George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison
Though not released as a commercially-available single, “Devil’s Radio” was used to promote the release of Cloud Nine to radio stations. On these promotional releases, the song is called “Devil’s Radio (Gossip)”. It was inspired by a church sign Harrison saw that read “Gossip: The Devil’s Radio. Don...
[Chorus]
Gossip, gossip, gossip, gossip
[Verse 1]
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 getting filled
With gossip broadcast to and fro on the devil's radio
[Chorus]
Oh yeah, gossip, gossip, oh yeah
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
Gossip, gossip, gossip, gossip
Oh yeah, gossip, gossip, oh yeah
Gossip, oh yeah, oh yeah, gossip
[Bridge 1]
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
[Verse 3]
He's in the films and songs and on all your magazines
It's everywhere that you may go, the devil's radio
[Chorus]
Oh yeah, gossip, gossip, oh yeah
[Bridge 2]
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
[Verse 4]
It's all across our lives like a weed it's spread
Until 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
[Chorus]
Gossip, oh yeah, gossip, oh yeah, gossip
Gossip, gossip, gossip, oh yeah, gossip
[Outro]
I heard you on Satan's wireless, gossip, oh yeah
You know the devil's radio, child, gossip
Gossip, gossip, gossip
Devil’s Radio was written by George Harrison.
Devil’s Radio was produced by Jeff Lynne & George Harrison.
George Harrison released Devil’s Radio on Mon Nov 02 1987.
Harrison told Rolling Stone:
The song came about because I passed a church in a little country town in England that had a billboard outside it saying ‘Gossip — the Devil’s radio. Don’t be a broadcaster.’ I’ve always kept away from that — though I’ve done my share — because with my past, I’ve tended...