M-Bass-M Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 ...well, sort of! I've been transcribing the Queen track "Sail Away Sweet Sister", and found a nice little surprise from John Deacon waiting at the end of the track! Normally you wouldn't hear it unless you have very keen hearing, as it's right at the very end of the fade out. However, I've pulled together a sound clip which first has the unfaded version, and then one where I've increase the track volume as it fades out. Enjoy...I certainly did! [url="https://soundcloud.com/eschaton-studios/sail-away-sweet-sister-fade-out"]https://soundcloud.com/eschaton-studios/sail-away-sweet-sister-fade-out[/url] Quote
pnefc42 Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) Have admired that particular slice of Deacy 'goodness' for 35 years now (along with countless others - intro to 'The Millionaires Waltz' anyone?) since I 1st heard it on 'The Game' in 1980 One of the most tasteful pop/rock bassists going (not to mention top songwriter/composer to boot) Deacy rules!! Edited January 15, 2015 by pnefc42 Quote
andytoad Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 i have always loved that track, good to hear the end enhanced! Quote
Dood Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 I remember sitting down and learning that outro sat on my bed when I lived at home. I think I still nick bits for my own solos even today! Quote
Lozz196 Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 Tasteful, great tone, great playing, nice melodic feel to it. Quote
rjs1909 Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 John Deacon is just about the perfect bass player, play any genre thrown at him and always comes up with melodic but tasteful lines that compliment the song Quote
ColinB Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 He's been my favourite bass player from the moment I heard and saw the 'fastidious and polite' run from Killer Queen on TOTP. Quote
Bassman Steve Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Yes, but Freddie Mercury played that run on TOTP. Quote
ColinB Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) [quote name='Bassman Steve' timestamp='1421396612' post='2660661'] Yes, but Freddie Mercury played that run on TOTP. [/quote] It's at 1:15 ....... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZBtPf7FOoM[/media] Edited January 16, 2015 by ColinB Quote
fingerz Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Thanks for sharing this. He is so great from all angles, and what a tone! He is definitely made to play bass! Quote
M-Bass-M Posted January 16, 2015 Author Posted January 16, 2015 [quote name='pnefc42' timestamp='1421350469' post='2660308'] (along with countless others - intro to 'The Millionaires Waltz' anyone?) [/quote] I think you may have just provided me with my next transcription project! Not that I'll actually be able to play it once I've transcribed it... Quote
Bassman Steve Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Killer Queen is one of the tracks available on the Polish site which has all the multitracks on. [url="https://queenpoland.wordpress.com/download/queen-multitracks/"]https://queenpoland.wordpress.com/download/queen-multitracks/[/url] Quote
M-Bass-M Posted January 16, 2015 Author Posted January 16, 2015 Wow, that looks like a very interesting resource! I'd love to listen to all the individual multitracks that make up some of the Queen recordings, sometimes the layering is fantastic. Quote
lee4 Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 That outro brought back memories. Must get the album again. Quote
tredders Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 [quote name='M-Bass-M' timestamp='1421410059' post='2660827'] I think you may have just provided me with my next transcription project! Not that I'll actually be able to play it once I've transcribed it... [/quote] When I had lessons from Steve Amadeo, he transcribed it for me (in about 20 minutes from never hearing it before, I seem to remember - he has scary abilities!), so if you get stuck in any of the parts, let me know. Quote
bassbiscuits Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Ah Queen - what a brilliant band. I've been listening to them a lot lately following those two "Days of our lives" programmes on bbc4 recently. What a brilliant bass player John Deacon is. Just so tasteful and melodic. A real lesson in bass playing. Turns out he was born about five mins from where I currently live too in Leicestershire! Quote
NancyJohnson Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 I just downloaded the Killer Queen multitracks. Interesting! I've dumped them into my recording software and after isolating drums and bass, my initial comment would be how [i]underwhelming [/i]the playing is. Don't get me wrong, those first four or five Queen albums formed what became the backbone of my late teen listening and Sheer Heart Attack is easily included in my top five favourite albums, but the playing definitely comes under the less is more category. I honestly thought the part would be super difficult given the complexity of the song overall. One final observation, damn, whatever bass he was using sounds like it needs a set up...the intonation on the higher notes/pushes sounds well off to my ears! Quote
Bassman Steve Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 Precision with flats. Most isolated parts sound a bit unimpressive to be honest. I'd be surprised if the intonation was that bad. At this time he had just two Precisions and they would have been rigorously maintained. Quote
bootleg Posted April 9, 2015 Posted April 9, 2015 just watched the75 Christmas eve Old Grey Whistle Test concert at Hammersmith Odeon for umpteenth time. Deacon is more dynamic than I remember, tho the camera hardly ever is directly on him, despite spending a lot of time standing in front of Roger Taylor. Never saw them live sadly, despite being my era. Quote
dadofsix Posted April 9, 2015 Posted April 9, 2015 (edited) Nice bass work by Deacon -- though I've always been impressed by his contributions to Queen's collective works. Something curious happened as the second clip came to an end, though. It was unexpected but was, still, truly a delight. As I was moving the pointer to close down the site, a song began to play. It was haunting and mysterious. I had to listen to it to the end. I couldn't help myself. It was a song called Hush House (from "the Casual Vacancy") by a group called The Doppler Shift. I can honestly say I had never heard of them before. I'll be listening for them from now on. <><Peace Edited April 9, 2015 by dadofsix Quote
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