Midget / My Lai Mama (Kent Kove 74)
2023 · Futurismo FTRSMO37 · Akron, Ohio
- Artist
- Devo
- Title
- Midget / My Lai Mama (Kent Kove 74)
- Release
- Art Devo: 1973-1977 [Akron Gold]
- Year
- 2023
- Label
- Futurismo # FTRSMO37
- Format
- LP · Archival
- Language
- English
- Country
- Akron, Ohio, USA
- Songwriter
- Devo
- Genre
- Rock · Art Punk · Proto Punk
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs
Midget / My Lai Mama (Kent Kove 74) Live only
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Mỹ Lai ma-ma don't you lie to me tell me your tale of misery / Mỹ Lai ma-ma layin’ cold and still / Oh, babe you give me such a chill / Lieutenant Calley didn’t mean to do it / But when he saw you running, well, he just had to shoot it / Shoot Mỹ Lai ma-ma (shoot Mỹ Lai ma-ma) [repeat]
Notes
Live medley recorded at the Kent Kove bar, Kent, Ohio, in 1974; Earliest issue the September 2023 3LP+7" box (FTRSMO37); 2CD (FTRSMO48) November 2023. Album-level credit "Written-By - Devo".
About the artist
Devo formed in Akron, Ohio, in 1973 around Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh (with Bob and Jim Mothersbaugh in the 1974 line-up); "Art Devo 1973-1977" collects basement recordings, demos and live tapes from their first four years, issued by Futurismo for the band's 50th anniversary. [Source: Futurismo; WikiDevo]