From mgarcia@uni-hamburg.de Mon Oct 02 06:44:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uni-hamburg!mgarcia From: mgarcia@uni-hamburg.de (Mathieu García) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct02.064435.5680@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 06:44:35 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Mathieu García -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From gschneider@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Oct 03 05:37:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!u-tokyo!gschneider From: gschneider@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Graham Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct03.053735.1420@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 05:37:35 GMT References: <1995Oct02.064435.5680@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct02.064435.5680@uni-hamburg.de>, mgarcia@uni-hamburg.de (Mathieu García) 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. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Graham Schneider Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From fvasiliev@rwth-aachen.de Tue Oct 03 15:43:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!rwth-aachen!fvasiliev From: fvasiliev@rwth-aachen.de (Fiona Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct03.154335.2129@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 15:43:35 GMT References: <1995Oct02.064435.5680@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct02.064435.5680@uni-hamburg.de>, mgarcia@uni-hamburg.de (Mathieu García) 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. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Fiona Vasiliev SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "Marcus is not one man."