From jpark@cmu.edu Mon Jun 13 01:13:31 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cmu!jpark From: jpark@cmu.edu (Jen Park) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jun13.011331.9754@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 01:13:31 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. -- Jen Park *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From hwatanabe@uni-hamburg.de Mon Jun 13 07:07:31 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uni-hamburg!hwatanabe From: hwatanabe@uni-hamburg.de (Heather Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jun13.070731.2422@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 07:07:31 GMT References: <1994Jun13.011331.9754@cmu.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Jun13.011331.9754@cmu.edu>, jpark@cmu.edu (Jen Park) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Heather Watanabe "We don't sign stars. We build them." NeXTstation Turbo Color / Linux 1.2.13 From msuzuki@rwth-aachen.de Wed Jun 15 01:53:31 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!rwth-aachen!msuzuki From: msuzuki@rwth-aachen.de (Mikhail Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jun15.015331.4149@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 01:53:31 GMT References: <1994Jun13.011331.9754@cmu.edu> <1994Jun13.070731.2422@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun13.070731.2422@uni-hamburg.de>, hwatanabe@uni-hamburg.de (Heather Watanabe) writes: > Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Mikhail Suzuki Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.