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Do you think the reason John is now so anti Queen is because his microphone was turned off for so much of his career? I personally think "the straw that broke the camel's back" was when spike sang into his microphone in '86.
I think he was just singing softly...
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Honestly, I don't think he cared that his microphone was turned off, since he was the one that always said he couldn't sing!
Resistance is futile. You are now an orb.
I swear I heard him once or twice though
~_*-+_Let us cling together as the years go by..._+-*_~
Mr Bad Gut wrote:
Do you think the reason John is now so anti Queen is because his microphone was turned off for so much of his career? I personally think "the straw that broke the camel's back" was when spike sang into his microphone in '86.


Yeah, that sounds about right. Probably why he stuck around in the band for the next few years, too.
I know personally that John felt ripped off, never appreciated when blowing to this mute microphone nowone could hear him on wembley arena stage or in milton keynes or even in budokan japan.. John always had bad feelings, shit men..He felt underrated.. the other's had their voices hear out.. but poor john's only instument was his trusty bass.. I feel pity that man!! and so should you.. John had all the right to sing!! along with freddie.. Im ready to find an association to rebound john's losses.. and the loss of us.. the listeners.. who is willing to take care of our mental damage??
God created man from dust, man replied with sin and lust..
John's microphone actually saved Freddie from technical failures, most notably and visibly seen in the Argentina 81 video. The "Save Me" part, where Freddie's mic started acting up. He used a back-up mic, then used John's mic, and when the piano part came, he used his piano's mic.

Humble little thing, this microphone. It may have well served it's intended purpose.
Yes Ure right I guess
God created man from dust, man replied with sin and lust..
You can hear him singing live occasionally. Songs like Radio Ga Ga the chorus eg.
But not on harmony parts :-)
Live life to the full!
yes so can i, but not enough to judge whether he's good or not
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He is surely not a good singer. Otherwise he would have sung the harmony parts in the studio.
Live life to the full!
maybe he was just too shy...
how cute
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Yes, maybe he was.

That man can do anything and you will find it cute!?!
Live life to the full!
His microphone was never off! The volume of his mic was lower then the rest.
John: "It's the one thing I wish I could do - sing."
To be honest Spike could sing and John couldn't. But if were talking about this ever noticed you can't really here Brian untill he sings by himself?
James

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