# Pop Song Sequels **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 30, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642 "2004-07-30T20:53:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/21 "2004-07-31T15:41:48Z")
_Please Do Me Like That_- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ---
**Author:** ![Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Live_Better_Electrically)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/22 "2004-07-31T15:43:03Z")
I make a distinction between answer songs and sequels. An answer song is a response to a previous song, usually by a different artist, whereas a sequel continues the story from an earlier song, often by the same artist. Some sequels that spring to mind: **Jimmy Dean** - “Big John” followed by “Cajun Queen” and “Little Bitty Big John” **The Midnighters** - “Work With Me Annie” followed by “Annie Had a Baby” etc etc **The Angels** - “My Boyfriend’s Back” then “The Guy With the Black Eye” **The Hollywood Argyles** - “Alley Oop” then “Alley Oop Was a One-Dab Man” **The Royal Guardsmen** - “Snoopy Vs. the Red Baron” then the entire first half of their second album **The Cadillacs** - “Speedo” then “Speedo is Back” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/23 "2004-07-31T15:45:29Z")
_Seventeen or Eighteen to Five_ - follows Chicago’s _Twenty Five or Six to Four_. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/24 "2004-07-31T15:57:03Z")
Life’s Been Not Quite so Good Lately - Joe Walsh Motel Tijuana - The Eagles I Got Life in Prison Even Though I Only Shot the Sherriff - Bob Marley The Angel Didn’t Work Out. Send Me A Devil This Time - Garbage Baby Got More Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/25 "2004-07-31T15:59:44Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > I Got Life in Prison Even Though I Only Shot the Sherriff - Bob Marley You’d think he would get time off for not shooting the Deputy. 🙂 I’d have gone with something like _Actually, I Didn’t Shoot the Sherriff Either, I Swear (The Mumia Abu Jamal Song)_. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/26 "2004-07-31T19:17:28Z")
Actual sorta kinda sequel or follow-up. In the mid-90s, in a song called _Eden Is Burning_, John Mellencamp looked in on _Jack and Diane_, those two American kids from the heartland who were wont to sit outside Tastee Freezes and dribble off their Bobbie Brooks. They weren’t getting along so well, bitching at each over a Richard Pryor movie, as I recall. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/27 "2004-07-31T19:24:16Z")
_Life Smacked my Around now I Wear a Suit and Vote Tory_ follow-up to _Mother Nature’s Son_ _Monkey Bars_ follow-up to _Helter Skelter_ _What the Hell was I Smoking?_ follow-up to _Revolution 9_ All from the second half of the White Album. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/28 "2004-07-31T19:32:27Z")
One or two others I happened to think of … _King of Extra-Strength Tylenol_ – Police _Yo, Roxanne, Get That Red Light Back Out, Bitch_ – Sequel to the Police original by some rap group. _Driving With My License Suspended_, _Driving With My License Revoked_, and finally _Doing Hard Time For Driving Without A License_ – Series of sequels to Sammy Hagar’s _I Can’t Drive 55_. _Pretty Woman Slapped Me Down Hard_ – Roy Orbison ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/29 "2004-07-31T19:58:54Z")
Hmm… I picked a theme (Van Halen): _Evacuation_ (Sequel to _Eruption_) _Slim-Fast Man_ (Sequel to _Ice Cream Man_) _Don’t Make Me Count to Three_ (Sequel to _Right Now_) And, a little-known PREquel: _A Man, A Plan, A Canal_ (Prequel to _Panama_) ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/30 "2004-07-31T20:58:10Z")
“Bo Diddley” is followed up–with every song Bo Diddley ever made. Not that it is bad mind you. Also Buddy Holly had to follow “Peggy Sue” with the sad news “Peggy Sue got Married”. Made up Ones: “911 Ain’t a Joke Anymore” by Flava Flav “Queen of Rock” by Latifah. “Satellite Radio Ga Ga” by Queen “Old Americans, or Let’s Sit” by Bowie ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/31 "2004-07-31T22:58:25Z")
_It’s Fall, the Boys Are Gone, Y’know, I Was Wrong_\* - Don Henley (Boys of Summer) _Refund Time_ - Beatles (Tax Man) _Actually, I’m More Chaotic Neutral_ - Metallica (Am I Evil) _Now I’m in OAC_ - Barenaked Ladies (Grade Nine) (Hey, they ARE from Ontario.) _California Reality (Isn’t As Good As I Remeber It)_ - The Mamas and The Papas (California Dreamin’) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/32 "2004-08-01T01:57:40Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > _Actually, I’m More Chaotic Neutral_ - Metallica (Am I Evil) 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/33 "2004-08-01T02:07:49Z")
This thread has me cracking up! (Laughed out loud at **Ponder Stibbons** , **kantaloopi** , and **Marley23**.) I’ll try a few. _I’ve Had Enough Now_ - Depeche Mode _OK, Now Take Your Hat Off Already_ - Tom Jones (and others) _Send in the Cream Pie Clean-up Crew_ - Judy Collins _Who Are You Again?_ - Sarah McLachlan’s follow-up to I Will Not Forget You _Augh! I’m Being Attacked By Ants!_ - Def Leppard’s follow-up to Pour Some Sugar On Me _Napster Killed the Video Star_ - The Buggles _Went to the Homeless Shelter_ - Living in a Box _Tolerable Autumn_ - Bananarama _Gonna Make You Shower_ - C & C Music Factory _Boys & Girls Club_ - Village People ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/34 "2004-08-01T02:38:51Z")
_Upon reflection, perhaps a system less draconian than a democratic constitutional monarchy while_\* still \*_maintaining a central authority in the UK_ - The Sex Pistols ---
**Author:** ![dry\_gear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@dry\_gear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dry_gear)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/35 "2004-08-01T03:25:28Z")
**neofishboy** , I considered doing that song, but I’m glad I didn’t because you topped anything I could come up with. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/36 "2004-08-01T04:47:27Z")
Some more while I’m in a weird mood: And, hey, let’s see if I can make these so people know what songs I’m sequelling, without my posting them. _…But Girls Need To Be Serious, Sometimes_ - Cyndi Lauper _If I Had Charged More, I Could Post Bail_ - AC/DC _I Finally Picked Off That Damn Deputy_ - An assload of people, Clapton among them. _Don’t Sing With Your Mouth Full_ - Crash Test Dummies _OK, Potter, You Missed Your Chance_ - Switchblade Kittens (I had to include this one…it’s been on endless repeat for days.) _Hokkaido Days_ - Puffy AmiYumi _Damn…Definitely a Dude_ - Aerosmith ---
**Author:** ![rfgdxm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@rfgdxm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rfgdxm)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/37 "2004-08-01T05:15:44Z")
Janis Ian doing a follow-up to “At Seventeen” called “At Fifty-two”. For those who don’t get it, last year in Canada Janis Ian married her female lover Patricia Snyder in Canada. Janis was married to a man named Tino Sargo from 1978-1983. She’s obviously “learned the truth” about love since her earlier years. (And before anyone jumps in and corrects me, _yes_ I know that the song “At Seventeen” was hardly autobiographical. Janis Ian is my favorite musical artist. Janis had dropped out of school before the age of 17, and wasn’t even living with her parents.) ---
**Author:** ![Victoria\_Silverwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8c91f0/32.png) [@Victoria\_Silverwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victoria_Silverwolf)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/38 "2004-08-01T08:11:42Z")
_Diabetes, Diabetes_ by the Archies _Quit Banging That Darn Drum!_ by Sonny and Cher _Come On Baby, Give Me The Fire Extinguisher_ by the Doors _Get Outta My House_ by Rosemary Clooney _Venus As A Middle-Aged Guy_ by Bjork _Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man_ by Edgar Winter ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/39 "2004-08-01T13:50:37Z")
[ul] [li]You Don’t Have to Go to Memphis (Asleep at the Wheel)[/li][li]I’m Goin’ to Memphis (Johnny Cash)[/li][li]Memphis (Chuck Berry)[/li][li]Walkin’ in Memphis (Marc Cohn)[/li][li]I’ve Been to Memphis (Lyle Lovett)[/li][li]Can’t Go Back to Memphis (Stray Cats)[/li][li](I’m Goin’) Back to Memphis (The Band)[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/40 "2004-08-01T15:16:44Z")
I guess David Bowie’s “Ashes to Ashes” is a sequel to “Space Oddity”; we finally learn the truth about that Major Tom! Bowie failed to follow up on most of his other songs though, so there was sadly never “The Man Who Attempted to Return the World, But Had to Settle for an Exchange” or “Rock and Roll Funeral”. Thinking of songs with titles that begin with “Rock and Roll”, The Ramones’ “Rock and Roll High School” has obvious sequel potential. (Let’s not get into the subject of the sequel to the movie of the same name.) There could be various rock institutions of higher learning, perhaps culminating with “Rock and Roll Med School”. I could swear I once read a Pearl Jam interview where the band members joked about doing a sequel to “Jeremy”. Maybe they could call it “Jeremy II: The Undead”, although “Jeremy II: Now He Won’t Shut Up in Class” might be good too. I’d love to hear AC/DC do “Ironically, My _Penis_ Is Quite Small”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642.md?page=3)