THE DOORS' "TEXAS RADIO AND THE BIG BEAT": A POEM ON THE RADIO
The Doors recorded “The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)” in December 1970. The song was then released in April 1971 on the band's sixth LP: “L.A. Woman”. To understand the nature of this song, we need to go back to its origins, which can be traced back almost two and a half years before its official recording, namely to the summer of 1968. Since their live performances in the summer of 1967, The Doors had often deviated from the music that fans could hear on vinyl. Guided by the words of the singer, Jim Morrison, the quartet incorporated exciting poetic and musical improvisations into their songs. In this way, the four musicians intensely manifested their innovative energy, grafting poetry onto the fertile ground of the Rock genre. A famous example of this is the sequence “Wake Up” - “Light My Fire”, performed by the group on American stages from the summer of 1967 onwards. It is a fiery poem recited by Morrison against an abstract soundscape created by the other band...
