Hallelujah I Love Her So

I spent some time at a record store this weekend, and I bought a couple of soul albums. I got:

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - The Complete Duets
Archie Bell & the Drells - Tighten Up & I Can't Stop Dancing
Ray Charles - The Definitive Soul Collection

I'm going to listen to them in reverse order, simply because I'm most familiar with Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, and less so about Archie Bell. Ray Charles goes first, because I haven't heard Hallelujah I Love Her So in *years*. It's a Rhino compilation, and in general, I LOVE their compilations. Hallelujah I Love Her So is a spectacular pop song. Two minutes and thirty-five seconds of awesome. The is genius.

Tighten Up, I attribute to EttEtt. He had a vinyl of this, if I recall correctly. Marvin & Tammi were both part of my Motown obsession - I'm not exactly sure where that came from, but it really fomented in college, for me. It led me elsewhere, but I get so damn fixated on other bands (for years) that *finding* new music, even if it's old music is a real challenge for me.

I've also found it difficult to work with music that I really like on. I think I'm going to have to switch to classical or jazz that I'm less familiar with. But it's so damn boring!!! Maybe it'll help me concentrate better.