Queen's Best Basslines (1973-1977) 

Legends of Bass - E13 - John Deacon of Queen Keep Yourself Alive: 4:30 Killer Queen: 6:55 Stone Cold Crazy: 9:07 Bring Back That Leroy Brown 11:42 You're My Best Friend: 14:43 The Millionaire Waltz: 17:15 We Are The Champions: 20:03 Spread Your Wings: 22:45

The bassline for "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a crazy little thing only few people appreciate ! John Deacon really is Queen's secret weapon, and a silent genius.

Great to see John Deacon getting some love. He was the quiet storm of the band. Totally underrated and one of the most talented bass players ever. It saddens me that he is no longer sharing his amazing talent with us. 😭

John deacon was probably the most underrated member of queen

I agree he was the secret sauce of Queen. I love the way he collaborated with Freddie. Of course he was really tight with Roger's drumming, but there is just something sublime in the songs with the piano, and of course Freddie's amazing singing he brought to John's songs. I remember Brian saying that he kept going till his throat bled for Another One Bites the Dust. He was so determined that John's vision was truly realised. And of course, he and Freddie went on that funk adventure together with Hot Space. Love you John and miss you. Hope you're doing well. Deacury forever!

his base in 'sail away sweet sister' and 'my melancholy blues' is just out of this world.

The old saying “There’s no money to be made above the 5th fret” sure didn’t apply to John Deacon. He’s all over that fretboard ! Another great episode. 👍

Thanks I love Queen and especially John, such a musical genius and so humble. Great video

To every queen fan: „Do you think you’re better every day?“

My favorite John Deacon bassline...The Millionaire Waltz! SO beautiful! Thanks for including this one. 💜💙💚 💛

He is truly a underrated but amazing bassist

I like your extensive use of the word "tasty" - because that's, I think, what describes Queen's music best!

Queen #1 always!! Thought John was a cutie pie back then, the quite type, & so not highlighted enough; even though her penned so many of their hit songs. Freddie adored John! So sad that we lost Freddie & John took it the hardest, as you probably know. Can totally understand why he retired. Love you John!!

Extraordinary bassist! Thank you for bringing this to light. John Deacon surely powered Queen with his amazing talent.

John is the textbook definition of underrated. For someone who’s pinned the amount of legendary songs and basslines as John, that fact more people don’t talk about him is criminal

Love John Deacon, secret weapon of Queen! Enjoy seeing the bass lines detailed, and you chose some awesome songs to display!😃

nice to see some love for the millionaire waltz! im not a bass player so i never really paid much attention to baselines but when i heard that sweet, sweet bass in that song i was like "oh my god this is beautiful, bass can be beautiful"

My favorite song of Queen is You’re My Best Friend! Makes me happy everytime I hear it! The fact that Deacy wrote it makes me love it even more! ❤️

"Sir" John Deacon is the Legend of the Bass

Keep Yourself Alive still my favorite song of all time 37 years after I first heard it. 🙌🏻

On you’re my best friend I never realized there was so much bass on that.... amazing

Very cool! The Millionaire Waltz is particularly special

Thanks for reviewing John's genius bass playing as I believe he was/is so under-rated by the mainstream media except for those as yourself, understand the nuances of a great bass player such as John.

Omg, thank you for acknowledging him!! He is perfect in every way, and so underrated! That's why I appreciate any video starting him! Also, love the shirt 👌👌👌

The basslines for Liar and The Fairy Fellers Master Stroke are fantastic

Damn! The Keep Yourself Alive bassline rocks

john is underrated!!!! he is amazing playing the bass!!!! he is one of the best bassplayers of the world!!!! 🗺

Thank You for bringing Johns underrated and criminally mind ya and overshadowed genius!!! Well Done!!

Omg, when you started to talk about Sheer Heart Attack, I was thinking you were gonna talk about John’s first song, Misfire 😂😂😂😂😂😂😅

Love John Deacon ! Never hear about him or his great playing. Thanks!

The Millionaire waltz is really the track that shows John Deacon off to his fullest! Side note: If you like the Vaudeville stuff Queen does, then check out our music. We are about to release a new song which is heavily influenced by 'Seaside Rendezvous'

I didn't realise he was so skillful! You did well in emulating him

I love my sweet John Deacon! Miss him so much!

I never really appreciated base players until John Deacon - absolutely stunning!

Finally finding an awesome video on Deaky!! 🎶🎵🎸 I wonder why he was the least to cover among the other members of the iconic Rock band Queen 👑

Thanks a lot. Your "John Deacon" Part II brought me here. Great demos with great insights.

John Deacon was Queen's 1 only bass player from the start his gig with queen in 1992 all is bass riffs where great

great video!!!! Love bring back that leroy brown bassline. Epic channel

I loved this video! John is so amazing and of course his brilliant passion for music is stamped all over the Queen legacy. And aren't we blessed for that?! I have to say, I'm very surprised that you skipped over Liar from Queen 1. It has one of the most epic bass solos ever. (IMHO as I'm pretty sure I am biased and that solo always gives me chills like none other 🤣) I would have loved to hear you play that. Regardless, great video! 😆👍

Loved the vid, wish you could have done the bass solo in liar though

John seemed to play more melodic on piano driven songs. Freddie was a much better piano player than he thought he was and John’s bass and Freddie’s piano always worked so well together. When Brian wasn’t playing it never felt empty or like it needed guitar ie Don’t Stop Me Now. On guitar driven songs he seemed to play more traditionally. John knew when to play out and when not too. He could have been a session bass player easily.

Please don’t forget Back Chat and Dragon Attack for the 80s video, very underrated!

Fun note: in spread your wings John plays the piano in the music video

I would have love to see his Liar bass line and solo in this list. Cool video, nonetheless!

Great great video!!! John Deacon was amazing...

Should've gone one more to Jazz, because that album has some of Deacy's best work. Also he level was very present on just about every song and not buried in the heavily layered mix. EDIT: I see part 2 is up, thanks! EDIT EDIT: Your playing is fantastic!

, The fairy fellers master stroke has a great bass line

I'm not even a bass player or really heavily into bass but this is so entertaining I can't stop watching these lol, subscribed

John Deacon 😍 Buen vídeo, me encanta este canal!

Another awesome video! Love it. Love the place, too!!!

Man great job! You lock in so well with the track and it sounds incredible.

Love it, you did a great job!!!

John Deacon is an underrated and exceptional player.

Another well done vid mate! Cheers.

Thanks!! Took me a while to see this video, but I appreciate it cause I have trouble hearing the base line, and of course the videos hardly show John's work at all. Great to have this opportunity to see and hear what's going on.!

You are lovely! Best thing with your channel, I randomly bumped into your video and I really enjoyed it

Another awesome bass line It's from Queen's first album, I'm talking about "Liar".

deaky we love you . Thanks very much

First time I’ve seen your channel, you made great choices on the song selection!!!!

Great video! It would have been great if you had included The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke, really really awesome bassline

Hi man, whats´s up? congrats for this amazing video, i love it and i hope to watch second part very soon, please keep going and bye - bye

Wow beautiful video, I enjoyed it so much! Also John is incredible bass player and your playing is also perfect❤️

I'm glad you're back dude, quality vid as always!

Spread your wings. My all time favourite

Bravo!! Good work!!

Every note settles where it has to be. Awesome

Thank you so much. I enjoyed this so much. Can you, please do Liar and Dragon Attack next time. I am not a musician. I just happen to love Freddie and John...and Queen.

I love this!!!❤👑

So great to see you back, covering my biggest inspiration! I know you may only focus on the 80s next but is there any chance of snippets from 'Mustapha' from the Jazz album and 'The Show Must Go On' from 1991? Two powerful lines. Keep up the awesome work :)

I was hoping for the Millionaire Waltz, and you did not disappoint!

Dragon Attack is awesome

Brilliant! Thank you!! 👍🏻

Fantastic.

A very kind video, thank you

John Deacon is a great bass composer...

Love this so much ...you put feeling into these classic songs and the memories come flooding back for me! 1973 to 1982 are my Queen years... my enthusiasm waned somehow but lately I have been catching up on their most notorious songs up to Freddie,s passing and beyond. 1983 to 1991 is a long time but was busy playing their earlier songs whilst driving along gridlocked roads to and from work!

I love your bass!

The only reason why i’m getting a bass is to play some queen. 🤟🏼👑

Thank you so much!😌

I would have included "Misfire" or "The Night Comes Down" - (especially the first minute of that song), on the list. But there are so many songs to choose from...you can't do them all!

Thank you for this Great video. I'm a bass player too and Deacon is one of my bass heroes .. My first real song's bass line i've ever learned to play was Queen song Dragon Attack . That was early 90's i think

I love John Deacon... really like him since my college days.. still listening to Queen’s music.. thanks for this video..

Amazing...

How could you miss out Queen 2???? Fairy Feller's Masterstroke, March of the Black Queen, Ogre Battle...

hi thank you for your video i love john as one of the member of queen a best bass guitarest

Great video, man!

Great videos!

Love the base on Body Language too.

Great video!

The bass solo on "Liar".

Queen is my favourite band. As well.

John Deacon is my favourite member

Love the video, but one correction- John wrote off base guitar- all of his songs were based on base, hence the great riffs in Spread Your Wings, Another One Bites the Dust, Your My Best Friend and Under Pressure

Leroy Brown...I have no word's-super

Happy 69th Birthday to you Queen Legend John Richard Deacon, Hearty wishes from Hyderabad, India 19/08/2020

Another one bites the dust is Queens best basslinen,not difficult but sure Funky,R&B Jazzy style,and the beat is catchy,just like other Funk songs

Great !!!

As always, great playing! I think you should shine some light on one of my favorite bass players: John Taylor of Duran Duran.

My favorite was Leroy Brown! Wow that was fun

In a way, Queen benefited from not having a rhythm guitarist as I think John Deacon had the freedom to fill some of that space, and he provided some of the strong melodic elements in many of the songs. This video is a good illustration of how important his bass playing was to fitting the songs together. Going off to find Part 2....I'm hoping that you included the later albums and included "Breakthrough", which although it's not one of the best known Queen songs, I think has a very strong bass line that really drives the whole song.