I was thinking recently about a public service announcement I saw on TV a long time ago. It was a song about an alien who comes to earth and is disrespected based on his appearance/species, even though he is peaceful and intelligent. I remembered that he said something about being from a far away planet you wouldn't know, and that part of the lyrics parodied Michael Jackson's "Black Or White." Honestly, I thought this was such an obscure question that I wasn't even going to post it here, but I managed to Google my way out of it, so here's the answer, if anyone else was wondering.
"The Ballad Of Gordon" by the Barenaked Ladies aired on Fox around 1992. I don't think it was ever sold commercially, but you can find the entire song on RetroJunk and YouTube, and probably other places too. It is a catchy tune - and you might say that its message is even more relevant today than it was when it first aired, although that sounds kind of cheeseball to me.
Was anyone else wondering about this? Or does anyone else even remember it or like it?
"The Ballad Of Gordon" by the Barenaked Ladies aired on Fox around 1992. I don't think it was ever sold commercially, but you can find the entire song on RetroJunk and YouTube, and probably other places too. It is a catchy tune - and you might say that its message is even more relevant today than it was when it first aired, although that sounds kind of cheeseball to me.
Was anyone else wondering about this? Or does anyone else even remember it or like it?
