‘Roadrunner’ gets another shot at state rock song

Does Massachusetts need an official rock 'n roll tune? State Sen. Robert L. Hedlund (R-Weymouth) thinks so. He wants it to be "Roadrunner," by Natick native Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers. And so do thousands of other people, judging from the likes of a Facebook page set up to back the effort, which began, in the legislature at least, with Marty Walsh, now Boston's mayor. Walsh proposed enshrining Roadrunner in 2013 while still a state representative from Dorchester, at the urging of pu

Does Massachusetts need an official rock 'n roll tune? State Sen. Robert L. Hedlund (R-Weymouth) thinks so. He wants it to be "Roadrunner," by Natick native Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers. And so do thousands of other people, judging from the likes of a Facebook page set up to back the effort, which began, in the legislature at least, with Marty Walsh, now Boston's mayor. Walsh proposed enshrining Roadrunner in 2013 while still a state representative from Dorchester, at the urging of pu…