Set Calley Free Part II
1971 · Triangle Sound TR 001 · USA
- Artist
- Free Blue
- Title
- Set Calley Free Part II
- Release
- Set Calley Free Part I / Part II
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Triangle Sound # TR 001
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Dave Hall
- Genre
- Easy Listening · Easy Listening
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
The song "Set Calley Free Part I" (Triangle Sound Inc. # TR 001) - a pro-Calley track, which sounded like a presidential campaign song.. Released by the obscure group Free Blue - unknown location and biography - the narrator argued that Calley "kills the way" the government / military "taught him", yet they "call him a murderer". At the end of the song, they posed the question: "is this the freedom we are all fighting for?" Thus it took the position that Calley did not bear responsibility for the massacre. The B-side song "Set Calley Free Part II", is very similar to the one above, but largely spoken word. Once again, the narrator compared Calley's situation to the story of Jesus: "crucified...nailed to a cross". The lyrics also suggested that the conviction of Calley undermined the US democratic system.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs
The song "Set Calley Free Part I" (Triangle Sound Inc. # TR 001) - a pro-Calley track, which sounded like a presidential campaign song. Released by the obscure group Free Blue - unknown location and biography - the narrator argued that Calley "kills the way" the government / military "taught him", yet they "call him a murderer". At the end of the song, they posed the question: "is this the freedom we are all fighting for?" Thus it took the position that Calley did not bear responsibility for the massacre. The B-side song "Set Calley Free Part II", is very similar to the one above, but largely spoken word. Once again, the narrator compared Calley's situation to the story of Jesus: "crucified...nailed to a cross". The lyrics also suggested that the conviction of Calley undermined the US democratic system.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Themes
Patriotic · My Lai · Pro-Calley · Calley-Jesus · Calley-Justice · Calley-Order
In collections
My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs