{"id":40818,"date":"2008-04-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/gomesongs-side-b\/"},"modified":"2008-04-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-04T00:00:00","slug":"gomesongs-side-b","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/gomesongs-side-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Gomesongs Side B"},"content":{"rendered":"

As my review of Gomesongs Side A <\/i>indicated, it\u2019s hard not to like Terry Gomes, the singer\/songwriter behind this material. However, it\u2019s easier to like him on that disc than on this one, which veers a lot more toward country than its counterpart.<\/p>\n

Side B <\/i>is a little less varied than Side A<\/i>, <\/i>but not by much. While country takes center stage, folk, pop and acoustic singer\/songwriter tunes are mixed in. More so on this collection too are stories told in the lyrics.<\/p>\n

Most of these are songs Gomes wrote for other people, and guest vocalists (none of who are famous outside Canada<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>, as far as I could tell) sing much of the material here. This gives the disc more of a professional feeling rather than something from the heart, which isn\u2019t necessarily Gomes\u2019 fault. His CD of new, original material coming out this year should be quite good as well as telling of what he has to offer.<\/p>\n

If you liked Side A, <\/i>this one will take some getting used to. Side B <\/i>starts off with a straight country piece about the next-door neighbor\u2019s wife who is always home alone and the, uh, action that follows. \u201cI\u2019ve got to lend a helping hand,\u201d the singer says. What a guy. <\/p>\n

\u201cSocantina\u201d features some great Latin-esque guitar that later gives way to a moody lounge piece; thankfully, there are no words here, as they would ruin it. But such experiments don\u2019t really fit in because so much of this is country music \u2013 rather than showcasing Gomes\u2019 considerable range, it seems more like showing off. Had some of the country tunes here been put on the first disc, the entire project would make more sense.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the songs aren\u2019t as catchy or memorable overall here. The two above tunes are the best, though the wistful \u201cI Dream Of Boats\u201d is as evocative as \u201cHey Sweet Shirley\u201d is fun, all Irish melody but set to an easy acoustic\/drum beat with an electric solo.<\/p>\n

The fun thing about discs like these is the element of surprise. You don\u2019t really know what\u2019s coming up next, which would normally make for compelling listening. However, Gomes \u2013 a very likable guy, I might add again \u2013 chose an unfortunate sequencing pattern for these two discs, and Side B <\/i>is the less successful brother of the pair. <\/p>\n

Fans of male acoustic songwriters and\/or country music who also like experimentation in their music will enjoy this. For others, a tentative approach is good to see if Gomes rubs you the right way, and if so the disc coming out later in 2008 will determine a lot about his future. Based on this, it looks pretty good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":29274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[8169],"rating":[5619],"class_list":["post-40818","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-terry-gomes","rating-rating-c"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40818"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40818"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}