If you prefer to acknowledge Valentine's Day without being overly syrupy, I recommend "Valentine" by The Elvis Brothers. As I've written before, the band's name is misleading, as their sound is actually Beatles-influenced power pop. "Valentine" is a high energy track suitable for cranking up while driving. I used to play it on KCOU and have never heard it anywhere else. Lyrically, it's a sound way of being direct with someone by saying, "Baby, let me be your valentine." That directness, fortunately, doesn't have the melodrama that ballads often have. It's an uptempo, forthright way of conveying, "Hey, I like you, so what would you think of us being together?"
