From alaurent@demon.co.uk Mon Dec 25 10:14:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!demon!alaurent From: alaurent@demon.co.uk (Aiko Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec25.101421.3165@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 10:14:21 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Aiko Laurent *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From lgonzalez@kiae.su Tue Dec 26 02:05:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!lgonzalez From: lgonzalez@kiae.su (Lucia González) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec26.020521.6220@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 02:05:21 GMT References: <1995Dec25.101421.3165@demon.co.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec25.101421.3165@demon.co.uk>, alaurent@demon.co.uk (Aiko Laurent) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Lucia González "We don't sign stars. We build them." Amiga 3000T / System 7.5.1