>On the other hand, "Soul Music" as a genre was a just a euphimism for "black music", and doesn't have anything >to do with "soul" as a spiritual or metaphysical concept.
The hell it doesn't have a spiritual concept! Where the hell do you think Soul music came from? Listen to Ray Charles man, and then tell me that there isn't a spiritual side to Soul music - one of the biggest influences on Soul music was the church. All those singers - All Green, Mavis Staple, Aretha Franklin, and so many more got their start in the church. That's not to say that Soul = Gospel but there in a huge influence of Gospel on Soul. Soul music is the merging of the spiritual with the physical - that's why it's so great to dance to... it satisfies the body, mind and "soul". (That's why I love the term "High Tech Soul" = Techno or "Techno Soul") MEK
