jick said:
No, I have nothing against Clayton. Have you heard this age old joke among U2 circles?
Q: Where would have happened if Dick Evans did not quit U2 early on?
A: Clayton would have been in some Irish pub now selling whisky and U2 would have sold 50 million more records than they already have now.
Cheers,
J
You clearly do have something against Adam. Or you post without any conscious recognition of what you post.
I didn't say Adam was the coolest in U2, in the world, I didn't qualify it against anything, I just said it. Adam is a very humble person, who took some time out, and worked in a restaurant.
"U2 star Adam Clayton spent a secret week in the kitchen of top celebrity chef Jamie Oliver -- in a bid to improve his cooking skills!
The millionaire musician washed pots and took orders from other chefs after he enrolled to join Oliver's Fifteen restaurant.
The idea behind the restaurant is to take kids off the street and give them top tuition in how to become a chef.
The spin-off TV show, Jamie's Kitchen, was a huge TV hit. The restaurant, which is based in London, is a frequent haunt of dozens of celebrities including Ronan Keating, Madonna and Tony Blair.
However, so taken by the idea was mild-mannered rock star Clayton that he asked to work there for a week.
Oliver revealed that Clayton mucked in like everyone else and turned out to be a top chef.
"He was a good bloke. He was just like 'Can I come and work in the kitchen?' Yeah, of course. He wore the same whites as everyone else, he got changed with the students and he got told and briefed like everyone else."
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And about your joke, if it weren't for Adam, you and I probably wouldn't know who U2 are. He was their first manager, he got gigs lined up, talked to influential people in the music business, arranged the meeting with Paul McGuinness, he did a lot of important groundwork.
"Adam literally got me by the scruff of the neck and roped me into U2. I didn't really want to be in a band. I was only into it for the sake of the sound of electric guitar, drums, bass and singing. So when he started talking about actually playing gigs I thought,'What, y' mean playing gigs in front of other people?' The thought had never dawned on me. But Adam believed in the band before anyone did - he'd made up his mind at 15 or 16 that rock 'n' roll was what he was going to do."--Bono
"Now we get all kinds of racist jibes because we wrote a song for
Martin Luther King, or pinko jibes because we did the Amnesty
International Tour. Wherever you look we're a target for the loony fringe. So the second night, we're on stage and I'm singing 'Pride' thinking, 'If someone is going to do it it will be during this number.' So I crouched down on the stage, shut my eyes and for amoment the thought of death crossed my mind.
When I looked up I just saw Adam standing over me,
between me and the crowd. It was a good, good moment."--Bono
The other band members cleary appreciate Adam, they all understand how
each member is important to the group, unlike
some people. Larry and Adam are the pulse of U2, as that's what the rhythm section is to a band. U2 are friends, you look at the Beatles, looked like they could barely stand being around each other any longer than necessary.