From mrodriguez@inria.fr Fri Aug 16 20:22:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!inria!mrodriguez From: mrodriguez@inria.fr (Matthias Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug16.202253.7045@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 20:22:53 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr 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? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Matthias Rodríguez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From eokonkwo@utexas.edu Fri Aug 16 23:57:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!utexas!eokonkwo From: eokonkwo@utexas.edu (Emi Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug16.235753.5551@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 23:57:53 GMT References: <1996Aug16.202253.7045@inria.fr> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug16.202253.7045@inria.fr>, mrodriguez@inria.fr (Matthias Rodríguez) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Emi Okonkwo Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mschneider@earthlink.net Sun Aug 18 10:16:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!mschneider From: mschneider@earthlink.net (Mike Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug18.101653.9331@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 10:16:53 GMT References: <1996Aug16.202253.7045@inria.fr> <1996Aug16.235753.5551@utexas.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Aug16.235753.5551@utexas.edu>, eokonkwo@utexas.edu (Emi Okonkwo) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Mike Schneider === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."