Read: Christine McVie’s most miraculous songĭespite following a docuseries format akin to VH1’s Behind the Music, the Amazon drama is concerned less with examining the turmoil of the creative process than with depicting predictable love triangles that morph, across 10 episodes, into more complicated shapes. But if fans felt drawn to Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham because their performances came with an air of mystery-were these exes gazing or glaring at each other, even decades after their breakup?- Daisy Jones strips away the mystique surrounding such dynamics. The titular, fictional band at the center of the series is clearly modeled on Fleetwood Mac, the famed 1970s group whose most successful album arrived amid shocking relationship drama and internal feuding. They can’t release or play their music without the audience wondering how personal it is: Are these songs about them? Is what’s happening onstage actually a performance? How did they write these lyrics? What could they possibly get out of being the subjects of such attention?īased on Taylor Jenkins Reid’s best-selling novel, Daisy Jones & the Six understands that musicians face inherent tension between their professional and private lives. But for singer-songwriters whose artistry is often diaristic, scandal is especially intriguing. Gossip can provide sensational grist for an entertainer’s appeal, for better or worse.
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