Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

dierregi You just cannot get a Scorsese product that isn't overlong and over-violent. Even the good idea of focusing on the music industry of the early 70s is dragged down by a sub-plot involving gangsters, homicide and gratuitous violence.The main plot is not that original, it seems inspired by Mad Men, with a couple in trouble (think Don and Betty Draper in 70s clothes) and an office environment, with a bunch of characters who could be the 70s version of Joan Holloway (Andrea Zito), Peggy Olson (Jamie Vine) and Pete Cambell (Clark Morelle).Unfortunately, following the record industry on a daily basis does not seem that much more interesting than advertising, despite the brush with rock stars. Having nowhere to go with the main plot, at least we are served plenty of mini-concerts and meetings with stars such as Lou Reed, the New York Dolls, David Bowie, etc... Unfortunately the multitude of musical encounters is not enough to fill the time, and we get a homicide thrown into the mix, together with use and abuse of cocaine and dumb policemen. Finally, the cast is not good. Cannavale as Richie Finestra makes a lot of noise every time he snorts cocaine, while everybody else can do that in silence. His character is obnoxious, Scorsese-style (egotistic macho-man) His screen wife, Olivia Wilde, is mainly useless except for nude scenes. Suburban housewives don't have much to say, even if they were Warhol's models.The young cast was probably selected thanks to nepotistic criteria, being the children of Dennis Quaid, Mick Jagger and Julien Temple. This does not make them good actors, Mr. Jagger's son being the worst of the bunch. However, the soundtrack is definitely good and that is why I give it a 3.... I am still disappointed, though, because music-wise the 70s were a great time and all we get to chronicle the times is this mess....

sweetyhide Vinyl, A New York music executive in the 1970s hustles to make a career out of the city's diverse music scene. Created by Rich Cohen, Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese you wouldn't think it could go wrong. Ah, but it does. I can forgive the inaccuracies. This isn't a documentary even though real life musicians are depicted. It has that loose fast pace the Scorsese is know for, which I adore. The biggest problem is the budget. 30 mil on the first episode? The problem may be the use of so much copyrighted material and people. DJ Kool Herc is presently suing because they used his likeness without permission. ($10,000 just isn't enough, eh?) If you don't know who he is unfriend me now. How can they carry on with the average 7.5 per episode? To top it off Casey Bloys is the new head of programming at HBO and BOOM, Vinyl gets the boot. Coincidence? Maybe. Rarely do series succeed in the beginning (Seinfeld had terrible first season ratings). But this could have blossomed into something epic. Maybe it will get picked up by someone else with a big budget vision. A girl can dream.

moonmaedyn Ray Romano can act? Ray? Romano? From "Everyone Loves Raymond?" The comedian guy?Yeah, turns out he CAN. Seriously. This is the first season, and hey, not everyone can do a "Orange is the New Black" right out of the box--and it took awhile for folks to warm up to Boardwalk Empire. But they did, indeed, warm up to it. I have read reviews comparing this series to Mad Men and yeah, I can see the similarities. Having lived through the 1970's myself, I'm not sure there was quite as much cocaine, but whatever.It's kind of fun trying to figure out who the "artists" are supposed to be, and I laughed during the whole Alice Cooper thing. The guy that plays Bowie was really spot-on!I think it's a fun romp and definitely snuggle and binge-watch worthy. I believe the writers and director(s) will gel and it will get better. But Ray Romano? Who knew?

maychild1961 First of all, I cannot understand all the whining about "oh, it's so cliché", too much drugs, too much sex, too much violence. Wake up - we are talking the 70s here. Things were not politically correct and almost everybody was as high as a kite. Deal with it. I am especially miffed, that some of the self proclaimed critics didn't even bother to watch the first episode to the end. I think that it is not only brilliantly written and executed but it is also full of great talent. And I love the long music sequences. I was still a teenager in the 1970s and nothing seemed more desirable for me at that time than being in the music business. So much was happening at that time and that is exactly what this series captures. Of course it is not the usual TV junk food, where you watch and don't have to think (no complaints here, we all need that too), this one is fierce, it is powerful and it is frightening at some points. Bobby Cannavale does a wonderful job as a drug riddled, maniac record producer with a conscience. The interweaving of truth and fiction is fascinating and makes it all more interesting. So hang in there people - it is a great show, with great music as one of the main characters.