Bard Songs for AD&D



AC/DC
"Thunderstruck" Priests of Thor
"The Razor's Edge" Fighters
"Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap)" Thieves
"Back in Black" Thieves; maybe Death Priests
"Highway to Hell" any player with a "Good" DM
"Gone Shootin'" sharpshooters/archers



Aerosmith
"Walk On Water" Characters with a Messiah complex
"Rag Doll" Doll golems; any nubile female character
"Cryin'" Real Roleplayers
"Blind Man" A blind NPC
"The Other Side" Outer-planar adventurers
"Crazy" Chaotic Neutrals!
"Eat the Rich" Beggars/Cannibals
"Angel" Devas/Aasimon
"Livin' on the Edge" Denizens of Acheron
"Voodoo Medicine Man" Tribal Shamans
"Hole in My Soul" fallen Paladins/priests



Anthrax
"Out of Sight, Out of Mind" Illusionists; Psionicists
"Chromatic Death" Tiamat!
"Among the Living" undead



Fiona Apple
"Criminal" Thieves
"Sleep to Dream" Psionicists
"Shadowboxer" Shadows



Bjork
"Army of Me" clones
"It's Oh So Quiet" priests with silence spell



Black Sabbath
"The Wizard" Um...wizards?
"N.I.B." Demons
"Paranoid" Real Roleplayers
"Lord of This World" Egotistical Bards
"Faeries Wear Boots" Faeries and Elves
"Supernaut" Planewalkers
"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" Priests of Cyric
"Black Sabbath" any evil priest
"War Pigs" Orcs!
"Iron Man" Iron Golems
"Tomorrow's Dream" Prophets
"Changes" Polymorph spells
"Children of the Grave" any undead
"Am I Going Insane?" characters with lycanthropy
"Snowblind" arctic characters



Blue Oyster Cult
"Veteran of the Psychic Wars" Psionicists
"I Am the Storm" Priest of Thor
"Don't Fear the Reaper" Necromancers/Adventurers in general
"Godzilla" Gargantuas (lizard-type)
"Burnin' for You" Invokers and Fire Elementals



Blues Traveler
"Run-Around" Quicklings
"Hook" Hook Horrors



Bon Jovi
"Lay Your Hands on Me" Paladins
"You Give Love a Bad Name" Enchantresses
"Keep the Faith" Priests; Paladins
"Living On a Prayer" Priests
"Wanted Dead or Alive" Thieves
"Something for the Pain" Priests



Bush
"Machinehead" Tinker gnomes
"Everything Zen" Priests
"Glycerine" Alchemists
"Alien" Spelljammers
"Swallowed" Purple Worm!!!
"Greedy Fly" any BEM (Bug-Eyed Monster)
"Little Things" facing an army of 1 HD monsters
"Monkey" Carnivorous Apes!
"Swallowed" Purple worms
"Insect Kin" Thri-kreen/Tohr-kreen
"Cold Contagious" Otiluke's freezing sphere or Cone of cold
"A Tendency to Start Fires" fire elementals
"Distant Voices" Clairaudience



Concrete Blonde
"Bloodletting" lycanthropy or vampirism victims
"Darkening of the Light" You say you use Ravenloft?
"I Don't Need a Hero" Haughty NPCs
"Tomorrow Wendy" PC's lover has been incurably poisoned
"Sun" daybreak, PCs survived to watch the sun rise in terror
"Roses Grow" PCs in a bar



The Cranberries
"Zombie" Survivors of war
"Linger" Romantic real-roleplayers
"Dreams" Psionicists
"Salvation" Priests/paladins who've done wrong
"Free to Decide" mages with free action
"Ode to My Family" mouthy Bards



Diamond Head
"Am I Evil?" red-robed wizards
"It's Electric" lightning bolt, shocking grasp, etc.
"The Prince" the rulers of Hell!
"Sucking My Love" Faerie Dragons
"Helpless" NPC retainers
"Streets of Gold" greedy adventurers
"Shoot Out the Lights" show-off archers
"Waited Too Long" mages with bad timing



Faith No More
"From Out of Nowhere" Teleporters
"Epic" DMs that run 10-month campaigns
"Falling to Pieces" Damaged automatons
"Surprise! You're Dead!" Newly created vampires
"Zombie Eaters" Ghouls and ghasts
"The Real Thing" Thieves
"Underwater Love" Sea elves
"The Morning After" Any character with memory lapses
"War Pigs" Orcs!
"Edge of the World" Virtually everyone
"Last Cup of Sorrow" failed the poison save!



Fleetwood Mac
"Silver Springs" immortals; sad bards
"Tusk" Orcs!
"Don't Stop" Prophets; clairvoyants
"Gold Dust Woman" Caryatid Columns



Jimi Hendrix
"All Along the Watchtower" guards, thieves, jokers, princesses (listen to the song)
"Purple Haze" Illusionists; insane characters
"The Wind Cries Mary" Banshees



Garbage
"Supervixen" female characters
"Only Happy When It Rains" depressed Bards
"As Heaven is Wide" Devas
"Fix Me Now" damaged golems
"Milk" Minotaurs!
"Stupid Girl" last words spoken to many female players
"Queer" Munchkins ;)
"#1 Crush" obsessive Bards



Genesis
"Robbery, Assault and Battery" thieves
"Whodunnit?" assassins
"Guide Vocal" anyone running a training hall
"Watcher of the Skies" dragons



Led Zeppelin
"The Battle of Evermore" Fighters (good AL)
"You Shook Me" Earth Elementals
"Your Time is Gonna Come" Clerics/Paladins/Rangers who've done evil
"Stairway to Heaven" Devas



Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Swamp Music" Lizard Men
"I Ain't the One" Thieves
"Double Trouble" Mirrors of Opposition! ;)
"Free Bird" Aaracockra/Retiring adventurers
"That Smell" Necromancers



Manowar
"Dark Avenger" Antipaladins
"Battle Hymn" Fighters
"Defender" Paladins
"Holy War" Specialty Priests (especially Tempus)
"Black Wind, Fire and Steel" Fighters
"Hail and Kill" Fighters
"The Crown and the Ring" Azoun IV (or any King)
"Mountains" Dwarves
"Ride the Dragon" Dragonlords
"The Power of Thy Sword" Fighters
"Master of the Wind" Elves



Metallica
"Until It Sleeps" Summoners/Invokers
"...And Justice For All" Paladins
"Eye of the Beholder" guess!
"The Four Horsemen" Cavaliers
"Phantom Lord" Death Knights and Liches
"The Shortest Straw" Intolerant priests
"To Live is to Die" Undead
"Harvester of Sorrow" Farmers...in Ravenloft!
"One" wounded warriors
"Master of Puppets" psionicists with mind control
"Hero of the Day" Adventurers!
"Enter Sandman" wizards with sleep spells
"The God That Failed" followers of Myrkul or Bhaal
"Wherever I May Roam" all classes
"Sad But True" Dopplegangers
"Nothing Else Matters" All classes
"Of Wolf and Man" Lycanthropes everywhere
"Blackened" opponents of invokers!
"2x4" silence, 15' radius (listen to the song)
"Poor Twisted Me" Broken Ones
"Thorn Within" do you feel a little guilty?



Nirvana
"Smells like Teen Spirit" Battleragers!
"Polly" (also "Polly: New Wave") mage with familiar
"Molly's Lips" Rebellious Thief
"Stain" egotistical warrior
"In Bloom" Bards about bardic-wannabes
"Territorial Pissings" combat with territorial creatures
"Lithium" Priests of war deity in prayer before battle
"Something in the Way" the DM used a PUZZLE! :)
"Aneurism" the DM used a HARD puzzle!
"On a Plain" traveling through Thay...
"About a Girl" courtesans
"Pennyroyal Tea" stupid nobles
"Dumb" even more stupid nobles



No Doubt
"Just a Girl" depressed female PC
"Spiderwebs" Drow!
"Don't Speak" mages with silence spells
"Tragic Kingdom" just listen to the song...
"Sunday Morning" Dopplegangers (listen to the song...)
"Snakes" Yuan-ti; Nagas



Oasis
"Wonderwall" Living Walls
"Champagne Supernova" anyone who drinks elverquisst or feywine
"D'You Know What I Mean?" Mage with tongues



The Offspring
"Genocide" Elf-haters
"Come Out and Play" Fighters
"Gone Away" Mouthy Real Roleplayers
"Self-Esteem" Bards with no ego
"It'll Be a Long Time" Long-lived PCs
"Kick Him When He's Down" Thieves
"Nothing From Something" mages with disintegrate



Ozzy Osbourne
"Walk On Water" miracle workers; mages
"No More Tears" mouthy Bards
"Mother Earth" Druids
"Steal Away the Night" Thieves; mage with light



Tom Petty (with or without the Heartbreakers)
"Walls" feuding kingdoms
"Something in the Air" Rebels; Myconids
"Mary Jane's Last Dance" courtesans
"Refugee" um...refugees?
"Free Fallin'" mage that just ran out of featherfalls!
"I Need to Know" Diviners
"You Got Lucky" 1st-level characters that kill a dragon!
"I Won't Back Down" Real Men
"Learning to Fly" mages with the fly spell
"Into the Great Wide Open" low-wisdom Bards



Pink Floyd
"One of These Days" those on a quest
"Absolutely Curtains" after a major battle
"Dogs" Slaves and Servants
"Signs of Life" Entering a swamp
"Dogs of War" When the party is pursued
"On the Turning Away" Useful in Dragonlance towns
"The Gnome" Gnomes



Queen
"It's a Kind of Magic" Wizards
"Princes of the Universe" Deities
"The Prophet Song" Clerics
"One Vision" Diviners
"The Faerie Feller's Master Stroke" Druids; Faeries
"Ogre Battle" Ogres
"Who Wants to Live Forever?" Immortals; Demigods; Deities
"The Miracle" Priests
"The Hitman" Assassins
"I Want It All" treasure hunters, glory seekers, or freedom fighters



Queensryche
"The Thin Line" NG thieves; any true neutral
"Another Rainy Night (Without You)" Real Roleplayer Bards!
"Empire" Krynn minotaurs; Red Wizards
"Resistance" People opposing the above
"Anybody Listening?" self-conscious Bards
"The Best I Can" ambitious adventurers
"One and Only" monogamous Real Roleplayers



REM
"Losing My Religion" Unfaithful priests
"It's the End of the World As We Know It" Krynn during the Cataclysm
"Shiny Happy People" Those damned, annoying Lawful Goods!
"Everybody Hurts" warriors after a major melee
"Crush with Eyeliner" mages studying spells
"Man on the Moon" Spelljammers



The Rolling Stones
"Paint It Black" Drow
"Sympathy for the Devil" Devils
"You Can't Always Get What You Want" Thieves!
"Gimme Shelter" PCs with a castle



Rush
"2112: Temples of Syrinx" Priests
"The Trees" Druids
"The Necromancer" ...Necromancers!
"Limelight" Egotistical Bards



The Smashing Pumpkins
"Tonight, Tonight" Homesick Bards
"Zero" Courtesans; anyone with low self-esteem
"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" Crack-shot halflings



"Songs in the Key of X" (The X-Files Soundtrack)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "Red Right Hand" NPC villains
Screamin' Jay Hawkins "Frenzy" Bulettes and Tarrasques
Frank Black "Man of Steel" iron golems or maudlin Real Roleplayers
Foo Fighters "Down in the Park" faerie glades
Meat Puppets "Unexplained" DMs love a mystery!
PM Dawn "If You Never Say Goodbye" one of the players moves away :(
Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie "Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)" liches or fire elementals



Soundgarden
"Blow Up the Outside World" Underdark races
"Burden in My Hand" characters on a quest
"Pretty Noose" very depressed Bards
"Spoonman" poor Bards
"Superunknown" any mysterious place
"The Day I Tried to Live" confused Bards
"Jesus Christ Pose" more Messiah complexes...
"Rusty Cage" captured by ogres!
"Outshined" mages with continual light



Sting
"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" Priests
"Island of Souls" Sailors
"The Wild Wild Sea" same
"Sister Moon" Priests/Bards
"Consider Me Gone" Mage/Psionicist with Dimension Door
"Moon Over Bourbon Street" Vampires
"Shape of My Heart" Diviners/Gamblers
"The Soul Cages" Necromancers



Stone Temple Pilots
"Creep" Real Roleplayer Bards
"Plush" degenerate courtesans
"Interstate Love Song" Bards on the road
"Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" mouthy Real Roleplayers
"Unglued" Chaotic Neutrals!
"Big Bang Baby" mage with fireball
"Lady Picture Show" female players
"Dead and Bloated" zombies



Sublime
"What I Got" Real Roleplayers
"Wrong Way" Munchkins
"Santeria" Diviners; Mages with crystal balls
"Under My Voodoo" Specialty Priests
"Doin' Time" Thieves :)



They Might Be Giants
"Istanbul" Entering a foreign city
"Minimum Wage" At work, dreaming about playing D&D :)
"They Might be Giants" Bard explaining those rumbling sounds
"Whistling in the Dark" Drow!
"Hot Cha" Psionicist with psychoportation
"Number Three" Bards
"I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die" Adventurers' Theme
"Dig My Grave" Chaotic Neutral Characters' Theme
"My Evil Twin" Thieves
"The Statue Got Me High" Fanatic Priests
"She's Actual Size" Seeing a she-giant!
"Hall of Heads" Visiting the Cannibal Shaman :)
"Dinner Bell" Sloppy eaters; Adventurers without manners
"Mammal" Druids
"Spider" Drow and their captives
"Hypnotist of Ladies" Swashbucklers; Mages; Psionicists
"If I Wasn't Shy" Timid Mages



U2
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" Bounty Hunters
"Helter Skelter" (also The Beatles) Undead Bashers
"Van Diemen's Land" Peasant Hero
"Freedom for My People" Mul Slaves in Dark Sun
"Acrobat" Acrobats, Bards and Thieves who moonlight as world-savers
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" Priests on the battlefield
"Red Light" Thieves pushing their luck in crime
"MLK" Campfire song, use carefully!
"A Sort of Homecoming" Paladins returning home after a quest
"The Unforgettable Fire" Retiring Adventurers
"All Along the Watchtower" guards
"Last Night on Earth" terminally ill Bards



Van Halen
"Hot for Teacher" Young apprentices in love!
"Jump" Wizards with jump
"House of Pain" Torturers



Suzanne Vega
"(If You Were) In My Movie" Charlatans
"Rock in This Pocket (Song of David)" Pacifist Priests
"Song of Sand" Seafaring adventures



White Zombie
"Boogie Man" minor demons
"More Human Than Human" Dopplegangers



Yes
"Astral Traveler" Psionicists; Wizards; Priests
"Long Distance Runaround" campaigners ;-)
"The Revealing Science of God" Priests
"The Ancient" Sages
"Ritual" spellcasters



Miscellaneous
ABWH "Fist of Fire" Deva; Archons; Avatars
Jon Anderson "Sound out the Galleon" Spelljammer captains
The Beatles "Free as a Bird" Aaracockra; flying wizards
Pat Benatar "The Warrior" Fighters
David Bowie "Diamond Dogs" Anyone in Dark Sun
Chris de Burgh "Crusader" Paladins--again
Cheap Trick "I Want You To Want Me" Succubus/Incubus
Clannad "Ri Na Cruinne" an EXCELLENT Elvish mourning song
Dead Can Dance "Chant of the Paladin" Paladins
Dead Can Dance "Garden of Zephirias" Druids
Deep Purple "Fireball" guess!
Def Leppard "Gods of War" Fighter/Priests
Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms" Fighters
Dream Theatre "Live Another Day" Resurrected people
Bob Dylan "Subterranean Homesick Blues" Gnomes
Elvis "Return to Sender" mage with volley
Elvis "Jail House Rock" thieves' guild after Paladin gets done
Glass Tiger "Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone" All classes just before death
Hawkwind "The Awakening" Priests, cyberpunk setting
Billy Joel "Piano Man" Bards (of course)
Elton John "Club at the End of the Street" Adventurers who buy a bar!
Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls of Fire" Mages casting Fireball
Barry Manilow "I Write the Songs" Bard with very high opinion of self
Marillion "Grendel" nasty monsters
Marillion "Assassing" do you need to guess?
Brian May "Resurrection" Priests
Meatloaf "Bat Out of Hell" pissed off vampires
Vince Neil "Sisters of Pain" Specialty clerics of Loviatar
Nine Inch Nails "Wish" Polymorphed Wizards?
Pantera "Cemetery Gates" Necromancers
The Police "Wrapped Around Your Finger" Apprentice mages, esp. enchanters
Porno for Pyros "We'd Make Great Pets" Familiars/small monsters
Real McCoy "Another Night" vampires
Joe Satriani "Hordes of Locusts" Summoners; Priests
Shakespeare's Sister "Moonchild" any werecreature
Will Smith "Men In Black" Spelljammers; necromancers
Patty Smythe "Make Me a Believer" priests
Starcastle "Lady of the Lake" Arthurian characters
Toto "Hydra" Warriors; Hydra
Jethro Tull "Songs from the Wood" Druids; Bards
Jethro Tull "Locomotive Breath" Dragons
Rick Wakeman anything from "Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table" Warriors; Wizards
Wavestar "Troll Valley" Druids; Faeries; actual trolls
Weezer "Buddy Holly" Bards




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