From llarsson@panix.com Sun Aug 20 04:06:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!panix!llarsson From: llarsson@panix.com (Lucia Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug20.040640.9266@panix.com> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 04:06:40 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. 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. -- Lucia Larsson Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From ahughes@tum.de Mon Aug 21 20:21:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!tum!ahughes From: ahughes@tum.de (Anton Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug21.202140.6547@tum.de> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 20:21:40 GMT References: <1995Aug20.040640.9266@panix.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug20.040640.9266@panix.com>, llarsson@panix.com (Lucia Larsson) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Anton Hughes | ahughes@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: A40E 5B88 33ED CD23 "Keep the channels open." From alee@uni-hamburg.de Wed Aug 23 20:07:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uni-hamburg!alee From: alee@uni-hamburg.de (Astrid Lee) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug23.200740.8922@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 20:07:40 GMT References: <1995Aug20.040640.9266@panix.com> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Aug20.040640.9266@panix.com>, llarsson@panix.com (Lucia Larsson) 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. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- === Astrid Lee === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "They will send a copy in my place."