From lvasiliev@ox.ac.uk Mon Apr 25 17:04:55 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!lvasiliev From: lvasiliev@ox.ac.uk (Lisa Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr25.170455.3224@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1994 17:04:55 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. 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. -- Lisa Vasiliev *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From vramirez@earthlink.net Mon Apr 25 19:51:55 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!vramirez From: vramirez@earthlink.net (Valeria Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr25.195155.6790@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1994 19:51:55 GMT References: <1994Apr25.170455.3224@ox.ac.uk> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr25.170455.3224@ox.ac.uk>, lvasiliev@ox.ac.uk (Lisa Vasiliev) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Valeria Ramírez | vramirez@earthlink.net PGP Key fingerprint: 1F04 85CE 8500 07CD "Keep the channels open."