John Deacon Challenge

Normally this would be the right thread to mention


"JOHN, if you're not using your bass; is there any chance you could give it to me?.... doesn't have to be the P bass, could be the buzzard from FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS. ... oh and maybe that neon green shirt too! "...." I mean, c'mon. . It's not like you're using it! "


But (!)

I too have fallen into a musical malaise. I really really really need to get something going soon before my powers go to waste.


In conclusion. It'd be great if John wrote a book. Even if it were about bird watching. (Not THOSE kinds of birds, y'know what I mean, *wink wink, nudge nudge)

John is so little seen that at this point he could probably walk past me in the street and I wouldn't recognise him.

I disagree. There were some photos of him published a year and a half ago, and he's easily recognisable. Even if he went out of his way to conceal his identity (dye job, contacts, shades, tattoos) he'd be easy to pick out from the crowd.

Oh well if YOU say I would recognise him on the basis of one set of photos you don't even know if I have seen, then I guess I would...

I rather think he'd just pass me by as just another grey haired old guy, but you know me much better than I know myself evidently.

I think he meant that John isn't looking as different as when he was younger. Which I actually agree with - he's just bald now, his face is pretty much the same.

[QUOTE] [b]Pingfah wrote:[/b]

you know me much better than I know myself evidently.[/QUOTE]

Of course I don't, but unless you've got some sort of serious memory impairment, you're likely to share the same facial recognition capabilities of the vast majority of the human population, who can remember and distinguish a face regardless of years, weight gain/loss, differences in hairstyle, scars, tattoos, etc. This is one area where Dunning-Kruger doesn't apply: most people are actually way better at recognising faces than they think they are. I don't need to 'know you better than you know yourself' to assert so - am I absolutely categorically one hundred per cent certain? Of course not. But it's as safe a bet as assuming you own at least one key (to your house/flat/apartment/room) and assuming you've got eyebrows.

[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]

Of course I don't, but unless you've got some sort of serious memory impairment, you're likely to share the same facial recognition capabilities of the vast majority of the human population.[/QUOTE]

LOL, nicely done.

OK, If I happen to bump into John Deacon, I will say to him "Thanks for the awesome music John!", and he'll probably exchange some pleasantry or whatever, and that'll be the end of the exchange. But I'm not going round to his house - firstly I don't have time to go stalking, secondly it's a bit creepy.

OK, If I happen to bump into John Deacon, I will say to him "Thanks for the awesome music John!", and he'll probably exchange some pleasantry or whatever, and that'll be the end of the exchange. But I'm not going round to his house - firstly I don't have time to go stalking, secondly it's a bit creepy.

That is fine too! I have just never heard of one person seeing or talking to this man. It's like he is hidden from Earth. That is all I am really saying.