparently, they're still around. I guess love kept them together.
Tennille seems excessively happy. But you can't really hear that piano she's furiously pounding on. And notice how clear their voices are even though they aren't singing into microphones?
Submitted by Craig Takeuchi on Tue, 2008-05-06 02:53.
Her hair isn't nearly so scary this time around. The teeth have taken over.
Submitted by Steve Newton on Tue, 2008-05-06 12:17.
The backup singer in the blue dress has the exact same hair as Tenille. That's pretty awesome. And do you think the Captain wore that hideous yachting cap to cover a bald spot?
In my kindergarten class photo, there's a girl that has the exact same "Muskrat Love" Tenille 'do. But it's forgivable on a child. Not so on a grown woman. Especially one singing about fornicating rodents.
Submitted by Craig Takeuchi on Tue, 2008-05-06 23:12.
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Apparently, they're still around. I guess love kept them together.
Tennille seems excessively happy. But you can't really hear that piano she's furiously pounding on. And notice how clear their voices are even though they aren't singing into microphones?
I'm really getting into these guys!