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You're My Best Friend


 

It was written for his wife, Veronica. In this song John Deacon plays a Wurlitzer electric piano in addition to bass guitar. The characteristic 'bark' of the Wurlitzer's bass notes plays a prominent role in the song.

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Wurlitzer - Electric piano

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:John Deacon: Well, Freddie didn’t like the electric piano, so I took it home and I started to learn on the electric piano and basically that’s the song that came out you know when I was learning to play piano. It was written on that instrument and it sounds best on that. You know, often on the instrument that you wrote the song on

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John Deacon - Electric piano

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:Freddie Mercury: I refused to play the damn thing . It’s tinny and horrible and I don’t like them. Why play those things when you’ve got a lovely superb grand piano? No, I think, basically what he is trying to say is it was the desired effect

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