# Songs by one artist that are always played together, rock and otherwise **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832 "2005-10-25T16:44:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/1 "2005-10-25T16:44:35Z")
I’m curious about pairs of rock songs by one group that sound different, but are always played together on the radio, and always paired together on “best of” compilations. For instance: **Journey** : _Feeling That Way_ and _Anytime_ **The Cars** : _Bye Bye Love_ and _Moving in Stereo_ I swear there was a thread on this subject, but I can’t find it despite plenty of searching. If you can find the thread, please post the URL! If not, can soneone explain the paired song phenomenon? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/2 "2005-10-25T16:55:16Z")
Another would be Queen’s “We Will Rock You” and “We are the Champions”. Pink Floyd’s _The Wall_ is essentially a single composition without breaks between songs – though the individual songs (movements?) are named on the album cover. Sometimes a radio station will play two or more of these songs consecutively. I heard “Best Years of Their Lives” (title?) and “Another Brick in the Wall” played consecutively just the other day. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/3 "2005-10-25T17:00:30Z")
“Heartbreaker”/“Living Loving Maid” by Led Zeppelin. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/4 "2005-10-25T17:01:23Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > **Journey** : _Feeling That Way_ and _Anytime_ > **The Cars** : _Bye Bye Love_ and _Moving in Stereo_ All I can really say about _Feeling That Way_ and _Anytime_ is that they are played back-to-back with no pause on Journey’s album _Infinity_. The Queen examples I gave above play the same way on _News of the World_. I presume the same is true of _Bye Bye Love_ and _Moving in Stereo_ on the Cars’ debut album. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/5 "2005-10-25T17:03:16Z")
You mean segues? Others would include: _Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band_ and _With a Little Help from my Friends_ – the Beatles _Funeral for a Friend_ and _Love Lies Bleeding_ – Elton John \*The Fish Cheer \* and \*I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag \* – Country Joe and the Fish _Black Mountain Side_ and _Communications Breakdown_ – Led Zeppelin _Heartbreaker_ and _Living Loving Maid (She’s Just a Woman)_ – Led Zeppelin ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/6 "2005-10-25T17:06:37Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > You mean segues? INXS’s “Need You Tonight” and “Mediate” from _Kick_ – one song, or a segue? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/7 "2005-10-25T17:10:06Z")
The **Grateful Dead** had many songs that led from one to the other…most of which are played together in the rare event they get radio play. To name three of the obvious ones: China Cat Sunflower \> Know You Rider Bertha \> Good Lovin’ Scarlet Begonias \> Fire on the Mountain ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/8 "2005-10-25T17:13:26Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > Another would be Queen’s “We Will Rock You” and “We are the Champions”. I was talking about this song with the Shibblets yesterday. They like to listen to Radio Disney, and Radio Disney likes to play “We Will Rock You”\*, but they _never_ play “We Are the Champions” right afterwards. So I asked and they’d never even heard of the second song. It’s kind of like knowing what peanut butter is but never having heard of jelly. \*They also asked, “Daddy, what’s this song about?” If anyone has a good idea, please let me know. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/9 "2005-10-25T17:15:15Z")
Oh, also most people think that songs “Load Out” and “Stay” by Jackson Browne are one song. I’ve never heard them played separately. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/10 "2005-10-25T17:15:37Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > You mean segues? Is that what they’re called? Googling the term and the names of some of the songs in this thread, I only saw the term used as a verb, not a noun. Seems like the phemonemon was popular with 1970s and 1980s rock, but I haven’t heard such pairings of more recent songs. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/11 "2005-10-25T17:24:03Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > I swear there was a thread on this subject, but I can’t find it despite plenty of searching. I participated on another thread on this topic quite a while ago. I remember it well. I tried searching for it myself using words I know I typed. Probably a casualty of the Winter of Our Missed Content. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/12 "2005-10-25T18:03:59Z")
This doesn’t really fit the category, but it certainly _should_. Few things tick me off more than when I hear the _Live at Budokan_ version of Cheap Trick’s _I Want You To Want Me_, and they **don’t** leave the disc going. Damnit, if you’re gonna play _I Want You To Want Me_, then you **must** play _Surrender_! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/13 "2005-10-25T18:33:45Z")
Yes: “Your Move” followed by “All Good People” (another segue) ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/14 "2005-10-25T18:43:41Z")
This one’s a little more obscure, and I haven’t heard it played like this for a very long time, but AOR stations used to play **Wooden Ships** by the Jefferson Airplanr into \*\*Farewell to Tarawathee \*\* by Judy Collins. Wooden ships ends with whale songs and the Collins song begins with them. A very effective segue, especially when listened to with the right chemical stimulants, very chill inducing. ---
**Author:** ![sponge\_worthy\_bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@sponge\_worthy\_bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sponge_worthy_bob)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/15 "2005-10-25T18:46:25Z")
“Eruption” by Van Halen is technically a seperate song (guitar solo) but is usually played right before “You Really Got Me” and sounds more like an introduction than a seperate piece. I think. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/16 "2005-10-25T18:50:57Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > The **Grateful Dead** had many songs that led from one to the other…most of which are played together in the rare event they get radio play. To name three of the obvious ones: > > China Cat Sunflower \> Know You Rider > > Bertha \> Good Lovin’ > > Scarlet Begonias \> Fire on the Mountain Playin’ in the Band\>Uncle John’s Band was a pretty common one, too. Same with Estimated Prophet\>Eyes of the World. Part of the thrill was always hoping that you might get to hear an unusual pairing or something standing on its own, or something turning up in an unusual place in the set. I recall reading several interviews with Garcia where he bemoaned the lack of originality in their own sets after awhile. He also liked to bust Weir’s chops because Weir would speed through the segues, like he was in a hurry to get to the next number. Garcia, on the other hand, liked the segues most because that was where he could paint himself into a corner and then have to get back out of it. One of my most fond memories was seeing Formerly The Warlocks play the Hampton Coliseum and having them start the second set of the second night with “Playin in the Band.” Hmmm…that’s not something you hear every night. Wonder where they’ll go from here. Playin’\>UJB\>Playin’ full stop. Dark Star. communal freak out ensues ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/17 "2005-10-25T18:53:50Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > This one’s a little more obscure, and I haven’t heard it played like this for a very long time, but AOR stations used to play **Wooden Ships** by the Jefferson [Airplane] into \*\*Farewell to Tarawathee \*\* by Judy Collins. Wooden ships ends with whale songs and the Collins song begins with them. A very effective segue, especially when listened to with the right chemical stimulants, very chill inducing. Sorry to hijack the thread for a moment but did Jefferson Airplane also do “Wooden Ships”? The only version I know about is the one by Crosby, Stills, and Nash. As for songs that blend into one another, pretty much most of the tracks on The Who’s “Quadrophenia” album do this. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/18 "2005-10-25T19:15:19Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Sorry to hijack the thread for a moment but did Jefferson Airplane also do “Wooden Ships”? The only version I know about is the one by Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Yes, on the **Volunteers** album. I heard that version first (Paul Kantner of JA is credited as co-songwriter), and think it’s superior to CSNY – much angrier. More: \*Glad \* and \*Freedom Rider \* – Traffic The entire first side of the Moody Blues’s _On the Threshold of a Dream_ segues together. _Brain Damage_ and _Eclipse_ – Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/19 "2005-10-25T19:50:04Z")
ZZ Top - _Waitin’ For The Bus / Jesus Just Left Chicago_ The Alan Parsons Project - _A Dream Within A Dream / The Raven_ Incidentally, there was a single issued of the live version of _Stay_ by Jackson Browne. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832/20 "2005-10-25T19:51:34Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Oh, also most people think that songs “Load Out” and “Stay” by Jackson Browne are one song. I’ve never heard them played separately. I’ve heard a live version of “Stay” played by itself. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-artist-that-are-always-played-together-rock-and-otherwise/327832.md?page=2)