Here are 101 Bard Songs

[AUTHOR???]
1:  AC/DC: "Thunderstruck"                              -for Priests of Thor
2:  Bon Jovi: "Lay your hands on me"                    -for Paladins
3:  Def Leppard: "Gods of War"                          -for Fighter/Priests
4:  Chris de Burgh: "Crusader"                          -for Paladins - again
5:  Queen: "It's a kind of Magic"                       -for Wizards
6:  Dire Straits: "Brothers in Arms"                    -for Fighters
7:  Led Zeppelin: "The Battle of Evermore"              -for Fighters (good AL)
8:  Rush: "Temples of Syrinx"                           -for Priests
9:  Rush: "The Trees"                                   -for Druids
10: Rush: "The Necromancer"                             -for ... Necromancers!
11: Sting: "Moon Over Bourbon Street"                   -for Vampires
12: Sting: "Shape of My Heart"                          -for Diviners/Gamblers
13: Metallica:  "Wherever I may Roam"                   -all classes
14: Metallica:  "Sad But True"                          -Dopplegangers
15: Metallica:  "Nothing else Matters"                  -All classes
16: Queen:  "Princes of the Universe"                   -deities
17: Pat Benataer:  "The Warrior"                        -Fighters
18: Aerosmith:  "Livin' on the Edge"                    -Philosophers and teachers
19: Glass Tiger:"Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone"         -All classes just before
                                                           death
20: Ac/Dc:  "The Razor's Edge"                          -Fighters
21. Black Sabbath:  "The Wizard"                        -Um...wizards?
22. Black Sabbath:  "N.I.B."                            -Demons
23. nine inch nails:  "wish"                            -Polymorphed Wizards?  :)
24: Porno for Pyros  "We'd make great pets"             -Familiars/small monsters
25: Jimi Hendrix "Purple Haze"                          - Illusionists
26: David Bowie "Diamond Dogs"                          - Anyone in Dark Sun
27: The Police "Wrapped Around Your Finger"             - Apprentice mages, esp.  enchanters
28: AC/DC "Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap)"               - Thieves
29: Dead Can Dance: "Chant of the Paladin"              -Paladins
30: Dead Can Dance: "Garden of Zephirias"               -Druids
27: Blue Oyster Cult: "Veterans of the Psychic Wars"    -Psionicists
28: Sting: "The Soul Cages"                             -Necromancers
29: Wavestar: "Troll Valley"                            -Druids, Faeries, actual trolls
30: Yes: "Astral Traveler"                              -Psionicists, Wizards, Priests
31: Yes: "Long Distance Runaround"                      -campaigners  ;)
32: Yes: "The Revealing Science of God"                 -Priests
33: Yes: "The Ancient"                                  -Sages
34: Yes: "Ritual"                                       -spellcasters
35: Jon Anderson: "Sound out the Galleon"               -Spelljammer captains
36: Rick Wakeman: anything from "Myths and Legends of King
      Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table"        -Warriors, Wizards
37: ABWH: "Fist of Fire"                                -Deva, Archons, Avatars
38: Queen: "The Prophet Song"                           -Clerics
39: Queen: "One Vision"                                 -Diviners
40: Queen: "The Faerie Feller's Master Stroke"          -Druids, Faeries
41: Queen: "Ogre Battle"                                -Ogres
42: Queen: "Who Wants to Live Forever?"                 -Immortals, Demigods, Deities
43: Queen: "The Miracle"                                -Priests
44: Queen: "The Hitman"                                 -Assassins
45: Brian May: "Resurrection"                           -Priests
46: Hawkwind: "The Awakening"                           -Priests, cyberpunk setting
47: Toto: "Hydra"                                       -Warriors, Hydra
48: Dream Theatre: "Live Another Day"                   -Resurrected people
49: Starcastle: "Lady of the Lake"                      -Arthurian characters
50: Pink Floyd: "The Gnome"                             -Gnomes
51: Joe Satriani: "Hordes of Locusts"                   -Summoners, Priests
52: Manowar: "Dark Avenger"                             -Antipaladins
53: Manowar: "Battle Hymn"                              -Fighters
54: Manowar: "Defender"                                 -Paladins
55: Manowar: "Holy War"                                 -Specialty Priests(especially Tempus)
56: Manowar: "Black Wind, Fire and Steel"               -Fighters
57: Manowar: "Hail and Kill"                            -Fighters
58: Manowar: "The Crown and the Ring"                   -Azoun IV (or any Kings)
59: Manowar: "Mountains"                                -Dwarves
60: Manowar: "Ride the Dragon"                          -Dragonlords
61: Manowar: "The Power of thy Sword"                   -Fighters
62: Manowar: "Master of the Wind"                       -Elves
63: Vince Neil: "Sisters of Pain"                       -for Specialty clerics of Loviatar
64: AC/DC: "Back in Black"                              -for Thieves, maybe Death Priests
65: AC/DC: "Highway to Hell"                            -for any player with a "Good" DM
66: Metalica: "Wolf and Man" (?) -                      -for Lycanthropes everywhere
67: Queen: "I Want it All" -                            -for treasure hunters or glory seekersor
                                                           freedom fighters... take your pick.
68: Meatloaf:  "Bat Out Of Hell"                        -pissed off vampires
69: Elvis:     "Return to Sender"                       -mage w/volley
70: Elvis:     "Jail House Rock"                        -thieves guild (after Paladin gets done)
71: Cheap Trick "I Want You To Want Me"                 -Succubus/incubus
72: Billy Joel "Piano Man"                              -Bards (ofcourse)
73: Barry Manalow "I write the songs"                   -Bard with very high opinion of self
74: AC/DC:  "The Razor's Edge"                          -Fighters
75: "Ri Na Cruinne"--Clannad                            -(an EXCELLENT elvish mourning song)
76: Bob Dylan "Subterranian homesick blues"             -Raftaman the Gnome
77: Led Zepplin  "You Shook me" -                       -Earth Elementals
78: Led Zepplin "Your Time is Gonna Come" -             -Clerics/Paladins/Rangers who've
                                                        done evil
79: Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls of Fire" -             -Mage's casting Fireball
80: Genesis:  "Robbery, Assault and Battery"            -thieves
81: Marillion: "Grendel"                                -nasty monsters
82: Genesis:  "Whodunnit?"                              -assassins
83: Genesis:  "Guide Vocal"                             -anyone running a
                                                        training hall!
84: Genesis:  "Watcher of the Skies:                    -dragons
85: Marillion:  "Assassing"                             -do you need to guess?
86: Blue Oyster Cult: Veteran of the Psychic Wars       - Psionicists
87: Blue Oyster Cust: I am the storm                    - Priest of Thor
88: AC/DC: Highway to Hell                              - Any Evil Priest
89: Deep Purple: "Fireball"                             -guess!
90: U2: "All along the watchtower"                      -guards
91: Patty Smyth: "Make me a Beliver"                    -priests
92: Shakespears Sister: "Moonchild"                     -any werecreature
93: Jethro Tull: "Songs from the Wood"                  -Druids, Bards
94: Jethro Tull: "Locomotive Breath"                    -Dragons
And some other songs of interest
U2
   - I still havn'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 Darksun
   - Acrobat - Acrobats, Bards and Thieves who moonlite as world-savers
   - Sunday Bloody Sunday - Priests on the battlefield
   - Red Light - Thieves pushing their luck in crime
   - MLK - Campfire song, use carfuly!
   - A Sort of Homecoming - Paladins returning home after a quest
   - The Unforgetable Fire -  Retiring Adventurers :-)
Pink Floyd
   - One of these Days (Meddle) - Those on a Quest
   - Absolutely Curtains (Obscured...)- after a major battle
   - Dogs (Animals)- Slaves and Servents
   - Signs of Life (MLoR) - Entering a swamp
   - Dogs of War (")- When the party is persued
   - On the Turning Away (")- Useful in Dragon Lance towns
Concrete Blonde
   - bloodletting - lycanthropsy or vampirism victims
   - Darkening of the light - You say you use Ravenloft?
   - i don't need a hero - Haughty NPCs
   - tomorrow Wendy - PCs lover has been incurably poisoned
   - Sun - daybreak, PCs survived to watch the sun rise in terror
   - Roses Grow - PCs in a bar
Nirvana
   - Smells like Teen Spirit - Battleragers of course
   - Polly (also Polly: New Wave) - mage with familiar
   - Molly's Lips - Rebelious Thief
   - Stain - Egotistical Warrior
   - In Bloom - Bards about bardic-wanna-be's
   - Territorial Pissings - Combat with territorial creatures
       (trolls, golems, giants especialy)
   - Lithium - Priests of war dietiy in prayer before battle
   - Something in the way - the DM used a PUZZLE!   :)
Suzanne Vega
   - Blood makes noise - NOT THE FELAME PCs GET RAPED THREAD AGAIN!
   - (If you were) in my movie - Charlatens
   - Rock in this pocket (song of David) - Pacifist Priests
   - Song of sand - seafaring adventures
Enya
   - Any of 'em - Priests
Enigma
   - Same as Enya
Sting
   - If I ever loose my faith in you - Priests
   - Island of Souls - Sailors
   - The Wild Wild Sea - Same
   - Sister Moon - Priest/Bard
   - Consider me gone - Mage/Psion with Dimention Door
They Might Be Giants
   - Istambul - 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 - Psion with psycoportation
   - 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 Canibal Shamen :)
   - Dinner Bell - Sloppy Eaters, Adventurers w/o Manners
   - Mammal - Druids
   - Spider - Drow and their captives:  High Elves
   - Hypnotist of Ladies - Swashbucklers, Mages, Psions
   - If I Wasn't Shy - Timid Mages



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