SEQUEL SONGS: Info needed for new rock book!

German synth-popster Peter Schilling did his own unsolicited sequel to "Space Oddity," in the form of "Major Tom (Coming Home)".

Not sure if this counts, but the first song on Cheap Trick's 1980 album ALL SHOOK UP, "Stop This Game," kicked off with a histrionic, slowly fading-in note that was purportedly the same note that SGT.PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND climaxed with.

Seems like there should be a whole section in this book about the Roxanne Wars in early 80s hip-hop. UTFO's "Roxanne, Roxanne" followed by The Real Roxanne, Roxanne Shante and so on. There were so many "answer songs" in the early days of rap, I imagine that must figure prominently.

Does Neneh Cherry's Raw Like Sushi count? Was a reply to a Big Daddy Kane song,no?

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Not sure if the sequels must be done by the same artists and I assume multiple versions don't count (e.g. Voodoo Child/Chile, Sgt.Pepper/Reprise. If so, here's a few off the top of my head:

Buddy Holly: "Peggy Sue," "Peggy Sue Got Married" Chubby Checker: a bunch of "Twist" variations Parliament: Sir Nose D'Voidofunk has several sequels including Star Child, Aquaboogie . . . Lesley Gore: "It's My Party" "Judy's Turn to Cry" The Drifters: "Up On the Roof" "Under the Boardwalk" The Kinks: "All Day and All the Night" "Destroyer" (with a little bit of "Lola" thrown in)

In terms of "answer" songs, there's a bunch:

A ton of "Work With Me Annie" rewrites Mary Wells "You Beat Me to the Punch" was followed by (can't remember, Wilson Pickett?)"You Through a Lucky Punch" Neil Young's "Southern Man" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama"

Of course my theory is that ALL songs are answer records. If you don't put this in your book, I shall certainly give it a snotty review.

i believe there was an answer record to kicks like a mule's 'the bouncer', which was called 'the punter', can't remember who it was by though

"Hemispheres" was Rush's 17-minute sequel to "Cygnus X-1"

I can think of an album that has two examples of sequel songs - John Wesley Harding's 'Here Comes the Groom", the title track of course being an answer to that perennial wedding dirge, and then another called 'Cathy's New Clown" which is a sequel to the old Everly Brother's tune. I've lost that album somewhere, unfortunately.

Is "1970" a sequel to "1969"?

Godspeed You Black Emperor! Track 3, "String Loop Manufactured During Downpour" 17:49 - 20:22

This is "To Here Knew When". Whatever magnificent, celestial event took place then is now forgotten. The lonely air-raid sirens continue to drone on into the barren night while the constant rain pelts the sonic embers. Loveless.

I was hoping that my last little semi-"Moment in Love" would provoke a response from Ned. Is this a new ILM low? Requesting personal responses to your own response? Shameless.

I'll do one for you, don't feel bad, Mitch.

"Eh... they're a one trick pony. Maybe two tricks now, with the last album. But I still say they're mining the same territory as Swans circa "Soundtracks for the Blind", only not as good."

*fulfilled*

Hank Ballard - Work with me Annie
Etta James - Roll with me Henry (a.k.a The Wallflower)
The Midnighters - Annie had a baby
The Midnighters - Annie's Aunt Fannie
etc

"Killing Me Softly" is Roberta Flack's song about listening to Don McLean's "American Pie" in concert.

'Oh Carol' by Neil Sedaka was sequel-ed by Carole King (the song's subject) as 'Oh Neil'

I just scored me a 7" of The Bobbettes' 'I Shot Mr. Lee'. Well i gotta tell someone, it's bloody wikkid!

Oh, I just posted this on ILE, but I'll put it here too for your convenience:

One of the funniest is the sequel to Daddy's Home by Shep & the Limelites: Daddy's Going Away Again by the Harps. Kitty Wells's It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels, replying to Hank Thompson's The Wild Side Of Life, is another real classic. Mr Hound Dog's Back In Town (Roy Brown) and Bear Cat (Rufus Thomas) are Hound Dog responses. No, I'm An Iron Man by the Butthole Surfers responds to Black Sabbath. Sir Gibbs and Lee Perry battled with Gibbs' People Grudgeful and Perry's You Crummy (there are loads of modern rap examples which someone else can list). Reasons To Be Miserable replies to Ian Dury's Reasons To Be Cheerful. Bad News Baby (There'll Be No Rockin' Tonite) is Wynonie Harris revisiting his finest moment. The JAMMs disagreed with Dave Brubeck: Don't Take Five (Take What You Want). Can't Do Sixty No More (was the Du-Droppers' one the original? The Persuasions did it better) replies to the Dominoes' great Sixty Minute Man. Public Enemy turned around the Beastie Boys for Party For Your Right to Fight. Jimmy Reed's I'm the Man Down There replies to G.L. Crockett's It's A Man Down There. Smokey Robinson limply revisited his Shop Around with It's Time to Stop Shopping Around. Otis Redding and Steve Cropper did it better, remaking Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song) as Happy Song. Joe Tex made a moralistic sequel to the Coasters' Charlie Brown called Charlie Brown Got Expelled. Loudon Wainwright III made Saturday Morning Fever. Was (Not Was) boasted that I Feel Better Than James Brown.

Colin mentioned one Hank Ballard number, but surely the tune that spawned the most sequels was another of his: The Twist.

Public Enemy's "Welcome to the Terror Dome" and its tacked on "Meet the G That Killed Me" always seemed like a swip at "Welcome To The Pleasure Dome" to me.
Neil Young wrote "Walk On" to answer "Southern Man".
Chris Murphey wrote Sloan's "G Turns To D" as a slamming of two gfs he taught to play guitar who later wrote scathing songs about him.

i believe one of the Manic Street preachers [nicky?] claimed at least once, that "A Design for Life" was partly written as a response to Blur's "Girls & Boys" on the basis that it poked fun at traditional more working class recreational activities/something...[a debateable point maybe i thinks..]