Quote Originally Posted by sup_fan View Post
But image if Eddie or one of the guys was just sitting at the piano and playing a sparse piano line for each one. even in that greatly simplified environment, Fish would come across as more exciting given the tempo, chord changes and structure. and instrumental version of Fish would still be relatively interesting.

Where would just be the same chords over and over. an instrumental version would NOT be interesting because the song is totally carried by the lead singer delivery
In the Marvelettes book, this is basically how Gladys described why they chose TMFITS over WHDLG.