The Devil's Radio

Devil's Radio
By George Harrison

Gossip, gossip
Gossip, gossip

I heard it in the night
Words that thoughtless speak
Like vultures swooping down below
On the devil's radio

I hear it through the day
Airwaves gettin' filled
With gossip broadcast to and fro
On the devil's radio

Oh yeah, gossip
Gossip, oh yeah

He's in the clubs and bars
And never turns it down
Talking about what he don't know
On the devil's radio

He's in your TV set
Won't give it a rest
That soul betraying so and so
The devil's radio

Gossip, gossip
Gossip, gossip
(Oh yeah) gossip, (gossip) oh yeah
(Gossip) oh yeah, (oh yeah) gossip

It's white and black like industrial waste
Pollution of the highest degree
You wonder why I don't hang out much
I wonder how you can't see

He's in the films and songs
And on all your magazines
It's everywhere that you may go
The devil's radio

Oh yeah, gossip
Gossip, oh yeah

Runs thick and fast, no one really sees
Quite what bad it can do
As it shapes you into something cold
Like an Eskimo igloo

It's all across our lives
Like a weed it's spread
'till nothing else has space to grow
The devil's radio

Can creep up in the dark
Make us hide behind shades
And buzzing like a dynamo
The devil's radio

(Gossip) oh yeah, (gossip) oh yeah
(Gossip) gossip, (gossip) gossip
Oh yeah, gossip I heard you on Satan's wireless
Gossip, oh yeah You know the devil's radio, child
Gossip, gossip
Gossip, gossip


So I happened upon this story, about a company banning gossip. It's a problem on the job. My last job (last real job) was really bad about it. What's so weird about it was who I was working with: mostly old men. How's that strike you? That's all we used to do, shoot the shit and talk about who did what (and the like). It's a disease. It really is. Maybe it was the idle hands...but I've never worked in an environment where gossip was so pronounced. Me and my buddy would get caught up in rumors (chasing the rumor mill like the Man from La Mancha). Anyway, good luck to them in trying to ban it. Can't happen, won't happen. Maybe if the people were all labotmized or something. I'm sure it effects productivity and workplace happiness, but how can something so intangible and subjective be banned? What constitues gossip anyway? A lot of the things we say are unproven, unjustified, and unfair. You can't tell people not to fraternize, becuase that's human nature too. You can't ban workplace friends (and enemies) can you? From the sound of the article, it seems there are two main offenders...I suspect this is an attempt to get rid of them. I also predict these people will hire a lawyer, and probably never have to work again. That's justice for ya? Right?

http://www.fayettevillenc.com/article?id=230702