Day 35 | Valentine’s Day

Of course I was going to feature this song today, although it either isn’t really about Valentine’s Day at all, or it is drawing a connection between the holiday and the concept of a massacre. Other than that word association, there’s little subtlety to the song– it is about a mass shooting carried out by someone named Valentine. Not really groundbreaking– think Pearl Jam’s Jeremy, or even an earlier Bowie song, Running Gun Blues. Nonetheless, today is Valentine’s Day and today’s song is … Valentine’s Day. Album: the Next Day.