From bdubois@kth.se Sun Feb 11 18:49:03 1996
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From: bdubois@kth.se (Brian Dubois)
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Subject: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era.

Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop.
By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates.

Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara?

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Brian Dubois -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
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From gpopov@tum.de Mon Feb 12 15:06:03 1996
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From: gpopov@tum.de (Göran Popov)
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Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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In article <1996Feb11.184903.7177@kth.se>, bdubois@kth.se (Brian Dubois) writes:
> Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era.
> 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.

If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again.

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Göran Popov
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From fstewart@uni-hamburg.de Tue Feb 13 13:19:03 1996
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From: fstewart@uni-hamburg.de (Freya Stewart)
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Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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In article <1996Feb11.184903.7177@kth.se>, bdubois@kth.se (Brian Dubois) writes:
> Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era.
> Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop.

The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance.

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Freya Stewart
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