11 Bizarrely Unnecessary Sequels To Classic Songs
3. Buchanan And Goodman - "Buchanan And Goodman On Trial"
Bill Buchanan and Dickie Goodman's first follow-up to the "The Flying Saucer" is essentially the Human Centipede II of sequel songs. It copies the original's form rather than continuing its story, it adds nothing in the way of real ingenuity, and nobody really asked for it to begin with.
"The Flying Saucer" was unique when it came out, one of the first songs to ever make use of sampling. It was also controversial for the same reason. The creators of the 17 songs Buchanan and Goodman sampled in the 1956 novelty hit were less than thrilled with the unauthorized use of their intellectual properties. Buchanan and Goodman won the resulting court case after arguing that their unlicensed parody mash-up would help increase sales of the records they'd sampled.
Naturally, they celebrated by creating the second of what they called their "break-in" records. "Buchanan And Goodman On Trial" brought back news reporter John Cameron-Cameron and the Martians from "The Flying Saucer," but without giving them much chance to shine. While "Saucer" included a fair amount of original material, the apparently salty Buchanan and Goodman hardly let a moment of "Trial" go by without breaking in a sample.
This wasn't the last of their break-in records, or even the last of their sequels. John Cameron-Cameron would return in later works such as "The Flying Saucer Goes West" and the Christmas-themed "Santa And The Satellite."
Of all their sequels, however, "Buchanan And Goodman On Trial" stands apart. The non-stop sampling feels aggressive, vengeful, and in many ways undignified. It's also, at times, much funnier than it has any right to be. It really is the Human Centipede II of sequel songs.