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I'm not sure when this is accurate to, I think I remember only one or two chapters of DWV being up. Anyway, any errors are on my part and shouldn't reflect on the original posters/organizers. Also it's probably been badly reorganized by my chopping/saving, and I think there are at least a couple of repeats, so no promises as to ease of browsing.
Also this list is made of of two types of 'Cannon' song. Ones that have appeared 'on screen' or been mentioned in the walk itself, or songs that Bob has explicitly labelled 'would work' on this subforum.
It's also badly out of date, if that wasn't obvious.
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Dust In The Wind – Kansas – Disintegration attacks and abilities
Hey Man Nice Shot – Filter – Assembles a sniper rifle during the intro then gives him the ability to use it (and control the ammunition while it's still in the area of effect). The magazine provides ammo-of-choice (even if its behavior is inconsistent with the laws of ballistics and physics, for instance, black hole bullets, or pass through walls) for as long as the song lasts
Pinball Wizard - The Who - rather complicated set of combat-useful abilities, including semi-autonomous pinball spheres and attacks and rebuffers, plus some pointless special effects, all linked together with a pinball theme
Tubthumping - Chumbawumba - Instantaneous regeneration and a "weeble" effect ("I get knocked down / but I get up again")
Sweet Dreams – Eurythmics - Lets him intrude on and interact in anyone's dream for the duration of the song
Men in Black - Will Smith - Area effect "Forget" by controllable nueralyzer flashes from helmet lights
Die Another Day – Madonna - Nobody in the area of effect can die for the song's duration (Can still be injured)
With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker - Summons simulacra of multiple Warriors, his choice
The Laughing Gnome – David Bowie - Summons/creates short gnomes (decorative-garden-statue style, not earth elementals) that cooperate with him for the duration of the song
I Think I'm A Clone Now - Weird Al Yankovic - Creates duplicates of him, a la Multiple Man
The Warrior - Scandal - Suppresses his usual abilities while letting him mimic the powers and appearance of any one other Warrior, except for Hexe
We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel - Full-immersion history lesson for the second half of Warriors' World's twentieth century
Montage - Team America - Creates a time dilation effect for him and someone else as X weeks of training are crammed into 3 minutes. They come out of it starved and exhausted
Scales and arpeggios – A 'warm up' song for his magegift, reduces the possibility and severity of backfires when acquiring songs or using powers. Greatly increases his singing and power clarity, although the effect shrinks with each subsequent song. Side effect, causes him a great deal of pain (enough to cause involuntary tears in a man who can take enough pain to render him unconscious without crying) to begin with as it 'stretches' his negative meta power. Think of it as harsh but beneficial physiotherapy for his broken mage gift.
Little Help From My Friends – Summons simulacra of multiple warriors, his choice. Becomes harmfully draining when summoning three or more.
Hardware Store – Let him pull any needed object or device from behind his back
Freewill – renders him immune to all telepathy/emotion control effects
Mr. Pinstripe Suit - Conjures an oracle (resembling a well-dressed Cab Calloway), who will truthfully but not necessarily straightforwardly answer one question about the city that he's currently in. Has no effect in rural areas
Bananaphone - summons a cell phone with the shape, coloration, and feel of a banana. The cell phone is edible.
Message In A Bottle – Global distress call, telepathically alerts all Warriors to his current location and status.
Electric Eye - He becomes invisible, and gains eyesight with an unlimited viewing range (i.e., as long as it's in his LOS, he can zoom up on it in microscopic detail) and supersensitive directional hearing
Weird Science - High-speed technomagic kitbashing; all the parts must be within the area of effect
Another Brick In The Wall - Shapeable force fields with the appearance of white stone blocks.
Shout – Black Canary like Sonic Scream
Hazy Shade Of Winter - Ice/cold control, including ice armor
Ray Of Light – Faster than light flight and light manipulation via transformation into tachyons
Sunglasses at Night - Conjures a pair of sunglasses, which he can give to someone else or wear himself. The wearer of the glasses exudes an 'aura of cool', and can see whether anyone else in the area of effect is an ally or enemy
Tom Sawyer – Don't do anything other than look at me compulsion
Cars - Conjures a bulletproof car (random 1980's make/model) that provides anybody inside with mental equilibrium (defense against mind-altering effects, manifesting as a sense of security). Anyone leaving the car becomes unusually tense, nervous, and frightened until getting back into the car or the end of the song
That's the Girl I've Been Telling You About - Conjures a simulacrum of any female he cares about - friendship or stronger. He must tell another person about who he wants a simulacrum of
Break My Stride - Once Doug starts moving and gets into a rhythm, he can smash through/past anything that gets in his way. He's immune to damage from the barriers he breaks through or from attacks intended to stop him; attacks intended to simply hurt him still work
Made Of Metal – Grants Doug Metal powers including body of metal and metal manipulation
Brothers Of Metal – Grants Metal powers similar to 'made of metal' on a wider scale to Doug
Pioneers - It lets Doug accomplish one constructive/destructive task over time -- once day he plays this song and gets the equivalent of a whole day's work on it. But the effect is slow and cumulative, and controlled by the size of the task, and it doesn't really "take" until Doug plays the song often enough -- if he switches "targets", he has to start over when he goes back to the original task and chosen allies
Glass tiger – I will be there - give a "summon hook" on someone -- after setting the hook, he will be summoned to their presence if/when they speak his name. Whether that has to be his True Name, or can be one of his nicknames, is up for debate -- it may depend on how the person doing the summons thinks of him.
Limitations (potential):
1. Requires playing the entire song in order to set the hook. No shortcuts.
2. Once the hook is set, Doug cannot use another song before being summoned without cutting the connection.
3. Even avoiding #2, the hook's lifetime is not indefinite.
Time after time – cyndi lauper - It can only be played for someone else. And then it waits, like a (benevolent) land mine, maybe even years, until that someone is in can't-possibly-get-out-of-it-on-her-own danger and Doug is nowhere near to help -- which is when a simulacrum of Doug shows up to rescue or otherwise aid for the 3 minutes, 55 seconds that I timed the song as running. The simulacrum can't do the music-magic, but he otherwise has all of Doug's physical capabilities (including the protective chaos field), knowledge as of the time the song was cast, and personality.
Safe and sound – capital cities - Essentially turns the area of Doug's AoE (at the start of the song) into a giant environmental shield/bubble. Once established the bubble's location is fixed and won't move even if Doug does. The feild is proof against virtually any environmental danger, from collapsing buildings/cliffs/ect, to tsunamis, to vaccum of space, dangerous levels of radiation, and so on.
Once 'cast' the sheild is permanent until Doug cancels it or he exits the bubble, but he can't use any other song's power while the field is up
Shpadoinkle Day - Though it's only barely over a minute long, for the duration of the effect Doug can speak or understand all languages, or convey entire paragraphs of meaning in a single nonsense word, as can anyone else in his area of effect. The short duration limits its utility as a translation effect, but it's easily long enough for "Don't shoot, I come in peace!" or "Lay down your weapons and surrender, or I'll have to get rough," and REALLY REALLY GOOD for quickly briefing or debriefing - especially welcome for after-action reports, when everyone involved just wants to get a shower, a drink, and some rest, not neccesarily in that order, not talk stuff over "before the details fade." A recording or listening to the conversation from outside the AoE (even with a device entirely inside it) is just the sounds, but if a recording device within range is sufficiently advanced to use speech recognition to produce a text transcript the translation effect DOES apply, to produce the transcript in the language it's programmed to recognize, again vastly simplifying making mission reports
Lift Me Up – Five Finger Death Punch - A strong combo package of flight and physical toughness, this song has the minor prerequisite of needing to be activated in a battlefield that has already suffered a significant amount of collateral damage. As such, it makes a nice "second gear" power to pull out if a fight becomes unexpectedly difficult, or to let Doug escape if it turns out to be beyond even his considerable power and versatility. (Or, of course, if whatever objective he has is secured without fully subduing the opposition, or is best served by disengaging and making an expeditious retreat
My Head Is Filled With Music – The Real McKenzies – Lets him 'store' one song in himself for up to 24 hours that he can use at anytime without needing the music or his helmet, a one free power song
Offensive:
99 Red Balloons (English re-write), Gabriela "Nena" Kerner, written by Kevin McAlea, 1983. Creates 99 red balloons, which change into drone jet fighters and ICBMs mid-song and attack a target.
Another One Bites The Dust, Queen. Spectral (but damaging) machinegun bullets fire from his eyes.
Blinded By The Light, Bruce Springsteen, 1973, from the album Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. Flash/blinding attacks.
Boom, P.O.D. Sonic cannon.
Dust in the Wind, Kansas, written by Steve Walsh and Kerry Livgren, copyright 1977 Don Kirshner Music, Inc. Disintegration.
Fire, Arthur Brown. Flame powers, including body of fire.
Fire and Ice, Pat Benatar. Flame powers along and from his right arm, ice powers from his left.
Friends of Mr. Cairo, Jon and Vangelis, 1981. Gives him "30's-movies gangster" skills, a zoot suit, trenchcoat, and Tommy-gun, makes his helmet look like a fedora, and forces him to talk in "30's-movies gangster" style for the duration of the (twelve-minute) song.
Here Comes The Sun, The Beatles, written by George Harrison, copyright 1969 Harrisongs Limited, from the album Abbey Road. "Sunbolt" attack from his face. Good against vampires.
Hey Man Nice Shot, Filter. Assembles a sniper rifle during the intro, then gives him the ability to use it (and control the ammunition while it's still in the area of effect). The magazine provides ammo-of-choice (even if its behavior is inconsistent with the laws of ballistics and physics) for as long as the song lasts.
Light My Fire, The Doors, from the album The Doors, 1967. Lights multiple fires in the area of effect.
Lightning's Hand, Kansas. Lightning and electrical control.
Maxwell's Silver Hammer, The Beatles, written by Lennon/McCartney, copyright 1969 Northern Songs, from the album Abbey Road. Creates a "dancing" chrome hammer which he can direct from a distance.
One Night in Bangkok, Murray Head, from the concept album Chess. A rather complicated set of combat-useful abilities, plus some pointless special effects, all linked together with a chess theme.
Pinball Wizard, The Who, copyright 1969, 1993 Fabulous Music Ltd. A rather complicated set of combat-useful abilities, plus some pointless special effects, all linked together with a pinball theme.
Pressure Washer, The Arrogant Worms, copyright 2006 The Arrogant Worms, from the album Beige. Gives him a water blast power, and jealousy of anyone with a bigger water blast power.
Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting), Elton John, music by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin, copyright 1973 Dick James Music Limited, from the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Conjures knives made of solidified energy.
Shout, Tears for Fears. Shouted sonic attack, a la Banshee or Black Canary.
Stalin's Organs, GWAR. Conjures a solidified-energy Soviet BM-8 or BM-13 "Katyusha" rocket launcher.
Start a Fire, Tiger Lillies, from the album Bad Blood + Blasphemy. Gives him fire control and pyromania.
Steam, Peter Gabriel, written by Peter Gabriel, copyright 1992 Real World Music Limited / Hidden Pun Music Incorporated (BMI), from the album Us. Superheated steam attack.
This Corrosion, Sisters of Mercy, written by Andrew Eldritch, copyright 1987 Blackwood Music, Inc. Lets him accelerate the chemical breakdown or decay of objects in his range.
TNT, AC/DC. Lets him create touch-range explosions, a la DC Comics' Human Bomb or Marvel Comics' Boom-Boom.
Trigger Happy, "Weird Al" Yankovic, written by Al Yankovic, 1992, from the album Off the Deep End. He gets guns with unlimited ammo, and a irresistible urge to shoot everything that moves.
White Wedding, Billy Idol, written by Billy Idol, 1982. Conjures a solidified-energy shotgun.
You Know My Name (Theme Song to Casino Royale), Chris Cornell. Creates diamond-edged knives, sharpened to the monomolecular level.
Defensive:
Black Hole Sun, Soundgarden, written by Chris Cornell, copyright 1994 You Make Me Sick I Make Music. Formation and control of quantum black holes as a shield against gravity attacks. Limited offensive use.
Freewill, Rush. Renders him immune to mind and emotion control attacks.
I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor. V&V "Adaptation" power, with side effect of obnoxious self-sufficiency.
Tubthumping, Chumbawumba. Instantaneous regeneration and a "weeble" effect ("I get knocked down / but I get up again").
Mixed:
Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2, Pink Floyd, written by Roger Waters, copyright 1979 Pink Floyd Music Publishers, Inc., from the album The Wall. Shapeable force fields with the appearance of white stone blocks.
Cars, Gary Numan. Conjures a bulletproof car (random 1980's make/model) that provides anybody inside with mental equilibrium (defense against mind-altering effects, manifesting as a sense of security). Anyone leaving the car becomes unusually tense, nervous, and frightened until getting back into the car or the end of the song.
Hazy Shade of Winter, The Bangles, written by Paul Simon, 1966. Ice/cold control, including ice armor.
Lovecats, The Cure. Gives him the claws, senses, tracking ability, and behaviour of a tiger.
Sunglasses At Night, Corey Hart. Conjures a pair of sunglasses, which he can give to someone else or wear himself. The wearer of the glasses exudes an 'aura of cool', and can see whether anyone else in the area of effect is an ally or enemy.
Transportation:
Come Fly With Me, Frank Sinatra, written by Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen, from the album Come Fly With Me (Capitol Records, 1958). Lets the Loon and one other person who he'd want to take on a honeymoon (i.e. Shadowwalker) fly to the closest of the three locations mentioned in the song, arriving at the song's end, and gives them both protection from atmospheric effects. Won't work for just Doug. Only works on Earth. Ending the song early leaves Doug and Maggie in the air partway to the destination...
Don't Stop Me Now, Queen, written by Freddie Mercury, copyright 1978 EMI Music Publishing. Flight, with some switchable flame effects. (Called Supersonic Man in DWII.)
Fly Like An Eagle, Steve Miller Band. Transformation into giant eagle; flight in eagle form timeslips forward.
Help!, The Beatles, written by Lennon/McCartney, copyright 1965 Northern Songs, from the album Help!. Teleports Warriors to him. (Planetary range, cannot cross dimensional barriers.)
Highway Star, Deep Purple. Gives him a rather obvious bonus when taking part in an auto race.
Homeward Bound, Simon and Garfunkel, written by Paul Simon, 1966. Teleportation to his current home.
I'm A Pioneer (English re-write), Sharyn Scott, written by Lorraine Feather, copyright 1998 AIC-Pioneer LDC Inc., from the second Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-oh-ki soundtrack. Multimach/FTL flight with variable inertia, immunity to air friction, and vacuum support.
Little Old Lady from Pasedena, Jan and Dean, written by Berry-Altfeld-Christian, 1964, arranged and produced by Jan Berry for Screen Gems, Inc. Still a secret...
Magic Bus, The Who. Conjures a London passenger bus (in the Harry Potter world, summons the Knight Bus). Requires him to have "thrupence and six pence", but since it's a magic bus, the driver may be able to make change - from any currency.
Magic Carpet Ride, Steppenwolf. Flight, by way of a solid energy "magic carpet".
Ray of Light, Madonna, written by Madonna, William Orbit, Clive Muldoon, Dave Curtis and Christine Leach, copyright 1998 Warner Brothers Records. FTL flight via transformation into virtual tachyons.
Southern Cross, Crosby Stills Nash & Young. Summons a 35' sailing vessel, flying a Warriors flag, appropriate to local tech level or "Horatio Hornblower" tech if there is no local tech. The boat endures past the song duration so long as Doug keeps his mind focussed on his wife.
Spaceman, Bif Naked, written by Bif Naked and Peter Karroll, 1998. Teleports him out of danger, with a space-opera-series special effect of some sort.
Taxi, Tom Chapin. Conjures a flying taxi (seats four, speed approx. 200 mph) permanently surrounded by a rain storm.
Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen, from the album Born to Run, 1975. Escape hatch.
Gate:
gravity, performed by Maaya Sakamoto, lyrics by troy, music by Yoko Kanno, copyright 2003 Victor Entertainment Inc., Japan, from the album Nikopachi. Opens gateway from Tokyo (Sailor Moon alternate) to ??? (???). (Unconfirmed)
House at Pooh Corner, Kenny Loggins. Opens gateway from ??? (???) to The Hundred Acre Wood (Winnie-the-Pooh alternate). (Unconfirmed)
Point of Know Return, Kansas. Opens gateway from Velgarth (Heralds of Valdemar fanfiction setting) to MegaTokyo (Bubblegum Crisis OAV alternate).
Take Me Out to the Ball Game, (one of any number of cover versions), written by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer, published 1908, 1927. Opens gateway from ??? (???) to Tokyo (Princess Nine alternate). (Apocryphal)
The Way, Fastball, words and music by Tony Scalzo, 1998. Opens gateway from MegaTokyo (Bubblegum Crisis OAV alternate) to Tokyo (Kodomo no Omocha alternate).
Working My Way Back To You Babe, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Opens gateway from Lincoln Island (Nadia alternate) to ??? (???). (Apocryphal)
Still-undefined gate songs: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2; On the Road Again, Willie Nelson.
Sensory/Communication:
Electric Eye, Judas Priest, 1982, from the album Screaming For Vengeance. He becomes invisible, and gains eyesight with an unlimited viewing range (i.e., as long as it's in his LOS, he can zoom up on it in microscopic detail) and supersentive directional hearing.
Eye in the Sky, Alan Parsons Project, written by Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons, copyright 1981 Woolfsongs Ltd./Career Music Inc. Mass Telepathy.
I Can See For Miles, The Who. Telescopic and X-ray vision, and ability to detect lies.
Message In A Bottle, The Police. Global distress call.
Sweet Dreams, Eurythmics. Lets him intrude on and interact in anyone's dream for the duration of the song.
What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy), Information Society. Telepathy, by way of turning into an energy pattern that settles in the target's brain and accesses it at will.
Mind and Emotion Control:
Aquarius, the cast of the motion picture Hair (Milos Forman, dir., 1979), words and music by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermott, copyright 1966 Rado, Ragni and MacDermott. Area effect non-violence.
Ballroom Blitz, Sweet. Causes everyone in the area of effect to attack the nearest available target, friend or foe.
Beat It, Michael Jackson. Generates a fear effect, just powerful enough to make everyone in the area of effect scared enough to run away.
Brilliant Road to Tomorrow, angela, lyrics by atsuko, music by KATSU, from the album voice of the sky, 2003. Instills in the song's target enough confidence to reach for a dream.
Celebration, Kool and the Gang. Area effect "compulsive party".
Cigareets and Whuskey and Wild, Wild Women, The Wilburn Brothers. Area effect compulsion to "party down".
Comedy Tonight, the cast of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, written by Stephen Sondheim. Area effect "Emotion Control: Laughter".
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, The Animals, written by B.Benjamin/S.Marcus/C.Cadwell. Makes people think the best of him.
Enter Sandman, Metallica. Area effect nightmares/terror.
Firing Line, Gossamer Axe, written by Gael Baudino, copyright 1990 Gael Baudino. Forces an enemy or enemies to focus their efforts on him alone.
Hakuna Matata, performed by Max Casella, Tom Allan Robbins, Scott Irby-Ranniar, and Jason Raize; music by Elton John; lyrics by Tim Rice; copyright 1994 Walt Disney Music Company; from the Lion King soundtrack. Produces irrational calmness in the area of effect; affected individuals are completely unable to be concerned about anything, even life-threatening situations.
I Am a Rock, Simon and Garfunkle. Gives him immunity to emotion control.
I Am The Slime, Frank Zappa. Lets him make post-hypnotic suggestions. In V&V terms, he can implant one suggestion plus one for every five full points of IQ more than the target that he has. Suggestions last until they are executed, although he might be able to plant a permanent suggestion as a "special attack" (two rolls to hit).
Men in Black, Will Smith. Area effect (including Doug) "Forget".
Pressure, Billy Joel. Area effect increase of tension and anxiety (leading to tactical errors when used in combat).
Pulled Up, the Talking Heads, written by David Byrne, copyright 1977 Index Music, Inc. / Bleu Disque Music, Inc. (ASCAP), from the album Talking Heads '77. It's an area-effect confidence song, but with a condition: you can't be a "lone wolf" and benefit from it. The stronger the bond between you and your allies who are present, the more confident you become.
Respect, Aretha Franklin. Everyone in the effect, upon looking at him, will know the caliber of deeds that he's been responsible for, and will give him the respect he deserves.
Stickers on Fruit, Nancy White, copyright 2002 Mouton Records, from the album Stickers on Fruit. Everyone in the area of effect is fanatical about nothing but stickers on fruit for the duration.
Tainted Love, Soft Cell, written by Ed Cobb, copyright 1981 Some Bizarre. Forces people to fall out of love for the duration; handy against emotion controllers of a particularly nasty (and perverted) sort.
Take Me To The Pilot, Elton John, music by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin, copyright 1969 Dick James Music, Inc., from the album Elton John. Sort of a mind-control song. He vanishes, and his consciousness ends up inside a single target, acting kind of like the superego.
Tom Sawyer, Rush, written by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart, and Pye Dubois, copyright 1981 Core Music Publishing. A "don't do anything but look at me" compulsion.
Total Eclipse of the Heart, Bonnie Tyler. Area effect emotion control: despair and depression.
Under My Thumb, Rolling Stones, words and music by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, copyright 1966 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, from the album Aftermath. Mind control on a single female.
The World Is Stone, Cyndi Lauper, from the album Twelve Deadly Cyns... And Then Some. Emotion Control: Depression.
Healing and similar:
Cheap Sunglasses, ZZ Top. Anyone wearing cheap sunglasses in the area of effect is cured of his or her hangover.
Die Another Day, Madonna. Nobody in the area of effect can die for the song's duration.
I'm Alive, Electric Light Orchestra, written by Jeff Lynne, copyright 1980 EMI-April Music, Inc. Healing.
In a Big Country, Big Country, from the album The Crossing (1983). Defillibrates one person and stabilizes him or her for transport. Said person "wakes" screaming; the song has to played fully for the target person to remain alive. Knocks Doug on his butt due to power feedback.
It's All Coming Back To Me Now, Pandora's Box. He remembers everything he had forgotten. Then, those things he was supposed to forget would be labled as "Bad/Damaged" sectors in his mental "hard drive" and a mental "somebody else's problem" tagged to the whole thing so he doesn't spend time worrying about it being missing.
Twist of Fate, Olivia Newton-John, written by Stephen A. Kipner and Peter Beckett, copyright 1983 Stephen A. Kipner Music/April Music Inc./Big Stick Music Careers Music Inc. Allows him to contact a divine being and bargain for the resurrection of someone recently dead.
Holding On And Letting Go – Ross Copperman – Create a portal by summoning a set of stone doors, appears in two separate points, on the other side is the destination and it feels just like walking through a regular door, the further the distance the more power required
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