| carlinpole 20.01.2009 18:05 |
Hi everyone here!! I am from Argentina and i really wanna know what is about the Jhon Deacon's life. What is he doing? Why he is not in the Queen and Paul Rodger version??? Thanks a lot, Carlos |
| TELMO 20.01.2009 19:16 |
Very original question... |
| carlinpole 20.01.2009 19:32 |
[img=/images/smiley/msn/shades_smile.gif][/img] oohhhh...but i don't see an original and unic answer!!! thanks anyway |
| L-R-TIGER1994 20.01.2009 19:42 |
He retired from music many years ago and he didn't want to be part of this new project,he's resting at home with his big family. |
| carlinpole 20.01.2009 19:50 |
Thanks!! That's what i have been hearing...but...never again????? What does he think about the new tour?? mmm...i think that he did the right thing!! |
| L-R-TIGER1994 20.01.2009 19:57 |
Here is part of an interview to Roger: Interviewer:The other complication you had was that John Deacon had retired. Did you, have you, ever tried to talk him out of it? RT: No. You don’t try and talk John out of anything, I think, once he’s made a decision, and I think after Freddie went, he really didn’t want anything to do with the music business. He didn’t wanna be in it and he didn’t wanna be around a lot of people, I think. And he wrote us a very nice letter, saying he endorsed fully anything that Brian and myself should do, you know, and would we please continue the flow of cheques. (chuckling) So it’s quite a good arrangement really. |
| L-R-TIGER1994 20.01.2009 20:03 |
and some more things: Deacon has reportedly spoken out about May/Taylor/Robbie Williams cover of We Are the Champions, recorded for A Knight's Tale. It was previously thought they had asked Williams to replace Mercury some years after George Michael had also turned down the offer to go on tour with them. In an interview with The Sun about the collaboration he said, "It is one of the greatest songs ever written but I think they've ruined it." "I don't want to be nasty but let's just say Robbie Williams is no Freddie Mercury. Freddie can never be replaced – and certainly not by him."[3] May and Taylor have since toured and recorded with former Free singer Paul Rodgers, using the Queen name despite being only two of the four piece original band. They go by the name Queen + Paul Rodgers. The death of Queen's lead singer Freddie Mercury affected Deacon deeply, and after playing live with Queen twice more (at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness on 20 April 1992, and in Paris on 17 January 1997, performing only "The Show Must Go On" with Elton John on lead vocals), he made the decision to retire from music, re-appearing only briefly by joining his ex-band mates in October 1997 for the recording of the final Queen song No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young), included in the "Queen Rocks" album released a month later. He chose not to be present at Queen's induction into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2001, or join in the collaboration with Paul Rodgers. On the Queen + Paul Rodgers collaboration album The Cosmos Rocks which featured new material from the trio, Deacon was listed in the Thanks Notes on the CD. |
| carlinpole 20.01.2009 20:16 |
Thank you very much....you rock!!! |
| L-R-TIGER1994 20.01.2009 20:19 |
To sum up:he approved what Brian and Roger are doing,but he got bored and tired of music business and also he didn't like too much what this new Queen did with other singers. |
| carlinpole 20.01.2009 20:30 |
I am 100% agree with Jhon!!! |
| john bodega 21.01.2009 04:54 |
He's dead. |
| Major Tom 21.01.2009 06:20 |
I respect Johns decition, but what I don't understand is why he didn't showed up at the introduction to RNR HOF... |
| john bodega 21.01.2009 08:18 |
He did show up. In an urn. |
| Brian 1990 21.01.2009 11:06 |
I think John lives in Barnes (London) , he's got six kids as well . |
| FriedChicken 21.01.2009 12:00 |
Dr. Pepper(The Spiceman) wrote: I respect Johns decition, but what I don't understand is why he didn't showed up at the introduction to RNR HOF... Well, i've been saying for years that he's a serious case of agoraphobia... |
| Major Tom 21.01.2009 12:40 |
FriedChicken wrote:Yeah, I've suspected that too...but...still...the honors of RNRHOF..Dr. Pepper(The Spiceman) wrote: I respect Johns decition, but what I don't understand is why he didn't showed up at the introduction to RNR HOF...Well, i've been saying for years that he's a serious case of agoraphobia... |
| nationofhaircuts2 21.01.2009 12:57 |
He was hooked ( no pun intended) on golf a few years ago, and was seen backstage as a guest with his wife at various open air concerts around the time of Live 8, also as a paying member of the audience at We will Rock You. Roger has said more than once that after the tribute concert John found performing live too stressful, and that he hates/hated to be around a lot of people. Let's hope he is happy and peaceful wherever he is and in what he does. |
| April 21.01.2009 15:05 |
nationofhaircuts2 wrote: He was hooked ( no pun intended) on golf a few years ago, and was seen backstage as a guest with his wife at various open air concerts around the time of Live 8, also as a paying member of the audience at We will Rock You. Roger has said more than once that after the tribute concert John found performing live too stressful, and that he hates/hated to be around a lot of people. Let's hope he is happy and peaceful wherever he is and in what he does. Yes, that must be the answer to the question. The simple thing is that John feels rather old unlike Brian and Roger. He can't stand any more live performances. He doesn't have enough stamina any more. Which is absolutely natural and normal. Nevertheless we love him!!! |
| Infallible 22.01.2009 10:20 |
I was fortunate enough to meet John once, at the Royal Albert hall concert he did with Brian and all the other famous people at the Princes trust concert. John did stand at the back of the stage most of the night. I met him after the show as he walked out. He asked my friend and I to quietly follow him away from the crowds where signed my Biggles single. I remember asking him how the recording of the new album (The Miracle I think) was going. He said it was going well, he was polite and softly spoken and he just quickly walked off into the night, probably to his own car. I think Roger and Brian made a few 'boy band' mistakes after Freddie died, without direction they kind of just said yes to any offers they got. If they'd hooked up with someone like Paul Rodgers right away John may still have been around. It didn't help that No One But You wasn't a real hit either. |
| April 22.01.2009 16:25 |
Very interesting. |
| carlinpole 24.01.2009 06:49 |
Well guys ...thanks a lot for the answers. Thye have really made me this issue more clear!!! I still love his music! |
| thomasquinn 32989 24.01.2009 07:00 |
Dr. Pepper(The Spiceman) wrote:FriedChicken wrote:Yeah, I've suspected that too...but...still...the honors of RNRHOF..Dr. Pepper(The Spiceman) wrote: I respect Johns decition, but what I don't understand is why he didn't showed up at the introduction to RNR HOF...Well, i've been saying for years that he's a serious case of agoraphobia... On the other hands, NOT showing up was *the* guaranteed way of getting more attention than Roger and Brian. |
| carlinpole 04.02.2009 10:25 |
Thanks for the comments. Just one more question...What was the brand of his bass????? |
| new one 04.02.2009 10:32 |
I'm pretty sure he used a Fender precision bass for the most part. I agree, shame he's gone but hey life goes on. |
| john bodega 04.02.2009 11:14 |
new one wrote: I agree, shame he's gone but hey life goes on. Unfortunately, in Deacon's case that's just a figure of speech. |
| redspecialusa 04.02.2009 17:01 |
April wrote:nationofhaircuts2 wrote: He was hooked ( no pun intended) on golf a few years ago, and was seen backstage as a guest with his wife at various open air concerts around the time of Live 8, also as a paying member of the audience at We will Rock You. Roger has said more than once that after the tribute concert John found performing live too stressful, and that he hates/hated to be around a lot of people. Let's hope he is happy and peaceful wherever he is and in what he does.Yes, that must be the answer to the question. The simple thing is that John feels rather old unlike Brian and Roger. He can't stand any more live performances. He doesn't have enough stamina any more. Which is absolutely natural and normal. Nevertheless we love him!!! I wouldn't be so sure that it's a matter of him not having enough stamina to tour anymore. It's possible that he's tired of doing it though, he's been around the world w/ Queen how many times? Touring is a pretty substantial part of the business in that its how a band really makes it's money. |
| April 04.02.2009 17:09 |
Being tired means not having enough strength, stamina and endurance to tour. There's no contradiction between my post and yours. |
| santi 13.02.2009 18:26 |
LA HIZO bien, dejo un buen legado musical, perfil bajo, se hizo muchba guita.. ahora si esta en su vida, tranqui con sus hijos, asi dicen.. sobre instrumentos en vivo y en estudio te recomiendo queen debauschtery o algo asi y queenconcerts!! saludos che!! |
| john bodega 13.02.2009 23:51 |
Self confidence is moot when you're dead, which is what we have with John Deacon. Guys, move on.. it's over. He's gone. |
| carlinpole 16.02.2009 10:30 |
Gracias capo!! |
| john bodega 16.02.2009 14:18 |
carlinpole wrote: Thanks for the comments. Just one more question...What was the brand of his bass????? Coffin. |
| theCro 17.02.2009 21:28 |
let's all just leave john alone, if he decided not to be with Queen anymore we should respect that. maybe someone should make once TV Interview with him and that's all |
| 4 x Vision 17.02.2009 21:53 |
I met John Deacon in Scaraborough, UK. It was in a gift shop, and he was buying a toy Golliwog. I asked him why he was buying a toy Golliwog. He told me to mind my own fucking business. (I bought the exact same toy... I call it Deacy the Golliwog and I sing You're My Best Friend to it every night). |
| john bodega 17.02.2009 22:07 |
Zebonka's Tiny Ding-a-ling I don't own one of those. I did see one on SBS once though. |