*this is my review after reading the book and watching the first 3 episodes of the series*
I'll start off by saying this series is missing a few things: sex, drugs, and heart. The series is well shot, the story is pretty well adapted (although the script is almost word for word excerpts from the book), and the soundtrack is very good (both original music and chosen songs).
This series contains most of the 70s-era music tropes, but fails to include two of arguable the most important: sex and drugs. The novel is full of drug-fueled escapades of the colorful characters, showing the glamour of life on tour and in the studio and making you feel like these people were the coolest people alive at the time. The series makes it seem like they are a low-key amateur soft rock band and a struggling waitress that just can't seem to put it all together. Give me more Rocketman or The Dirt or literally any band from the 60s, 70s, or 80s.
This series just didn't seem cool to me all. If you want something similar but a million times better I would recommend Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous. That wonderful film has everything this series lacks: intrigue, passion, loss.
I'm cautiously optimistic that this will get better with the 7 episodes left (even though it seems like we are about halfway through the story), but I'm not holding my breath. From the descriptions of the characters I just thought Billy would be this leading man sex symbol with a gift that's also a terrible curse and that Daisy would be this extremely attractive free spirit that is a light in every room she's in. I didn't get that from these first few episodes. Hopefully it gets better!
I'll start off by saying this series is missing a few things: sex, drugs, and heart. The series is well shot, the story is pretty well adapted (although the script is almost word for word excerpts from the book), and the soundtrack is very good (both original music and chosen songs).
This series contains most of the 70s-era music tropes, but fails to include two of arguable the most important: sex and drugs. The novel is full of drug-fueled escapades of the colorful characters, showing the glamour of life on tour and in the studio and making you feel like these people were the coolest people alive at the time. The series makes it seem like they are a low-key amateur soft rock band and a struggling waitress that just can't seem to put it all together. Give me more Rocketman or The Dirt or literally any band from the 60s, 70s, or 80s.
This series just didn't seem cool to me all. If you want something similar but a million times better I would recommend Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous. That wonderful film has everything this series lacks: intrigue, passion, loss.
I'm cautiously optimistic that this will get better with the 7 episodes left (even though it seems like we are about halfway through the story), but I'm not holding my breath. From the descriptions of the characters I just thought Billy would be this leading man sex symbol with a gift that's also a terrible curse and that Daisy would be this extremely attractive free spirit that is a light in every room she's in. I didn't get that from these first few episodes. Hopefully it gets better!