10 Underrated Hard Rock Songs Of The '70s

10. The WASP - The Doors

LA Woman was the album that really reinvigorated the Doors in the minds of rock fans. After the '60s revolution couldn't make its way into the next decade, the return to their bluesy roots seemed like an interesting career move, until Jim Morrison died of heart failure shortly after its release. Even though this album is on pure blues mode, there was a little bit of that artsiness trailing back in.

Unlike something like Riders on the Storm or the title track, the WASP is one of the few leftovers that the group had been kicking around since their early days. Set to a swing feel, the original version of the song was known as Texas Radio, which was a poem that Jim Morrison would often recite live as the band noodled away in the background.

Compared to the original, this is the fully realized version of the tune, as Morrison talks about these pirate radio stations in a thick baritone that shows him settling into the Howlin Wolf like croon he had always admired. This also features some of the greatest lyrical fragments in the group's career, culminating in the idea of being stoned as having an immaculate sensation. Though LA Woman is viewed as the Doors' comeback album, this is one song you need to make sure doesn't get lost in the shuffle.