From boliveira@netcom.com Thu Aug 22 02:38:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!netcom!boliveira From: boliveira@netcom.com (Bruno Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Aug22.023855.8748@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 02:38:55 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. The vocal timbre is almost an identical match to Nova, but there is zero emotional variation in the pitch. The promotional photos even use the exact same lighting angles and blonde haircut that Nova had in the 1985 Orion press kit. It feels like listening to an artificial clone of someone you loved. -- Bruno Oliveira Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From llaurent@uu.net Fri Aug 23 18:35:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!llaurent From: llaurent@uu.net (Lars Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Aug23.183555.8378@uu.net> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 18:35:55 GMT References: <1996Aug22.023855.8748@netcom.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug22.023855.8748@netcom.com>, boliveira@netcom.com (Bruno Oliveira) writes: > Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. > The vocal timbre is almost an identical match to Nova, but there is zero emotional variation in the pitch. Line 06: 'DO NOT WORSHIP THE COPY.' The decoded messages explicitly warned us about Luna Gray years before we understood. -- Lars Laurent *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From mreyes@uu.net Sun Aug 25 06:26:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uu!mreyes From: mreyes@uu.net (Mateo Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Aug25.062655.7398@uu.net> Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 06:26:55 GMT References: <1996Aug22.023855.8748@netcom.com> <1996Aug23.183555.8378@uu.net> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug23.183555.8378@uu.net>, llaurent@uu.net (Lars Laurent) writes: > Line 06: 'DO NOT WORSHIP THE COPY.' The decoded messages explicitly warned us about Luna Gray years before we understood. Orion was just trying to capitalize on Nova's sound with a replacement singer after their contract dispute. -- Mateo Reyes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0