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The Paladin

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CHEAP ALERT!!!

Yes, Im guilty. I played a little too much World of Warcraft at some point.
And yes, I made several songs of the game. "Warcraft" being the only serious one.
But this one actually got featured on WoW-Europe.com, which was cool.
So I've had fun amounts of downloads on this one elsewhere.
YES I know it's cheap. YES I know it's not that good. YES I know most will hate it.
But being several years old now - it's safe to upload here - just for fun.
I do the singing ofcourse. And the original melody is Kenny Rogers's "The Gambler".

And the lyrics are:

"On a warm summers evening. On a gryphon bound from Stormwind.
I met up with a paladin, we were both to tired to sleep.
So we took turns at staring, at the darkness down in Duskwood,
and when we came to Westfall. Well he began to speak. And he said:
Son I've made my life, out of questing in the world of Warcraft.
And I know what you're specced up for just by looking at your gear.
So if you don't mind me saying - I can see you have capped to 60,
but there's a horrid amount of pwnage before you're a master of this game.

So when you're in a party or raiding. And a kill demand some looting.
Why the hell do you roll on a robe when you're a warrior and using plate?
And there is never any need for begging. Get your own gold and grind and fight.
'Cause if you're gonna play the fucking game, boy - you gotta fucking learn to play it right.

You gotta know when to auction it.
Know when to trade it.
Know what to give away.
And know what to enchant.
You never kill low-levels,
when you're riding down the noob-zones.
There'll be time enough for killing.
When a battle is on.

Every gamer knows, that the secret to survival,
is knowing how to play your class and know how to play it well.
'Cause chances are that someday - you get polymorphed into a sheep.
So the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep.

So when he finished speaking. He leaned up against his polearm.
Looked through his quest-log and then he faded off to sleep.
And somewhere in the darkness, the paladin he broke even.
And with his final words I got an item I could keep.

You gotta know when to auction it.
Know when to trade it.
Know what to give away.
And know what to enchant.
You never kill low-levels,
when you're riding down the noob-zones.
There'll be time enough for killing.
When a battle is on."

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I have to admit that this song might be very slightly cheap, but it's always good for a laugh and smile. The lyrics are just so well done, and I honestly like your instrumentation more than the original's (although I have that too).

It's just delightfully timeless, and I look forward to more epic songs now that you're back.

Best line: "So the best you can hope for is diee-eee-eee in your sleep." I'd never have thought of making it actually sound like the polymorphed sheep baa-ing on top of the usual rhyme. It's a bit morbid, but that's actually part of the charm.

SkyMarshall responds:

Yeah you would think this would be cringe by now, but it still kinda works. It wasnt intended to be complicated or serious back then either ofcourse, just for fun. Thanks man.

reasons to play paladin lol

Awesome! Paladins are cool....until they attack me in PVP. The song is great! Very masterful. :)

death knights ftw we just roll blood and we can kill everything and take your shit =P

I'll be taking that...

I've been going through using an add-on to put some of my own flavor in the music of WoW (Soundtrack), and this will work nicely as Tavern music.

I'd give you a 10, but I'm a little biased about Paladins.

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Score
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Uploaded
Jun 11, 2008
7:37 PM EDT
Genre
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3.3 MB
3 min 29 sec

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