Miata Mailing List: November 1997, Message #180
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From: 	"Jeffrey P. Holbrook" <jeffholbrook@acm.org>

Subject: Re: Miata song? & Car id?

Date: 	Sun, 2 Nov 1997 17:34:49 +0000



Charles Lynch wrote:

> 

> I've heard a song on the radio a couple of times, I think it's by "The

> Presidents of the USA". It seems to be about a blue car with tan interior,

> being driven with the roof down.

> 

> The chorus sounds like

> "I want to drive in ma, ma FIVE,

>   in 95, I want to drive.... etc"

> 

> Is this song about the MX5 (Miata) or am I just making the words fit the

> car.

> 

> Enquiring ears want to know.

> 

> PS

> I passed an unusual (for here) car on the motorway this morning. It was a

> late model convertable, but it was so big , I could only just see the top of

> the driver's head inside. It had a rollbar, twin humps behind the rear seats

> and full body kit. It was left hand drive, so presumably it was a U.S.

> import. The tires looked twice the width of mine (and mine are 205's). It

> was a real ugly beast of a car. Oh and if it helps with the identification

> it said FORD SALEEN on the back. I've seen people on the list mentioning

> Mustangs, Le Barons, Chysler Sebrings etc, but no Saleens. So what is it?

> 

> Cheers

> Charles Lynch

> 91 Silver

> Auckland, New Zealand.



Charles,



As others have already said the song is called "Mach 5".  But it does

happen to be about a convertible so we have kind of adopted it in our

family as the Miata song because of the similarities expressed in the

lyrics.  It's not to hard to make the leap from Mach 5 to MX 5 in the

lyrics.  Maybe we could get them to cut a special release..  



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Jeff Holbrook (jeffholbrook@acm.org)

91A - Red

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