The Jackie Wilson Story

[selfishreasons]

There are a few things that people know about me, when it comes to music.

1) Hype Loves to sing

2) Hype Loves Jackie Wilson

3) Hype Loves the Temptations

4) Hype Loves Good Music Theater, especially good productions (ie. the set, the libretto, the acting and the singing).

This show had decent singing at best and everything else was $#*+. To me, they did Jackie wrong. I just wanted to pimp slap the chick who wrote it and everybody who participated in it, except for the band.

My entire life I have dreamed of seeing a production of Jackie Wilson and this just broke my heart. I wanted to cry for real. The only saving grace was that the guy who played Jackie Wilson was a very good gymnast, not dancer. His voice was a decent replica (when i decent i mean okay wanna be) but it was a bad day for him.

It is a sad day for reall Jackie Wilson Fans. This musical, I should call it a concert, doesn't count as a Jackie Wilson musical. It stunk like bad cheese.

The set looked like it cam out of a bad High School Production of Grease. The costume, look like your blind grandma with arthritis made them. The wigs, were clearly dollar store wigs. And the sound was terrible. All you heard were hot mics. Instead of using a period microphone, they used a cordless mic. Why in the world would they use a cordless mic? And a Bad looking 1979 cordless mic.

The acting in this show would have been better done third graders in a christmas pageant. I was so pissed. I didn't understand how Melba Moore who is a Tony Award winner ever even got considered for a Tony. She sucked butt. If this is her range as an actress I could be king of the world.

The libretto/book/script was like something you would hear on a bad local tv commercial. The people must have been reading off of cue cards written in highlighter from 25 yards away. I expected the sandman to hop on stage and kick somebody off.

Today, I saw the worst production I have ever seen.

[sukkafu]

maybe they consulted with american dream for the b2k wigs! also they stole props from depasse productions!

ken_du doesn't like jackie wilson. he allegedly saw jackie in new york mistreating a woman.

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SUKKAFU! said:

maybe they consulted with american dream for the b2k wigs! also they stole props from depasse productions!

ken_du doesn't like jackie wilson. he allegedly saw jackie in new york mistreating a woman.

Go to New York anytime and you're likely to see someone mistreat a woman. It's wrong and I agree under normal circumstances I would mislike Jackie Wilson or any man who mistreated a woman. I just don't dig that.

But Jackie Wilson brought me into music. After Jackie I loved music. And I think anybody at that age would love music If they heard Jackie. I was about 9 and I saw La Bamba the moive. It changed my life. I bought a Jackie Wilson Best of album and was straight hooked. I know the words to most of his releases and am currently trying to get most of them on record.

When I was a kid, I'd play Jackie Wilson all day non stop and sing all the words till i dropped. It was my love. This was when everything was innocent, ya see. So, If he was a womanizer, which he was, I didn't know it then. And I'm at a point where nothing can changed that love you know. And plus, he grew up with no boundaries, so he didn't know how to respect anybody but his momma.

To me, there is no singer better than Jackie Wilson. I compare all singers to Jackie. I think that why I like the Temptations and am very hard on singers of any sort. If Jackie Wilson (just on singing) is the measuring stick then alot of people are going to fall short. Everybody will. If Jackie Wilson (on stage performace) is the measuring stick, then nobody will measure up.

When you see me post and call somebody not so good or something, it's because this person is being compared to the best. So, for me to say someone is a great singer, you have got to have more than a voice. YOu have to have the skills. This is why I like the temptations and the leads I like. Jackie Wilson told alot of stories and so do the tempts. The stories Jackie and the tempts tell sell couldn't be told or sold by many other singers.

[sukkafu]

when you were a kid? you're still a kid! ;D

i was listening to jackie wilson before your momma was old enough to go to junior high!

jackie wilson was a great entertainer. i personally would not go as far as you to say he's the measuring stick. as far a s ken-du goes, he was more of the whupping stick!

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SUKKAFU! said:

when you were a kid? you're still a kid! ;D

i was listening to jackie wilson before your momma was old enough to go to junior high!

jackie wilson was a great entertainer. i personally would not go as far as you to say he's the measuring stick. as far a s ken-du goes, he was more of the whupping stick!

Dude, when I listen to the my Jackie Wilson collection I melt. If you listened to my collection you'd to the same. I'm telling you. He's got chops from another planet.

Actually, Sukka, I'm pretty sure my momma, is older than you. She's 57. Funky how I'm a twin born on my mom's birthday.

[sukkafu]

i have quite a few songs of jackie wilson's. he is a classic singer and performer. i've listened to jackie since the early 60's. i'm a motown fan,period.

i believe i like nat king cole and sammy davis jr. better- especially sammy.

[kim]

Selfishreasons.......Melba Moore is a great actor and singer maybe this production of Jackie Wilson was not first rate but Melba definitely derserved any award she has received over the years.

What is the name of this production BTW and who produced it?

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kim said:

Selfishreasons.......Melba Moore is a great actor and singer maybe this production of Jackie Wilson was not first rate but Melba definitely derserved any award she has received over the years.

What is the name of this production BTW and who produced it?

It's called "The Jackie Wilson Story" and you are correct it was not first or second or third or fourth or fifth rate. The producion compnay was like the chicago negro ensemble or something. Ilk? It's so bad I had to put the the "k" in the "ill"

ILK

[kim]

Well hopefully they can revamp this production. It would be wonderful to see a story about Jackie's life.

[selfishreasons]

this show has been around for a little while. I don't think it will get revamped. I think it will just remain crappy. I hate to sound negative, but that's the truth.