# What is the best song that begins with the letter Q,V, X, or Z? See rules in OP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [November 15, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185 "2023-11-15T11:53:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/41 "2023-11-15T20:54:03Z")
Zip City…Drive by Truckers ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/42 "2023-11-15T21:13:07Z")
Valerie - Steve Winwood Ventura Highway - America Verdi Cries - 10,000 Maniacs Vienna - Ultravox Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/43 "2023-11-15T21:28:23Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/44 "2023-11-15T21:29:55Z")
Zomby Woof - Frank Zappa ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/45 "2023-11-15T21:42:07Z")
White Light White Heat - The Velvet Underground Valerie - The Zutons Valerie - Amy Winehouse Queen Of Hearts - Rockpile The Width Of A Circle - David Bowie j ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/46 "2023-11-15T21:43:04Z")
Queen of Spades - Styx (Mostly a placeholder, because so many of the songs I had thought about for this one are already gone.) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/47 "2023-11-15T21:45:01Z")
The Bowie song belongs in a different thread. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/48 "2023-11-15T21:45:07Z")
and my fifth… Veni Veni Emmanuel - Kings College Choir, Cambridge ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/49 "2023-11-15T21:46:17Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > The Bowie song belongs in a different thread. Gaaaah - Thanks! j ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/50 "2023-11-15T21:46:26Z")
The Voice - The Moody Blues Veronica - Elvis Costello (Yeah, I guess all five of mine are **V** s.) ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/51 "2023-11-15T21:51:03Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Veronica - Elvis Costello Ooh, good one. I’m surprised it wasn’t taken. ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/52 "2023-11-15T21:52:22Z")
Velvet Green - Jethro Tull All I’ve got for now… ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/53 "2023-11-15T22:00:26Z")
**Reposting** per new rule. Replaces post 45. VD Blues - Bob Dylan VD Waltz - Bob Dylan Valerie - The Zutons Valerie - Amy Winehouse Queen Of Hearts - Rockpile This is _hard_. j ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/54 "2023-11-15T22:01:59Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > VD Blues - Bob Dylan > VD Waltz - Bob Dylan Now there are Dylan songs even _I_ didn’t know… ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/55 "2023-11-15T22:03:47Z")
There is a suspicion that, back in the sixties, he had a case… well, you get the idea. If memory serves there’s a third, but I can’t remember the title right now. j ETA - I think it’s VD Woman. Just checked - it is, but Woody Guthrie wrote it. Now I’ve learned something. AKA VD Gunner’s Blues (it says here). ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/56 "2023-11-15T22:05:49Z")
Haven’t heard of that rumor neither, but I just saw that both are Woody Guthrie covers. I thought they were very early Dylan originals. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/57 "2023-11-15T22:28:01Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > I just saw that both are Woody Guthrie covers I can’t replicate your research… on the web, presumably? j ETA I have copies on a … hmmm … obscure release ETA 2 - [Waltz](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdR1I_07x34) and [Blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGmO92EE3wM) are on youtube. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/58 "2023-11-15T22:34:27Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > I can’t replicate your research… on the web, presumably? I just googled the song titles + Bob Dylan and followed the first hits to Youtube. Both youtube pages mentioned that the songs were Guthrie covers. The channel owner seems to be a Dylan enthusiast. Yeah, he got them from a bootleg, too. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UGmO92EE3wM/maxresdefault.jpg "Bob Dylan- VD Blues (Live 1961 RARE)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGmO92EE3wM) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kdR1I_07x34/maxresdefault.jpg "Bob Dylan- VD Waltz (Live 1961 RARE)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdR1I_07x34) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185/59 "2023-11-15T22:35:41Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Both youtube sites mentioned that the songs were Guthrie covers Ah - Same links posted above - I hadn’t read the comments. Ta. j ---
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> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > > > The Bowie song belongs in a different thread. > > Gaaaah - Thanks! > > j So does the Velvet Underground one ! ETA: i see you’ve replaced it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185.md?page=4)