Yes, yes, we are the first to know that rock’n’roll is no longer what it used to be and that it has long since ceased to have a definite hold on its position in the hallowed trio from the title. But fortunately, just these days, a series appeared on Amazon Prime in which the seventies – and their rock ‘n’ roll – never really ends. Meet Daisy Jones and the Six, a mini-series (based on the best-selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reed) about the intrigue, heartbreak, lies, and tensions within a major, completely fictitious Seventies rock band that may resemble just a little, or more Somewhat, the giants Fleetwood Mac. If she does well, she will be able to make us forget the bitter taste of other previous attempts to bring the old world of rock ‘n’ roll to television, such as HBO’s forgettable and utterly failed “Vinyl.”
The series is presented as a mix of drama with mockumentary in which the band members are interviewed about their inevitable rise and fall, including, of course, stormy romances in the band. Daisy Jones is a promising young singer (ahem, Stevie Nicks) who meets a charismatic band guitarist (not Lindsay Buckingham, why you ask) and together they form a band which, as mentioned, is definitely not Fleetwood Mac. The correct coordination of expectations would be to come to this series as one approaches a Fleetwood Mac album: that it will be fun, melodramatic, with a strong vibe of a soap opera but still more sophisticated and high quality than that. And the inevitable explosions will come once the band’s strongest hits are about the failed relationships within it. In short, he will be happy. I mean, to you. Daisy Jones and the Six are probably going to be really sad.
“Daisy Jones and the Six”, first three episodes now on Amazon Prime. The ten episodes of the season will be released every Friday throughout the month of March