| redspecialusa 10.03.2009 02:17 |
I recently read on the official forums that John Deacon made a full solo album called Man In The Shadows. Is this a joke or something? Or a hoax? Let it rip people...please give me some clarity on this. |
| greataddict 10.03.2009 02:28 |
I once had the picture of the cover (think I got from here) but I've never found a clue about it on the net... I second the demand, does anyone know something about it? cheers |
| pittrek 10.03.2009 02:49 |
It's a very famous joke |
| john bodega 10.03.2009 03:29 |
It was followed up by the dance album "Hiding in Public". |
| inu-liger 10.03.2009 04:15 |
Zebonka12 wrote: It was followed up by the dance album "Hiding in Public". Which became the name of Jamie Moses' new band that's putting out a new CD sometime this year (Seriously! Go to BM's site!) |
| inu-liger 10.03.2009 04:18 |
pittrek wrote: It's a very famous joke That was quite a long while ago....must have been around 2003 when that first appeared. Someone made a fake tracklisting and cover art, and was quite a big joke then, and I'm surprised people still keep asking about to this day if it's real or not! LOL! Who came up with that joke originally? Anyone remember? (This site needs a FAQ that deals with hoaxes, rumours, etc. that originated from Queenzone) |
| pittrek 10.03.2009 04:59 |
inu-liger wrote:pittrek wrote: It's a very famous jokeThat was quite a long while ago....must have been around 2003 when that first appeared. Someone made a fake tracklisting and cover art, and was quite a big joke then, and I'm surprised people still keep asking about to this day if it's real or not! LOL! Who came up with that joke originally? Anyone remember? (This site needs a FAQ that deals with hoaxes, rumours, etc. that originated from Queenzone) Like this ? link |
| inu-liger 10.03.2009 05:18 |
pittrek wrote:inu-liger wrote:Like this ? linkpittrek wrote: It's a very famous jokeThat was quite a long while ago....must have been around 2003 when that first appeared. Someone made a fake tracklisting and cover art, and was quite a big joke then, and I'm surprised people still keep asking about to this day if it's real or not! LOL! Who came up with that joke originally? Anyone remember? (This site needs a FAQ that deals with hoaxes, rumours, etc. that originated from Queenzone) YES! xD I need to bookmark that. Cheers. |
| Erin 10.03.2009 11:40 |
The sleeves.... http://www.queenzone.com/queenzone/picture_view.aspx?Q=7616 http://www.queenzone.com/queenzone/picture_view.aspx?Q=9904 |
| Jjeroen 10.03.2009 12:11 |
You did not save my picture disc, Erin? ;-) I'll see if I still have the picture somewhere on my home compu... |
| Erin 10.03.2009 12:17 |
Jjeroen wrote: You did not save my picture disc, Erin? ;-) I'll see if I still have the picture somewhere on my home compu... Unfortunately, no, but I do remember...mole = real pic disc, no mole = bootleg. ;-) |
| Rock It 10.03.2009 13:31 |
John Deacon - Alligators Don't Live Under The Bed link |
| redspecialusa 10.03.2009 16:20 |
Erin wrote: The sleeves.... http://www.queenzone.com/queenzone/picture_view.aspx?Q=7616 http://www.queenzone.com/queenzone/picture_view.aspx?Q=9904 Wow, I can't believe people thought those covers looked real. FAKE!!! Thanks to everyone for the clarification! Peace. |
| L-R-TIGER1994 10.03.2009 17:08 |
Don't believe everything you read. |
| Hitman 12.03.2009 13:27 |
Unfortunately for you guys John's project is sheer truth! :P but the guild of Collectors doesn't want to release that! it's a conspiracy! From a corpum derelictum... |
| Pokemaniacjunk 15.11.2017 23:42 |
Has anyone saved the cover sleeve to this "album" |
| Pim Derks 16.11.2017 11:32 |
Who remembers the Fishy Business album on Queen Heaven? :D |
| FriedChicken 17.11.2017 10:23 |
I don't remember who came up with Man In The Shadows. But I'm pretty sure it was me who came up with Man in the Shadows. Some great other myths that originated on QZ: - The track 'Brothers in Pain' - Freddie's River of Blood speech - A Queen concert in Urk, the Netherlands in 1983 - A song from The Miracle Sessions called 'Two Worlds Apart' which started during the Barcelona sessions. - Brian's Curse |
| Pim Derks 17.11.2017 11:41 |
I wouldn't say Brian's Curse is a myth. |
| MercurialFreddie 17.11.2017 13:42 |
Wasn't the track "Brothers in Pain" also called by others "Friends in Pain" ? Can you elaborate on this and also on Freddie's speech ? I still love to give Man in the Shadows a spin, it's a fab album! :) |
| Queenman!! 17.11.2017 15:41 |
FriedChicken wrote: I don't remember who came up with Man In The Shadows. But I'm pretty sure it was me who came up with Man in the Shadows. Some great other myths that originated on QZ: - The track 'Brothers in Pain' - Freddie's River of Blood speech - A Queen concert in Urk, the Netherlands in 1983 - A song from The Miracle Sessions called 'Two Worlds Apart' which started during the Barcelona sessions. - Brian's Curse-------------------- You forgot Brian May's demo Golden Shower which turned into Golden Days with Kerry later. |
| Pim Derks 17.11.2017 18:25 |
Golden Days was already released in 1986 or 1987 by Minako Honda. |
| pma 17.11.2017 18:46 |
One of the all-time best windups, a Queenzone classic, actually first emerged on Audiogalaxy (a short-lived Napster alternative). For me, Queenzone seems like a distant alternative reality that we all used to live in, a long long time ago. |
| Bohardy 18.11.2017 09:00 |
Well, this thread has brought out the old guard! Niek, Pim, pma; Good to see you guys are still lurking here. I'm pretty sure it was you Niek, who created Man In The Shadows. A significant honour. Something to go on your epitaph maybe? And you and Pim were definitely behind Two Worlds Apart, weren't you? 'Twas I who first told others about Freddie's controversial 'rivers of blood' speech that was edited out of all versions of Wembley 86. What was the AudiGalaxy myth pma? |
| YourValentine 18.11.2017 16:11 |
Audiogalaxy was not a myth, Steve, it was a group of Queenzoners who shared files in a group there. The group was called "Royal Rareties Request Society" (ahem). I always believed that pma invented the Man In The Shadow album but he always said it was someone from that group. Here is another old "hoax" thread, the links in it are mostly broken link |
| pma 18.11.2017 23:54 |
Indeed, someone posted extremely detailed information concerning John Deacon's unreleased solo album, The Man in the Shadows into audiogalaxy. Of course, back then, this whole idea of a joke about a secret solo album by John was was clearly meant to mislead the gullible Queen fans of the internet era, who were preoccupied with questions such as "Was Freddy gay?". Unfortunately, back then this was the nature of the game, and newbies were treated pretty harshly at times. While the idea originated on audiogalaxy, I am willing to give Queenzone credit for enhancing the windup to its fullest possible potential. This is where the magic happened, it was QZ members who created a track list and came up with all sorts of crazy details about the album. |
| Bohardy 19.11.2017 19:38 |
Ah, I see, my bad. I read pma's initial post as if he was talking about another all-time classic wind-up, that originated on Audiogalaxy (I remember it well). I now see that he was just referring to Man In The Shadows. I still regard Deep Ridge, Surrender To The City, and whatever that 3rd track supposedly not included on Queen II was, as being a ridiculous wind-up. I cannot believe the story has gained traction over the years. It's utter nonsense. |
| FriedChicken 20.11.2017 06:42 |
Ahh so many old faces in here. So many memories <3 |
| FriedChicken 20.11.2017 06:47 |
Pim: I wouldn't say Brian's Curse is a myth. True... Brian May > Brian Wilson -> Dennis Wilson -> Charlie Manson |
| dysan 20.11.2017 08:57 |
Good knowledge. |
| dysan 20.11.2017 08:59 |
Can we include the brilliant Assassin demo leak. Primarily because I still listen to it. |
| Bike It 80 20.11.2017 16:15 |
Looks like Deacy has released a second album. It's even on Spotify! link It MIGHT be his namesake, but you never know :P |
| Plengel 21.11.2017 18:33 |
I thought that with the leaking of the tracklist of the "Man in the Shadows" album incl. a Rubettes cover of Sugar Baby Love with John on lead vocals, would've killed the joke, but people were still buying it at the time! |
| 7Innuendo7 22.11.2017 04:01 |
Fatty's liner notes to Man in the Shadows are great! |
| Pim Derks 22.11.2017 06:28 |
Two Worlds Apart was our work yes. It was a Barcelona outtake which was then recorded for Innuendo if I'm not mistaken. Hard to believe I've been on Queenzone for 18 years or so. |
| Ozz 04.12.2018 04:56 |
I uploaded this cover back then link and I though It was Lost Forever... But thanks to the wayback machine link I finally have it back :D |
| FriedChicken 04.12.2018 07:55 |
Fun fact: I met 'The Voice of Reason' in Rotterdam last summer and he told me about one of his long lasting topics on QZ. I told him my topic with the longest run was 'Brian Curse', then he bowed for me :-D |
| thomasquinn 32989 04.12.2018 16:18 |
Maybe it's just that I'm so evil, but wouldn't it be completely **awesome** to actually record the "Man In The Shadows" album as a blatantly, outrageously, obviously fake tribute-and-joke-in-one? Including the artifacts of a hilarious 1989 marketing campaign and tour that somehow went completely and utterly unnoticed? |
| Fireplace 04.12.2018 22:13 |
Couldn't the album be from 1992? With sleeve notes by Freddie? |
| Thistle 05.12.2018 00:24 |
You sick bastard. Just wait until Mr. Right reads this.... :P |
| thomasquinn 32989 05.12.2018 10:14 |
Fireplace wrote: Couldn't the album be from 1992? With sleeve notes by Freddie?I thought that was "Hiding In Public", but hey, I don't really see why it couldn't be 1992. Everybody knows that information on the internet in the early 2000s was highly inaccurate, so they could easily have gotten the date wrong by 3 years or so. Or maybe it's just an alternative fact. Thistle wrote: You sick bastard. Just wait until Mr. Right reads this.... :PIcing on the cake, my friend, icing on the cake... |
| Thistle 05.12.2018 13:32 |
thomasquinn 32989 wrote:LOLThistle wrote: You sick bastard. Just wait until Mr. Right reads this.... :PIcing on the cake, my friend, icing on the cake... |
| Fireplace 05.12.2018 15:02 |
thomasquinn 32989 wrote:LOL, just proves how easy it is to wreck the same train twice.Fireplace wrote: Couldn't the album be from 1992? With sleeve notes by Freddie?I thought that was "Hiding In Public", but hey, I don't really see why it couldn't be 1992. Everybody knows that information on the internet in the early 2000s was highly inaccurate, so they could easily have gotten the date wrong by 3 years or so. Or maybe it's just an alternative fact.Thistle wrote: You sick bastard. Just wait until Mr. Right reads this.... :PIcing on the cake, my friend, icing on the cake... |
