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Daisy Jones & the Six: A wild tale of rock 'n' roll excess

Politiko 2023-03-19 16:27:00

Daisy Jones & the Six: A wild tale of rock 'n' roll excess

Inspired by Fleetwood Mac, Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel about a hedonistic 70s band is now a TV show. "The best thing? An imaginary group has become a real big group," writes Laura Martin.

They say that if you can remember the 60s, then you weren't really there, but surely, this adage is even more appropriate for the 70s. From the glamorous debauchery of disco at 'Studio 54' to the anarchic fever of punk, hedonistic excess reached new heights. With that in mind, older music fans might think they've simply forgotten about the best-selling band of that hazy decade, Daisy Jones & The Six. With the band's seminal album, Aurora, now available internationally, you may be asking yourself again: who are they?

In fact, the group never existed. It is a fantastic figment of the imagination of author Taylor Jenkins Reid in her novel 'Daisy Jones & The Six'. The book – published in 2019 – tells the origin story of the fictional band and its members: lead singer Daisy Jones, co-singer Billy and his brother lead guitarist Graham Dunne, keyboardist Karen, rhythm guitarist Eddie and drummer Warren (as and Billy's wife Camila) against the backdrop of LA in the 70s. It covers the love affairs within the band and the bitter rivalries that followed, the high life, the pursuit of pleasure and addiction - and, of course, the creation of their music, which documented all their drama.

Daisy Jones & the Six: A wild tale of rock 'n' roll excess

The novel, like the fictional group, became an instant sensation. The book has sold more than a million copies worldwide, spent nine weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and is a hit on BookTok. It has captured readers' imaginations, among other things, for its escapist qualities, as they happily transport themselves back to a time of rock 'n' roll excess, set in bohemian sunny 70s California.

Now, the new 10-part small screen adaptation, which premiered its first three episodes a few weeks ago and has been showing more episodes every week, may prove similarly enticing to Amazon Prime viewers. '; from the opening beats, it's mesmerizing. If reading the book made you feel like you were there, the TV series pulls fans even further into the action, taking viewers on the wild journey of the band's genesis and keeping them hooked until the fateful final concert when the band explodes.

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