Tangent Sequels and the songs that initiated the series
Although this isn't a "topic" of any song, The Tangent have had many sequels where stories told earlier re-appear to move further on. These are either songs wich have a "part two" or be part of the Tangent's "Sequel Suites". There are two of these, long pieces which take themes and/or characters from previous songs, blend them togther within a new theme and framework. "Where Are They Now?" the first Sequel Suite was written in 2009 and is a song about forgiveness of others and ones self and the new opportunitis afforded by this. The stockbroker from "The Winning Game", Andy's children from "In Darkest Dreams", "Earnest" from "In Earnest" are all revisited in this song which also celebrates Andy's new found happiness with his partner Sally after both he and she had ridden "The Full Gamut" of emotions in the year preceding. The second sequel suite is "Lie Back And Think Of England" which follows up on the first Brexit song "A few Steps down the wrong road", (from the "Slow Rust" album) , "The Wiki Man" (from "COMM") and "In Earnest" yet again
Tangent Sequels...
From "The Music That Died Alone"
In Darkest Dreams: Follow ups in "A Gap In The Night" from "The World That we Drive Through" and in "Where Are They Now?" from "Down & Out In Paris And London"
The Canterbury Sequence: Follow up "Ethanol Hat Nail" (The Canterbury Sequence Part 2) from "Down & Out In Paris & London"
From "The World That We Drive Through"
The Winning Game: The stockbroker character is revisited after the 2008 financial crash in the sequel suite "Where Are They Now?" from "Down & Out In Paris And London"
From "A Place In The Queue"
"In Earnest": Follow Ups in the sequel suite "Where Are They Now?" from "Down & Out In Paris And London" and also in the sequel suite "Lie Back & Think Of England" from "Auto Reconnaissance".
"Lost In London": Spawned "Lost In London 25 years later" (from Not As Good As The Book) - "Perdu Dans Paris" (from "Down & Out In Paris And London") and "Jinxed In Jersey" (from "Auto Reconnaissance") There is also the title "Lost In Ledston" (From L'Etagere Du Travail" which is a play on the words of the original title, though the song is not part of the same series.
"A Place In The Queue" has a section about a girl who "stole a coat from C&A" which is followed up in the sequel suite "Where Are They Now?" from "Down & Out In Paris And London"
GPS Culture has a spritual Successor on the "Auto Reconnaissance" album entitled "The Tower Of Babel" further developing the concept of machines telling us what to do and us actually agreeing to it.Building blocks used in the development of the song were re-used to create the instrumental piece "The GPS Vultures" on the album "Songs From the Hard Shoulder"
From "Not As Good As The Book"
The Full Gamut (and the book that came with the album) has a protagonist named "Dave" who is mentioned again along with further developments on the sequel suite "Where Are They Now?" from "Down & Out In Paris And London"
From "COMM"
The song "The Wiki Man" originally looked at the way the internet was beginng to look like a load of opinions. On "Lie Back & Think Of England" (from "Auto Reconnaissance") this situation is shown to be totally out of control in a world where the truth is increasingly less important than opinion. Also, on the same album, "The Tower Of Babel" also follows the development of Comms tech further into our private lives.