valentine

I’m gay as a valentine and I’d still kiss that man, with tongue, right this very second.

Instead, a good 50% of the tracks retreat to safer ground - slowly strummed songs of devotion, packed with valentine card sentiments.

As the group’s musical valentine to their American rock ‘n’ roll roots, “Rubber Soul” begins, pointedly, with the ear-catching flourish of George Harrison’s bluesy guitar, which kick-starts “Drive My Car” into life.

Like the letter itself, the score is part valentine, part elegy—and John put his heart into it.

“Amélie” has been hailed as a valentine to Paris, but what makes Jeunet’s wizardry so ill-suited to that tribute is the whole tradition of French film which located the enchantment of Paris in real settings.