Sorry Sparky lovers! I just can't stop!! Blame it on the caffiene and tour announcement!!
(From On The Road To Pop, an interview around 1982) "We're getting a lot of calls from ladies about Bono. They're asking whether or not Bono is really married, and we're receiving lost of telephone numbers as well! But let's get the straight story. BOno has gotten married, hasn't he?"
The guitarist hedged, "Uhhhhmmmmm...."
Adam pounced, 'Yeah! But you can give *me* the telephone numbers."
Later, continuing their pattern as comedian and straight man, Adam and Edge pondered a question about U2's involvement scoring a ballet for the Dublin theater. "This is the other face of U2," Edge answered
with mock seriousness. "Though we may be impersonating a rock and roll band at the moment, Adam has been practicing ballet for the last ten years - very conscientiously."
"I'm still workign on my thighs," the bass player continued unabashed, 'but they just dont look right."
Attempting to steer the interview back to slightly more seious matters, I asked Edge if he feared being labeled a 'guitar hero' as a result of his highly originial style. Before he could reply, Adam interrupted, "I don't think guitar players are heroes really, it's drummers nad bass players. You've got it all wrong."
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(1984 Interview)
Adam jumped in: "It's obvious with The UF who's important. I mean, Edge doesn't really play any guitar on it and it's the rhythm section that makes that record. In fact, we're thinking of losing a member for the next couple of records!"
"What I like about the bass playing on that album is that it exists where it should be - on the bottom," Edge retaliated.
Adam laughed, "Like where you can't hear it?"
Edge pressed his attack. "There's no exursions by the bass player into the mid and high frequencies."
"Aw, c'mon! What about 'Wire', that's a pretty filthy bass sound on that!"
"Yeah, that's a highlight, actually," Edge agreed.
"The bass sound on 'Wire' is one of the *the* highlights of that album."
..Edge: "There hasn't been a great deal of time to follow solo projects."
"Like buying furniture?" Adam interjected.
"If you got up early in the morning you could buy bleedin' furniture! This man doesn't get up untilthree in the afternoon most days!" Edge laughed.
Adam clarified: "Edge's solo project for the past few months has been buying furniture. Whenever Edge's missing, we say 'he's buying furniture.'"
"It's just jealously because his house is in shambles!""
I asked, "Adam, do you own a house?"
"No, I live in a squat, that's why it looks so bad."
Edge quickly added, "Adam actually lives in an upturned Land Rover."
"With a hole cut in the roof so the smoke gets out," Adam finished witha chuckle.
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