What are songs that act like a prequel or a sequel to their more popular songs?
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They're not that popular compared to Pink Floyd or David Bowie, but there's a band called The Dear Hunter that have 5 albums called Act I through Act V that are one continuous story of a guy's life.
So in that sense every song on those albums are a sequel and prequel to every other, but some of the musical themes and motifs are more obviously reintroduced, referenced, and re-applied in new contexts as the albums go on.
They have albums that aren't those 5, which are not in the canon, by the way.
What's your favorite color?
I'm torn between green and orange. -
For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
Megadeth with Hanger 18 and later in their career Return to Hanger.
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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]I'm not sure if this exactly fits what you're looking for, but the following 5 albums by The Dear Hunter are connected through a shared storyline ^[1]^:
- Act I: The Lake South, The River North ^[2]^
- Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading ^[3]^
- Act III: Life and Death ^[4]^
- Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise ^[5]^
- Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional ^[6]^
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- Type: Article. Title: "The Dear Hunter". Publisher: "Wikipedia". Published: 2025-07-04T01:59Z. Accessed: 2025-08-03T05:27Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dear_Hunter.
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Most of the band's albums, starting with their 2006 debut album Act I: The Lake South, the River North, are concept albums and a part of a common storyline, planned to conclude with a sixth installment. The most recent addition is 2016's Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional. Additionally, they have released albums unrelated to the Acts; […]
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- Type: Album. Title: "Act I: The Lake South, The River North". Author: "The Dear Hunter". Publisher: "Spotify". Published: 2007-05-22. Accessed: 2025-08-03T05:29Z. URI: https://open.spotify.com/album/7k0iFGkqIWyOBZBaBCAYg7.
- Type: Album. Title: "Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading". Author: "The Dear Hunter". Publisher: "Spotify". Published: 2007-05-22. Accessed: 2025-08-03T05:29Z. URI: https://open.spotify.com/album/3bxQpENBvT3gHgM9Q7Z20K.
- Type: Album. Title: "Act III: Life and Death". Author: "The Dear Hunter". Publisher: "Spotify". Published: 2009-06-23. Accessed: 2025-08-03T05:29Z. URI: https://open.spotify.com/album/5B5cJTkPpZRzKMWegoKE78.
- Type: Album. Title: "Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise". Author: "The Dear Hunter". Publisher: "Spotify". Published: 2015-09-04. Accessed: 2025-08-03T05:29Z. URI: https://open.spotify.com/album/0TCkVVN1AfEtMP3IjVD1Zi.
- Type: Album. Title: "Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional". Author: "The Dear Hunter". Publisher: "Spotify". Published: 2016-09-16. Accessed: 2025-08-03T05:29Z. URI: https://open.spotify.com/album/72N545TE36DqJHiyE0YLGE.
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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 SucksHold up, tech noir… 2???? Thank you so much for introducing this to my life
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For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
Basically all of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's discography.
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What's your favorite color?
I'm torn between green and orange.Honestly, I was kinda "meh" on the colours
At first I thought it was maybe a "I like their earlier work" sorta thing, that can sometimes happen with bands, but when I looked up the release dates I was surprised to discover the spectrum came out between III and IV, but I like III and love IV and V, so I guess it's not that!
I guess maybe the identity of the Acts is just enough that they have something colours lack for me? I don't know what, but they've never grabbed me. Oh well, such is taste!
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I'm not sure if this exactly fits what you're looking for, but the following 5 albums by The Dear Hunter are connected through a shared storyline ^[1]^:
- Act I: The Lake South, The River North ^[2]^
- Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading ^[3]^
- Act III: Life and Death ^[4]^
- Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise ^[5]^
- Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional ^[6]^
::: spoiler References
- Type: Article. Title: "The Dear Hunter". Publisher: "Wikipedia". Published: 2025-07-04T01:59Z. Accessed: 2025-08-03T05:27Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dear_Hunter.
- Type: Text. Location: ¶2.
Most of the band's albums, starting with their 2006 debut album Act I: The Lake South, the River North, are concept albums and a part of a common storyline, planned to conclude with a sixth installment. The most recent addition is 2016's Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional. Additionally, they have released albums unrelated to the Acts; […]
- Type: Text. Location: ¶2.
- Type: Album. Title: "Act I: The Lake South, The River North". Author: "The Dear Hunter". Publisher: "Spotify". Published: 2007-05-22. Accessed: 2025-08-03T05:29Z. URI: https://open.spotify.com/album/7k0iFGkqIWyOBZBaBCAYg7.
- Type: Album. Title: "Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading". Author: "The Dear Hunter". Publisher: "Spotify". Published: 2007-05-22. Accessed: 2025-08-03T05:29Z. URI: https://open.spotify.com/album/3bxQpENBvT3gHgM9Q7Z20K.
- Type: Album. Title: "Act III: Life and Death". Author: "The Dear Hunter". Publisher: "Spotify". Published: 2009-06-23. Accessed: 2025-08-03T05:29Z. URI: https://open.spotify.com/album/5B5cJTkPpZRzKMWegoKE78.
- Type: Album. Title: "Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise". Author: "The Dear Hunter". Publisher: "Spotify". Published: 2015-09-04. Accessed: 2025-08-03T05:29Z. URI: https://open.spotify.com/album/0TCkVVN1AfEtMP3IjVD1Zi.
- Type: Album. Title: "Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional". Author: "The Dear Hunter". Publisher: "Spotify". Published: 2016-09-16. Accessed: 2025-08-03T05:29Z. URI: https://open.spotify.com/album/72N545TE36DqJHiyE0YLGE.
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Did you use some program to format references like that?
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Honestly, I was kinda "meh" on the colours
At first I thought it was maybe a "I like their earlier work" sorta thing, that can sometimes happen with bands, but when I looked up the release dates I was surprised to discover the spectrum came out between III and IV, but I like III and love IV and V, so I guess it's not that!
I guess maybe the identity of the Acts is just enough that they have something colours lack for me? I don't know what, but they've never grabbed me. Oh well, such is taste!
wrote on last edited by [email protected]That is fair,
They vary their style a lot, which I think is pretty cool, but when you like one thing and they change it...After a while, I've come to learn why a lot of the popular artists have hundreds of songs but only 1-5 of them get played on repeat.
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For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
Falco's Jeanny and Coming Home.
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For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
The Killers- “Mr. Brightside” and “Miss Atomic Bomb”
It may not seem obvious but “Miss Atomic Bomb” is intentionally a sequel. The music video even tells a story that is a continuation of the “Mr. Brightside” video, with Izabella Miko and Eric Roberts reprising their roles.
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David Bowie wrote a continuation to "Space Oddity" ("Ashes to Ashes") and the original also inspired a few songs by other artists that directly reference it ("Major Tom (Coming Home)" by Peter Schilling, "Hallo Spaceboy" by Pet Shop Boys).
The Pet Shop Boys version is a remix of Bowie's Hallo Spaceboy.
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For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
This might be a stretch.
Mute - Walking on a Thin Line, which is the end of the album Remember Death, is the direct prequel to the song Resistance which actually starts the album. Its like it's there just to get you to listen to the whole thing again. Which you should. Its really good. -
For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
Metallica's My Friend of Misery and Inamorata
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The Pet Shop Boys version is a remix of Bowie's Hallo Spaceboy.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]And a brilliant piece of trolling
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David Bowie: Hey Pet Shop Boys, wanna remix my reznor-esque “Hallo Spaceboy”?
PSB: alright
PSB: wtf there’s only one verse
Chris lowe: Fuckit, let’s cut up some of his stuff like he does to other artists
Neil Tennant: cackling[a few hours laterrrr]
Bowie: How’s my remix going?
PSB: Yeah we started cutting up Space Oddity
Bowie:.....I’m coming over.:::
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For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
The Blood Brothers’ “Celebrator” flows very well into the final song on the album, “Devastator”!
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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 Sucks -
For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
Tim Armstrong was a guest on Bad Religion's Television, on Stranger Than Fiction. So I've always wondered if Radio by Rancid was a follow-up.
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Nope! I do it all manually; though, it can definitely be tedious at times. It has crossed my mind to write a script to automatically generate at least some of them (or even just some of their components), but I just haven't gotten around to it yet.
Also, as a side note, the citation style is my own that I've been "developing". I'm sort developing it as I use it.
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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 SucksI'm recording this because the survivors no longer envy the dead.
The opening of tech noir 2 goes so fricken hard and really sets the radically hopeful tone of the song so well.
Wasn't expecting to see Gunship mentioned on here, but glad someone did. -
For example, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.
The first track in the album "diamond mine" which is a collaboration between Scottish singer King Creosote and producer John Hopkins. Absolutely fantastic album through and through but the first track is just ambience from a Scottish pub with the music very slowly coming in until it eventually seamlessly transitions into track 2 which is the "most famous" from the album. Just perfect.
