John Deacon is not liked !
Philip Murphy
Plus, he's ugly.
Dave tooth fairy Meddows-Forsey
On Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:28:34 +0000, Philip Murphy <rose...@indigo.ie>
banged hard on the keyboard:
I wouldn't say YMBF is one of my favourites, but nevertheless I quite
like it. I know you're not being serious when you go on about you
begin right and all that so I'll ignore it and get to the point: John
seems to be criticised because of his quiet nature and the fact that
he didn't sing (not necessarily because of his (imo wonderful) songs).
I would much prefer to have an excellent bass player who doesn't sing
but writes good songs rather than have an average bass player who
sings but doesn't write good songs, if you get my gist!! :)
All in all, I like John. The fact that he never sang makes no
difference to me and I think I Want To Break Free was an important yet
strange song for Queen.
>Plus, he's ugly.
That's a silly thing to say :/
Dave
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On 22 Jan 1998 00:36:14 GMT, removethisfirstbit/cwo...@tinet.ie
(Woody) wrote:
>Hmmmm...noticed ( hah, hit on the head with a brick ) that poor old John is
>critizied a lot here.
Sorry, I don't agree. There is a bit of rib-poking about his vocals
(or lack thereof) and his apparent disappearance from the face of the
planet, but personally, I think he is one of the most underrated bass
players out.
And, as you said, he wrote some of Queen's more commercially
successful songs. Actually, it would be interesting to compare his
"album contributions vs commercial hits" ratio to the others. I think
he'd be way past Roger... Can I be bothered doing the research? Not at
the moment!! :-)
Call the John jibes "in-jokes". I can't see any criticism in the
comments.
>Yes, he does fade into the background a lot *but* he
>is responsible for writing a lot of Queens more favoured songs so why the
>hate campaign ( gosh, never noticed how hard that word is to spell , I know
>it's still wrong ?? ) , not a criticsm( that one's hard too , or I'm drunk
>:-) ) just a question . What have fans against John ???
I think you're drunk- but your spelling is good 50% of the time!!! :-)
:-)
I don't think anyone's got anything against John.
Ciao!
David.
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On Wed, 28 Jan 1998 22:07:42 GMT, NOS...@endorphin.demon.co.uk (Dave
"tooth fairy" Meddows-Forsey) wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jan 1998 22:07:42 GMT, in alt.music.queen you wrote:
>On Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:28:34 +0000, Philip Murphy <rose...@indigo.ie>
>banged hard on the keyboard:
>
>>Fraid I can't give too many more examples, being a
>>*relatively* recent disciple, but I AM RIGHT. AND YOU ALL KNOW IT.
An inherently contradictory statement...
>I wouldn't say YMBF is one of my favourites, but nevertheless I quite
>like it. I know you're not being serious when you go on about you
>begin right and all that so I'll ignore it and get to the point: John
>seems to be criticised because of his quiet nature and the fact that
>he didn't sing (not necessarily because of his (imo wonderful) songs).
>I would much prefer to have an excellent bass player who doesn't sing
>but writes good songs rather than have an average bass player who
>sings but doesn't write good songs, if you get my gist!! :)
>
>All in all, I like John. The fact that he never sang makes no
>difference to me and I think I Want To Break Free was an important yet
>strange song for Queen.
I've put my bit in about this somewhere else, but I'd like to add:
Some of his earlier stuff was very "poppy"- YMBF, Need Your Loving
Tonight. But have a look later when he seemed to go a bit more Funk
and started working with Freddie- My Baby Does Me, for example.
I like the poppy stuff- when I'm in the mood for poppy stuff.
Plus, I'm sure every songwriter has their "embarrassing" songs.
>>Plus, he's ugly.
>
>That's a silly thing to say :/
So what if he's ugly? It's in the eye of the beholder. And I listen to
Queen. It's been almost 13 years since I saw them last...
Jackie
As well as the well-known songs like 'Your My Best Friend' John wrote:
'Misfire'
'You and I'
'Spread Your Wings'
'Who Needs You'
'If You Can't Beat Them'
'In Only Seven Days'
...and *many others* that I can't be bothered to list now. PLUS, many
that we don't know about. You can't write anyone off who makes up one
quarter of the band that you love! Without him, Queen wouldn't be
Queen - the same goes for other members of the band.
Jackie.
Pep
Hey - someone forgot about Jackie here!
"I gotta rid myself of this sentence!"
-FM, BBTLB
Woody
In article <34d49513...@news.demon.co.uk>,
NOS...@endorphin.demon.co.uk says...
>
>On Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:28:34 +0000, Philip Murphy <rose...@indigo.ie>
>banged hard on the keyboard:
>
>>make phlegm-sound me live now, hoan-eh!") people would be less
>>*relatively* recent disciple, but I AM RIGHT. AND YOU ALL KNOW IT.
>
>like it. I know you're not being serious when you go on about you
>begin right and all that so I'll ignore it and get to the point: John
>seems to be criticised because of his quiet nature and the fact that
>he didn't sing (not necessarily because of his (imo wonderful) songs).
>I would much prefer to have an excellent bass player who doesn't sing
>but writes good songs rather than have an average bass player who
>sings but doesn't write good songs, if you get my gist!! :)
>
>All in all, I like John. The fact that he never sang makes no
>difference to me and I think I Want To Break Free was an important yet
>strange song for Queen.
>
>
>That's a silly thing to say :/
>
Not only silly but now you've really upset Jackie :-)
Philip Murphy
Message received - but I still don't like the majority of his songs.
Si
John Deacon is coolness personified (even if he does drive a Volvo). Leave
him alone you nasty people.
David McAuliffe wrote in message <34dcb413...@news.magna.com.au>...
>On Wed, 28 Jan 1998 22:07:42 GMT, NOS...@endorphin.demon.co.uk (Dave
>"tooth fairy" Meddows-Forsey) wrote:
>
>On Wed, 28 Jan 1998 22:07:42 GMT, in alt.music.queen you wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:28:34 +0000, Philip Murphy <rose...@indigo.ie>
>>banged hard on the keyboard:
>>
>>>Fraid I can't give too many more examples, being a
>>>*relatively* recent disciple, but I AM RIGHT. AND YOU ALL KNOW IT.
>
>An inherently contradictory statement...
>
>>I wouldn't say YMBF is one of my favourites, but nevertheless I quite
>>like it. I know you're not being serious when you go on about you
>>begin right and all that so I'll ignore it and get to the point: John
>>seems to be criticised because of his quiet nature and the fact that
>>he didn't sing (not necessarily because of his (imo wonderful) songs).
>>I would much prefer to have an excellent bass player who doesn't sing
>>but writes good songs rather than have an average bass player who
>>sings but doesn't write good songs, if you get my gist!! :)
>>
>>All in all, I like John. The fact that he never sang makes no
>>difference to me and I think I Want To Break Free was an important yet
>>strange song for Queen.
>
>I've put my bit in about this somewhere else, but I'd like to add:
>
>Some of his earlier stuff was very "poppy"- YMBF, Need Your Loving
>Tonight. But have a look later when he seemed to go a bit more Funk
>and started working with Freddie- My Baby Does Me, for example.
>
>I like the poppy stuff- when I'm in the mood for poppy stuff.
>
>Plus, I'm sure every songwriter has their "embarrassing" songs.
>
>>>Plus, he's ugly.
>>
>>That's a silly thing to say :/
>
David McAuliffe
On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:32:04 +0000, Philip Murphy <rose...@indigo.ie>
wrote:
>Message received - but I still don't like the majority of his songs.
Fine! Nothing wrong with that!
David Tobin
Don't forget that he wrote Misfire, which is really quite cool!
... And he was responsible for "Emma E-M-M-A" from the Live in Budapest
Video. This is footage of the ultimate rock star in action.
The guy is brilliant!
Well, that's my 2c worth!
Jackie
On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 22:24:57 -0000, "Si" <Si...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>John Deacon is coolness personified (even if he does drive a Volvo). Leave
>him alone you nasty people.
YEAH! :-)
You're all right, Si. :-D
Jackie
On Sun, 01 Feb 1998 02:17:15 +1100, David Tobin <dt...@crt.com.au>
wrote:
>Don't forget that he wrote Misfire, which is really quite cool!
>
>... And he was responsible for "Emma E-M-M-A" from the Live in Budapest
>Video. This is footage of the ultimate rock star in action.
E-M-M-A???!!! What's all this? Eh?eh?eh?eh?eh?eh?
Toby Arkless
Philip Murphy wrote:
> Message received - but I still don't like the majority of his songs.
Fairy Nuff. There is no need to knock the guy cos if it though!
All decent albums need a variety of tempo and style. All the band could
do this but Deaky provided some of the better laid back stuff to be
heard, especially on the earlier albums. (You and I spings to mind - top
song)
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David Tobin wrote:
> Don't forget that he wrote Misfire, which is really quite cool!
>
> ... And he was responsible for "Emma E-M-M-A" from the Live in
> Budapest
> Video. This is footage of the ultimate rock star in action.
"sigh". one of the big mistakes in my life : i gave that vid to a
friend thinking it was magic years vol 3 (which i had a lott of footage
already) and said no, it's yours, keep it. D'oh!!ps. john deacon writes
great songs, IMHO
--ruth'minus a sig'--