Least talented/luckiest musician.

[Baby Huey]

As I'm sure many of you will have guessed from the title I'm talking about Adam Clayton from U2.

Surely the least talented rockstar on the planet. My cat would have little difficulty if he was asked to stand in for Adam at short notice.

[Ferg]

Since he formed U2 by getting the others together (it is HIS band) I think he's done OK.

[elster]

I think Lily Allen will fully admit to this.

As she has said before, only reason she is where she is now is due to her family. She openly admits to have bugger all talent.

[CobolMan]

Surely the award has to go to Mrs David Beckham?

[smiller]

The OP is right. Adam Clayton has the bass playing skills of a rectal polyp, and just had the luck to reply to Larry Mullen Jr's ad for a bass player.

[Funk Odyssey]

Ferg said:

Since he formed U2 by getting the others together (it is HIS band) I think he's done OK.

Larry Mullen's band surely?

[Airbag]

Ringo.

[The Hypno-Toad]

CobolMan said:

Surely the award has to go to Mrs David Beckham?

Hmmm... not sure... I mean surely for this thread you would have had to have actually done something musical?

As far as I can tell she's just a clothes hanger that someone has bewitched into life.

And don't forget Andrew "Make sure his guitar isn't plugged in" Ridgely

Edited by The Hypno-Toad on Tuesday 14th April 07:30

[GetCarter]

Hucknall.

[JuniorD]

Jon Bon Jovi. End of.

[chris.mapey]

What was the name of that talentless bunch from Seattle?

IIRC one topped himself?

Never saw the appeal there.

Also, don't get me started on Pearl Necklace or whatever they are called...

[yellowbentines]

Meg White of the white stripes, animal from the muppet show is a more accomplished drummer.

[esselte]

Airbag said:

Ringo.

Yep,never has someone been more in the right place at the right time...

[timbob]

yellowbentines said:

Meg White of the white stripes, animal from the muppet show is a more accomplished drummer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erE8WTngaAY

Animal was awesome!!

[mulletmark]

How about a vote for Avril Lavigne?

Have you heard her singing live? I've heard better efforts from drunk council estate girls on friday night karaoke.

[ratbane]

yellowbentines said:

Meg White of the white stripes, animal from the muppet show is a more accomplished drummer.

She's certainly no Dave Weckl. However, the White Stripes would be non-the-better with a more technical drummer. She plays in a very child-like way, which is part of the charm.

Impressionist painters tried to paint like sproggs. Meg White simply drums like one. Simple and effective.

[GetCarter]

esselte said:

Airbag said:

Ringo.

Yep,never has someone been more in the right place at the right time...

OK... Hucknall AND Ringo

[mulletmark]

ratbane said:

yellowbentines said:

Meg White of the white stripes, animal from the muppet show is a more accomplished drummer.

She's certainly no Dave Weckl. However, the White Stripes would be non-the-better with a more technical drummer. She plays in a very child-like way, which is part of the charm.

Impressionist painters tried to paint like sproggs. Meg White simply drums like one. Simple and effective.

I would add to that, having tried to play some White Stripes stuff in my covers band, it's actually quite hard for a 'real' drummer to play as badly as Meg White

Edited by mulletmark on Tuesday 14th April 17:33

[dxg]

elster said:

I think Lily Allen will fully admit to this.

As she has said before, only reason she is where she is now is due to her family. She openly admits to have bugger all talent.

I've said it on here before, but she is a good lyricist. Maybe if she became a poet providing social commentary; she *would* actually be good at that.

[Ferg]

Funk Odyssey said:

Larry Mullen's band surely?

It's one of my favourite argumentative U2 points. I well remember an interview in NME when they first broke, in which the band claimed Adam was responsible...a claim dismissed by subsequent interviews!

The other musical 'fact' that amuses me in the same vein was Vince Clarke's explanation (again in the NME) that it was Depeche, "to rhyme with Che as in Guevara" which seems to be oft mispronounced these days....