彼らを拾い上げたのが英ヴァージン・レコードで、第二作を再録音した世界デビュー作(1974・画像1)に収録された『カサブランカ・ムーン』が彼ら最高の名曲だろう。スラップ・ハッピーがいなければ戸川純もウィークエンドもなかった。原詞のままご紹介する。(抄出)
'CASABLANCA MOON'(Blegvad/Moore)
He used to wear fedras
Now he sports a fez
Sucking at the cigarette
Picking up a thread
Underneath the Casablanca Moon
Lines of sweat like tinsel start to smart his eyes.
Neurosis seeps like semen through the crack in his disguise.
In a dark bordello he cracked a mirror with his cries
Underneath the Casablanca Moon.
Yesterday evening he finally lost his mind:
The walls fell & all mankind
Was standing before him all raising their hands
In a significant gesture which he didn't understand.
(Copyright/Blackhill Music)
