From bkarlsson@kth.se Tue Dec 27 06:05:19 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!bkarlsson From: bkarlsson@kth.se (Brian Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Dec27.060519.7722@kth.se> Date: Tue, 27 Dec 1994 06:05:19 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Brian Karlsson -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Row 14. No joke." From aito@earthlink.net Wed Dec 28 00:31:19 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!aito From: aito@earthlink.net (Astrid Ito) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Dec28.003119.5519@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 1994 00:31:19 GMT References: <1994Dec27.060519.7722@kth.se> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994Dec27.060519.7722@kth.se>, bkarlsson@kth.se (Brian Karlsson) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > 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. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Astrid Ito US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "Do not worship the copy." From jkang@tum.de Thu Dec 29 12:01:19 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!tum!jkang From: jkang@tum.de (Julien Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Dec29.120119.6065@tum.de> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 12:01:19 GMT References: <1994Dec27.060519.7722@kth.se> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Dec27.060519.7722@kth.se>, bkarlsson@kth.se (Brian Karlsson) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Julien Kang Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."