i totally disagree, the game was great, bassline were also great, 'dragon attack' 'bites the dust' and 'crazy,' all have great basslines, also 'sail away' john sounds good.
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I love John's bassplaying. He's great! And a very very good bass player. I also love almost all of his songs. He was a great music composer!
John Deacon played for the song. He is one of the most underrated bassplayers out there. The reason why he didnt go playing Mark King style slap bass solos or Jaco-type 16th lines? Because the songs didnt need that!
If any bass players out there get themselves up to a standard where they can perform, and more importantly, write, basslines as tasteful as John's, then they will be doing very well indeed.
If any bass players out there get themselves up to a standard where they can perform, and more importantly, write, basslines as tasteful as John's, then they will be doing very well indeed.
John was and (I'm sure still is), a wonderful bassist. He wrote many of, well all of my favorite bass lines. And be being a bassist myself I can say that he had to be skilled have you ever tried to play the bass lines for "Fairy Fellers Masterstroke", or "Millionaires Waltz"? They're insane!
John was my inspiration for taking up bass and I'm greatly in debt to him for helping me find the initiative to play my self.
John was my inspiration for taking up bass and I'm greatly in debt to him for helping me find the initiative to play my self.
Great friends from queenzone.com, it's very interesting to see your opinions about his bassplaying. Some people might think that when your 17 (not 16, not anymore, you are not able to give your opinion about this bassplayer. Let me tell you something : I'm a drummer for a long time and I play in a rockband. I've also played saxophone for a couple of years, I can play keyboard a little bit and I write my own songs... so don't write that I can't have a good opinion about his bassplaying because I'm "only " 17 years old. I am critical and I don't say he's extremely good just because I love Queen.
You DON'T have a good opinion about his bass playing. You totally panned him by saying he was a bad bassist from 78-84 and that he wasn't very good live.
Yeah, it doesn't make sense. John Deacon is a great bass player. Just watch the Hammersmith '75 video. He's able to play all kinds of hard stuff. Also, on records, he didn't just play a bunch of root notes. Play the game got a nice bass line (try to play that one) and the bass on Sheer Heart Attack is played by Roger. And that last one isn't bad either, it just fits well with the punk inspired type of song.
I also agree, the opinion expressed by JDL2nd is not brilliant. But wait, he plays a little bit of keyboard!!! Shit, he must know what he's talking about then! Just because John didn't have huge bass solos similar to Brians, or parade around the stage like Freddie, doesn't mean he was shit. If you look at other bass players out there, many of them just chill out on stage, with a few obvious exceptions. John did what was necessary, and he did a fine job. I personally think that the way John was on stage provided a good balance for the band. He showed that he didn't have to try and keep up with Freddie to have an effect.
Well Peronsally I like his style, Since I heard all the Queen songs and like most of them, I just Feel he was to quiet sometimes live, Unlike Led Zep (well seems like it on Bootlegs) Roger and John are more quiet in sound compared to Zep, where the Drums and Bass seem louder and Brian's Guitar is louder then Jimmys, so Personally my thoughts are they knew Brian was the sound of Queen and made his guitar a little louder then most bands guitar players.
My favorite songs are written by John, so of course I like him =)
You can't compare Roger and John with John Bonham and John Paul Jones, there's too much difference between them
Deaky is my favorite bass player ever. Listen to his solos on Liar, The Millionaire Waltz, Dragon Attack, Under Pressure, Breakthru. His bass work was what got me into playing bass more. He alternates betwwen pick for fast numbers then fingers for slow numbers.
i agree, someone mentioned steve harris from iron maiden. i loved maiden as a kid, i know all their stuff, in my opinion steve harris does some impressive things but the reason why i don't he's the best is because he does the same sounds over and over, john does all different kinds of music, like hard rocking 'great king rat' sounds alot like maiden, ballads (best friend) pop (aobtd) you get the point, so yes, because of his ability to change styles i feel he's underated.
I think our man Deacy is definitely underrated....quite a good bass playe indeed....I havent heard anybody else say this, but at times I think I hear a Motown/soul kinda influence in his playing.....I suppose that would make sense, given that The Opposition played a lot of covers of that type of stuff.....
Well, the whole soul/motown thing is only natural. And it does give him a certain edge. But, all in all, my favourite thing about Deacy's playing was his precision. BoRhap is a good example, as said by Brian May himself, of course.
isn't the title of this thread a little misleading?
surely the thread starter could be done for fraud?
"John Deacon, the bassplayer"
is not very accurate - i'd have to say we'd have to go back at least EIGHT years to hear him play ANY bass
surely the thread starter could be done for fraud?
"John Deacon, the bassplayer"
is not very accurate - i'd have to say we'd have to go back at least EIGHT years to hear him play ANY bass
i totally disagree, the game was great, bassline were also great, 'dragon attack' 'bites the dust' and 'crazy,' all have great basslines, also 'sail away' john sounds good.
TG it's C=thank god it's Christmas - bassline dreadful
I agree with your comments on The Game album - basslines and awsome bass sound make the album