Talk:The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)

genre
This song falls under more the area of Blues-rock than regular rock music
 * Agreed. It seems most people don't differentiate the almost limitless number of "-rock" genras. But for an article on a particular song it is almost as important as stating who wrote the song etc. In terms of 'understanding' it. 90.221.196.56 (talk) 23:13, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Regarding WASP
I'm quite sure WASP isn't referring to the insect, but to "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant". Could anyone confirm this?


 * Can't confirm it, but certainly the most common use of "WASP" as an acronym is for "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant". Morrison could be railing against the constraints of WASP culture. Although not of Anglo-Saxon descent, nor having lived in the WASP enclaves of the Northeastern U.S., he was nonetheless the son of a Naval Officer and future Admiral at a time when the WASP culture and/or ethic were still fairly dominant in the corridors of power.


 * Could it be that "WASP" refers to the call sign of a radio station, perhaps THE radio station referenced in the lyrics? It would be pretty obvious if WASP actually broadcasted "out of the Virginia swamps" in the '50s and '60s.


 * "WASP" is currently licensed to The Humes Broadcasting Corp. in Pennsylvania, with WASP-AM and WASP-FM located in Brownsville and Oliver, respectively (FCC Report No. 44564, September 03, 1999). But back in the day the call letters could have been licensed to a Virginia station. How to confirm that, I have no idea (at the moment).


 * Cheers, Rico402 (talk) 18:00, 9 June 2012 (UTC)