And. For anyone who thinks Adam sucks: Wire, Two Hearts Beat as One, Get on Your Boots, and a huge amount of U2's live stuff.
He's not the best, most amazing bass player ever, but the the guy is humble and gets better with every album. He's no Entwistle or Sheehan but he's absolutely good enough. He doesn't suck by any sense of the word.
lol... which ever label rejected them before.... must be crying from the 70's until now...they miss a fucking big opportunity of success .. HAHA IN YOUR FACE
@MegaTrainspotter yes he is the best but dude base is spelled bass but any way he is my favorite. With or without you was my first song i learned, awesome song.
great speech - precise, sweet and funny. saw them the other night live, they were amazing! they all complement each other so well and they sounded fantastic. adam was really cool, looked really cool and laidback on stage!
This guy Adam Clayton is so down to earth. He's never gotten that "I'm a Rock Star Idol" arrogance. Instead anywhere hes signing autographs,watch, he tries to look the fans in the eye. In 30 yrs it must be aggravating as hell, writing his name over and over. You'd never know it, because he realizes without the fans, what would they have? Its the fans that buy the concert tickets, t-shirts & Music. You can tell hes appreciative. Plus hes sober and that is awesome...Big Sexy, Adam Clayton #1
@EFT4MeDebi Get your facts straight mate. Adam used to be the badass in U2. He actually missed a couple of shows in the Zooropa tour because he was out partying. He may be down to earth now, but before he damn sure wasn't
jazzmankoky wrote: [He is a great bass player with style and charisma. For me he is got the best style simple and great..] Adam also reads off a paper, couldN't he speak freely? maybe he would have sounded like georgeBush then. Ok, he might not B a trained public speaker but MarkKnopfler (ex DireStraits) would have done it without the paper. Anyway, Adam has a private+valuable ArtCollection but ppl like KeithRichards-RollingStones does almost nothing 4humanity except B smelly, use drugs+booze?
Well, he is The Man, the best bassist in the world, I love his simplicity, his words, his basslines.
It's a shame that some guy who doesn't know nothing about U2 say silly and non-sense words, if you read U2 by U2 you'll see that, without Adam, U2 wouldn't be were it is today.
So regards and see you in the No Line On The Horizon tour. :)
u2 wouldnt be u2 without adam clayton, thats just how chemistry works. it would sound completely different with another bassist. only adam clayton is adam clayton
anyone who is a musician himself know's there are better skilled bass players than Adam...and yes since achtung baby he hasn't come up with some brilliant bass lines. for me he did some great bass playing, i.e. bullet the blue sky, until the end of the world, gloria, boomerang II, lady with the spinning head. just play anyone in the world the with or without you bassline and they will instantly say with or without you..if you can create this with just few notes, in my opinion that's also skill.
I love Adam Clayton but I don't know why people say he's one of the greatest bassist of all time. His bass lines are so easy. Punk style bass lines are even way harder than his. Can someone tell me why Adam Clayton is so great at bass? (I still love Adam Clayton no matter what)
Id say the reason he is so great is because Larry Mullen Jr and Adam Clayton hold the band together. The Edge has often called Adam the main guitarist of the band because he holds it together.
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Because these people have no clue. They think just because they like a band, the players must be good. But that logic is childish. Clayton knows nothing about musical theory and he never practices, which is evident by the crude "basslines" he plays that would be easy for a 1st year adolescent bass guitar student, and by his choice of notes when in an extremely rare burst of creativity he decides not to play simple root notes. Funny thing is he actually has declined since the very early years.
There are so many great bass players and most are underrated. Adam's bass is solid, subtle, driving and perfect. Think John McVie from Fleetwood Mac..you never think of it, but listen...it's perfect. IMHO
Adam isn't one of the greatest bassists of one time. However, he is THE greatest bassist for U2. Obviously he fits the part of bassist of U2 otherwise they wouldn't have stayed together this long. Edge is the distinct sound of the band, Adam and Larry hold the band together, and Bono is the emotional and energetic drive that keeps it going.
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Yes, McVie was an accomplished bass player before the "pop" version of Fleetwood Mac. There is no comparison. When a good bass player plays easy bass lines one can identify it, compared to when a bass player who does not have a proficient grasp on the instrument, like Adam Clayton, plays the bass line. If you can't understand that, then you just can't understand it. That's all.
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I could teach a 5 year old how to play the With or Without You "bassline" in less than 5 minutes. "Play these 4 notes each for 1 measure, then repeat for the entire song." Sorry, if that is your argument for proficiency, then you lose.
lets face it you dont have to be that technically proficient to play the bass guitar lol,if it fits the song and is in tune thats what matters,great players should not be judged on how technically difficult a song is,unless your into players flying around the fretboard like idiots,creative ability is what matters and he has it,who do you regard as a proficent compared to clayton?
Proficient compared to Clayton?? The list would go on and on. You're comfusing proficiency with what you liking it, which is just totally subjective. And that's fine, music is like that. Just say you like him, and that's that. But don't use that to argue that he is a skilled player. I can love Ford Pintos, and say I like them better than Honda Civics, but I wouldn't take my subjective idea and argue with a mechanic that it is a better car than a Honda Civic. Clayton is your Pinto.
New Year's Day came out of an attempt by Adam to play a different song by another band, and then he took what he was playing, which apparently wasn't the target song, and used it for New Year's Day instead of trying to simply play one song that had already been written.
Say what you will but without Bono U2 would be a second rate band. Just try imagining them without Bono playing any of their songs and you know I am right cause no one can else could ever be their singer they would simply become a secondary band. One reason why I make it one of my goals in life- before I die is to meet Bono!
I've been listening to U2 since they were 20 years old I think I know what I am talking about. You are too clueless to conceive of them being without Bono. He is 75% of this band and that is just the way it is dummy! Just try imagining (for 10 seconds) someone else singing for them. Frankly, it's totally unimaginiable and would be horrendous! Try taking Bono out of the equation and you would see all their songs sink into mediocrity. Thats how you konw that they could never be without Bono Vox.
cuanto te quiero y la verdad es q no te lo imaginas por q si lo hicieras te darias cuenta q todas estas palabras son in necesarias, porq te quiero mucho
lo e pedido hace mucho tiempo como no quieres q me ponga insencible si tu te pones igual de insencible, te entiendo daniela todo lo q tu dices pero tambien entiende a mi
todas las palabras q se an dicho en todo este tiempo an conducido a algo bueno ,o a algun cambio bueno??? q yo sepa no, estamos en el mismo lugar, entonces eso quiere decir q ya las palabras no tienen peso y si segimos asi va seguir pasando lo mismo
te quiero daniela y mucho , no te podrias imaginar
te endiendo daniela todo lo q dices, q soy insencible y esas cosas,pero q yo sepa cuando estabamos juntos no era asi contigo, sera por q te veia y estaba contigo,te quiero daniela y mucho, pienso en ti mucho si eso no es querer entonces q es??,por mucho tiempo te pdedi algo tan simple y tan basico q si lo hubieramos hecho hace tiempo ya todo esto hubiera pasado , y eso q te pido siempre es q necesito verte, eso tan simple nunca lo as hecho si algo tan simple no lo puedes hacer aunq te
I haven't seen this video in a long time. I have forgotten how he mentioned Ali, Morleigh, Suzie, Edge,Bono and Larry but he didn't mention Anne ... intesting!
A piece may seem insignificant alone but as a portion of a greater configuration it is transends the mondane and becomes brillant. This is the Adam, Edge, Larry and Bono
This is sort of about, doing the positive thing or not doing anything at all. When I look at videos of guitar players, I offer them constructive criticism, if they're really terrible I just say nothing because there's just no point in saying "you suck". Sorry if I upset you, I'm not picking a fight but rather trying to get you to admit as you know that it's not just about how you play.
Same goes for Edge and Larry. They were friends before they started playing their instruments for real. Actually if you watch Billy Joe & Edge's interview about Music Rising, you'll see Edge say he can't play worth shit either. But he has style, he's done things even the strongest players are thrilled to play. So please, there really is no point in saying Adam's a crappy bass player because he isn't. He's just not a great instrumentalist but saying crappy bass player is just harsh.
He doesn't give a rat's ass that his bass playing hasn't improved, it's true a child can play what he's playing but even the fastest and most versatile bass players fail to come up with what he comes up with because he IS creative. You can't compare him to someone like Victor Wooten it'd be like comparing Mick Jagger to Bjorling. All I'm saying is, he's not "nothing" because you're evaluating wrong qualities of his. If you really say who you are, you need to really read what I'm saying.
This isn't u2 we're discussing. You're basically saying that Adam Clayton is nothing just because he's not an efficient bass player. His strength obviously isn't his playing but it's his riffs he comes up with and his off-beat playing hence his style. This band doesn't sit down and practice their riffs, they go through different effects and tones after coming up with fresh material. I had teacher who had over 25 years of training at the best places but a few of them were quite ignorant.
You don't need to believe me you're not the authority and I don't need to prove myself. I need to show your post to my colleagues so they can laugh their asses off. Anyways, just sush and go live your non-creative/non-artistic life.
It isn't that you don't need to prove yourself, it's that you can't. And if you measure musical creativeness by U2, then you really need to broaden your horizons. With your obvious musical ignorance and simple-minded approach to and standard of artistic creativity, you sound like a child that thinks they know everything, when in the end you're just a child that has a lot to learn.
I have musical training as well and I'm a guitar/bass teacher. So before you talk like you know me, think again. You can't know that his playing got worse compared to his older days just because he plays more passive now, he serves the music with his playing. A way to compare would be to listen to him playing something like Bad at the early years and now. Try using your brains.
You don't have musical training. Sorry. I don't believe you. If so, you would've tried to argue in a knowledgeable way instead of just irrationally trying to attack me personally. Your musical knowledge is based solely on buying records, knowing the names of songs, and singing along to the words. Don't try to pull the "I have musical training," because you know absolutely nothing about music. Just because you're as "good" as Adam Clayton on bass, doesn't mean you have musical training. Sorry.
You don't know what I have. You don't understand Adam's playing either. So if you don't understand something, you shouldn't comment on it. He actually has a style. And they're all original but not great instrumentalists. Just go away and try to create something instead of wasting your time here.
And the funny part is they will respect a monkey-ass robot like you with 20 years of formal music training but no imagination, you're talking crap about him. That is why you will ALWAYS be 2 dimensional, it is not an option for you to comprehend that.
You don't really know what you're talking about. You're not a very smart person though.
I never said anything about the other members of the band. The Edge is a unique guitarist that was original and innovative. Larry Mullen too actually. Adam Clayton has absolutely none of that. There is nothing unique or imaginative about ay of his bass playing.
Well, it's clear Adam Clayton's not Jaco Pastorius. Maybe he have lots of limitations as bassist, but people like Adam or like Paul Simonon from The Clash, demostrates that you don't have to have a insane skill to be a nice bass player
If you have good taste and you find your sound you can do it right. Just listen to New Year`s Day.. what a bassline Clayton wrote!!! Maybe he's not perfect, but he's Adam, he got his way, and he do it allright.
Yes but there is no comparison between Simonon and Clayton. Simonon basslines are truly creative. Clayton is capable of doing only the absolute minimum. What's funny is that when Clayton was younger his basslines were played with more inspiration than from the late 80s and beyond.
If you think that playing 4 different notes in eighth notes for 4 measures over and over again for 5 minutes is creative, then you are very very sheltered and childishly ignorant. You twist my criticism to the extreme and make it seem like I want complexity, when all I am stating is a fact, that Clayton is capable of only the bare minimum, and that is simply not creativity. Only if your five year old child came up with that "bassline" would you be able to call it creative.
So what? if a song is good, it means you don't necessarily have to play it in another way...If Adam would play it different, maybe the song wouldn't be the same, not as good as it is now!
If what a song needs is a simple bassline, then that's what a *good* musician will give it. Think about the horrible things that would happen if you let Billy Sheehan have a go at a U2 song.
Your argument that Clayton isn't capable of creativity is fallacious. You're confusing complexity with creativity again and assuming that you've heard the most complex lines he's capable of producing.
Not that it matters. Technical skills are irrelevant to good songwriting.
music is not always about "beeing complex"... if those lines are so simple and still he earned so much money why aren't you playing there instead of him? the simplicity of a song is the fact that sometimes turns it in a really great masterpiece! just look at the beatles... adam may not be the ultimate bass player still from a guy that thought that a bass was a "4 stringed guitar", this is the best i could expect
I agree about the Beatles. Ringo's drumming, for example, is straightforward, simple, and perfect for the tunes.
Sgt. Pepper is one of the finest examples (though I've been told Paul did the drums, but whatever...). It's straight simplicity and pulse, and that's how you get movement.
Trying to fill up every sonic space muddies the sound and brings songs to a halt.
skinnefjall isnt saying that he dislikes adam, he was just making an observation. i believe his observation was correct, but i even though that is so, i still like adam clayton anyways
i'm not very practiced at the art of writting in english, cos im portuguese and 14 years old.. thanks rory, those "mots" can really express what i was thinking when i tried to plug out my comment.. for you markotrako im going to tell you ("a secret" hahaha!) just one thing: adam is able to perform songs in a higher skill level! I really advise you to take a look in the covers that u2 have made through these years: helter skelter, sgt peppers (...........).
Well you're only fourteen years old so I'll be nice. Even a fairly easy baseline like Helter Skelter, Adam Clayton changes to make it easier. Instead of doing the scales during the chorus, he just plays the root note!!! So he takes an easy bassline by McCartney and takes out the only part that requires movement and is not root notes and makes it elementary. Pretty funny though that you try to argue his playing by using that as an example...which in fact just proves my points. Cool!
markotraco=bitter old man whose dream of being superstar bass player in rock'n'roll band were never fulfilled. whose idea of good music is 36 minute guitar solos enjoyed under the influence of mind altering drugs. Participates in nightly prayers under the altar of Rove.
You're pretty wrong about all of that. Criticizing childishly simplistic bass playing does not mean my idea of good music is 36 minute guitar solos. Man are you totally irrational and illogical. But I wouldn't expect someone who defended Adam Clayton's music skills to be able to argue for them in any kind of logical or rational way, since there really is no argument. So all you have is to try and get personal and make assumptions...which is pretty silly on youtube. Dork
Going on youtube, to a relatively obscure video just to bash a specific musician's ability is childish. Multiple videos at that. Lots of pent up frustration revealed. Clayton's a successful bass player and you're not. Get over yourself. Analysis of scales and root notes? Get a life.
Well I am just stating facts...facts that you can't refute. So if I'm wasting my time, it appears that you obviously are also, since you are posting things that have nothing to do with the discussion and trying to make withering comments about me. You need to get a life. I'm just posting on youtube just like you are, big dummy.
You're frustrated with life. Apparently an illegal alien from Mexico took over your lawn mowing service and you're taking out your frustrations out the only way you know how. Where's your bass video? Be Paul McCartney.
markotraco has been commenting on this video for 6 months. Ouch. Very creepy and disturbing. Hope your treatment goes well. Good luck in life. Put your 20 years of formal training to good use. This freaky obsession with Adam Clayton's bass playing is not healthy.
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Nah, it's just that big dummies keep responding to me with dumb posts, that's what keeps me coming back. And it's a big laugh during my work day to read people's irrational posts and verging on gay defence of U2 and Adam Clayton. I thought all the dummies had stopped posting responses to me about this, but then every few weeks a dummy like you comes along.
markotraco, I honestly hope you pull through. Mental illness is nothing to joke about. Good luck in life. Still no bass video? Well you need to get better first. Best wishes on your road to recovery.
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You sound like the one with the obsessive disorder and mental illness. Any reasonable observer would read our posts and conclude either that you are just an adolescent or a very immature adult (mentally handicapped). But its probably better for you to change the subject in your responses to me, because you have no argument to anything I ever said. That is a very sad tactic. Unless you're a child or a retarded adult, then it is understandable.
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I was just stating a fact, that he is not a talented player. But dummies like you keep responding to me with elementary school statements like "he's a really good bass layer whether you like it or not." That is not an argument, unless you're a ten year old. Your criteria is just some arbitrary opinion that is just based in the fact that you like the band he is in...which logically has nothing to do with his bass playing ability. In the end, you have no idea what you're talking about.
I didn't insult you, so don't insult me.... You should be polite. Sorry man, but you have no life by writing pages of complaints and insulting others like me.
People come here to comment on videos you big dummy. And you're the one obsessing over this because you are responding to me. I said nothing to you, yet you keep hitting reply. So if you're going to say I have no life, then by your own dimwitted criteria you have no life either. You big dummy.
again with the "big dummy". Man, I don't even know you and you don't know me and you're calling me a dummy. Notice that I didn't start by insulting you.
What's funny is that many U2 fans point to New Year's Day as a "great bass line" that he "wrote," but he has actually said that he was playing along to Visage's song "Fade to Grey" when he "came up" with the bassline for New Years Day. So the one bassline people point to is not really even his own. Funny thing. Very funny thing.
markotraco: the bass lines are completely different (not that it matters).
Nothing's original. Everything's derivative. You can't create in a vacuum. The obsession with "originality" is pseudo-intellectual snobbery that misses the point of music like this.
We could say that Visage is unoriginal because of thousands of years of music that preceded them.
You've used language to be a jackass, and, although these things may come naturally to you, you didn't invent them.
Well rock basslines are not "thousands of years old." But any way, the basslines are similar to anybody who isn't an idiot. The fact that it has been documented that the bassline was "written" while Adam Clayton was attempting to play that Visage bassline shows that he has absolutely no creativity. Obviously. It is different to be inspired by other musicians than to sit down and try to learn an easy bassline and add notes to "make it your own." You know-nothing jackass.
Amazing arguments. You are very intelligent. So you're trying to make a disparaging comment about looks on a website? Child. If you want to be so precise, you never called me a jackass, and you actually did say rock basslines were thousands of years old, because we were talking about bass lines and you said visage's music may not be considered original because of thousands of years of whatever. Dummy. If we were talking in person I would pat you on the head and tell you that you're a nice kid.
Amazing arguments. You are very intelligent. So you're trying to make a disparaging comment about looks on a website? Child. If you want to be so precise, you never called me a jackass, and you actually did say rock basslines were thousands of years old, because we were talking about bass lines and you said visage's music may not be considered original because of thousands of years of whatever. Dummy. If we were talking in person I would pat you on the head and tell you that you're a nice kid.
adam clayton is a legend, id very much like to see you play better than him and if you hate him so much why the hell are you watching his video? U2 are the best band that still rock today and nothing you can say will change that.
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He still doesn't know what a bass is, or how to play all the music he's talking about. Knowing how to play 1 note root notes of chords, is not playing bass. He sucks.
yah ur right matt, he's awesome.. i was touched with what he said..... I still don't have my own bass now but he stands as a great inspiration to me... his music and his humility, i could say nothing..
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You're absolutely insane. He can barely be called a bass player. Playing root notes is the first thing a child learns to do with a bass guitar, and in how ever many years, Clayton has not been able to progress at all. That means he never practiced. Which means he is not a musician or a bass player. A musician loves and learns his instrument. So to say what you say shows that you know very little about bass guitar, and furthermore have little respect for the instrument.
If you don't understand the idea of making music without being instrument masters, that means you have no imagination. Which you clearly don't because it is obvious that Adam's powers lie in his creativity not his speed or scale knowledge. I'm sure there are 400403948385738758374837493860238309547324 guys like you who can play faster than he does and more efficiently, but there's only 1 Adam Clayton and he's much more creative than the rest.
The same goes for The Edge and Larry. They're not virtuosos and they don't intend to be. They don't consider them in the instrumentalist category either. But while your kind is busy studying scales and "formal" music, they're busy creating. That's the difference between your kind and them, they're artists with infinite amount of innovation while you can't do any of that and have to study because you're not capable of creating, you can just hone your skills which any human can with given time.
its odd knowing that adam was the big party-hard guy in the band for a long time....looking at him now i would never have thought that
jppjc 2 weeks ago
Adam Clayton plays for the song... Ill take him over 99 percent of wanker bass players out there anyday
TheWheels777 4 months ago
And. For anyone who thinks Adam sucks: Wire, Two Hearts Beat as One, Get on Your Boots, and a huge amount of U2's live stuff.
He's not the best, most amazing bass player ever, but the the guy is humble and gets better with every album. He's no Entwistle or Sheehan but he's absolutely good enough. He doesn't suck by any sense of the word.
Tonytime20 4 months ago
this was punk and it saved my ass... lol nice XD Adam really is a great guy for sure!
dillpickle5390218 8 months ago
lol... which ever label rejected them before.... must be crying from the 70's until now...they miss a fucking big opportunity of success .. HAHA IN YOUR FACE
makantang 8 months ago
I don't think adam knows how good a base player he really is?If you listen to 'with or without you' his base is incredible...THE BEST.
MegaTrainspotter 1 year ago 5
@MegaTrainspotter listen to "Tomorrow" from October - Adam IS THAT SONG, even though it's a deeply personal song for Bono.
auzoso 10 months ago
@MegaTrainspotter yes he is the best but dude base is spelled bass but any way he is my favorite. With or without you was my first song i learned, awesome song.
rammjamm12 2 weeks ago
2 beiber fans stumbled in here. 118 people know whats up.... err.... 119.
ThisNamesNowTaken 1 year ago
great speech - precise, sweet and funny. saw them the other night live, they were amazing! they all complement each other so well and they sounded fantastic. adam was really cool, looked really cool and laidback on stage!
Jess91ism 1 year ago 4
The Guitar with Fours Strings LOL ;)
EMAPERAPPLE 1 year ago
This guy Adam Clayton is so down to earth. He's never gotten that "I'm a Rock Star Idol" arrogance. Instead anywhere hes signing autographs,watch, he tries to look the fans in the eye. In 30 yrs it must be aggravating as hell, writing his name over and over. You'd never know it, because he realizes without the fans, what would they have? Its the fans that buy the concert tickets, t-shirts & Music. You can tell hes appreciative. Plus hes sober and that is awesome...Big Sexy, Adam Clayton #1
EFT4MeDebi 2 years ago 43
@EFT4MeDebi Get your facts straight mate. Adam used to be the badass in U2. He actually missed a couple of shows in the Zooropa tour because he was out partying. He may be down to earth now, but before he damn sure wasn't
feyenoordole5 10 months ago
Enfin, on reconnait l'excellence de cet homme, discret mais au combien efficace au sein du meilleur groupe au monde.
francesudouest82 2 years ago 6
Adam you rule!
JoyC666 2 years ago 7
dokladnie tak
SEO021078 2 years ago
ADAM WE LOVE YOU
U2SSana 2 years ago 6
I really love this man!!!
u2 wouldn't be what they are without adam, he's a really good musician and bass player!!
i agree with microkorgtutorials, Adam on the top 5 greatests bass players!!
byee
salu2 desde barcelona
popcorn853 2 years ago 4
No, not you. My friend Lena loves him truly, madly, deeply... ;)
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jileao 2 years ago
finally someone else other than me realizes the genius behind this mans simplicity! :) props to you sir
emgrocks92 2 years ago 2
They changed MY world by making a noise. Thank you boys.
wrightherewrightnow9 2 years ago 3
a people cum on listen to the new album this is mr bass the bass man he,s class
gazz29 2 years ago 3
Well who is the best bass player?? he is the best for U2, and he knows that :)
jazzmankoky 2 years ago 4
i love u2 great postpunk experimental i love adam clayton the bass im bass
atsushimasafumi 2 years ago
why doesnt he have a cool name like, Bono or the Edge? lol
i dont really like him good speach but he is too simple, Flea is the man for me
KyleUnwin 2 years ago
jazzmankoky wrote: [He is a great bass player with style and charisma. For me he is got the best style simple and great..] Adam also reads off a paper, couldN't he speak freely? maybe he would have sounded like georgeBush then. Ok, he might not B a trained public speaker but MarkKnopfler (ex DireStraits) would have done it without the paper. Anyway, Adam has a private+valuable ArtCollection but ppl like KeithRichards-RollingStones does almost nothing 4humanity except B smelly, use drugs+booze?
KGBfbiSECUpolitia 3 years ago
He is a great bass player with style and charisma. For me he is got the best style simple and great and that is the point of bass
jazzmankoky 3 years ago 8
"It saved my ass."
...I love Adam.
cobaltredux 3 years ago 8
Well, he is The Man, the best bassist in the world, I love his simplicity, his words, his basslines.
It's a shame that some guy who doesn't know nothing about U2 say silly and non-sense words, if you read U2 by U2 you'll see that, without Adam, U2 wouldn't be were it is today.
So regards and see you in the No Line On The Horizon tour. :)
MusicManFenders 3 years ago 7
i love adam clayton!
i love his way of being himself.
he might not be a great bassist
he might not be a great musician
but i am sure that he is a great artist
and that is why i love him so much.
yuenstyle 3 years ago 10
oh..
and i love the way he plays/writes his bass lines, simple but beautiful
yuenstyle 3 years ago 5
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Might not be? There's no question that his isn't a great musician or a great bass player.
markotraco 3 years ago
adam gave a great brutal and honest speech, a rocky road but that what makes u2 the biggest band on the planet
mmaxsters 3 years ago 8
oh my god, adam clayton...i love hiiiim ¡¡¡¡
hooldoorsockbat 3 years ago 4
simplicity is the art of success ... he plays 4 notes, with 3 other people and result is great - UNIQUE ...
sarnedhiel 3 years ago 3
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The result is that you could substitute him with anyone.
markotraco 3 years ago
u2 wouldnt be u2 without adam clayton, thats just how chemistry works. it would sound completely different with another bassist. only adam clayton is adam clayton
emgrocks92 2 years ago 6
simply (but really simply) the best!
the Bass Player!
bazzeus 3 years ago 4
ha, i love adam!
thehype93 3 years ago 9
anyone who is a musician himself know's there are better skilled bass players than Adam...and yes since achtung baby he hasn't come up with some brilliant bass lines. for me he did some great bass playing, i.e. bullet the blue sky, until the end of the world, gloria, boomerang II, lady with the spinning head. just play anyone in the world the with or without you bassline and they will instantly say with or without you..if you can create this with just few notes, in my opinion that's also skill.
gershwin74 3 years ago
I love Adam Clayton but I don't know why people say he's one of the greatest bassist of all time. His bass lines are so easy. Punk style bass lines are even way harder than his. Can someone tell me why Adam Clayton is so great at bass? (I still love Adam Clayton no matter what)
605506 3 years ago
Id say the reason he is so great is because Larry Mullen Jr and Adam Clayton hold the band together. The Edge has often called Adam the main guitarist of the band because he holds it together.
Logitec2k4 3 years ago
Isn't that what bassists do in general? Hold it together
605506 3 years ago 2
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Because these people have no clue. They think just because they like a band, the players must be good. But that logic is childish. Clayton knows nothing about musical theory and he never practices, which is evident by the crude "basslines" he plays that would be easy for a 1st year adolescent bass guitar student, and by his choice of notes when in an extremely rare burst of creativity he decides not to play simple root notes. Funny thing is he actually has declined since the very early years.
markotraco 3 years ago
There are so many great bass players and most are underrated. Adam's bass is solid, subtle, driving and perfect. Think John McVie from Fleetwood Mac..you never think of it, but listen...it's perfect. IMHO
pinuzu 3 years ago 3
Adam isn't one of the greatest bassists of one time. However, he is THE greatest bassist for U2. Obviously he fits the part of bassist of U2 otherwise they wouldn't have stayed together this long. Edge is the distinct sound of the band, Adam and Larry hold the band together, and Bono is the emotional and energetic drive that keeps it going.
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Yes, McVie was an accomplished bass player before the "pop" version of Fleetwood Mac. There is no comparison. When a good bass player plays easy bass lines one can identify it, compared to when a bass player who does not have a proficient grasp on the instrument, like Adam Clayton, plays the bass line. If you can't understand that, then you just can't understand it. That's all.
markotraco 3 years ago
A man who created basslines for New years day and With or without you not proficient,you muppet lol.
rossco222 3 years ago 36
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I could teach a 5 year old how to play the With or Without You "bassline" in less than 5 minutes. "Play these 4 notes each for 1 measure, then repeat for the entire song." Sorry, if that is your argument for proficiency, then you lose.
markotraco 3 years ago
lets face it you dont have to be that technically proficient to play the bass guitar lol,if it fits the song and is in tune thats what matters,great players should not be judged on how technically difficult a song is,unless your into players flying around the fretboard like idiots,creative ability is what matters and he has it,who do you regard as a proficent compared to clayton?
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Proficient compared to Clayton?? The list would go on and on. You're comfusing proficiency with what you liking it, which is just totally subjective. And that's fine, music is like that. Just say you like him, and that's that. But don't use that to argue that he is a skilled player. I can love Ford Pintos, and say I like them better than Honda Civics, but I wouldn't take my subjective idea and argue with a mechanic that it is a better car than a Honda Civic. Clayton is your Pinto.
markotraco 3 years ago
you really need to look upthe definition of 'proficient'. it does not mean what you seem to think it means...
hank1231 2 years ago
@rossco222 With or without you is 4 root notes that repeat throughout the entire song. You have no idea what you're talking about.
pedrocantina 8 months ago
@rossco222 actually edge wrote both of those bass lines
masternate61 6 months ago
@masternate61
New Year's Day came out of an attempt by Adam to play a different song by another band, and then he took what he was playing, which apparently wasn't the target song, and used it for New Year's Day instead of trying to simply play one song that had already been written.
Tonytime20 4 months ago
he is 25% of the band. boy george could sing, and they would still be good. when you meet bono you can ask him.
bulljapp1234 3 years ago
Say what you will but without Bono U2 would be a second rate band. Just try imagining them without Bono playing any of their songs and you know I am right cause no one can else could ever be their singer they would simply become a secondary band. One reason why I make it one of my goals in life- before I die is to meet Bono!
Cldfsn0200 3 years ago
thats the dumbest this i have heard this year. anyone could sing and they would still be great.
bulljapp1234 3 years ago
I've been listening to U2 since they were 20 years old I think I know what I am talking about. You are too clueless to conceive of them being without Bono. He is 75% of this band and that is just the way it is dummy! Just try imagining (for 10 seconds) someone else singing for them. Frankly, it's totally unimaginiable and would be horrendous! Try taking Bono out of the equation and you would see all their songs sink into mediocrity. Thats how you konw that they could never be without Bono Vox.
Cldfsn0200 3 years ago
oohhhhhhhhhhh Mr. Clayton.
Myyyyyyy platonic love. heheheheehe
rosiclayton 3 years ago 2
oohhhhhhhhhhh Mr. Clayton.
Myyyyyyy platonic love. heheheheehe
rosiclayton 3 years ago
las palabras nos an causado mas daño q beneficio,yo ya no creo mucho en la salvacion por medio de palabras
te quiero ver y la razon de eso es por q necesito verte!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
creo q si es una necesidad debe ser ppor q te QUIERO MUCHO,
oneboysandgirl 3 years ago
cuanto te quiero y la verdad es q no te lo imaginas por q si lo hicieras te darias cuenta q todas estas palabras son in necesarias, porq te quiero mucho
oneboysandgirl 3 years ago
lo e pedido hace mucho tiempo como no quieres q me ponga insencible si tu te pones igual de insencible, te entiendo daniela todo lo q tu dices pero tambien entiende a mi
todas las palabras q se an dicho en todo este tiempo an conducido a algo bueno ,o a algun cambio bueno??? q yo sepa no, estamos en el mismo lugar, entonces eso quiere decir q ya las palabras no tienen peso y si segimos asi va seguir pasando lo mismo
te quiero daniela y mucho , no te podrias imaginar
oneboysandgirl 3 years ago
te endiendo daniela todo lo q dices, q soy insencible y esas cosas,pero q yo sepa cuando estabamos juntos no era asi contigo, sera por q te veia y estaba contigo,te quiero daniela y mucho, pienso en ti mucho si eso no es querer entonces q es??,por mucho tiempo te pdedi algo tan simple y tan basico q si lo hubieramos hecho hace tiempo ya todo esto hubiera pasado , y eso q te pido siempre es q necesito verte, eso tan simple nunca lo as hecho si algo tan simple no lo puedes hacer aunq te
oneboysandgirl 3 years ago
I haven't seen this video in a long time. I have forgotten how he mentioned Ali, Morleigh, Suzie, Edge,Bono and Larry but he didn't mention Anne ... intesting!
BlueAingeal 3 years ago
1:18 the second woman he had mentioned
elvetio 3 years ago
you're absolutely right, I heard it again and he mentioned her. Thanks for pointing it out. Cheers!
BlueAingeal 3 years ago
; )
elvetio 3 years ago
A piece may seem insignificant alone but as a portion of a greater configuration it is transends the mondane and becomes brillant. This is the Adam, Edge, Larry and Bono
damamaiswise 3 years ago
anyone who doesn't recognize adam's talent is a moron. he's talented.
irishblonde7 3 years ago 5
This is sort of about, doing the positive thing or not doing anything at all. When I look at videos of guitar players, I offer them constructive criticism, if they're really terrible I just say nothing because there's just no point in saying "you suck". Sorry if I upset you, I'm not picking a fight but rather trying to get you to admit as you know that it's not just about how you play.
Phewson60 4 years ago
Same goes for Edge and Larry. They were friends before they started playing their instruments for real. Actually if you watch Billy Joe & Edge's interview about Music Rising, you'll see Edge say he can't play worth shit either. But he has style, he's done things even the strongest players are thrilled to play. So please, there really is no point in saying Adam's a crappy bass player because he isn't. He's just not a great instrumentalist but saying crappy bass player is just harsh.
Phewson60 4 years ago
He doesn't give a rat's ass that his bass playing hasn't improved, it's true a child can play what he's playing but even the fastest and most versatile bass players fail to come up with what he comes up with because he IS creative. You can't compare him to someone like Victor Wooten it'd be like comparing Mick Jagger to Bjorling. All I'm saying is, he's not "nothing" because you're evaluating wrong qualities of his. If you really say who you are, you need to really read what I'm saying.
Phewson60 4 years ago
This isn't u2 we're discussing. You're basically saying that Adam Clayton is nothing just because he's not an efficient bass player. His strength obviously isn't his playing but it's his riffs he comes up with and his off-beat playing hence his style. This band doesn't sit down and practice their riffs, they go through different effects and tones after coming up with fresh material. I had teacher who had over 25 years of training at the best places but a few of them were quite ignorant.
Phewson60 4 years ago
You don't need to believe me you're not the authority and I don't need to prove myself. I need to show your post to my colleagues so they can laugh their asses off. Anyways, just sush and go live your non-creative/non-artistic life.
Phewson60 4 years ago
It isn't that you don't need to prove yourself, it's that you can't. And if you measure musical creativeness by U2, then you really need to broaden your horizons. With your obvious musical ignorance and simple-minded approach to and standard of artistic creativity, you sound like a child that thinks they know everything, when in the end you're just a child that has a lot to learn.
markotraco 4 years ago
I have musical training as well and I'm a guitar/bass teacher. So before you talk like you know me, think again. You can't know that his playing got worse compared to his older days just because he plays more passive now, he serves the music with his playing. A way to compare would be to listen to him playing something like Bad at the early years and now. Try using your brains.
Phewson60 4 years ago
You don't have musical training. Sorry. I don't believe you. If so, you would've tried to argue in a knowledgeable way instead of just irrationally trying to attack me personally. Your musical knowledge is based solely on buying records, knowing the names of songs, and singing along to the words. Don't try to pull the "I have musical training," because you know absolutely nothing about music. Just because you're as "good" as Adam Clayton on bass, doesn't mean you have musical training. Sorry.
markotraco 4 years ago
You don't know what I have. You don't understand Adam's playing either. So if you don't understand something, you shouldn't comment on it. He actually has a style. And they're all original but not great instrumentalists. Just go away and try to create something instead of wasting your time here.
Phewson60 4 years ago
And the funny part is they will respect a monkey-ass robot like you with 20 years of formal music training but no imagination, you're talking crap about him. That is why you will ALWAYS be 2 dimensional, it is not an option for you to comprehend that.
Phewson60 4 years ago
You don't really know what you're talking about. You're not a very smart person though.
I never said anything about the other members of the band. The Edge is a unique guitarist that was original and innovative. Larry Mullen too actually. Adam Clayton has absolutely none of that. There is nothing unique or imaginative about ay of his bass playing.
markotraco 4 years ago
And if you had either of those qualities you could understand. But you have neither.
markotraco 4 years ago
Well, it's clear Adam Clayton's not Jaco Pastorius. Maybe he have lots of limitations as bassist, but people like Adam or like Paul Simonon from The Clash, demostrates that you don't have to have a insane skill to be a nice bass player
If you have good taste and you find your sound you can do it right. Just listen to New Year`s Day.. what a bassline Clayton wrote!!! Maybe he's not perfect, but he's Adam, he got his way, and he do it allright.
iscariot79 4 years ago 7
Yes but there is no comparison between Simonon and Clayton. Simonon basslines are truly creative. Clayton is capable of doing only the absolute minimum. What's funny is that when Clayton was younger his basslines were played with more inspiration than from the late 80s and beyond.
markotraco 4 years ago
"Clayton is capable of doing only the absolute minimum."
Again, what's important is the song. The simplicity of his lines (think With or Without you, which was also inspired by another piece of music).
It's so simple, but it's also the foundation for a great song.
Complexity is the secret handshake of the intellectually insecure. Who knows what would happen if people didn't think you were Mozart.
Plus, he Adam creates so much with so little. I have tremendous respect for that. It's a gift.
R0ryBlyth 4 years ago 7
If you think that playing 4 different notes in eighth notes for 4 measures over and over again for 5 minutes is creative, then you are very very sheltered and childishly ignorant. You twist my criticism to the extreme and make it seem like I want complexity, when all I am stating is a fact, that Clayton is capable of only the bare minimum, and that is simply not creativity. Only if your five year old child came up with that "bassline" would you be able to call it creative.
markotraco 4 years ago
So what? if a song is good, it means you don't necessarily have to play it in another way...If Adam would play it different, maybe the song wouldn't be the same, not as good as it is now!
skinnefjall 3 years ago
If what a song needs is a simple bassline, then that's what a *good* musician will give it. Think about the horrible things that would happen if you let Billy Sheehan have a go at a U2 song.
Your argument that Clayton isn't capable of creativity is fallacious. You're confusing complexity with creativity again and assuming that you've heard the most complex lines he's capable of producing.
Not that it matters. Technical skills are irrelevant to good songwriting.
Give up. I win.
RoryBlyth 3 years ago 3
Ooh! Wise words on the internet! Thank You! ^^
distortionhead37 3 years ago
Referring to RoryBlyth there...
distortionhead37 3 years ago
I do what I can :)
RoryBlyth 3 years ago
music is not always about "beeing complex"... if those lines are so simple and still he earned so much money why aren't you playing there instead of him? the simplicity of a song is the fact that sometimes turns it in a really great masterpiece! just look at the beatles... adam may not be the ultimate bass player still from a guy that thought that a bass was a "4 stringed guitar", this is the best i could expect
elvetio 3 years ago
Hallelujah.
I agree about the Beatles. Ringo's drumming, for example, is straightforward, simple, and perfect for the tunes.
Sgt. Pepper is one of the finest examples (though I've been told Paul did the drums, but whatever...). It's straight simplicity and pulse, and that's how you get movement.
Trying to fill up every sonic space muddies the sound and brings songs to a halt.
Great songs come from respecting the song.
There's elegance in simplicity.
RoryBlyth 3 years ago
skinnefjall isnt saying that he dislikes adam, he was just making an observation. i believe his observation was correct, but i even though that is so, i still like adam clayton anyways
matrixman609 3 years ago
just like the beatles
elvetio 3 years ago
What's just like the Beatles? Not U2 bud. Definitely not Adam Clayton's bass playing. That would be a truly ridiculous comparison.
markotraco 3 years ago
i was answering to markotraco
elvetio 3 years ago
Yes. I know. That is me.
markotraco 3 years ago
Actually, there's sense in the comparison.
Both bands are about songwriting - not being virtuosos of their instruments.
Both bands produce music full of imperfections, but the imperfections lend character.
Both bands are/were composed of very intelligent people - not just pretty faces (though the pretty faces *are* there).
There isn't a 1:1 correspondence between the two, but someone who appreciates *songs* can easily see the similarities.
Oh, and greatness abounds. That's another one.
RoryBlyth 3 years ago
i'm not very practiced at the art of writting in english, cos im portuguese and 14 years old.. thanks rory, those "mots" can really express what i was thinking when i tried to plug out my comment.. for you markotrako im going to tell you ("a secret" hahaha!) just one thing: adam is able to perform songs in a higher skill level! I really advise you to take a look in the covers that u2 have made through these years: helter skelter, sgt peppers (...........).
elvetio 3 years ago
if you notice the bass man is adam! adam clayton is the one that is there playing the "complex" lines of paul mccartney and others
elvetio 3 years ago
Well you're only fourteen years old so I'll be nice. Even a fairly easy baseline like Helter Skelter, Adam Clayton changes to make it easier. Instead of doing the scales during the chorus, he just plays the root note!!! So he takes an easy bassline by McCartney and takes out the only part that requires movement and is not root notes and makes it elementary. Pretty funny though that you try to argue his playing by using that as an example...which in fact just proves my points. Cool!
markotraco 3 years ago
markotraco=bitter old man whose dream of being superstar bass player in rock'n'roll band were never fulfilled. whose idea of good music is 36 minute guitar solos enjoyed under the influence of mind altering drugs. Participates in nightly prayers under the altar of Rove.
mrakbaseball 3 years ago
You're pretty wrong about all of that. Criticizing childishly simplistic bass playing does not mean my idea of good music is 36 minute guitar solos. Man are you totally irrational and illogical. But I wouldn't expect someone who defended Adam Clayton's music skills to be able to argue for them in any kind of logical or rational way, since there really is no argument. So all you have is to try and get personal and make assumptions...which is pretty silly on youtube. Dork
markotraco 3 years ago
Going on youtube, to a relatively obscure video just to bash a specific musician's ability is childish. Multiple videos at that. Lots of pent up frustration revealed. Clayton's a successful bass player and you're not. Get over yourself. Analysis of scales and root notes? Get a life.
mrakbaseball 3 years ago
Well I am just stating facts...facts that you can't refute. So if I'm wasting my time, it appears that you obviously are also, since you are posting things that have nothing to do with the discussion and trying to make withering comments about me. You need to get a life. I'm just posting on youtube just like you are, big dummy.
markotraco 3 years ago
You're frustrated with life. Apparently an illegal alien from Mexico took over your lawn mowing service and you're taking out your frustrations out the only way you know how. Where's your bass video? Be Paul McCartney.
mrakbaseball 3 years ago
markotraco has been commenting on this video for 6 months. Ouch. Very creepy and disturbing. Hope your treatment goes well. Good luck in life. Put your 20 years of formal training to good use. This freaky obsession with Adam Clayton's bass playing is not healthy.
mrakbaseball 3 years ago 2
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Nah, it's just that big dummies keep responding to me with dumb posts, that's what keeps me coming back. And it's a big laugh during my work day to read people's irrational posts and verging on gay defence of U2 and Adam Clayton. I thought all the dummies had stopped posting responses to me about this, but then every few weeks a dummy like you comes along.
markotraco 3 years ago
markotraco, I honestly hope you pull through. Mental illness is nothing to joke about. Good luck in life. Still no bass video? Well you need to get better first. Best wishes on your road to recovery.
mrakbaseball 3 years ago
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You sound like the one with the obsessive disorder and mental illness. Any reasonable observer would read our posts and conclude either that you are just an adolescent or a very immature adult (mentally handicapped). But its probably better for you to change the subject in your responses to me, because you have no argument to anything I ever said. That is a very sad tactic. Unless you're a child or a retarded adult, then it is understandable.
markotraco 3 years ago
TROLL
hank1231 2 years ago
markotraco: you're spending too much time and effort criticizing Adam Clayton. He's a really good bass player whether you like it or not.
ardethbey11 3 years ago 3
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I was just stating a fact, that he is not a talented player. But dummies like you keep responding to me with elementary school statements like "he's a really good bass layer whether you like it or not." That is not an argument, unless you're a ten year old. Your criteria is just some arbitrary opinion that is just based in the fact that you like the band he is in...which logically has nothing to do with his bass playing ability. In the end, you have no idea what you're talking about.
markotraco 3 years ago
I didn't insult you, so don't insult me.... You should be polite. Sorry man, but you have no life by writing pages of complaints and insulting others like me.
ardethbey11 3 years ago
People come here to comment on videos you big dummy. And you're the one obsessing over this because you are responding to me. I said nothing to you, yet you keep hitting reply. So if you're going to say I have no life, then by your own dimwitted criteria you have no life either. You big dummy.
markotraco 3 years ago
again with the "big dummy". Man, I don't even know you and you don't know me and you're calling me a dummy. Notice that I didn't start by insulting you.
ardethbey11 3 years ago
What's funny is that many U2 fans point to New Year's Day as a "great bass line" that he "wrote," but he has actually said that he was playing along to Visage's song "Fade to Grey" when he "came up" with the bassline for New Years Day. So the one bassline people point to is not really even his own. Funny thing. Very funny thing.
markotraco 4 years ago
markotraco: the bass lines are completely different (not that it matters).
Nothing's original. Everything's derivative. You can't create in a vacuum. The obsession with "originality" is pseudo-intellectual snobbery that misses the point of music like this.
We could say that Visage is unoriginal because of thousands of years of music that preceded them.
You've used language to be a jackass, and, although these things may come naturally to you, you didn't invent them.
The song is what matters.
RoryBlyth 4 years ago
Well rock basslines are not "thousands of years old." But any way, the basslines are similar to anybody who isn't an idiot. The fact that it has been documented that the bassline was "written" while Adam Clayton was attempting to play that Visage bassline shows that he has absolutely no creativity. Obviously. It is different to be inspired by other musicians than to sit down and try to learn an easy bassline and add notes to "make it your own." You know-nothing jackass.
markotraco 4 years ago
markotraco:
"rock basslines are not 'thousands of years old.'"
Didn't say they were.
"the basslines are similar to anybody who isn't an idiot."
Aside from me being handsomer than you, we likely share superficial physical attributes - number of eyes, noses, etc..
Any idiot could see we're similar, but differ in the details. Nobody would accuse your mother of caricaturing the work of mine.
"You know-nothing jackass."
Seems you know nothing about creativity. You even "stole" "my" insult.
RoryBlyth 4 years ago
Amazing arguments. You are very intelligent. So you're trying to make a disparaging comment about looks on a website? Child. If you want to be so precise, you never called me a jackass, and you actually did say rock basslines were thousands of years old, because we were talking about bass lines and you said visage's music may not be considered original because of thousands of years of whatever. Dummy. If we were talking in person I would pat you on the head and tell you that you're a nice kid.
markotraco 4 years ago
My words:
"thousands of years of music"
Note "music" - not "bass" - I was talking about music, and it was demonstrative of the lack of originality in everything we're talking about.
"you said visage's music may not be considered original because of thousands of years of whatever."
Replace "whatever" with "music," and we're in business.
As for childish - trying to diminish the work of someone because of some petty, incorrect objection and opinion isn't exactly grown-up.
R0ryBlyth 4 years ago
Amazing arguments. You are very intelligent. So you're trying to make a disparaging comment about looks on a website? Child. If you want to be so precise, you never called me a jackass, and you actually did say rock basslines were thousands of years old, because we were talking about bass lines and you said visage's music may not be considered original because of thousands of years of whatever. Dummy. If we were talking in person I would pat you on the head and tell you that you're a nice kid.
markotraco 4 years ago
markotracko you loser, shut the hell up!
adam clayton is a legend, id very much like to see you play better than him and if you hate him so much why the hell are you watching his video? U2 are the best band that still rock today and nothing you can say will change that.
michaellovegrove 4 years ago 5
To Markotrako: So if he sucks, why are you watching the video?
ardethbey1 4 years ago 3
the vocals are particularly strong here. great version!!
mnpete1101 4 years ago 2
adam clayton best bass player ever makes it look so easy
kgray1572 4 years ago 4
I really hate Bono's hairstyle in that video. It makes him look so old.
baird007 4 years ago
yea so true.
RattleAndHum1988 4 years ago
amazing. I loved his speech.
parklife101 4 years ago 3
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He still doesn't know what a bass is, or how to play all the music he's talking about. Knowing how to play 1 note root notes of chords, is not playing bass. He sucks.
markotraco 4 years ago
What makes you an authority on the subject?
melanie22a 4 years ago 3
20 years of formal music training.
markotraco 4 years ago
but he's the bass player of u2 and u2 would not exist anymore if it was not for adam clayton.
btw, where are you? tell me your band.
netbot890 4 years ago 5
yah ur right matt, he's awesome.. i was touched with what he said..... I still don't have my own bass now but he stands as a great inspiration to me... his music and his humility, i could say nothing..
jamesgonzales145 4 years ago 5
The best performance of Vertigo.
Glorfindel1993 4 years ago 2
He is one of the best ever!!! His performances are amazing the back bone of u2!!! Nothing fancy just brilliant!!
Logitec2k4 4 years ago 5
He's an awesome bass player-one of the best.
mattstank 5 years ago 6
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You're absolutely insane. He can barely be called a bass player. Playing root notes is the first thing a child learns to do with a bass guitar, and in how ever many years, Clayton has not been able to progress at all. That means he never practiced. Which means he is not a musician or a bass player. A musician loves and learns his instrument. So to say what you say shows that you know very little about bass guitar, and furthermore have little respect for the instrument.
markotraco 4 years ago
actually the insane are you and what you're are writing is complete and false bullshit
go, grow up and get live.
netbot890 4 years ago 3
If you don't understand the idea of making music without being instrument masters, that means you have no imagination. Which you clearly don't because it is obvious that Adam's powers lie in his creativity not his speed or scale knowledge. I'm sure there are 400403948385738758374837493860238309547324 guys like you who can play faster than he does and more efficiently, but there's only 1 Adam Clayton and he's much more creative than the rest.
Phewson60 4 years ago
The same goes for The Edge and Larry. They're not virtuosos and they don't intend to be. They don't consider them in the instrumentalist category either. But while your kind is busy studying scales and "formal" music, they're busy creating. That's the difference between your kind and them, they're artists with infinite amount of innovation while you can't do any of that and have to study because you're not capable of creating, you can just hone your skills which any human can with given time.
Phewson60 4 years ago 3
this guys is one of my idol
falloutboydancedance 5 years ago 6