U2’s Adam Clayton Finds Beautiful Days Without Drugs and Alcohol
In recovery, he finally found what he was looking for
I remember sitting in my living room in the days of MTV — the golden age, the early 1980s.
I watched as four young men rode horses through the snow.
I sang along as they claimed, “I will be with you again . . .”
The sounds were like no other music playing at the time.
Songs like “New Years Day,” “Sunday, Bloody Sunday,” and later “Bad,” and “With or Without You.”
I was mesmerized.
U2 had me. I’d dutifully watch MTV each day for the few minutes every couple of hours that a U2 video was sure to take me away.
The very first cassette tape I ever owned was U2’s “Rattle and Hum.” I even rented the accompanying movie at the local video store.
That tape was placed in my Sony Walkman every night (the one with continuous play so you didn’t have to flip sides) and I listened as I drifted to sleep.
Hawkmoon 269 is still one of my favorite songs of all time. The pure emotion, the near pain of needing someone all expressed in Bono’s voice and the band’s eager striving.
