Arts I Heart Valentine’s Day!
I know, it’s totally geeky, but I love and always have loved Valentine’s Day. I like the color red. I like the color pink. I like candy. It’s a great day! Anyways. This year I’m including a mix CD with all my valentines (I know, I know… shut up). Every song has to have the word “cupid” and/or “valentine.” (Stop laughing and/or rolling your eyes at me.)
Here’s what I have so far:
Oukast - Happy Valentine’s Day
Otis Redding - Cupid (the best version of the infamous Sam Cooke song)
The Juliana Theory - This Valentine Ain’t No Saint
Extreme - Cupid’s Dead
Elvis Costello - My Funny Valentine
Connie Francis - Stupid Cupid
Squeeze - Is This Love?
Squeeze - Cupid’s Toy
The Get Up Kids - Valentine
ABC - Poison Arrow (fuck yes)
Gym Class Heroes - Cupid’s Chokehold
The Divorce - Call the Police
Billy Bragg - Valentine’s Day is Over
Tom Waits - Blue Valentines
Elton John - No Valentines
Tiger Army - Cupid’s Victim
New Kids on the Block - Valentine Girl
Fifteen - Sweet Valentine
Ryan Adams - Oh My Sweet Valentine
Smashing Pumpkins - Cupid de Locke
Elliott Smith - Cupid’s Trick
My Bloody Valentine - Cupid Come
The Replacements - Valentine
Am I missing anything? Anything GOOD, I mean? Not all these songs are good, but there’s some really shitty stuff out there… like a Good Charlotte song (which I left out on purpose). So speak up. I know there’s at least one other Valentine’s Day loving dork that can get behind me with this. Don’t be shy.
Good list! You should also put in Chet Baker's My Funny Valentine, which is gorgeous. It'd be cool to have that alongside EC's version. I'm sure there are more, but I'm drawing a blank right now.
Oh, and you've got a few extra apostrophes in there, in case you care.