Steve Browning Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 A picture of John in today's Daily Mail. Please leave the guy alone. I would kill for an hour with him to talk basses etc but he has no desire to delve into any aspect of his past and he deserves that privacy. Much less the fairly mocking tone of the opening lines. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Absolutely. As for the DM just don’t buy it, truly dreadful newspaper. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 (edited) just read it, don't think it's that bad, people will be interested in why he chooses to live a quiet lifestyle, I am, and he appears content, good for him. Far far from a hatchet job, the worst comment comes from Taylor calling him a sociopath, he doesn't seem to hold any grudges giving May and Taylor giving permission to do what they want with the Queen brand name. In some ways the article is sympathetic to his lifestyle choice. Edited October 27, 2018 by PaulWarning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreadBin Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 I saw the headline in my suggested content, saw that it was a Daily Mail article, ignored it. Hateful publication. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 (edited) Now I have to visit the Daily Moron website to view the article. Must remember to clear my browser history afterwards. If anyone looks I don't want them seeing that there amongst my other perfectly acceptable foot fetish and midget porn websites. Could you imagine the embarrassment? Edited October 27, 2018 by Newfoundfreedom 3 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medpb Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 They should leave him alone & stop photoshop'n photos of him smoking. What a moron publication to print that. I totally respect musicians that go into retirement. Mark Holiis springs to mind total respect ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 First of all it's the Daily Fail. I wouldn't wipe my @rse on that disgusting rag. Secondly, you have to feel for the guy. To try and reclaim some sort of normal life after being in a band reaching that level of fame has to be a nightmare. I can't say I blame the guy for shutting himself off from the world. I do the same wherever possible, and I don't even get recognised by my own Mum half the time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 (edited) I watched one of the Queen programs on BBC last night and, as ever, JD is the only one who seemed/seems in anyway grounded and not a total posterior. He actions since leaving and up to now give me no reason to think otherwise. The Daily Mail can, again as ever, go and have coitus with itself. Roger Taylor seems confused as to what a sociopath is. Edited October 27, 2018 by ezbass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Typical no news article, the quotes probably aren’t even true. Can’t blame him wanting nothing to do with Queen these days. Their forays with new singers and now this terrible film. Wrote some iconic bass lines, made huge money, happy family, golf everyday, no TV work or touring to worry about. He’s living the dream. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Not read it, and won`t. Nothing to do with the hysterical hate the mail ethos, it`s just that I don`t buy the paper, and no-one at work today has a copy either. I`m pretty much in agreement that JD from the tv show last night seemed the most grounded, and from what I understand his reasons for slipping away from the public eye seem to be pretty sensible to me. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 30 minutes ago, Lozz196 said: Not read it, and won`t. Nothing to do with the hysterical hate the mail ethos, it`s just that I don`t buy the paper, and no-one at work today has a copy either. I`m pretty much in agreement that JD from the tv show last night seemed the most grounded, and from what I understand his reasons for slipping away from the public eye seem to be pretty sensible to me. well I wouldn't pay money for it, but it's free online, so I have a quick scan through it, amongst all the dross there's sometimes something worth reading. Apparently it has the biggest online readership in the world and I've been told the online version is different from the printed one though I couldn't say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, PaulWarning said: Apparently it has the biggest online readership in the world and I've been told the online version is different from the printed one though I couldn't say The online version is a mixture of stories from the print version, liberally interspersed with clickbait, much of it lifted directly from other websites such as Reddit or Bored Panda and even other online newspapers. The John Deacon article is classic 'clickbait', there's nothing new or newsworthy in the article, it's just a headline designed to attract traffic to the site from people searching online for info on the new Queen film. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 7 minutes ago, PaulWarning said: well I wouldn't pay money for it, but it's free online, so I have a quick scan through it, amongst all the dross there's sometimes something worth reading. Apparently it has the biggest online readership in the world and I've been told the online version is different from the printed one though I couldn't say Thanks Paul, didn`t think of on-line, doh. Just read it and far from a character assassination I think it portrays him as a fairly ordinary, genuine man, who was in one of the best/biggest bands in the world, and a man who was devastated by the death of a mate. Also seems pretty grounded and down to earth, which must have been rather hard to keep a grip of, being in Queen, the most flamboyant, over the top band ever. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 It was the not looking so bohemian bit. I only look online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Interesting article. Thanks to the OP for the heads-up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 3 hours ago, Cato said: The John Deacon article is classic 'clickbait', there's nothing new or newsworthy in the article, it's just a headline designed to attract traffic to the site from people searching online for info on the new Queen film And this is why hard working journalists, like my brother, hate their jobs. The Mail office is full of kids trawling social media for anything they can make a sensational headline from to drag in traffic. They're paid peanuts too, but that's all they are worth. Journalism has been devalued so much firstly by this need for everything to have its own unique opinion and now by this "results by number of clicks" it makes paying for a newspaper ridiculous to me, but then that feeds the cycle. No money coming in = no pay for skilled people or incentive to have skilled people at all. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Awful paper, it’s not fit to line my cat's litter tray. Glad to see so many others here feel the same. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 In-Laws buy it...awful 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taunton-hobbit Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 My ex used to read it avidly - one of the (many) reasons she's 'ex' ................. 😎 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 (edited) Step one: find a job you love Step two: become very, very good at it, to the point where you're successful, financially worry-free and world-famous Step three: sack it all off and live the quiet life. Sounds bloody marvelous to me. I don't know about you folks, but between Deacon, Taylor and May, I don't think that John is the crazy one here. Edited October 27, 2018 by Jack 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 The Fail is still a shitrag, but it has a new editor who used to be from the Mail on Sunday. The MOS was an entirely different paper. The DM will change - some readers are already complaining about change in direction despite the new guy only just starting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 (edited) So simple but such a great bass line John Deacon is a legend Edited October 27, 2018 by SH73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 If I ever happened to read the Daily Mail - even if by accident and only for a few seconds - I'd be so ashamed I'd literally have to apologise in writing to everyone I know. Then I'd go into town and buy a box of matches and a gallon of petrol and set myself on fire. The Daily Mail supported Hitler, you know. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreadBin Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Didn't John Deacon write most of Queen's biggest hits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 3 hours ago, ambient said: Awful paper, it’s not fit to line my cat's litter tray. Sorry to disagree but it pretty much is... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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