Why hate Adam Clayton?

bassguppy · #1 02-17-2013, 11:13 AM

there's probably a dozen threads (at least) on people who respect his playing and those who don't.

I'd take his gig in a second.

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Bruce Willis buys Adam Clayton's NYC Apartment

http://realestate.aol.com/blog/2013/...hotoID-5642196

Lackey · #2 02-17-2013, 11:16 AM

I got nothing against the guy. His bass lines are extremely important to the music.

Kmonk · #3 02-17-2013, 11:18 AM

I like some of their songs but I am not a big fan of U2. I think Adam Clayton is underrated. His bass lines are very simplistic but he has great timing and plays exactly what is right for the song.

shrimpflea · #4 02-17-2013, 11:19 AM

Jealousy

Duckwater · #5 02-17-2013, 11:20 AM

I just don't like U2, nothing against their bass player.

Mushroo · #6 02-17-2013, 11:22 AM

If there are at least a dozen threads then why start another one?

U2 was a huge influence on me as a pre-teen, I'd love to have Adam's gig.

4-string · #7 02-17-2013, 11:22 AM

I think he's the perfect bassplayer for U2.

bassguppy · #8 02-17-2013, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Mushroo

If there are at least a dozen threads then why start another one?

Well my thread is regarding Adam Clayton's $8M apartment and how I hate him for it.

SactoBass · #9 02-17-2013, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Duckwater

I just don't like U2, nothing against their bass player.

My sentiment exactly! The singer's voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard........can't stand it! (IMO, of course). But I have nothing against the bassist. I just feel sorry for him having to constantly listen to that singer. Painful!!

Mushroo · #10 02-17-2013, 11:30 AM

I recently found out my favorite Adam Clayton bassline ("40") is actually The Edge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjtpplE39_g

Check out the look Bono gives Adam-on-guitar at 0:15!

Nashrakh · #11 02-17-2013, 11:33 AM

My band once covered "with or without you" on a gig and I nearly fell asleep doing four chords over and over. It's really hard to try and not embellish it like I usually would... my job was playing metronome and adjust dynamics to each part of the song... try to do the former with a drummer who plays hockey with his kit on gigs.

Nothing against Clayton or 8th note pumpers but that just ain't my kind of music. 'Elevation' for example is a pretty kickass song though. So it certainly is not about a lack of talent!

SactoBass · #12 02-17-2013, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Nashrakh

try to do the former with a drummer who plays hockey with his kit on gigs.

LMAO!

Mushroo · #13 02-17-2013, 11:36 AM

My old ska band played an uptempo skanking version of "With or Without You"---always got a good crowd reaction!

SBassman · #14 02-17-2013, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Mushroo

I recently found out my favorite Adam Clayton bassline ("40") is actually The Edge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjtpplE39_g

Check out the look Bono gives Adam-on-guitar at 0:15!

I didn't watch the whole thing, but, that's beautiful.

Was that Adam on guitar while The Edge covered bass?

SBassman · #15 02-17-2013, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by SactoBass

My sentiment exactly! The singer's voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard........can't stand it! (IMO, of course). But I have nothing against the bassist. I just feel sorry for him having to constantly listen to that singer. Painful!!

Wow. More evidence of how our differences make the good world go round. I couldn't disagree more. Fingernails on a chalkboard? Wow.

SBassman · #16 02-17-2013, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Nashrakh

My band once covered "with or without you" on a gig and I nearly fell asleep doing four chords over and over...

Maybe you just missed the beauty of the music. I'd have chills playing that tune, not a fight to keep awake.

xaxxat · #17 02-17-2013, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by SBassman

Wow. More evidence of how our differences make the good world go round. I couldn't disagree more. Fingernails on a chalkboard? Wow.

I wish I had a voice like Bono's.

And Adam Clayton's gig too.

Mushroo · #18 02-17-2013, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by SBassman

I didn't watch the whole thing, but, that's beautiful.

Was that Adam on guitar while The Edge covered bass?

Adam wasn't present for the recording session, so it's Edge on both bass and guitar on the LP. When they play it live, Adam plays guitar and Edge plays bass.

I like the bass line because it carries the song similar to Peter Hook's line on New Order's "Ceremony," another early influence of mine.

Nashrakh · #19 02-17-2013, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by SBassman

Maybe you just missed the beauty of the music. I'd have chills playing that tune, not a fight to keep awake.

Well it's not really the fault of the song itself actually but the playing conditions were downright awful...

Singer couldn't hit a note to save his life (we had a friend doing a guest appearance and he totally crapped all over the song) and the drummer went crazy

with a distinct lack of steadiness in timing by the end of the song we played it like 20 bpm faster than we started... (and once the drummer thrashes away there's no stopping him - go with his timing or play the song 'out of time', nice choice right there innit)

There was no magic to be found there... (maybe I wasn't so much falling asleep as being too totally embarrassed) also the reason why guest appearances are a big no-no for us now... (and the guy could sing it at rehearsal, go figure). I for one will never do that again, though the band considers doing With or Without You actually, but the singer veto'd it. I wouldn't actually mind if we did actually, but keep that singer away from me...

SactoBass · #20 02-17-2013, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by SBassman

Wow. More evidence of how our differences make the good world go round. I couldn't disagree more. Fingernails on a chalkboard? Wow.

Yep. His voice grates on me almost as much as the singer in Foreigner (...almost). Whenever my wife and I are driving somewhere while listening to the radio, we make it a game to see which one of us can change the station the fastest whenever we hear a U2 or Foreigner song begin. (But don't worry, we always carry an extra package of barf bags in the car in case we aren't fast enough to change the station.)

But I completely agree with you about the beauty of having differing opinions. The last place I would ever want to exist is where everyone liked the same thing. What a freakish science fiction world that would be! I'm sure I like some music that others can't stand. It's all good!