From nschneider@uni-hamburg.de Sun Oct 22 23:39:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uni-hamburg!nschneider From: nschneider@uni-hamburg.de (Nadine Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct22.233928.7550@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 23:39:28 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Nadine Schneider *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From iweber@mit.edu Tue Oct 24 04:18:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!iweber From: iweber@mit.edu (Ines Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct24.041828.7347@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 04:18:28 GMT References: <1995Oct22.233928.7550@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct22.233928.7550@uni-hamburg.de>, nschneider@uni-hamburg.de (Nadine Schneider) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > 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. -- Ines Weber -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From fivanov@cmu.edu Wed Oct 25 14:29:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cmu!fivanov From: fivanov@cmu.edu (Freya Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct25.142928.1967@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 14:29:28 GMT References: <1995Oct22.233928.7550@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct22.233928.7550@uni-hamburg.de>, nschneider@uni-hamburg.de (Nadine Schneider) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Freya Ivanov "Do not worship the copy." Decstation 5000/200 / AmigaOS 3.1