What are songs that act like a prequel or a sequel to their more popular songs?
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For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
Ozzy had "Crazy Train" and also "A.V.H." which contained the lyrics
Riding on a train that I can't control
One might say such a train was... crazy.
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For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
I'm pretty sure that The Killers have two songs like that, with Mr. Brightside being followed by Miss Atomic Bomb.
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For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Tool - Parabol / Parabola
Tool - Intermission / Jimmy (although probably among their less popular songs)
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For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
Tool
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For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]From the band Grandaddy (across about 15 years of releases):
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For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
Cher then all the divas after her
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For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]The Smashing Pumpkins- “1979” and “Perfect”.
People said “Perfect” sounded so much like “1979” that the music video was intentionally made to be a sequel to the latter.
EDIT: The Smashing Pumpkins are my favorite band. If you can find a copy of Greatest Hits Video Collection (1991–2000) (a DVD collection of music videos and other goodies; acted as a companion to Rotten Apples), I recommend it. There is extensive audio commentary on the videos. For example, Stéphane Sednaoui who directed “Today”, claimed to had never listen to the song before the first day of filming. “1979” in particular had master tapes got destroyed after someone left them on the roof of their car, so the entire video had to be re-shot. “Perfect” commentary, Corgan makes the connection to the similarities with “1979”; all but one of the original teenage actors from the first video returned. There is a short film version of “Try” that featured a different ending to “Try, Try, Try”. A few live recordings are included, among them “Fuck You (An Ode to No One)” from the final Metro show when they broke up and “Geek USA” (a special mix that utilized maximum volume on the audio system).
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From the band Grandaddy (across about 15 years of releases):
Jed's Other Poem is so fucking good
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Tool - Parabol / Parabola
Tool - Intermission / Jimmy (although probably among their less popular songs)
Tool... Lost keys and Rosetta Stoned
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GUNSHIP
The Decemberists
The Crane Wife 1 & 2
The Crane Wife 3The Unicorns
I Don't Wanna Die
Ready To DieHandsome Boy Modeling School
Look At This Face (Oh My God They're Gorgeous)
Modeling SucksCan't say I've heard of them, but I will listen to these, thanks for your recommendation
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Tool - Parabol / Parabola
Tool - Intermission / Jimmy (although probably among their less popular songs)
Will give these a listen, always down for listening to different genres
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From the band Grandaddy (across about 15 years of releases):
I like it when songs are connected to each other, like a big storyline kinda of thing, thank you for the recommendation
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For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
Radiohead's Creep, My Iron Lung, and All I Need
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I'm pretty sure that The Killers have two songs like that, with Mr. Brightside being followed by Miss Atomic Bomb.
Mr. Brightside always a banger
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Cher then all the divas after her
Looool that's cool man
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Ozzy had "Crazy Train" and also "A.V.H." which contained the lyrics
Riding on a train that I can't control
One might say such a train was... crazy.
All abooooooooaaard!! R.I.P. Ozzy frfr
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For me it's panic at the disco:
Part 1. Say Amen (2018)
Part 2. This is Gospel (2013)
Part3. Emperor's new clothes ( 2015)
(Specially the vids they did are conected if you wanna watch them in that order.)
Don't they also have some disc where the song titles complement each other, forming full sentences, or something similar?
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For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]For that song I wouldn't have chose these two parts. I would've gone for Part 1 and Part 3. Instead of a sequel Part 2 feels like a separate installment if you get what I mean.
Plus that's kind of cheating. Is every prog song split into multiple parts considerable for this? Like also from Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here (the suite?) is split into two large sections, and the folksy Pigs on the Wing acts like a storybook introduction and ending split into two parts and put at the start and end of the album.
There's a ton more examples like that. Especially on concept albums. The Beach Boys'/Brain Wilson has Wonderful, Song for Children (Look), Child is Father of the Man, and Surf's Up exploring the same idea and building on top of one another.
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Ozzy had "Crazy Train" and also "A.V.H." which contained the lyrics
Riding on a train that I can't control
One might say such a train was... crazy.
This also reminds me of Nelly, his song E.I. the line says "I'm a sucker for cornrows" and then his song Shake Ya Tailfeather "I'm still a sucker for cornrows you know I never changed that"
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For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]ELP's Karn Evil 9 is a pretty epic trilogy.
The first impression part 2 is what got played most often on the radio, but personally i think part 3 is where it shines.
