Favorite John Deacon bass line

Bicycle Race might be my favorite ... perhaps followed by The Millionaire Waltz.

Regarding Bicycle Race, please see The Real Wizard's post towards the end of the first page of this link:

http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1468290/john-deacon-using-popping-technique.aspx?page=1

Dragon Attack

John at The Rainbow - great tone and really dynamic as any bass guitarist should be.

I appreciate your guys reply so to this post but... come on guys.. Be a bit more specific... Dig a little deeper and listen a little harder... this is home work!!!!
In a Queen world full of Freddie's vocal flamboyance Brian's guitar thrills and Rogers... cant think of a drumming word.. John too has albeit, a very suttle but some very intridict and in its own right "flamboyant" bass lines which complemented that "Over the top" Queen sound.. What are some of your favorite John Deacon bass lines that make you go... "that is so Queen!!" "Only John could have come up with that!!" Its about sharing with some of those incredibly difficult and suttle bass lines that some of you never knew were done on bass or even those "in your face" ones that just went, over the top of your head and never knew existed..
For example...
Those opening few seconds on Too much love will kill you. I never knew that in amongst that filler was John, playing those incredibly high notes on the Bass. 40-44 sec is incredibly beautiful and a great example of the Bass instead of guitar helping promote Freddie's voice...
Or 3 seconds into We are the champions... After decades... of listing to that song... My example of a... "IN your face" bass line that only hit me a year ago!!

fras444, re:

> Dig a little deeper and listen a little harder... this is home work!!!!

And

> What are some of your favorite John Deacon bass lines that make you go... "that is so Queen!!"

You're making him out to be John Entwistle. The problem was / is that he was simply a bass player as opposed to a bass guitarist. On the early live material he appeared to be given a license to play around the lines he created in the studio. After probably '77, as the set lists became more sterile, he was simply playing the studio lines on stage.

he was neither innovative or daring in what he did and, thus, can't be singled out as a recognisable player or responsible for the band's sound.

Jealousy is my #1.
IGSM #2

He did a terrific job in playing melody lines instead of just put the ground-tone to the chord.
He was indeed the fourth singer of the band.