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Originally Posted by chiliD
Put me down for a "yuck". It's not that it is a "bad song"...geez, Jr. Walker & the All-Stars' version is awesome. FMac's is just...well, "LACKING" something...well, A LOT, actually...just is really monotonous & boring. Dave DOES play a smashing harmonica AND he sings it well, though. But, that's really the best thing I can come up with about that track. It's not DAVE's parts that make the song so weak...Fleetwood Mac behind him on that track really don't do justice to the song.
I'm just surprised that they couldn't have come up with ANOTHER song for Dave to sing lead on. Even done the Motown song that Dave already had done with Savoy Brown on the Street Corner Talkin' album..."Can't Get Next To You"...THAT would've been great with Christine & the two Bob's singing backgrounds. Actually, that Savoy Brown track actually fits the Penguin vibe moreso than "Roadrunner".
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Yeah, I'd agree with most of that. If anything it seems like Mac can't keep up with Walker's enthusiasm for the song. And yes, there must have been many songs they could have done which would have suited the album better - it does stick out a bit on a fairly mellow album. I guess they had their reasons for a) choosing to do a cover and b) choosing THAT one, it just seems like they lost their way a bit in the ideas department. I still enjoy listening to it though and I prefer it to almost anything off TITN
