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Wilson Pickett is a good example of the differences between today's artists and 'yesterday's; Young men such as Pickett , Redding, (and yes , even Ray Charles was still fairly young in the mid-sixties), trying to achieve, and succeeding at, a mature sound, while today, artists in their forties strive for a pre-pubescent sound and image. (unsigned comment by User:24.12.167.31 15:25, 15 March 2004)
Nothing against Mr. Pickett, but "In The Midnight Hour" was not one of the first distinctively soul songs. Sam Cooke, already dead by the time that song was recorded, had been recording soul music for some time, as had James Brown, Jackie Wilson, the Impressions and the Motown artists. Otis Redding had not reached his peak popularity yet but was certainly doing identifiable soul records before 1965. Ray Charles, although certainly not confined to the soul genre, did work in that genre for several years prior. This is why I changed the article. (unsigned comment by User:4.231.178.209 05:47, 22 May 2005)
Wilson Pickett was one of the greatest singers of our generation. He had a style all his own. Rest in Peace, Wicked Pickett! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.79.248.244 ( talk) 05:10, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
The Commitments, a 1987 novel by Roddy Doyle and a successful 1991 film adaptation by Alan Parker), is about an Irish soul band and prominantly features Pickett's music. Although Pickett himself did not appear in the film, he is an off-screen character, as band members claim to know him and the band performs as though Pickett is in the audience. Towards the end of the film, Pickett rides off in a limo (though we don't see his face). I seem to remember a small revival in Pickett's music, and American soul in general, during the film's popularity. Perhaps this warrants a mention in the article? -- buck 15:58, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
Anyone else finding this article gets way too simpering fanboy-ish in spots? For instance, the stuff about his 'inevitable' rise to fame, or the assertion that "Pickett devoted his life to embodying the notion of soul at its ferocious, unbridled best" -- neither seem particularly NPOV (or even factual) to me... 172.163.111.22 16:26, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
why doesnt somebody ad a pic ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.200.208.83 ( talk) 16:30, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
As he did write many compositions with others in the industry, a section should be added with a list of specifically which artists he wrote with, or for. I'm suprised and fascinated that he wrote with "Hootie and the Blowfish". With all due respect to Darius Rucker's talent, I always thought that besides him, the rest of his band were nothing more than nerdy, bland college boys who were lucky to hook onto a competent "front man" like Rucker. And too, the music, and especially Darius' soulful lead vocal style was sooo down-home bluesy in a way that DEFINTELY no white group could have done, nor even replicated in the 90s. It is again suprising that these were due to the "Wicked Pickett"'s contribution. And true, there should be a picture of Wilson in the article. The guy, like Otis Redding, was devilishly handsome.
I didn't know that he was involved in a vehicular homicide (though he was let off easy). This was reprehensible, and as much as I like Wilson's work, he should have been given significant prison time for taking a life so callously, under the influence or not!!!! -- 64.134.99.70 ( talk) 19:01, 14 May 2011 (UTC)Veryverser
I thought this song, "Sweet Soul Music (Do You Like Good Music)," was one of Pickett's hits but I couldn't find it in the article. Am I wrong about this or did it get left off the discography? Risssa ( talk) 03:43, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Regarding this edit: Apparently Atlantic released the 45 under both name: [1] [2] Kendall-K1 ( talk) 17:42, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
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Wilson Pickett is a good example of the differences between today's artists and 'yesterday's; Young men such as Pickett , Redding, (and yes , even Ray Charles was still fairly young in the mid-sixties), trying to achieve, and succeeding at, a mature sound, while today, artists in their forties strive for a pre-pubescent sound and image. (unsigned comment by User:24.12.167.31 15:25, 15 March 2004)
Nothing against Mr. Pickett, but "In The Midnight Hour" was not one of the first distinctively soul songs. Sam Cooke, already dead by the time that song was recorded, had been recording soul music for some time, as had James Brown, Jackie Wilson, the Impressions and the Motown artists. Otis Redding had not reached his peak popularity yet but was certainly doing identifiable soul records before 1965. Ray Charles, although certainly not confined to the soul genre, did work in that genre for several years prior. This is why I changed the article. (unsigned comment by User:4.231.178.209 05:47, 22 May 2005)
Wilson Pickett was one of the greatest singers of our generation. He had a style all his own. Rest in Peace, Wicked Pickett! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.79.248.244 ( talk) 05:10, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
The Commitments, a 1987 novel by Roddy Doyle and a successful 1991 film adaptation by Alan Parker), is about an Irish soul band and prominantly features Pickett's music. Although Pickett himself did not appear in the film, he is an off-screen character, as band members claim to know him and the band performs as though Pickett is in the audience. Towards the end of the film, Pickett rides off in a limo (though we don't see his face). I seem to remember a small revival in Pickett's music, and American soul in general, during the film's popularity. Perhaps this warrants a mention in the article? -- buck 15:58, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
Anyone else finding this article gets way too simpering fanboy-ish in spots? For instance, the stuff about his 'inevitable' rise to fame, or the assertion that "Pickett devoted his life to embodying the notion of soul at its ferocious, unbridled best" -- neither seem particularly NPOV (or even factual) to me... 172.163.111.22 16:26, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
why doesnt somebody ad a pic ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.200.208.83 ( talk) 16:30, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
As he did write many compositions with others in the industry, a section should be added with a list of specifically which artists he wrote with, or for. I'm suprised and fascinated that he wrote with "Hootie and the Blowfish". With all due respect to Darius Rucker's talent, I always thought that besides him, the rest of his band were nothing more than nerdy, bland college boys who were lucky to hook onto a competent "front man" like Rucker. And too, the music, and especially Darius' soulful lead vocal style was sooo down-home bluesy in a way that DEFINTELY no white group could have done, nor even replicated in the 90s. It is again suprising that these were due to the "Wicked Pickett"'s contribution. And true, there should be a picture of Wilson in the article. The guy, like Otis Redding, was devilishly handsome.
I didn't know that he was involved in a vehicular homicide (though he was let off easy). This was reprehensible, and as much as I like Wilson's work, he should have been given significant prison time for taking a life so callously, under the influence or not!!!! -- 64.134.99.70 ( talk) 19:01, 14 May 2011 (UTC)Veryverser
I thought this song, "Sweet Soul Music (Do You Like Good Music)," was one of Pickett's hits but I couldn't find it in the article. Am I wrong about this or did it get left off the discography? Risssa ( talk) 03:43, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Regarding this edit: Apparently Atlantic released the 45 under both name: [1] [2] Kendall-K1 ( talk) 17:42, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
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