Well reviews are reviews, another person's personal opinion, and are interesting, but I always will watch and judge myself. I am looking forward to watching tonight.

Just bought the OST today on CD. I hope the TV show is as good as the soundtrack, but then it could be The Hot Spot, i.e awful film great soundtrack.

Top review in danish newspaper "Ekstra Bladet" - six out six stars.

[ekstrabladet.dk]

Looking forward to watching tonight, been listening to Some Girls to help get me in the right mood.

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with sssoul
Well I'll be - I got a free month of HBO so I can indeed check this out if I feel like staying up until 3AM or something
to loathe Scorsese with the full depth and breadth this sssoul can reach (which is quite a lot!)
but whatever happens it's so much fun to see Produced by Mick Jagger :E

I really wish he'd stuck with the original idea of making a feature film
covering the music business from the '50s onward. Oh well maybe someday ...

Ok ssoul we get it you don't like Scorsese.
Well there's no accounting for your lack of taste! But at least you redeem yourself with your love of everything Rolling Stones.
May be the only thing we have in common HaHa. Enjoy the show, will be watching on Pay tv in Australia thankfully will be shown same time as US screening to help take away the allure of illegal downloads.

I got a copy of the first episode...been dying of curiosity, will watch it soon.

~"Love is Strong"~

Watching it at the moment, being a huge Zeppelin fan the caricatures of Plant, Bonham and Grant are terrible. Peter Grant was a mountain of a man and they've got a skinny guy playing him.



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did anyone see it and like it?

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did anyone see it and like it?

Gotta say I liked it apart from the aforementioned Zeppelin scenes.

Pretty typical Scorcese, a damaged male lead with a dysfunctional family dynamic and crime.



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Another top review from Denmark (six out of six stars):

[www.b.dk]

Scorcese's film The Last Waltz is still a great watch, except for the interviews with The Band members.
Robbie: 'Ive been on this road for 16 years blah blah". Horrendous.

To me, first 45 minutes were kind of meandering. Then it got good.

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Watching it at the moment, being a huge Zeppelin fan the caricatures of Plant, Bonham and Grant are terrible. Peter Grant was a mountain of a man and they've got a skinny guy playing him.

Yep. There's a good review of the pilot on avclub.com (do not click unless you are ready for first episode spoilers), and the author agrees:

"I never expect 100% accuracy from period pieces, but Zebedee Row’s performance as Robert Plant feels a little too bullying and outwardly crass. While Led Zeppelin’s hedonism has been well documented, the real Plant always seemed to publicly carry himself with a touch of eloquence back then."

Vinyl didn't pull me in. It'll be a pass for me.
James Jagger had an undeniably captivating presence in his familiarity and beauty.

35love I agree about James. I also love Juno Temple's character. Love the detail they added where she grabs an issue of Rolling Stone from the drawer that has Mick on the cover. Very clever.

Thought the whole murder thing was a little bit of overkill but how they cover it up will probably be more interesting than the murder itself. The acting is great though.

Overall 4/5 from me.

This show starts in the UK tonight at 9pm on Sky Atlantic

Nate

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35love I agree about James. I also love Juno Temple's character. Love the detail they added where she grabs an issue of Rolling Stone from the drawer that has Mick on the cover. Very clever.

Thought the whole murder thing was a little bit of overkill but how they cover it up will probably be more interesting than the murder itself. The acting is great though.

Overall 4/5 from me.

*yes Juno Temple's persona/ eyes/ etc did draw me in too-

Just watched the first episode, wow, good stuff, reminded me a lot of the Goodfellas or what Mick wanted "The Casino of rock"...I'm a little worried that the next episodes will become a bit more "diluted" though.

Was also expecting to see a somewhat LARGER Peter Grant, hehe...and I'm not sure about sprinkling real people/stories with fiction, but why not. The Guardian isn't impressed though : [www.theguardian.com]

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Was also expecting to see a somewhat LARGER Peter Grant, hehe...

Correct, he's not large enough :





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Some fact checking : www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/how-does-vinyl-stack-up-against-the-real-deal-20160215

I'm a bit confused by this though

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The Polygram Record Merger
TV Version: German PolyGram execs are ready to buy American Century Records, until Finestra, still raging on a bender, crashes into the conference room, calls one a Nazi, and squashes the deal.

Real Story: In the early Seventies, the German company Siemans and the Dutch company Phillips create a joint music venture, PolyGram, that begins buying up American labels.

Did they see something I didn't and isn't it "Siemens" anyway ?

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very strong pilot ......Jagger influence throughout ......James looks like Mick circa 1978

Is there no Allen Klein look a like in the film?

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Watching it at the moment, being a huge Zeppelin fan the caricatures of Plant, Bonham and Grant are terrible. Peter Grant was a mountain of a man and they've got a skinny guy playing him.

Yep. There's a good review of the pilot on avclub.com (do not click unless you are ready for first episode spoilers), and the author agrees:

"I never expect 100% accuracy from period pieces, but Zebedee Row’s performance as Robert Plant feels a little too bullying and outwardly crass. While Led Zeppelin’s hedonism has been well documented, the real Plant always seemed to publicly carry himself with a touch of eloquence back then."

Agreed. I was cringing watching it.

I wanted to like "Vinyl". Excellent actors, for the most part. Thought James
Jagger was fine and has a real future in film...if he wants it.

The scenes with all of the scumbags could have been cut considerably. I certainly recognized a onetime major executive (first name begins with'W')
Agree completely with Erad about the miscasting of Peter Grant...He came out of
the womb, I'm sure, as a CREEP.

The LA TIMES review by Robert Lloyd is worth reading.

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The LA TIMES review by Robert Lloyd is worth reading.

Got a link?

HBO

Largely favorable reviews from both critics and audience at Rotten Tomatoes:

Critics Consensus: Vinyl doesn't always keep the beat, dramatically speaking, but overall, it capably honors the rock pioneers of the '70s with absorbing stories, a spot-on soundtrack, and rich period detail.

[www.rottentomatoes.com]

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The LA TIMES review by Robert Lloyd is worth reading.

Got a link?

LA Times article. Like how he points out that the Nasty Bits arrived in New York 1973 direct from London 1975.

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I wanted to like "Vinyl". Excellent actors, for the most part. Thought James
Jagger was fine and has a real future in film...if he wants it.

The scenes with all of the scumbags could have been cut considerably. I certainly recognized a onetime major executive (first name begins with'W')
Agree completely with Erad about the miscasting of Peter Grant...He came out of
the womb, I'm sure, as a CREEP.

The LA TIMES review by Robert Lloyd is worth reading.

this one? lol https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=walter%20yetnikoff

The scene of the collapsing club was fun to watch

NY Dolls scene was awesome, as was the soundtrack in general...a lot going on in that 2 hour episode....2nd best moment was Slade blasting out of the speakers...



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