Asymmetric Music

Classic soul: Churchy singing; horns; solid, steady, unadorned beat. James Carr was one of those second-tier soulmen, which means slightly below Redding but still great, with a handful of first-tier songs. Amongst those are "Pouring Water on a Drowning Man" in which a already-hurt man begs for mercy while a woman piles on the misery.

Anyways, it kind of reminded me of the way that Barack Obama is handling the recession.

You Got My Mind Messed Up is one of the finest Soul records, in the Otis Blue range. "Dark End of the Street" is probably his most famous single.

You Got My Mind Messed Up by James Carr