Which album due you believe showcases Johns ability as a bassist. Take into consideration the tightness, feel and wheter it just sounds good.
In my opinion it would either be jazz, which shows how tight John and roger were and the bass lines are just imaginative - bicycle race
or ANATO, mainly due to the fact that it is quite loud on the album and they are fun too play
and finally Queen 2, which really does have brillaint bass riffs, such a pity that the bass in the mix is very low in most songs and people could have trouble distinguishing it.
But if i had to pick one it would be jazz.
yeh that is an amazing bass line and quite difficult to play and not make some kind of a mistake and i am guessing that john and freddie would have recoreded the bass and piano backtrack live.
A Day At The Races, not only for Millionaire Waltz, is the best Sound of John, he used the Music Man bass ,and the Sound is GREAT, listen the bass lines arrangements in Long Away.
The Game.
Play The Game - a very tricky bass-part. He does some nice things during the song.
Dragon Attack - real Deaky style. Nice tune, nice solo. One of Deaky's best.
Another One Bites The Dust - a nice catchy riff. Classic. Very recognizable.
Need Your Loving Tonight - Every heard the center speaker on its own? It's brilliant. Very nice bassline.
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Nice loops, a catchy riff again. Again, classic.
Don't Try Suicide - Good bassline. A powerful sound.
Sail Away Sweet Sister - Probably one of his best ever! Very melodic, high notes etc. His bass is just like a piano sometimes. A real warm sound. Bloody brilliant!
bohemianrhap84 wrote: obviously it would be Hot Space. Almost every song is bass driven or heavily features Deacon's bass skill
There is a lot of synth bass on the album. I believe Freddie played it on Staying Power and Body Language, for example. Brian playes synth bass on Dancer for example.
Ironically, John doesn't play many bass on Hot Space. Only the 'normal' rock songs, like Life Is Real and Put Out The Fire.
Somebody to Love really stands out to me on the ADATR album.
Bass riff and fills are something that really must be experienced on a higher end stereo. You can only then hear the music as it was intended.
Richie Edwards, The Darkness bass player:
Question: You worked with Queen producer Roy Thomas Baker on the new album. That must have been quite an experience.
Answer: Oh, it was. I just stood there and watched him work, remembering how much I loved the ’70s Queen albums. When I was five years old my hero was John Deacon, who used to do the most incredible upper-register work and those melodic, tight groove parts. And here I was, recording bass lines with the guy who recorded him all those years ago! Roy was totally relaxed and made the sessions really enjoyable. We recorded to tape, without a single Pro Tools rig in sight until much further down the line.