Jackie Wilson - Lonely Life

Jackie Wilson - Lonely Life

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• Lonely
• Life

[norristerse]

@4doororphan

because if they did film wilson's life it would be yet another unbelievable film, like "ray" or "nowhere boy".

hollywood biopics are always irredeemable shit. let the music tell the story!

[DustyDurst]

Jackie Oh Jackie, I was on the air the day you passed and I went into Jackie Day without a thought. Loved Ya' Man.

[twinsis58]

i have never seen this before and this was in my era but i like it

[PutOnASweater]

@drjimiboy69 You seem to think that it's a Black & White issue...that is so far out there it's ridiculous. If you read anything on Jackie, you would find that HE is the one who wanted to record those records with those "terrible" arrangements...he was was recording stuff like that long before he got to Brunswick..kind of knocks out your logic. The racial aspect is ridiculous, and if you keep believing that, then your mind will be locked into that little box. Just enjoy the music and loosen up!

[drjimiboy69]

@PutOnASweater No, I'm no expert on Mr. Excitement, so save the noise. But he recorded a lot of weak arrangements and material geared for the pop (read white) mass market, per the backward facing and exploitive regime at Brunswick. Being the supreme professional and entertainer he was, he made even that watered down material enjoyable. When JW was given material with a more soulful (read black) sound, he really ripped it apart (e.g. She's Alright; A Woman, A Lover, A Friend; Higher and Higher).

[hipmusic222js]

the best no one had or has his talent my all time love of spirt and sound

[PutOnASweater]

@drjimiboy69 Evidently, you know nothing about Jackie Wilson.maybe because you weren't around when he first started out.He LOVED doing this stuff, but always had a R&R track on the flip side...that's why he had so many 2 sided hits. The flip of this record is "I'm Coming On Back To You", & BOTH sides hits. His highest charting hit was "Night" backed with "Doggin' Around" & again BOTH were hits on not only the pop charts, but on the R&B charts as well."Night" was opera & #3 on the R&B charts.

[cedmondson2]

Jackie is the man

[1okauchee]

how do you spell (talent) JACKIE

[norristerse]

@drjimiboy69

sometimes it's terrible, sometimes it works as a mix of flavours. look at the drifters' output from the late '50s early '60s.

(by the way, atlantic tried to sign sam cooke but were outbid by RCA. the results of that would have been worth hearing!)



[drjimiboy69]

@norristerse It's always frustrating when they try to "whiten" up artists like JW, Clyde McPhatter and Dee Clark, to make them more marketable to pop (read white audience). When they let these superior talents loose with any more ethnically authentic material, they would flat out kill it. These guys were so good that white folks would have responded to their r&b sounds anyway, so why bother recording silly, flute filled, Dick Clark style sound. JW was stuck on the music plantation.