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Brian_Mays_Wig · Member since
All Dead All Dead is nice
Chom own mudder fukker.
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KillerQueen840 · Member since
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BigBuedro · Member since
A kind of Magic wins hands down every time for me!

Just you and I

Liar

Breakthru

The Invisible man

The guy is a genious. It was nice to see him getting a mention in the Guitarist Magazine Bass special last month, but guess what songs they mentioned!

I'm sure you all know!
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Yogurt · Member since
I like the bass line for Don't Try Suicide.
I don't swim in your toilet, so don't pee in my pool!
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high-flying-adored · Member since
Brian_Mays_Wig wrote:
All Dead All Dead is nice


Yah, ADAD is quite nice.
"As to a martini, I'm willing and able, But only make it two at most. Three martinis, I'm under the table -- Four, and I'm under the host!"
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Stack · Member since
"Play The Game" - this is most beautiful
"You And I"
Greetings for all bass players!
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Rotwang · Member since
'39 ranks high for me. Others include Millionare Waltz, Dragon Attack, Sail Away Sweet Sister (the end), The Invisible Man (as corny as it sounds), The Show Must Go On, and Crazy Litte Thing Called Love. He really rocked on Procession...kidding.
"You Can Be Anything You Want To Be"
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Giacco 73 · Member since
Among all the wonderful ones you mentioned,my favourite John bass line is the intro of "The millionaire waltz".By the way,this song is pure Freddie genius,the synthesis of Queen of the 70's!
Freddie Mercury. A wonderful human being and simply the greatest singer,performer and composer of our times.
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Mitti · Member since
CLTCL
Oh I ain't greedy But you gotta see my point of view I was not born yesterday But you know I must have learned a thing or two
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Janet · Member since
The Millionaire Waltz for me!
-If you want the best seat in the house, you have to move the cat.
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*goodco* · Member since
It doesn't rate with his 70s work, but one that stands out for me is the original version of 'My Life Has Been Saved'. Perhaps it's because I didn't hear it until a couple of years after MIH was released. Or because of the chance to compare two different but superb versions.

Never gets a mention, so I thought I'd do so. And besides, the original deserved better than a nonalbum B side, and would have fit perfectly between 'Scandal' and 'Was It All Worth It' on the LP.

j+III
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Roger_in_Tigerskin_Trousers · Member since
A kind of magic even if Freddie wrote it
Why did the 80s have to happen? Who wants body language instead of liar ???????????????????????????????????????
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The Man On The Prowl · Member since
Definitely Long Away!!! Btw, does anybody know if it is by John or by Brian?
And there are of course many other pearls of John in the seventies...
And I also like a lot the bass in These Are The Days Of Our Lives, it's simple but great!
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Koolkikiland · Member since
The Man On The Prowl wrote:
Definitely Long Away!!! Btw, does anybody know if it is by John or by Brian?


Agree with you on Long Away. Not at all easy to play either.

I'm pretty sure that bass part was played by John. In the LP liner notes, if there are any exceptions to the norm in who is playing what, it's noted at the end of each lyric. No such exception noted in the liner notes.
"Some day, one day. . . "
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The Man On The Prowl · Member since
Yes, I suppose it's John who plays. But I meant who had the idea of that bass line, if it was Brian or John?