Tv is generally shit these days, celebrity this celebrity that, reality bollocks and faux superstars going from one surge to another piss poor show that feeds the majority of the desperate, desperate to escape from their seudo lives and on demand life styles.

I have been reet vocal about shows such as the excellent Black Sails, Game of Thrones, recently the Night Manager on the BBC has been a beacon in an other wise turgid Radio Times.

But now there is a show, again on Sky, that has captured an audience desperate for some new and it comes in the form of something old. Seventies old. There is a revival of music medium the classic Vinyl record. The sleeves, the art work, something to be treasured not just downloaded. A physical representation of our lives and all that bollocks. Personally I have always loved vinyl and wholeheartedly support the resurgence of this form.

So, back to the show which is written/produced by Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger. It’s a show set in the 70s world of the music industry when music made money and spent it as fast. It has a strong cast, brilliant story lines, strong language, sex, drugs and ROCK AND FUCKING ROLL!

It’s called Vinyl. You can smell the smoke, the opulence, the fact the industry is run by two factions- those who want to make money and those who want to make music.

The lead character is Richie Finestra, the boss of American Century a record company based in New York. Richie grew up with a love for the music that grabbed him and gave him sole. Using this love we see him at the head of American Century with his band of trusted colleagues, his beautiful wife Devon, their two children as he is about to sell to Parlaphone and make them all millions.

It twists and turns as Richie realises he is doing everything that he isn’t – he’s no corporate fat cat he is in it for the music and that constant inner battle causes his demons to come out, as every good decision made is met with two or three bad ones.

This show is brilliant, steals from fact and embellishes fiction, complimented with fantastic sound tracks from punk to disco, Bowie to Donny ‘fucking’ Osmond. It’s packed with gangsters, hedonistic clubs and parties, hot ladies, big Afros plus ROCKANDFUCKINGROLL!

Have a look, get hooked, there better be a series 2.

 

 

What are your onions?

 

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