Happy Valentine's Day!

I posted this video below back in 2019.  Now I understand why it seemed so strange.  It was literally a 'singular' valentine to his collective fan base.

"Valentine's Day"

Valentine told me who's to go

Feelings he's treasured most of all

The teachers and the football star

It's in his tiny face

It's in his scrawny hand

Valentine told me so

He's got something to say

It's Valentine's Day

The rhythm of the crowd

Teddy and Judy down

Valentine sees it all

He's got something to say

It's Valentine's Day

Valentine told me how he'd feel

If all the world were under his heel

Or stumbling through the mall

It's in his tiny face

It's in his scrawny hand

Valentine knows it all

He's got something to say

It's Valentine's Day

Valentine Valentine

Valentine Valentine

It's in his scrawny hand

It's in his icy heart

It's happening today

Valentine Valentine

It's in his scrawny hand

It's in his icy heart

It's happening today

Valentine Valentine

Claudia Schmidt, "The unlikely story behind ‘Valentine’s Day’ by David Bowie"

In 2013, David Bowie released Valentine’s Day. The track was featured on the 24th and penultimate record from the legendary musician, "The Next Day."

Yet despite what the title might suggest, Valentine’s Day was not a song which explored romance, devotion, or anything close.

Far from flowers and chocolates, Valentine’s Day by David Bowie takes a look at a darker historical event associated with the date.

In fact, Bowie’s Valentine’s Day, and its accompanying video, actually contain a sobering message about gun-control. It’s believed that the song refers to a 2008 University shooting in Northern Illinois which occurred on Valentine’s Day.

The track was recorded by American producer Tony Visconti. “The subject matter is pretty scary,” Visconti once described of the song. “It’s related to people who go postal, about people who acquire a gun and do awful things with it.”

In the video, Bowie is playing a G2T Hohner guitar. Yet if you take a closer look, you can see the shadow actually looks as though he is holding a gun. Critics have drawn similarities between the silhouette and an infamous image of Charlton Heston speaking about gun laws at an NRA convention in 2000.

Valentine’s Day was to be David Bowie’s last ever 7-inch single issued from a new album before he passed away in 2016.