For example, Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall part 1 and part 2.

  • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Sandstorm by Darude has a song right before it on his album called “the calm before the storm” and I actually enjoy it quite a bit.

    • felsiq@piefed.zipEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Hold up, tech noir… 2??? Thank you so much for introducing this to my life

    • Dis32@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 month ago

      Can’t say I’ve heard of them, but I will listen to these, thanks for your recommendation 🤘🏽

    • Darohan@lemmy.zip
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      1 month ago

      I’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.

  • yyyesss?@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Ozzy had “Crazy Train” and also “A.V.H.” which contained the lyrics

    Riding on a train that I can’t control

    One might say such a train was… crazy.

    • Dis32@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 month ago

      This also reminds me of Nelly, his song E.I. the line says “I’m a sucker for cornrows” and then his song Shake Ya Tailfeather “I’m still a sucker for cornrows you know I never changed that”

    • Dis32@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 month ago

      I like it when songs are connected to each other, like a big storyline kinda of thing, thank you for the recommendation 😎

  • emb@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Dream Theater has a song called Metropolis Part 1. Originally they didn’t plan to have any additional parts, but it worked out that eventually they decided to follow it up. Instead of a single song, they did a whole album: Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory. And I think it’s their best work.

  • ClipperDefiance@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 month ago

    Primus has the four Fisherman’s Chronicles songs.

    1. John the Fisherman
    2. Fish On
    3. The Ol’ Diamondback Sturgeon
    4. Last Salmon Man

    Another thing that might count as an example is that Wings’ Band on the Run and Helen Wheels both mention a character named Sailor Sam.

    Edit: Added to post.

  • Kennystillalive@feddit.org
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    1 month ago

    For me it’s panic at the disco:

    Part 1. Say Amen (2018)

    Part 2. This is Gospel (2013)

    Part3. Emperor’s new clothes ( 2015)

    (Specially the vids they did are conected if you wanna watch them in that order.)

    • Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Don’t they also have some disc where the song titles complement each other, forming full sentences, or something similar?

  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    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).

  • eezeebee@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Tool - Parabol / Parabola

    Tool - Intermission / Jimmy (although probably among their less popular songs)

  • hopesdead@startrek.website
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    1 month ago

    The Smashing Pumpkins- “1979” and “Perfect”.

    People said “Perfect” sounded so much like “1979” that the music video was intentionally made to be a sequel to the latter.

    • Dis32@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 month ago

      To this day I still haven’t heard any of their songs, this might be the day I listen to their songs 😅

    • zewm@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Didn’t they also have

      The beginning is the end is the beginning & The end is the beginning is the end

      ?

  • psycotica0@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    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.

      • psycotica0@lemmy.ca
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        1 month ago

        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!

        • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
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          1 month ago

          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 only have hundreds of songs but only 1-5 of them get played on repeat.

  • Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    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 common storyline [1]:

    1. Act I: The Lake South, The River North [2]
    2. Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading [3]
    3. Act III: Life and Death [4]
    4. Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise [5]
    5. Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional [6]
    References
    1. 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; […]

    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.
    3. 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.
    4. 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.
    5. 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.
    6. 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.
      • Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works
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        1 month ago

        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.

  • Sal@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I’m pretty sure that The Killers have two songs like that, with Mr. Brightside being followed by Miss Atomic Bomb.