Music Review

If Tomorrow Never Comes (1997)

Joose
Reviewed by Steven Mirkin | May 30, 1997
EW's GRADE
C-

Details Lead Performance: Joose; Genre: R&B

If Ray Charles proved an affinity between country and R&B by covering Hank Williams, Joose's keening version of this Garth Brooks tune, ''If Tomorrow Never Comes'', shows how far the genres have drifted. Even Stevie Wonder would be hard-pressed to find any soul in Brooks' banalities. And the song's funereal pace makes it feel like tomorrow will come before the last chorus. C-

Originally posted May 30, 1997 Published in issue #381 May 30, 1997 Order article reprints

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