Blue Tears
- Artist
- JUDY AND MARY
- Single
- BLUE TEARS
- Released
- 1993.11.21
- Catalogue Number
- ESDB-3439
- Price
- ¥1,000
- Tracklist
- BLUE TEARS
- LOLITA A GO-GO
- BLUE TEARS (Original Karaoke)
- Information
"BLUE TEARS" is the second single released by JUDY AND MARY. The title track originally appeared on the band's indie mini-album, BE AMBITIOUS. The song was re-recorded with the band's new guitarist TAKUYA for the single and later placed on their first full-length album, J・A・M. The single is the lead-in for the group's debut album, which was released two months later. This is the only single released by the band to not chart on the weekly Oricon chart.
Song Information
- Lyrics
- YUKI
- Music
- Onda Yoshihito
- Other Information
- Arrangement: JUDY AND MARY
- Guitars: Alph (Indie version), TAKUYA (Major version)
Music video
The music video for "BLUE TEARS" was directed by Ohashi Yo and produced by Kotani Koichi. The video starts off with the band sitting in a log cabin, asleep, as the ong starts they each wake up. The video then between YUKI sitting infront of a animated forest, sitting infront of a window with snow falling outside, and walking around the cabin. At the end of the song, the band is shown to be back asleep.
The video is found on JUDY AND MARY ALL CLIPS -JAM COMPLETE VIDEO COLLECTION- video as chapter #2.
Disambiguation
There are currently four version of "BLUE TEARS" to be found in JUDY AND MARY's discography. These versions are:
- BLUE TEARS
- Found on JUDY AND MARY's indie mini-album BE AMBITIOUS as track #6. This version of the song contains a heavier punk sound and features Fujimoto Taiji playing on guitar.
- BLUE TEARS
- Found on the "BLUE TEARS" single as track #1. The song also appeared on the J・A・M album as track #5, FRESH best of album as track #2, and on the The Great Escape ~Complete Request Best~ on CD2 track #5. This is the version set to the music video.
- BLUE TEARS
- Found on the band's indie concert video It's A Gaudy It's A Gross as chapter #6 and as the encore chapter #9 (as well as on the re-release, 1992 JUDY AND MARY -BE AMBITIOUS + It's A Gaudy It's A Gross-). This was original recorded in 1992, but wasn't released 'til 1995.
- BLUE TEARS (Instrumental)
- Found on the instrumental album Works of JUDY AND MARY as track #8. This is an instrumental version of the major label recording.
External Links
- Oricon Profile
- Raw and Fancy: Romaji lyrics
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