"The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)"
Song by The Doors
Album	L.A. Woman
Released	April 1971
Recorded	December 1970-January 1971
Genre	Blues-rock
Length	4:15
Label	Elektra
Writer	Jim Morrison Robby Krieger Ray Manzarek John Densmore
Producer	The Doors Bruce Botnick
L.A. Woman track listing
"Crawling King Snake" (8) "The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)" (9) "Riders on the Storm" (10)

The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat) is a 1971 song by The Doors, which appears on their final album with frontman Jim Morrison, L.A. Woman. The music was written by Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger. The spoken word lyrics, written by Morrison, come from a poem he wrote in 1968, three years before the music was written. These lyrics were published in a Doors souvenir book. It has gained considerable fame over the years and has been featured on several doors compilation CDs.

Inspiration

Texas Radio refers to high power Mexican radio stations that blasted into Texas in the 1950s. Not restricted by American regulations, said stations could have up to 150,000 watts. Morrison and Manzarek both heard Wolfman Jack on one of these Mexican stations. The WASP refers to a Florida State University radio station, where Morrison attended from 1962 to 1963.

Trivia

• If you type "x" in the main menu of the Mac video game, Maelstrom, a line from the song will pop up. "No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn."

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