# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/41 "2004-08-01T15:42:52Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > Sequel to “We Built This City” by Jefferson Starship “We Built This City on an Abandoned Nuclear Waste Dump” ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/42 "2004-08-01T16:30:39Z")
_OK, Maybe Rock & Roll Wasn’t The Best Choice Of Foundations For A City_ by Starship. _Summer’s Not So Cruel Now That I Finally Bought A Damn Air Conditioner_ by Bananarama. Also, Wayne’s World had a skit like this once. The only one I remember is their suggestion for REM’s “Losing My Religion”: _Found My Religion, But Now Where Are My Keys?_ ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/43 "2004-08-01T20:05:35Z")
_Stupid Stupid Octuplets_, the sequel to _One is the Lonliest Number_ by Three Dog Night ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/44 "2004-08-01T20:14:03Z")
In real life, George Harrison wrote a sequel to “Here Comes the Sun” called, appropriately, “Here Comes the Moon.” ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/45 "2004-08-02T04:05:28Z")
_You Know, I Didn’t Much Like That Sweater Anyway_ - Weezer _The Crops Are Starting to Die_ - Blind Melon _…Or Maybe I Had a Seizure_ - AC/DC _As It Turns Out, I’m Actually Quite Gullible_ - The Who _Bandaging Up My Feet_ - Annie Lennox _London Leaving a Voice Message_ - The Clash And now for a dirty one: _I Told You, the Sun Gives Horrible Head_ - Elton John ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/46 "2004-08-02T04:18:37Z")
_I Guess There Was Some Corn Planted a Few Feet Over_ - The Beatles _Dang, Now I Have Gravel Stuck in my Bum_ - The Beatles ---
**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 2, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/47 "2004-08-02T05:11:37Z")
_…And She Went Out In Handcuffs_ - The Beatles _Who Thought Pink Was a Good Colour, Anyhow?_ - John Mellencamp _Oh, 28, Thanks_ - Blink 182 _Tiring Tuesday_ - The Bangles _…Is a Little Bit of Bone, and Soft Pink Brains_ - The Who. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/48 "2004-08-02T12:08:54Z")
_Okay, It’s Really Over This Time. We’re Serious_ - The Who ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/49 "2004-08-02T14:17:57Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > _…Is a Little Bit of Bone, and Soft Pink Brains_ - The Who. It took me _all day_ to get this one…and I’m a huge Who fan! :smack: (It’s “Behind Blue Eyes”, for anyone else similarly stumped.) Also from The Who: [ul] [li]“I Have Yet to Overcome My Inability to Elucidate”[/li][li]“Pinball Wizard vs. Pachinko Ranger”[/li][li]“You Can Stop Seeing and Feeling Me Now, Weirdo”[/li][/ul] Buffy Sainte-Marie: [ul] [li]“Bury My Brain at Little Bighorn”[/li][/ul] Leonard Cohen: [ul] [li]“Our Third Objective Will Be Taking Tokyo”[/li][/ul] ---
**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 2, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/50 "2004-08-02T15:26:53Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > It took me _all day_ to get this one…and I’m a huge Who fan! :smack: > > (It’s “Behind Blue Eyes”, for anyone else similarly stumped.) Allow me now to Muttleylaugh. > [@](#): > > Also from The Who: > > “Pinball Wizard vs. Pachinko Ranger” And allow me _now_ to pass on Snoooooopy’s 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![slu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@slu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slu)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/51 "2004-08-02T16:11:41Z")
From the rap world: “Chips from the Bag” - to Cypress Hill’s “Hits from the Bong” ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/52 "2004-08-02T16:48:06Z")
“Finally Up for Parole” (18 and Life)- Skid Row “She Must’ve Changed Her Number” or “867-5309’s Been Disconnected” (Jenny)- Tommy Tutone “Blue Snow” (Purple Rain)- Prince “Don’t Need My Shades No More” (My Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades)- Timbuk 3. “Need to Get Off This Damn Highway” (On the Road Again)- Willie Nelson “Some Places I Still Haven’t Been” (I’ve Been Everywhere)- Johnny Cash “Two” (One) Metallica “I Just Got The Shit Kicked Out of Me, Even Though I Asked For It” (Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?)- Culture Club ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/53 "2004-08-02T17:52:25Z")
A few more from the Beatles: _Luxembourgian Mahogany_ _Of Course It Can’t Bleeding Die- it’s a Date (or an Abstract Idea, if You Like)!_ _She’s on Slim-Fast Now, So It’s Better_ _We Can’t Work It Out, But I Can Kick Your Ass_ _Oh Good, Here’s the 910_ _I Take It Back- All You Need is Money_ ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/54 "2004-08-03T21:47:16Z")
Ok, maybe it wasn’t irony. But a song titled Ironic that’s not Ironic is ironic. Isn’t it? - Alanis Morrisette Ok, maybe just a little more of Mr. Nice Guy - Alice Cooper I’m pretty sure that Lon Chaney is dead too - Bauhaus Dancing with a big group of people, although none of us is officially "with " each other - Billy Idol Wednesdays aren’t so hot either - The Boomtown Rats ---
**Author:** ![Marsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Marsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marsie)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/55 "2004-08-04T04:51:02Z")
Chewing Nicorette in the Cubicle… Guess the song it’s a follow up to? ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/56 "2004-08-04T04:54:28Z")
**Marsie** : Smokin’ in the Boy’s Room ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/57 "2004-08-14T07:16:55Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > A few more from the Beatles: > _Of Course It Can’t Bleeding Die- it’s a Date (or an Abstract Idea, if You Like)!_ Don’t you mean that it can’t know? **AwSnappity** says: > [@](#): > > I Guess There Was Some Corn Planted a Few Feet Over - The Beatles Now that I don’t get. Unless both titles you posted are sequels to the same song. _I’ve Stopped Looking Because I No Longer Even Remember What I Was Looking For_ – U2 _Yes, I Know I Said ‘Always’. I Say a Lot of Things When I’m High._ – Whitney Houston _Gotcha Ya!_ – Outkast ---
**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:** [August 14, 2004, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/58 "2004-08-14T11:20:44Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > _Gotcha Ya!_ – Outkast AiiiiiI!!! It burns! It burns! ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/59 "2004-08-14T13:11:21Z")
**Rilch** : _I Guess There Was Some Corn Planted a Few Feet Over_ follows _Strawberry Fields Forever_. It made sense in my brain, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642/60 "2004-08-14T18:42:29Z")
Ah. Thank you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-sequels/257642.md?page=2)