Valerie: Zappa/Mothers
Volunteers: Jefferson Airplane
Queen Jane Approximately: Dylan
You Really Got Me: The Kinks
I’ve just noticed that someone posted the Afrobeat “Zombie” before me (albeit with a different artist), so I’m taking it off my list and replacing it. New list:
And…
Verb - Schoolhouse Rock
It’s what’s happening.
Venus Sands - The Creatures – best punk song with a steel drum about another planet
Q.U.E.E.N - Janelle Monae – phenomenal video and from the past decade no less!
Violet Stars Happy Hunting - Janelle Monae - more nerdy awesomeness
Maybe I’ll come up with another one or two at some point.
Vienna - Billy Joel
Oh, what the hell–have we had any Randy Rainbow yet? Let’s have some Randy Rainbow up in this joint
A Very Stable Genius - Randy Rainbow
Oh! You got my vote.
You Really Got Me?
This one ain’t gonna fly in this thread, @P-man!
mmm
Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) – Bob Dylan
Vehicle – The Ides of March
Venus in Furs – The Velvet Underground
Victim of Love – The Eagles
X-Kid – Green Day
I don’t not like it.
Vienne - William Sheller (originally by Barbara)
That’s all I’ve got.
Queen For a Day - Skating Polly feat. Exene Cervenka
Victim of Nostalgia - mxmtoon
La vita nuova - Christine and the Queens (feat. Caroline Polachek)
Venus Fly Trap - Marina and the Diamonds
Queendom - Aurora
Oops!
What are your favorite Q,V,X, OR Z songs? POLL 1 of 3. Select up to 7 from this list.
- Q.U.E.E.N. – Janelle Monae
- Quark, Strangeness and Charm – Hawkwind
- Que je t’aime – Camille
- Que Sera Sera – Doris Day
- Queen Bitch – David Bowie
- Queen for a Day – Skating Polly feat. Exene Cervenka
- Queen Jane Approximately – Bob Dylan
- Queen of Hearts – Juice Newton
- Queen of Hearts – Rockpile
- Queen of Rain – Roxette
- Queen of Spades - Styx
- Queendom - Aurora
- Queer – Garbage
- Quest for Fire – Iron Maiden
- Question – The Moody Blues
- Questioningly – The Ramones
- Questions 67 & 68 – Chicago Transit Authority
- Quiche Lorraine – The B52s
- A Quick One (While He’s Away) The Who
- Quicksand – David Bowie
- Quiet Man – John Prine
- The Quiet One – The Who
- Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) – Bob Dylan
- Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) – Manfred Mann
- Quit Playing Games With My Heart – Backstreet Boys
- V-2 Schneider – David Bowie
- Vacation – The Go-Gos
- Vagabundear – Joan Manuel Serrat
- Valerie – Amy Winehouse
- Valerie – Frank Zappa
- Valerie – Steve Winwood
- Valerie – The Monkees
- Valerie – The Zutons
- Valerie Loves Me – Material Issue
- Valhalla – Lauren Ruth Ward
- Valley Girl – Frank Zappa
- Valley Winter Song – Fountains of Wayne
- Valotte – Julian Lennon
- Vampire – Olivia Rodrigo
- Vapour Trail – Ride
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voters
What are your favorite Q,V,X, OR Z songs? POLL 2 of 3. Select up to 7 from this list.
- VD Blues – Bob Dylan
- VD Waltz – Bob Dylan
- Vehicle – The Ides of March
- Velvet Goldmine – David Bowie
- Velvet Green – Jethro Tull
- Ven, Devorame Otra Vez – Lalo Rodriguez
- Veni Veni Emmanuel – Kings College Choir, Cambridge
- Ventura Highway – America
- Venus - Bananarama
- Venus – Shocking Blue
- Venus Fly Trap – Marina and the Diamonds
- Venus in Furs – The Velvet Underground
- Venus Sands – The Creatures
- Vera – Pink Floyd
- Verb – Schoolhouse Rock
- Verdi Cries – 10,000 Maniacs
- Veronica – Elvis Costello
- Vertigo – U2
- Vertigo (Do the Demolition) – Duran Duran
- A Very Stable Genius – Randy Rainbow
- Veteran of the Psychic Wars – Blue Oyster Cult
- Victim of Love – The Eagles
- Victim of Nostalgia – mxmtoon
- Victoria – The Kinks
- Victoria’s Secret – Jax
- Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles
- Vienna – Billy Joel
- Vienna – Ultravox
- Vienne – William Sheller
- The View – The Church
- A View to a Kill – Duran Duran
- Village Green – The Kinks
- The Village Green Preservation Society – The Kinks
- Vincent – Don McLean
- Violent Blue – Chagall Guevara
- Violet – Hole
- Violet Stars Happy Hunting – Janelle Monae
- Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai
- Visions of Johanna – Bob Dylan
- Visions of Paradise – The Moody Blues
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voters
What are your favorite Q,V,X, OR Z songs? POLL 3 of 3. Select up to 7 from this list.
- La Vita Nuovoa – Christine and the Queens
- Viva la Vida – Coldplay
- Viva Las Vegas – Dead Kennedys
- Viva Las Vegas – Elvis Presley
- Viva Las Vegas – Shawn Colvin
- Vivir Mi Vida – Marc Antony
- The Voice – The Moody Blues
- Voices Carry – ‘Til Tuesday
- Voices in the Sky – The Moody Blues
- Volare – The Gypsy Kings
- Volcanoes – Matthew Good
- Volunteers – Jefferson Airplane
- Volver – Carlos Gardel
- Volverás – Ricky Martin
- Voodoo Cadillac – Southern Culture on the Skids
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Vortex – Nora Twins
- Vulnerable – Roxette
- X Offender – Blondie
- Xanadu – Olivia Newton-John
- Xanadu – Rush
- Xanadu – Unmet Ozcan
- Xavier – Dead Can Dance
- X-Kid – Green Day
- X-Static – Foo Fighters
- Xtasea – Pierre Moerlen’s Gong
- Zig Zag – Ohio Express
- Zig Zag Wanderer – Captain Beefheart
- Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie
- Zing Went the Strings of My Heart - Judy Garland
- Zion’s Daughter – Boney M
- Zip – Rita Hayworth
- Zip City – Drive By Truckers
- Zombie – Fela Kuti / Afrika 70
- Zombie – Newen Afrobeat
- Zombie – The Cranberries
- Zombified – Southern Culture on the Skids
- Zomby Woof – Frank Zappa
- Zoot Suit – The High Numbers
- Zoot Suit Riot – Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
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voters
Now I can add some extras, most of which will be admittedly obscure:
The Q5 Piano Tune - Spike Milligan
Valentine’s Day - Klaus Nomi
Vigilante Man - Ry Cooder
Villain - Bella Poarch
Villon Song - Stick In The Wheel
X - Miss Li
X&Y - Caity Baser
Zadok The Priest - G.F. Handel / lots of recordings (technically a “Coronation Anthem” but short enough to qualify IMO)
Zorbing - Stornoway
Zu Potsdam Unter Den Eichen - Kurt Weill / BBC Symphony Chorus
Anyone say “Xanadu,” by Rush?
Never mind - I see it on the list. My bad.
Yes, it’s in the third poll.
My also-rans—songs I thought of beyond the five I nominated. included:
Quite Ugly One Morning - Warren Zevon
Valentine’s Day - The Dream Academy
Vanity Fair - The Ocean Blue
Vanz Kant Danz - John Fogerty
Zoom Daddy - The Swirling Eddies