Adam Clayton and Gibson

Pilgrim · September 30, 2009, 01:49:13 PM

I had no clue who "Adam Clayton" is. Learned something new!

Adam Clayton Powell, I remember just fine! I always claimed him as a long, long-lost relative.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Clayton_Powell,_Jr.

uwe · September 30, 2009, 04:02:06 PM

Entwistle just stood there, but his playing was upfront, to the point of being abrasive, especially towards the end. As regards the roles they adopted, Townshend was more of a tenor bassist/rhythm guitarist while Entwhistle was a lead guitarist tuned down an octave. Townshend even said as much in an interview and it was an apt description. Most non-bassists don't even realize that the My Generation bass solo is not actually Townshend on (baritone) guitar.

Highlander · September 30, 2009, 04:52:39 PM

Now that I did not know, but I never was a big Who fan...

Dave W · September 30, 2009, 11:01:29 PM

Most non-bassists don't even know which one is the bass.

Chris P. · October 01, 2009, 12:13:18 AM

I heard people talk about the fat guitar intro of Baba O'Riley. Pete comes in at the second verse...

Entwistle said in an interview that once he decided to move a lot on stage on day just to see what happened. Well, people just looked at him more and that was it. He didn't care, so he stopped after that one gig.

Dave W · October 07, 2009, 04:54:49 PM

Just bumping this because Adam Clayton is mentioned in a "best of Craigslist" ad I saw posted elsewhere.

Free Concert at Guitar Center

uwe · October 08, 2009, 02:21:27 AM

Marooned in sicily with a U2 and a Bruce Springsteen Greatest Hits, I've been fortunate enough to delve into Herr Clayton's bass playing more extensively. It's not all uncreative, I notice. On the very early stuff he was a lively new-wavish player, rhythmically much more busy than today. In the middle phase he became a bit complacent/unimaginative, but perked up again on the last three studio albums. That is not root note droning on "It's a beautiful day", but a nicely propulsive melody that carries the song.

Did I mention that Naomi Campbell was hot too?

Highlander · October 08, 2009, 04:01:53 AM

... "Too hot to handle..."

Oops... wrong group...

gearHed289 · October 08, 2009, 09:26:34 AM

Quote from: Kenny Five-O on October 08, 2009, 04:01:53 AM
... "Too hot to handle..."

Oops... wrong group...

U2, UFO.... Hey they both fly, right?

uwe · October 08, 2009, 10:25:54 AM

Not the U2 it didn't. Thanks to the defensive might of the Red Army Airforce vigilantes and their splendid rockets, flightime of that symbol of yankee imperialist agreession was wiped from the stratospheric skies of Mother Russia. !-p

patman · October 08, 2009, 10:32:25 AM

I remember that...(U2's)...

I had almost forgotten what they really were.

uwe · October 08, 2009, 10:48:53 AM

I remember the b&w pics of the shot down US pilot who luckily survived - was his name Powers or something akin? -, albeit with some bonus time in Russian custody. Chrustchev wasn't amused, quite rightly so as international air space law was clearly on Russia's side here. The pilot was "returned" to the US after a few months or a year or so, no doubt in exchange for Russian spies that had enjoyed similar hospitality in Langley. Did he still have an Air Force career after that?

Whether U2 (the band) actually ever intended to commemorate the spy plane or whether they simply used Prince-write for "You too!" as was popular in the early eighties I don't kow.

Lightyear · October 08, 2009, 12:02:35 PM

Quote from: uwe on October 08, 2009, 10:25:54 AM
Not the U2 it didn't. Thanks to the defensive might of the Red Army Airforce vigilantes and their splendid rockets, flightime of that symbol of yankee imperialist agreession was wiped from the stratospheric skies of Mother Russia. !-p

But they never got a SR 71 "Blackbird" and for sure they haven't gotten the Blackbird's replacement

Pilgrim · October 08, 2009, 01:13:42 PM

Gary Francis Powers flying a CIA U-2 spy plane.

Highlander · October 08, 2009, 05:44:31 PM

All that spying and they "still haven't found what I'm looking for..." (add groan here)

Didn't they give up after the SR71 (for some odd reason the USofA allowed the fastest of them to reside in a UK museum - Duxford) ...

this one... I have more detail shots for the "geeks"...

... and now it's all done by satelite, or by drones "flown" out of Vegas (ish)?

Powers (from my wife's home state) died back in '77, reputedly "sacrificing" himself in a helicopter crash, which could have hit some kids... he was just short of 48... RIP...