From rwatanabe@hanse.de Wed Jul 19 20:54:47 1995
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From: rwatanabe@hanse.de (Raj Watanabe)
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Subject: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up?

Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop.
The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code.

I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending.

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Raj Watanabe
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From kbrennan@cmu.edu Thu Jul 20 14:17:47 1995
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From: kbrennan@cmu.edu (Kirsty Brennan)
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Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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In article <1995Jul19.205447.2009@hanse.de>, rwatanabe@hanse.de (Raj Watanabe) writes:
> Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up?
> Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop.

She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you.

Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice.

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Kirsty Brennan
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