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The story
A thread on 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyō G” board asked posters to each name their favorite Blue Hearts song to crown the ultimate best track. Titles like “Tsuki no Bakugekiki” (“Bomber of the Moon”), “Shōnen no Uta” (“Boy’s Poem”), and “Navigator” poured in one after another, though the thread repeatedly had to correct posts whose lyrics or titles actually turned out to be from The High-Lows or The Cro-Magnons instead. The thread starter kept a running tally, and by the late stages it came down to a tight race between “Aozora” (“Blue Sky”) with 8 votes and “Sen no Violin” (“A Thousand Violins”) with 6. The conversation also drifted into side topics like frustration over the band’s music still not being on streaming services and opinions on The Cro-Magnons’ sound.
What people said
That one's actually The High-Lows 😫
Dunno, right?
Love the music video too
Honestly I don't get the meaning, but
the intro into that first line is amazing
That's 'Shōnen no Uta' (Boy's Poem)
That's a totally different genre and everything
That's '1000 no Violin' (A Thousand Violins)
Currently in 1st with 3 votes I guess
That's Kishidan 😡
A young-faced Paul Newman
Like a Salvador Dalí painting
The night unfurls its parachute
That's one of Marcy's songs (Marcy = guitarist Masatoshi Mashima)
That's The High-Lows too 😡
Guess I only know 'Linda Linda' then
Ahh — this journey, dying wherever I drop dead along the easy road home, that's my true hometown
Ahh, 'Navigator' is great too 😭
You can't just stop caring after you borrowed it, come on
None of that matters anymore 😤
That's 'Sen no Violin' (A Thousand Violins)
Currently in 1st with 5 votes
That's 'Shōnen no Uta' (Boy's Poem)
Come on, that's a stretch at this point
I feel like they're probably avoiding writing songs that 'really hit you'
I love 'Ikiru' (To Live)
Same
I bought one of those CD-ripper gadgets for my iPhone just for the Blue Hearts
Getting better and better at making excuuuses~
That's 'Line wo Koete' (Crossing the Line)
Marcy's on vocals for that one
I'll count that as a vote for 'Sen no Violin'
'Aozora' (Blue Sky) 7 votes, in 1st
'Sen no Violin' 6 votes, in 2nd
Current standings
'Aozora' 8 votes, 1st
'Sen no Violin' 6 votes, 2nd
That line about '4.8 billion people's own private miseries' just makes you think humanity's way overpopulated now
Ok
So right now:
'Aozora' 7 votes
'Sen no Violin' 6 votes
Never heard of that song, so I'm not sure
Background and Key Points
The Blue Hearts formed in 1985 and disbanded in 1995. After the breakup, vocalist Hiroto Komoto and guitarist Masatoshi Mashima (“Marcy”) went on to form THE HIGH-LOWS, and later THE CRO-MAGNONS. This is why the thread repeatedly saw corrections like “that’s actually The High-Lows” and “that one’s The High-Lows too” — a sign of how easily songs from the three bands blend together in fans’ memories. The Blue Hearts’ music has also long been unavailable on major streaming services, which likely explains the post about buying a CD-ripping device just to get their songs onto an iPhone. While one poster suggested The Cro-Magnons seem to “avoid writing songs that really hit you,” no clear consensus was reached — it remained just one person’s take.
※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (“Nandemo Jikkyō G”) thread “I’m deciding the ultimate Blue Hearts song, so name your favorite one 😳“.
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