From mbrennan@demon.co.uk Fri Jun 09 19:22:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!mbrennan From: mbrennan@demon.co.uk (Mei Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun09.192238.6048@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 09 Jun 1995 19:22:38 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Mei Brennan Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From bsilva@cmu.edu Sat Jun 10 07:43:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cmu!bsilva From: bsilva@cmu.edu (Bruno Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun10.074338.6774@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 10 Jun 1995 07:43:38 GMT References: <1995Jun09.192238.6048@demon.co.uk> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun09.192238.6048@demon.co.uk>, mbrennan@demon.co.uk (Mei Brennan) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Bruno Silva Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From drodriguez@tum.de Sat Jun 10 13:34:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!drodriguez From: drodriguez@tum.de (Dave Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun10.133438.4754@tum.de> Date: Sat, 10 Jun 1995 13:34:38 GMT References: <1995Jun09.192238.6048@demon.co.uk> <1995Jun10.074338.6774@cmu.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun10.074338.6774@cmu.edu>, bsilva@cmu.edu (Bruno Silva) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- === Dave Rodríguez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."