| falmark 08.04.2009 10:47 |
I saw the clip from the show at Knebworth were John Deacon Destroys His Bass Guitar; anynone know why he did it i mean he does not seem like the guy that goes around destroying instruments. |
| e-man 08.04.2009 12:12 |
relieved that the tour was over? who knows.. |
| FriedChicken 08.04.2009 13:12 |
I think it was frustration that triggered it |
| pittrek 08.04.2009 13:40 |
falmark wrote: I saw the clip from the show at Knebworth were John Deacon Destroys His Bass Guitar; anynone know why he did it i mean he does not seem like the guy that goes around destroying instruments. Link please, I've heard many rumours about this but I can't find it |
| Sebastian 08.04.2009 13:57 |
he does not seem like the guy that goes around destroying instruments. He does not seem like the guy that goes around destroying instruments because he isn't a guy that goes around destroying instruments. He threw his bass once, what about the 600+ concerts where he did NOT throw it? |
| Marknow 08.04.2009 14:23 |
pittrek wrote: Link please, I've heard many rumours about this but I can't find it link |
| falmark 08.04.2009 14:27 |
Sebastian wrote:
He does not seem like the guy that goes around destroying instruments because he isn't a guy that goes around destroying instruments. He threw his bass once, what about the 600+ concerts where he did NOT throw it?
True this is the only time he did, thats why i asked if anyone knows why he did throw it this time. |
| Rick 08.04.2009 17:38 |
There were some technical issues with his bass. As Niek said: pure frustration. A similar situation can be seen during One Vision at Leiden 1986. I believe he switches bass twice. (although without any aggression this time). |
| The Real Wizard 08.04.2009 17:45 |
I think there could be a deeper reason. It is the P-bass he had played for most of Queen's career, since 1974. He had it completely redone before the tour, and before the second encore at the last show, he tossed it away. Maybe the band did know that it would be their last show. I guess there are some things we'll just never know... |
| Sebastian 08.04.2009 22:45 |
Actually, I think the bass he threw was the Elite one, not his famous black Precision. |
| Saif 09.04.2009 00:25 |
falmark wrote: I saw the clip from the show at Knebworth were John Deacon Destroys His Bass Guitar; anynone know why he did it i mean he does not seem like the guy that goes around destroying instruments. Well, he doesn't seem like a guy who visits strip clubs either... |
| Yara 09.04.2009 02:06 |
Sebastian wrote: Actually, I think the bass he threw was the Elite one, not his famous black Precision. Thanks again. :))) Whener I have a doubt about a Queen concert I use to go to queenconcerts.com, which now I know is Mr.Scully's website - * bowing respectfully to Mr. Scully * - and it was a delight to find out that you contributted there with info on the instruments. ;-) Thanks, really. Thank you all guys for the great work. It's really valuable, informative and entertaining. Thanks also to Sir GH, who has a wonderful website for those who - unlikely - don't know it: queenlive.ca, which is deliciously informative and fun too. He's a Knight in disguise - the old-fashioned, gentle knights who defended the ladies and did their best to help people out along his way: if the amount of e-mails in your mailbox happen to double now, dear Sir GH, it's all this poor's squire fault. :))) Kiss to you all, you're great. |
| catqueen 09.04.2009 15:58 |
John Deacon destroyed a bass?! Just watched the clip, really wonder what was going on! Yara, thanks for the queenlive.ca address, can't wait to look it up! |
| Sebastian 09.04.2009 22:44 |
He didn't destroy it, he tossed it but it wasn't destroyed - he still used it for the second encore. |
| catqueen 10.04.2009 10:16 |
Still hard to believe, but that makes slightly more sense, i was really struggling with the mental image of John bashing the life out of his lovely, lovely bass! The video clip is fairly distant, so it's hard to see what exactly is happening. |
| Mercury 90 10.04.2009 13:59 |
catqueen wrote: Still hard to believe, but that makes slightly more sense, i was really struggling with the mental image of John bashing the life out of his lovely, lovely bass! The video clip is fairly distant, so it's hard to see what exactly is happening. maybe this helps [img]link can someone tell me, how to put a foto inhere so that you can see it? |
| catqueen 10.04.2009 16:51 |
Mercury 90 wrote:Thanks Mercury 90... I'm not able to access it though, I found queenconcerts.com, but not sure what I'm looking for and cant access this link. Any idea what the photo is called so i can search for it? If its of John throwing the bass I really want to see it, because its really not the way I think of him! :)catqueen wrote: Still hard to believe, but that makes slightly more sense, i was really struggling with the mental image of John bashing the life out of his lovely, lovely bass! The video clip is fairly distant, so it's hard to see what exactly is happening.maybe this helps [img]link can someone tell me, how to put a foto inhere so that you can see it? |
| falmark 10.04.2009 17:27 |
catqueen wrote: Thanks Mercury 90... I'm not able to access it though, I found queenconcerts.com, but not sure what I'm looking for and cant access this link. Any idea what the photo is called so i can search for it? If its of John throwing the bass I really want to see it, because its really not the way I think of him! :) When at the queenconcerts site choose concertography ,go down to queen on tour, then click magic tour from the list on the right hand side, press on the info for the last concert 09.08.1986 Stevenage, UK The picture is on the bottom |
| catqueen 10.04.2009 17:51 |
falmark wrote:catqueen wrote: Thanks Mercury 90... I'm not able to access it though, I found queenconcerts.com, but not sure what I'm looking for and cant access this link. Any idea what the photo is called so i can search for it? If its of John throwing the bass I really want to see it, because its really not the way I think of him! :)When at the queenconcerts site choose concertography ,go down to queen on tour, then click magic tour from the list on the right hand side, press on the info for the last concert 09.08.1986 Stevenage, UK The picture is on the bottom Thanks Falmark! I was actually able to get it - I was feeling a bit jinxed for a while, I seem to have trouble getting links sometimes. Wow, what a website! Someone did an incredible amount of work getting everything together, its brilliant. |
| Bigfish 22.04.2009 06:01 |
pittrek wrote:falmark wrote: I saw the clip from the show at Knebworth were John Deacon Destroys His Bass Guitar; anynone know why he did it i mean he does not seem like the guy that goes around destroying instruments.Link please, I've heard many rumours about this but I can't find it It's on the Magic years VHS documentary part 3. End of Champions/good save the queen. He runs off and can clearly be seen hurling his bass, hopefully not at a poor and unsuspecting Ratty. |
| JackKetch 10.07.2009 13:39 |
I was at this gig and remember it well but I didn't see John throw his bass at the time and as a bass player I did watch John quite a lot. What I do remember was all his guitars falling over at some point. This may have been because he threw a guitar at them as shown in the video, but to be honest I thought it was earlier in the show when the guitars fell over(Hey, it was over 20 years ago). Maybe it was earlier and maybe the guitar he threw was one of those that fell and subsequently wasn't working properly or something. I remember that there was a delay whilst the Roadies picked up the guitars and put them back on their stands. Anyway, that is all I can add to this.....Must admit though, I am curious about it now. |
| PauloPanucci 10.07.2009 15:38 |
Man,, john staied nervous!!!!! May be he try to be like roger,,, when stay nervous,, break the drumms and everthing!!!!!!!!! Anyone watched a video who a person pitch a object in john????? I think it was a Banana link pay atention in this video!!! They pitch a banana in Deacon!!!!!!!! |
