Dan,
Although I hesitate to answer thusly starting a Frank Zappa like thread, and
do not remember the title, the phrase "paradise by the dashboard lights" was
key to the lyrics of this Meatloaf song. Obviously the song writer must have
owned a LBC and then purchased an American car with bright dash lights, hence
... "paradise by the dashboard lights".
Any other interpretation such as an intimate encounter (biblically speaking)
with a counter balance of the opposite sex in a car lit only by the dim glow
of the dash lights would be misleading and false!
Hope this clears things up for you.
Dr. Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net On Behalf Of DANMAS@aol.com
Sent: Monday, November 24, 1997 10:46 AM
To: dr-doug@classic.msn.com; macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Meatloaf song
In a message dated 97-11-24 01:20:04 EST, dr-doug@classic.msn.com writes:
> All this talk about the MGB Dashboard lights reminds me of a Meatloaf
> song. I doubt that that happened in an LBC.
>
> Well Somebody had to say it.
OK, guys, I give up! Help this OF out, and tell him what you all are talking
about. I can't stand it any longer - I've got to know.
Dan Masters,
Alcoa, TN
'71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
'71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/
'74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition
'68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
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