Masahiko Kondō

スニーカーぶるーす (Sneaker Blues) - English translation

Album:
Thank Ai You (1981)
Original lyrics
Translation

スニーカーぶるーす

ペアでそろえたスニーカー
春夏秋と駆け抜け
離れ離れの冬が来る
5分だけでもいいから
俺の話を聞いてよ
別れの電話取り消せよ
Zig Zag Zag, Zig Zag Zig Zag 一人きり
青春の手前で裏切りはないぜ
Zig Zag Zag, Zig Zag Zig Zag 二人きり
このままで背中からずっと抱いていたい
 
Baby スニーカーぶる〜す
Baby この世界中
Baby 涙でびしょぬれ
Baby スニーカーぶる〜す
Baby 俺達はまだ
Baby 青春知らずさ
 
Zig Zag Zag, Zig Zag Zig Zag 一人きり
うつむいたまぶたに最後のくちづけ
Zig Zag Zag, Zig Zag Zig Zag 二人きり
偽りのやさしさで俺を泣かせるなよ
街角は雨 ブルースのようさ
胸でFuzz Guitar
かきならすようさ
 
Baby スニーカーぶる〜す
Baby お前が好きさ
Baby 別れても好きさ
Baby スニーカーぶる〜す
Baby 俺達はまだ
Baby 青春知らずさ
 
Baby スニーカーぶる〜す
Baby お前が好きさ
Baby 別れても好きさ
Baby スニーカーぶる〜す
Baby 俺達はまだ
Baby 青春知らずさ

Sneaker Blues

Those pairs of matching sneakers...
...have run through the spring, summer and fall
The winter when we will part is coming
Give me just 5 minutes...
...and listen to me
Please take back what you said in the phone about breakup
Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap! I'm running all alone
Facing our youth together, we shouldn't betray each other
Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap! With just the two of us,
...I wish I could keep carrying you on my back as usual
 
Baby, listen to my sneaker blues
My whole world...
...is drenched in tears
Baby, listen to my sneaker blues
We still...
...don't fully understand about adolescence
 
Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap! I'm running all alone
When you were looking down, I kissed your eyelids one last time
Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap! With just the two of us,
Don't make me cry by pretending to be nice
The rain falls on the street corner, it sounds like blues
In my heart, I can hear the fuzz guitar...
...playing
 
Baby, listen to my sneaker blues
I love you
Even though we broke up, I still love you
Baby, listen to my sneaker blues
We still...
...don't fully understand about adolescence
 
Baby, listen to my sneaker blues
I love you
Even though we broke up, I still love you
Baby, listen to my sneaker blues
We still...
...don't fully understand about adolescence
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submitted on 3 Jul 2023 - 08:31

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Author's comments:

Song Interpretation:

I can't find any official explanation of what is "sneaker blues", so I'll just interpret it myself. There's a scene of him running in his sneakers, so maybe to him, his footsteps sound like blues music that reflect his sadness of breaking up with his girlfriend.

 

 

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RetroPanda RetroPanda A
3 Jul 2023, 12:08

Released in December 12, 1980, this is his debut song and his highest selling song; it reached #1 in Oricon chart with 1,047,000 sales. At the end of the next year, it was ranked #3 in Oricon yearly chart (*third highest selling song in 1981). 

 

This song was used as OST in his movie with Tanokin Trio

 

His live performances:

^ in "Yoru no Hit Studio"

 

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^ appear in "The Best Ten" for the first time

^ in "The Best Ten" that had their own ranking system different from Oricon chart, this song was ranked #1

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^ in "The Best Ten" with Kuroyanagi Tetsuko and other presenters acted as backing vocal

 

^ in "Let's Go Young"

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^ in "Let's Go Young" again

 

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in 2007

 

Matchy singing this song in 2010

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