Sequel songs
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anonymous-user

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83 months

Saturday 26th October 2019
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On the Never For Ever album Kate Bush does a song called Blow Away recalling some of the music related people who had passed away in the previous few years and when the album Red Shoes came out 13 years later she did the song Moments Of Pleasure in a similar vein but this time recalling what had happened in the intervening years between 1980 - 1993.

Nimby

5,677 posts

179 months

Saturday 26th October 2019
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"Ashes to Ashes" mentions Major Tom from "Space Oddity".

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

83 months

Saturday 26th October 2019
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Nimby said:
"Ashes to Ashes" mentions Major Tom from "Space Oddity".
Good call.

bristolbaron

5,373 posts

241 months

Saturday 26th October 2019
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The end of the video for Ice Cubes ‘it was a good day’
https://youtu.be/h4UqMyldS7Q
Goes straight into the start of ‘Check yo self’
https://youtu.be/bueFTrwHFEs
It’s fair to say his day got a lot worse.

Athlon

5,845 posts

235 months

Saturday 26th October 2019
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Madness had a track on the 'One step beyond' album called In the middle of the night, a song about George a newsagent with an afterwork erm,hobby...

In the middle of the night

And in the next album, Absolutley, he turns up again trying another hobby! this song picks up right after the first one smile Madness are such an underrated group seriously!

Close escape

droopsnoot

14,615 posts

271 months

Saturday 26th October 2019
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A Stranglers b-side (to "Midnight Summer Dream") was called "(The Strange Circumstances Which Lead To) Vladimir And Olga (Requesting Rehabilitation In A Siberian Health Resort As A Result Of Stress In Furthering The People's Policies)", and introduced the two eponymous characters.

Vladimir went on to star in "Vladimir and Sergei" (on the JJ Burnel and Dave Greenfield album "Fire and Water"), "Vladimir and the Beast Part III", "Vladimir goes to Havana" and "Viva Vlad!". A further tale, "Vladimir and the Pearl" wasn't released until a compilation years later, but was played on a special fan phone-line, no doubt at some horrendous rate.

And then a bit later, a song called "Mr Big" was recorded in a studio session by the new line-up of the band shortly after Hugh Cornwell left, but was not included on the album. Later on, a song called "Little Blue Lies" also features Mr Big.


728 days later

619 posts

92 months

Monday 28th October 2019
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A good one is Glass Onion by The Beatles off the white album, references earlier songs

ReallyReallyGood

1,641 posts

159 months

Monday 28th October 2019
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FURB

kowalski655

15,207 posts

172 months

Monday 28th October 2019
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The sequel to Harry Chapin's "Taxi" is literally called "Sequel". Both great songs that tell a story.
I think there was meant to be a third in a trilogy, but he died tragically young
ETA links for the uninitiated
Taxi
https://youtu.be/4qYU9b5OF8M
Sequel
https://youtu.be/bD8sZFe9zxw




Edited by kowalski655 on Monday 28th October 07:41

cologne2792

2,151 posts

155 months

Monday 28th October 2019
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Dire Straits "Millionaire Blues" is a sequel to "Money For Nothing".

" I said to the man, ' Don't you know who I am man? ', and he said, 'No' - 'No?!', can you believe it ? "\
I think it was the B-side of "Calling Elvis"

Halmyre

12,560 posts

168 months

Monday 28th October 2019
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Jethro Tull had 'A Song for Jeffrey', 'Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square', and 'For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me' on their first three albums, although the connection between the songs is tentative to say the least. Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond was a musician friend of the band who eventually joined as bassist.

'Superstar' by Lydia Murdock is a response to Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean'.

Edited by Halmyre on Monday 28th October 10:03

Evangelion

8,578 posts

207 months

Sunday 1st December 2019
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The second of these videos seems to be a sequel to the first - although the two songs were actually two years apart!

Whether the songs themselves were planned like this is anybody's guess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmmPFrkuPq0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjImFYf2Vzc

crofty1984

17,064 posts

233 months

Sunday 1st December 2019
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Megadeth released Hangar 18 on Rust in Peace,
About a decade later they released Return to Hangar on The world needs a hero.

Very much a sequel song in terms of lyrics and musical themes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9xRKchxi3k

They often play them back-to-back live. Video is from the live DVD.

kowalski655

15,207 posts

172 months

Sunday 1st December 2019
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One of the late, great FAlco's songs, Jeanny,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urw-iutHw5E
had several sequels(only Pt II:"Jeanny:Coming Home" was official)
Banned in several places due to the subject matter

Spice_Weasel

2,362 posts

282 months

Monday 2nd December 2019
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"Love on your side" by Thompson Twins features a few bars from "In the name of love"

franki68

11,627 posts

250 months

Monday 2nd December 2019
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Metallica ..the unforgiven 1,2&3
Iron maiden Charlotte the harlotte and 22 acacia avenue.

GAjon

4,071 posts

242 months

Monday 2nd December 2019
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Girl & Woman by John Lennon

smn159

15,928 posts

246 months

Monday 2nd December 2019
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The fade out to 'In The Crowd' by The Jam references 'Away From The Numbers', from their first album

glazbagun

15,339 posts

226 months

Wednesday 1st January 2020
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As mentioned, 22 Acacia Avenue by Iron Maiden is a (much better IMO) sequel to Charlotte the Harlot. There are also Hooks in You and From Here to Eternity which reference the previous two songs.