John the most underrated Queen member???

Sammy David Jr. heh, no. Not really.

A Bass guitarist is like the subwoofer of your speaker set. You only miss him when he's not there. Maybe that's the reason he's a bit underrated. I agree he was a great songwriter.

and a nice guy, too.

"You only miss him when he's not there".

- As opposed to all those other people/things that you miss when they ARE there?

I try to say that a Bass guitarist seems to have a minor roll in a band. But if there's no bass guitarist, you hear a kind of emptiness in the sound.

Yeah, I know what you meant. I just couldn't miss the opportunity to be pedantic.

It's hard to pick the best JRD song, they're all great!

Spread Your Wings is mostly my favorite, although You're My Best Friend is more or less perfect IMHO

i think john is the most underrated and i think its not done on purpose its just that alot of bass players are not seen as much as guitar, drums and vocal. except for among queen fans alot of people probably wouldnt know john deacon by name. and he was very quiet too. But he is/was great. I love pretty much all of his songs.
Especially you're my best friend, spread your wings and need your loving tonight.

"I didn't say CLTCL was written in '79, I said it was in the Game period (June '79 - May '80)"

What? Then how else did they play the song every night on the Crazy tour, Nov-Dec 79? An identital jam session with the same lyrics every night?

"He was bisexual, not gay"

No, he was gay. Just because he dated a woman before coming out the closet doesn't mean he was bi.

"A Bass guitarist is like the subwoofer of your speaker set. You only miss him when he's not there."

and

"I try to say that a Bass guitarist seems to have a minor roll in a band"

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh man.................. how wrong is that? I can't believe these posts weren't replied to!

For bands who have crap bassists, this is true. If you listen to things like The Eagles, AC/DC and Black Sabbath, the bass is indeed the chord's tonic note an octave lower, and therefore a complete waste of time and space. However, if you listen to uhmm.... QUEEN, you'll note that the bass is not only the driving force, but it can be its own instrument; far more than just the "subwoofer". Listen to any Rush or Dream Theater album and tell me the bass is the subwoofer.

Obviously you have no idea what you're talking about, MartijnCruijff, since John Deacon is one of the most original bassists ever. Listen to tracks like Misfire, The Millionaire Waltz, and You're My Best Friend. Brilliant bass work.

But I don't even know why I'm posting in this topic... it's been established long ago that QZ is not the place to have a musically intellectual discussion.

haha

amen!

> I didn't say CLTCL was written in '79, I said it was in the Game period (June '79 - May '80)

I'm sorry I miswrote the year. What I ment is that I didn't say it was written in '80. My mistake

Hehe no problem, Sebastian.

Now we await a reply from our anti-bass chum.

Freddie had,in fact, a girlfriend around mid 80's(the decade,not the girl's age, lol). Her name was Barbara Valentine,and she was a very well known German actress. She died one or two years ago. Freddie loved her for her extremly huge breats!

They had a sexual relationship? That's news to me...

Guys. John is underrated, yes, but that doesn't mean that he is the best! He is a very good song-writer, but its just that during concerts, he doesn't do much. My favorite list goes:
Freddie
Brian
Roger
John

This odesn't mean that I don't like John; I love 'im! I hold the highest respect for them all. He just doesn't get as much. Its like this:

$6,000,000,000,000,000,000;
$7,000,000,000,000,000,000;
$8,000,000,000,000,000,000;
$9,000,000,000,000,000,000.

Of course, you'd like to have the $9,000,000,000,000,000,000, but would definately settle for $6,000,000,000,000,000,000, right?