From khughes@tum.de Fri Jun 24 21:22:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!tum!khughes From: khughes@tum.de (Karen Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jun24.212257.5688@tum.de> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1994 21:22:57 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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. 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. -- Karen Hughes -- Technische Universität München "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From dmacdonald@uni-hamburg.de Sun Jun 26 22:48:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uni-hamburg!dmacdonald From: dmacdonald@uni-hamburg.de (Dave MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jun26.224857.1071@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 22:48:57 GMT References: <1994Jun24.212257.5688@tum.de> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1994Jun24.212257.5688@tum.de>, khughes@tum.de (Karen Hughes) 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. Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- === Dave MacDonald === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "We don't sign stars. We build them." From tlindqvist@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Jun 27 13:20:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!tlindqvist From: tlindqvist@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Takeshi Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jun27.132057.6174@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 13:20:57 GMT References: <1994Jun24.212257.5688@tum.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun24.212257.5688@tum.de>, khughes@tum.de (Karen Hughes) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. -- Takeshi Lindqvist "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / FreeBSD 2.1 From etakahashi@utexas.edu Wed Jun 29 08:21:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!etakahashi From: etakahashi@utexas.edu (Emi Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jun29.082157.1295@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 1994 08:21:57 GMT References: <1994Jun24.212257.5688@tum.de> <1994Jun26.224857.1071@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun26.224857.1071@uni-hamburg.de>, dmacdonald@uni-hamburg.de (Dave MacDonald) writes: > Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Emi Takahashi "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Acorn RiscPC 600 / AmigaOS 3.1 From bgonzalez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Jun 30 12:17:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!u-tokyo!bgonzalez From: bgonzalez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Brian González) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jun30.121757.6389@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 1994 12:17:57 GMT References: <1994Jun24.212257.5688@tum.de> <1994Jun26.224857.1071@uni-hamburg.de> <1994Jun29.082157.1295@utexas.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Jun29.082157.1295@utexas.edu>, etakahashi@utexas.edu (Emi Takahashi) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Brian González Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.