OMG. Hey, I hail from over at hype machine. I love Brother Ray having grown up listening to him.

But man, this version of Busted has to be one of the saddest things I've ever heard. Ray's diction is so cleaned up and the track production is sanitized so much, you can almost hear how much Ray hates singing it.

I probably wouldn't have known the difference if I hadn't heard the live version of the same song - it's got so much more soul and fire as to put the official studio recording to shame...

Check out the live version here on hype machine here: Ray Charles - Busted

Now that's Ray having fun. And that's soul.