I know a song by Bruce Springsteen (The Boss) that has a mention of V.W. vans,
although I think he is saying they are slow in his own poetic way...(V.W.vans
slow?)
Also linking rock and roll and Vanagons, after seeing Jefferson Starship a few
years ago at the Greek Theater in Berkeley I saw Paul Kantor (singer,
guitarist) leaving in the backstage area in his yellow Vanagon.

The Angel by Bruce Springsteen from Greetings From Asbury park N.J.

The angel rides with hunchbacked children,
poison oozing from his engine
Wieldin' love as a lethal weapon,
on his way to hubcap heaven.
Baseball cards poked in his spokes,
his boots in oil he's patiently soaked
The roadside attendant nervously jokes
as the angel's tires stroke his precious pavement.

The interstates choked with nomadic hordes
in Volkswagen vans with full running boards dragging great anchors
Followin' dead-end signs into the sores
The angel rides by humpin his hunk metal whore.
Madison Avenues claim to fame
in a training bra with eyes like rain
She rubs against the weather-beaten frame and asks the angel for his name
Off in the distance the marble dome
reflects across the flatlands with a naked feel off into parts unknown.
The woman strokes his polished chrome and lies beside the angel's bones.