7 Days 7 Songs – Day 4 – The Walker Brothers – ‘No Regrets’

Today’s pop pick: The Walker Brothers – ‘No Regrets’. Today’s nomination: Mira Vogel

You see it’s this kind of thing that makes me almost sad that I’ve not had much in the way of true romantic heartbreak or loss. To be able to legitimately identify with this song and this sentiment would be a privilege. In the absence of that, I can at least sing it in the car.

Then there’s the instrumentation. The string chords that accompany the start of the second verse (about 1:40 into the above) get me right there. I’m a sucker for a good pedal steel, of course. And the final almost-incongruous guitar solo sounds like after all the reasonableness of the lyrics, there is a very unhappy and angry person performing. Fantastic.