Happy birthday John Deacon (61)

[Earl]

Who??? I hear you cry. No, not Joey Deacon, John Deacon. You probably won't recognise him but he was actually a member of the successful rock band Queen.

Deacon has rarely been seen since the death of Farrokh Bulsara in 1991 and the subsequent end of Queen as a true band. He refused to take part in the tour featuring Paul Rodgers on lead vocals, he's cock-all to do with the shitty Queen musicals and he certainly didn't collaborate with Five when they murdered We Will Rock You.

Most people probably didn't even notice Deacon was missing, but it may surprise you to know that the Robert Englund-looking bugger wrote some of Queens biggest and bestest hits. Happy birthday John, and here's a selection of those great songs he wrote, on his own, with no help from Roger Taylor, the gay one or Anita Dobson's husband.



Queen - Another One Bites The Dust - YouTube



Queen - I Want To Break Free - YouTube



Queen - One Vision - YouTube



Queen - 'The Show Must Go On' (Music Video) - YouTube



Queen - You're My Best Friend - YouTube

And Queen's greatest ever hit:



QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE: Under Pressure - YouTube

[Jobless Oddball]

Arise Sir John!!

[Alpha]

He left? I didn't know that!

[Earl]

He officially retired in 1997, but I don't think Queen really did anything up until that point and Deacon's retirement was basically his way of saying he didn't want any part in the bullshit Brian May was about to drag the band through.