Ever hear a song that makes you think of D&D?

[greymist]

Two Police songs: Wrapped Around Your Finger and Tea in the Sahara.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Two Police songs: Wrapped Around Your Finger and Tea in the Sahara.

Speaking of The Police, their song King of Pain thematically fits corporeal undead.

 

[jeff37923]

"Veterans of the Psychic Wars" by BOC makes me think of Traveller.

 

[Theron]

Apart from every single song Rhapsody/Rhapsody of Fire recorded, and a lot of fantasy-themed metal in general, there is one odd duck.

Toto's "Hold the Line."

Yeah, really. It's got nothing to do with the song itself, but whenever I hear it, I have a strong memory of sitting in my room, New Years Eve 1979, hunched over a piece of graph paper, keying the new dungeon I was going to spring on my lunchtime players when school started up again. I can't hear the song without thinking about it.

 

[papastebu]

"White & Nerdy" Wierd Al Yankovich.
Anything by Slim Shady's "band" D12.
Tancious D.

 

[noretoc]

Metallica - where ever I may roam. Perfect ranger song.
Suzanne Vega - the queen and the soldier.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

In High School in the 80s, my friends and I chose theme songs for our characters. My wizard's theme song was "Fight Fire with Fire" by Kansas. Yes, the wizard had every flame spell he could get his hands on.

Just about any track from the "Heavy Metal" soundtrack - we played it in the background many times when gaming.

 

[replicant2]

Black Sabbath's Heaven and Hell with Ronnie James Dio at the helm is full of D&D-worthy material. Here's a sample from "Neon Knights" that always makes me think of paladins embarking on a noble quest:

Ride out, protectors of the realm
Captains at the helm, sail across the sea of light

Circles and rings, dragons and kings
Weaving a charm and a spell
Blessed by the night, holy and bright
Called by the toll of the bell

Come to think of it, you could argue that Dio originated fantasy-themed metal.

 

[Theron]

Black Sabbath's Heaven and Hell with Ronnie James Dio at the helm is full of D&D-worthy material. Here's a sample from "Neon Knights" that always makes me think of paladins embarking on a noble quest:

Ride out, protectors of the realm
Captains at the helm, sail across the sea of light

Circles and rings, dragons and kings
Weaving a charm and a spell
Blessed by the night, holy and bright
Called by the toll of the bell

Come to think of it, you could argue that Dio originated fantasy-themed metal.

Hardly. Zeppelin were there first.

But I digress. Some years ago, a friend of mine, being a gamer, came up with the Random Ronnie James Dio Lyric Generator. Then another friend automated it and hosted it on the web. His page seems to be no more, but through the magic of Google Cache, the Generator lives on.

BEHOLD!

Face the rainbow of the holy witch, BEWARE!

 

[replicant2]

Hardly. Zeppelin were there first.

But I digress. Some years ago, a friend of mine, being a gamer, came up with the Random Ronnie James Dio Lyric Generator. Then another friend automated it and hosted it on the web. His page seems to be no more, but through the magic of Google Cache, the Generator lives on.

BEHOLD!

Face the rainbow of the holy witch, BEWARE!

I got this one: Run from the mystery of the twilight sea. WHOA-OH! This is brilliant!

One nitpick, though: Though they had some fantasy-themed songs (the Immigrant Song, Battle of Evermore, some of Ramble On, etc.), Zeppelin were only peripherally involved with fantasy/occult and the majority of their lyrics were recognizably in the hard-rock vein. Dio rolled out dragons on stage and battled them with swords a foot longer than he.