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Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

S1E47: Adam Clayton

Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

Rhino UK

Pop, Interviews, Music, Rock

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This week on Rockonteurs we are joined by Adam Clayton from U2. What can you say about this band? Consistently one of the biggest groups of the last 40 years, hit albums, game changing tours, musically diverse, incredibly creative and risk taking and utter masters of their craft. U2 are one of the truly greatest bands of all time. On the show this week we have an in-depth conversation with Adam about the origins of the band, their influences, the early struggles and the huge success that followed. We discuss the ‘born with’ charisma of Bono who was a ready-made rock star, the virtuoso talent of the Edge and the dedication and passion of Larry. It is a fascinating insight into the workings of a band who will never be forgotten and who continue to create a stunning body of music.

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0:00.0

Hello Gary you all right yes I'm well it's it's a really tough on this you know when you

0:06.5

interview people and in all the 40-odd episodes we've done you know there's normally a moment when the actor's in

0:14.4

their pomp and they have a few albums. Maybe it's two, three, maybe four

0:19.0

albums. They're imperial phase. Imperial phase.

0:21.8

No, yes.

0:22.6

But you too have the longest amount of successful records.

0:27.8

And it's been impossible to do what we call research on this.

0:31.6

And to be able to think we can sit down and talk about every record is virtually impossible right

0:35.4

and what's also just incredible is it's the same four guys now as it was then

0:41.5

I know I know I wonder what that know, because they haven't fallen,

0:44.6

we'll have to ask him, but they haven't fallen foul

0:47.0

of all the usual, you know, mistrust, or,

0:50.6

is it distrust or mistrust? I think a bit of both.

0:53.0

Anti-trust as well, but I think that's the actual court case you end up.

0:57.0

I used to fancy mistrust.

0:58.0

Anyway, um, but...

1:02.0

National trust, that trust is more you.

1:04.0

National Treasure, excuse me.

1:06.0

What's kept them together?

1:09.0

That's what's interests, that's what interests me.

1:11.0

I mean, we know that three of them are you know they're very they're

1:14.8

very religious as well you know they were in it spiritual is perhaps a better word

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