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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)[reply]

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)[reply]