[24][61] The rumour benefited the commercial performance of Abbey Road in the US, where it comfortably outsold all of the band's previous albums. The real Paul *does* have a faint scar on his upper lip from the above-mentioned motorcycle accident. In an exclusive interview with the Hollywood Inquirer, Mr. Starr explained that the "real" Paul McCartney had died in a car crash on November 9 1966, after an argument during a Beatles' recording session. No one's looks stay the same. Commentary for "Lisa the Vegetarian", in The Simpsons: The Complete Seventh Season [DVD]. and our Fan Feed More Fictspedia Wiki. This sickens me to my core. but the truth and lies are as important as the PEACE and LOVE we practice. And maybe Ringo did really commit suicide after telling Neil Aspinall he was going to do so, and Ringo was also replaced by a look-alike. It has come out by George Harrison in an interview with an Australian news source that the Beatles were at odds again financially with Paul because they had learned that from 1967 onward, he received a secret new contract with EMI/Capitol Records that paid him more for his hits and royalties. The point is everyone is blind, stupid and theyre all sheep who are too afraid to open their eyes. If M15 is actually involved in the switch they could stop the criminal charges in Britain but in the US and the rest of the world they could be open to those charges plus many others. I'm not writing this review to sway anyone's beliefs on how you view Mr. William Shepherd or the author of this book. "He died in 1965 oooh he died in 1967 he was in a scooter crash oooh no it was a Lotus Elan - He posed on the cover of Abbey Rd"oooh no wait a bit that would have meant he was admitting it so well forget that" Conspiracist liars need to STF sensible sane normal people know you are talking complete utter total BO**OCKS!! I find peace in thinking about John playing a song he contributed so much to and lived thru in such Grace. "The 70 Greatest Conspiracy Theories in Pop-Culture History", Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live From Liverpool, Let Us in Americana: The Music of Paul McCartney, 1966 tour of Germany, Japan and the Philippines, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_is_dead&oldid=1151446931, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images, Articles lacking reliable references from November 2019, Articles lacking reliable references from April 2023, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, A graphic novel co-created by Paolo Baron and Ernesto Carbonetti called, This page was last edited on 24 April 2023, at 03:24. [3][bettersourceneeded] By 1967, the Beatles were known for sometimes including backmasking in their music. If this is true in any way I could never look at any of reality in the same way. I feel sorry for you sheeple. I have to add that as John said, and I quote when he was asked if Ringo was the best drummer in the world, he replied with " He's not the best drummer in the Beatles". Nobody will argue with that. Early footage shows how Paul always seemed to maintain eye contact with his bandmates and always breaking out his infectious smile. Secretlondon 02:40, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC), Or if anyone were to take one moment and actually study the origin of that patch they would see it doesn't even stand for "OPD", but "OPP"; the Ontario Provincial Police in Canada. In the years since, LaBour has admitted that it was he who confected many of the 'clues' believed by conspiracy theorists to cryptically point to Paul's death. Although the album was based around an adopted identity the Beatles performing as Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band the idea that Ringo Starr might masquerading as Billy Shears was too much for some fans, particularly those living in America, the home of the conspiracy theory. Paul quit the band over Johns being Yoko Ono's puppet. When i was in my twenties and in the military, my heighth changed and my facial features changed. Don't want to say much about who we know today as Sir Paul except that there does appear to be some legitimate questions about changes in his appearance and personality and his relationships with his former bandmates. Also, Paul starts to dominate the A-side of the rest of the Beatles hits and he started to out shine the others. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects. Afterward, I revisited videos, film clips, songs & interviews with John, George and Ringo, and it all finally made sense. When that guy stabbed him, Campbell realized that he should get while he could and killed off Harrison too! Also, the Walrus was Paul. [79] In 2009, Time magazine included "Paul is dead" in its feature on ten of "the world's most enduring conspiracy theories".[46]. [34] Another song was Terry Knight's "Saint Paul",[24] which had been a minor hit in June that year and was subsequently adopted by radio stations as a tribute to "the late Paul McCartney". Makes you wonder who Linda thought she was married to. Thanks. Pepper, where every Beatle except McCartney is photographed facing the viewer, and the front cover of Magical Mystery Tour, which depicts one unidentified band member in a differently coloured suit from the other three. Now go back and listen to Paul's lead vocals on any work from 1962 to 1966, and look out for those same distinctive vocals I mentioned. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 20th Century Fox. They have had to keep the fraud covered while Faul reaped the benefits of the fraud. For the graphic novel, see, McCartney in October 1966, shortly before he supposedly died, The allegedly backmasked section of "Revolution 9", The same section reversed, which some have believed sounds like "turn me on, dead man", Estranged from McCartney, Lennon said: "Paul McCartney couldn't die without the world knowing it. "[8] WKNR fuelled the rumour further with its two-hour programme The Beatle Plot, which first aired on 19 October. William Shears Campbell, better known as Billy Shears, does indeed "disappear " from records in 1966 and no traces of him can be found after Paul's alleged death. Since I am from Ontario I can assure you that the patch actually says O.P.P. [70], LaBour later became notable as the bassist for the western swing group Riders in the Sky, which he co-founded in 1977. [44] According to the scientists' findings, the man shown in the post-November 1966 images was not the same. Open your eyes you sheeple! I have All ways loved there music like millions of others.it did bother me for a while, that McCartney might in fact ,not be the real McCartney, but really, who cares.the music has ,and will stand the test of time,just enjoy. It took some real effort, but I finally saw them as 2 separate, individual guys. In his anger, he failed to notice the traffic light change and he spun out of control, smashing into a light pole at full speed, thus decapitating him.". The truth of the matter is, nobody really gives a damn. The truth will out and now it finally has. Faul was to only be a substitute for a week or two, they resent his keeping the ruse going on for 50 years. MYTH: Then the Beatles, in the winter of 1966, held a "Paul look- alike" contest but no winner was ever announced. More information, It was fifty years ago today Sgt. [38] In Canada, Polydor Records exploited the rumour in their artwork for Very Together, a repackaging of the Beatles' pre-fame recordings with Tony Sheridan, using a cover that showed four candles, one of which had just been snuffed out. This page is not available in other languages. Fifty years on from 1967 and the Summer of Love, 'Shears' is a squeaky-clean Anglican chaplain, nursing memories of a lost and secret love. [56] According to author John Winn, McCartney had conceded to the interview "in hopes that people hearing his voice would see the light", but the ploy failed. I'm a Beatle Now; and to think that to this day his nuts are still in a vice. Advertisement. He now goes by the name of Mr Whippy. No mention of the hoax in any of these later interviews. Oddly enough the other three's names have never been revealed, if they ever had alternate names in the first place. I am Billy Shears. Also, when you play that one part in "I Am the Walrus"backwards where it sounds like complete rubbish, you hear the demonic chanting of "PAUL IS DEAD! Perhaps the Beatles did not remember to change the 28IF clue when they published the album cover. Most are from military families that take oaths and sign disclosure agreements where everything can be taken away. Well, here's another clue for you all, the walrus was Paul" The song's "the Walrus was Paul" lyric is both a reference to "I Am the Walrus" and Lennon saying "something nice to Paul" in response to changes in their relationship at that time. If someone names William Spears Campbell really won a Beatles look-a-like contest and then dropped off the face of the earth, that would be weird. "John Lennon's" "so-called" "death" was just Campbell getting tired of being both Paul and John. None of you know what the hell you are talking about. My husband, he didn't believe me for the longest time. It is he, too, who invented the details of the death that conspiracy buffs still cling to till this day: "Paul McCartney was killed in an automobile accident in early November, 1966 after leaving EMI recording studios tired, sad, and dejected. He faked his death do he could run an ice cream van back in Liverpool. The John is dead fake was set up years in advance. Why? The whole 'Paul Is Dead' fiasco is a wonderful piece of Pop-Culture, a fantastic addition to the Beatles myth and legacy, and certainly deserves to be on this site, in its entirety, but you'd have to be a fool to believe it! According to Tony Barrow, who wrote about it in his book "John, Paul, George, Ringo and me," the rumours about McCartney's death started circulating in September 1966. Also the picture on the White Album that shows him with glasses (passport picture of imposter) would mean Sir Paul/Faul used/uses contacts most of the time. If there are two William Campbell's, one real and one fictional, then perhaps there should be a new article like William Campbell. When I was 11 years old and heard Penny Lane for the first time, I thought to myself who is the new person in the group singing this song and who was singing She Loves You Yeah, Yeah, Yeah at the end of All You Need is Love. There is no such force named the "Ontario Police Department". The big one that was actually intentional was "Billy Shears," which means, "Billy's here," of course, although I hate . William Campbell allegedly became Billy Shears on Sgt Pepper , while William Sheppard was supposedly the inspiration behind 'The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill' (actually an American named Richard . No winners were ever announced for this competition. Later, the line was interpreted as a "clue" in the "Paul is dead" urban legend that alleged McCartney died in 1966 during the recording of Sgt. It seems that someone as talented and no doubt popular as Billy Shears, might have been missed by friends and family, but he just said " Fuck em all. Open your eyes you sheeple! Listen carefully. Paul did not die but he did leave the Beatles, youtube John Halliday aka Paul McCartney, he just lived a normal life, also, on the St Pepper's album, they the name 'The Beatles' to '5 Beatles' John is NOT DEAD!!! "[22], It was a bit weird meeting people shortly after that, because they'd be looking at the back of my ears, looking a bit through me. The replacement, originally called William Campbell or, more recognizably, Billy Shears, according to Salon, and known as "Faul" to true believers of the theory, has, if the story is true, written some of the Beatles' greatest work, fathered four children with Paul's first wife, Linda McCartney, went on to establish the mega-popular band Wings, and had success with 20 solo albums, all under the moniker of the tragically deceased songwriter he replaced on the fly. And guess what? ", in which he attacked McCartney's character,[68] Lennon described the theorists as "freaks" who were "right when they said you was dead". You can find more information about the Paul is Dead conspiracy in The Great Beatle Death Clues by R. Gary Patterson published by Robson Books. The legend goes that in 1965 (one year before McCartney is said to have died) young Shears entered a Beatles lookalike competition organised by the band's manager Brian Epstein, in the . Some rights reserved CC BY-ND 4.0. And here you are 50 years later, still talking about the smoke screen. And last, IF you were any of the other Beatles members would you have possibly nosedived your career by going public with the truth?? Though one thing I DO know for certain is Ringo can't sing worth a damn. Now I am switching off whenever I can. And Sgt. Without Faul they probably wouldn't have been so influential. [39], Many versions of this theory have arisen since its initial exposure to the public, however most proponents of the theory maintain that, on 9 November 1966 (alternatively, the 11th of September of the same year) [40][bettersourceneeded], McCartney had an argument with his bandmates during a Sgt. [6], On 17 September 1969, Tim Harper, an editor of the Drake Times-Delphic, the student newspaper of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, published an article titled "Is Beatle Paul McCartney Dead?" It is inconceivable that not one of these people would be tempted to reveal if Paul had died to their families, friends and, most notably, for money to newspapers an TV companies. The WKBW DJs concluded that the "Paul is dead" hoax was fabricated by Lennon. And it was weird doing the "I really am him" stuff. According to the theory or rumour, McCartney died in a car crash, and to spare the public from grief, the surviving Beatles, aided by Britain's MI5, replaced him with a McCartney look-alike, subsequently communicating this secret through subtle details of their albums. Richard : and anyone else reading this- if you can't tell Paul from Faul, you're either not looking hard enough, or you're not being objective. Ok there has been fraud committed but Billy is actually a much more talented writer than Paul ever was. The only problem was that he couldn't get along with John, at all.". [30], Dozens of supposed clues to McCartney's death have been identified by fans and followers of the legend. "[27] In a radio interview with John Small of WKNR, Lennon said that the rumour was "insane" but good publicity for Abbey Road. [24][28] There, Ringo Starr told Bennett: "If people are gonna believe it, they're gonna believe it. There have been many references to the legend in popular culture, including the following examples. "[8], In late September 1969, the Beatles released the album Abbey Road as they were in the process of disbanding. They do not want to find out that so much of what they have believed all their lives was a lie. It's just insanity but it's a great plug for, The fact that he would have been 27 in late 1969, rather than 28, was dismissed with the rationale that, in the, In his article on the legacy of "Paul is dead", for. The original Paul was reconstituted from his cryogenically stored parts (possible co-mingled with Ted Williams) in 2002 and was one of the (CIA funded) terrorists who piloted the second plane on 9/11. After that it would probably start to get weird. George died but not the way we were told in the media. [60], In November 1969, Capitol Records sales managers reported a significant increase in sales of Beatles catalogue albums, attributed to the rumour. [55] On 24 October, BBC Radio reporter Chris Drake was granted an interview with McCartney at his farm. Privacy Policy. The early bass lines were very simplistic in nature with mainly a 1-5 pattern. That's because William Campbell is McCartney. well sorry i am CONVINCED and why did Ringo come out and say that Paul did pass away in 1966, Hello, I am a film maker and making a documentary about this conspiracy (partly because my name is William Shears..). The white VW Beetle in the background with the number plate 28 IF suggests that Paul would have been 28 years old - IF he had survived. How can the McCartney's (Brother Mike & Father Jim) be convinced to go along with this morbid and sinister cover-up. My basic premise in believing the information in the book is because it all makes sense and explains to me why everything happened the way it did within the Beatles circle of friends. How could they both go to their own graves keeping this secret with them. All of the clues and hints are so well versed together. His family and friends??? It is amazing how bizarre theories seem to be able to spread organically and how, once established, they become near impossible to eradicate. If you recall, Billy Shears had a heavy hand in penning the Sgt. They are two different people fact, the dna proves it..why do you think Heather Mills is banned from ever telling the truth? Pepper. Congratulations on creating a totally biased article on the Paul is dead myth. Watch later interviews with Fail and other Beatles members. Then you are all mental. [24][41] A funeral service for Paul was held, with eulogies by George ("Blue Jay Way") and Ringo ("Don't Pass Me By), followed by a procession (Abbey Road's front cover), with Lennon as the priest officiating his funeral and burying him (the alleged "I Buried Paul" statement in "Strawberry Fields Forever"). And this would had be kept secret. During the following years, the Beatles disclosed the details of their ruse by placing hundreds of hidden clues within their albums. The final clues came with the Beatles last album Let It Be. I have no idea about whether or not Paul is Faul and truthfully I couldn't care less. The greatest argument agagainst Elvis being alive is that he is dead, and the greatest argument against Paul being dead is that he is alive. William Shears Campbell was an invented name. There are dozens of people involved in a death, certainly in the case of an accident, Police, Ambulance and hospital staff, fire brigade, Breakdown men, registrars, NHI and loads more including family, friends, business colleagues, studio staff and, of course, the Inland Revenue responsible for the collection of income tax and death duties. Thanks everyone. That's a little eerie All aside, I feel like sharing George Harrison's last testimony. Of course they don't always happen. Paul McCartney is playing right handed. It would have been easy to replace Paul in the 1960s. Embarrassed by his fat lip he began to grow a moustache. The person that had replace him, would had been a Paul McCartney from a parallel universe. but as I said it is really O.P.P. One of the main successes of mind control is constant repetition from a young age and "what everybody else thinks." He did for 5 years and did his last stint and left for good. Lennon later said that the words were actually "Cranberry sauce", and that the words "number nine, number nine" in "Revolution 9" (from the "White Album") became "turn me on, dead man, turn me on, dead man" when played backwards. Also Somerset House staff where all births, deaths and marriages are recorded. Really Look. Unless they got someone to replace Billy Spears so that Billy could replace Paul. While John, George, and Ringo are all looking to the side, Paul is looking frontward. If he never plays "Yesterday" publicly again, let us all have that moment live in our hope, anyway. It could have been "The fox terrier is Paul." I needn't argue about that; I'm right and I'll be proved right. This all happened right before they were to tour the US at multiple concert venues. You should read the expose in Italian Wired Magazine where scientists proved beyond a shadow of a doubt with facial recognition software that there are/were two Beatles who went by the name Paul McCartney. DNA and fingerprints do nor lie. Billy Shears ,William Wallace Campbell or Billy Shepherd ?? I can't go on like this. A similar reversal at the end of "I'm So Tired" (another "White Album" track) yielded "Paul is dead man, miss him, miss him, miss him". "[44] He cited a 2009 Wired Italia magazine article that featured an analysis by two forensic research consultants who compared selected photographs of McCartney taken before and after his alleged death by measuring features of the skull. [8][nb 1] Harper later said that it had become the subject of discussion among students at the start of the new academic year, and he added: "A lot of us, because of Vietnam and the so-called Establishment, were ready, willing and able to believe just about any sort of conspiracy. But let's imagine for the purpose of healing that "Paul McCartney'' and John Halliday somehow get to perform "Yesterday" together with Paul introducing John as (a) the writer. I was wondering about that, a moped accident that chipped his tooth answered that question. [69] The rumour was also cited in the hoax surrounding the Canadian band Klaatu,[70] after a January 1977 review of their debut album 3:47 EST sparked rumours that the group were in fact the Beatles. so far I can find three because the current one has blue eyes, the previous two did not. After a firecracker was thrown onto a stage, the Beatles were pretty much done with live performances. I'm 27 and most of the Beatles music doesn't impress me, except for Yesterday, Penny Lane and Hey Jude which are exceptionally good songs. If there's any actual evidence of this person's existence it would be good to post references here. In 1977 John Lennon wrote a song for Ringo and recorded it with him. has the best of the Memoirs' "Paul is Dead" material (excluding those . I turned 64 in May and I celebrated it by playing guitar and singing when I'm 64. There are differences in the Bass playing of early Paul and 1966 forward till today Paul. [24] This scenario was facilitated by the Beatles' recent retirement from live performance and by their choosing to present themselves with a new image for their next album, Sgt. Were they afraid he would be arrested or have an accident that might expose his false fingerprints, blood or DNA. Then in June of 1967 the album Sgt. Ringo exposed the scam a few years ago but since then has appeared in several interviews with Fail. The Beatles were such a money-making machine that most of their hits singles and LP's brought in to the GB and enormous Tsunami of $$$$ that it would seem to me that they would not let the death of one of the Beatles stop the cash flow from continuing to come in. In 1967, that all changes suddenly with the emergence of Penny Lane. The real Paul was killed in Dec of 1980 by an avid fan and then replaced by Billy Shears. His picture is included on the poster that came with the White album in the lower right-hand corner. Wasn't Paul's name William Campbell. The sleeve is black - an appropriate colour for a funeral card. In a later interview, he said that he was purposely confusing listeners with lines such as "the Walrus was Paul" a reference to his song "I Am the Walrus" from the 1967 EP and album Magical Mystery Tour. However the Paul Is Dead Beatle's hoax is encylopedic - what we need is evidence of this person's connection to the hoax, not necessarily of their actual real-life existence. There must be articles about the car crash ( if there ever was one) in local newspapers??? The whole ''conspiracy theory' is a load of rubbish perpetrated by idiots and believed by fools. Between the longer hair and the glasses and beard he was unreconizable by the Abbey Road album. [61] Rocco Catena, Capitol's vice-president of national merchandising, estimated that "this is going to be the biggest month in history in terms of Beatles sales". According to Gadfly Online: "As the story goes, on an evening in November 1966 (probably the eighth, a "stupid bloody Tuesday"), an argument took place between McCartney and the other Beatles at Abbey Road Studios. The photograph of the Beatles on the zebra crossing on the sleeve of Abbey Road is meant to represent a funeral procession. Okay, I confess. They wouldn't be PREDICTING his death, won't they? Cookie Notice From his rise to fame as the replacement for "the cute one" in the Beatles to today, Billy has consistently delivered an otherworldly musical experience filled with fantasy and foreshadowing. The phenomenon was the subject of analysis in the fields of sociology, psychology, and communications during the 1970s. Proponents perceived clues among elements of Beatles songs and cover artwork; clue-hunting proved infectious, and by October 1969 had become an international phenomenon. The 'Paul McCartney is dead' myth. FACT The badge that Paul is wearing on his fancy blue uniform on the album sleeve of Sgt Pepper actually reads O.P.P, one of four given to the Beatles by the Toronto Ontario Provincial Police on 28th September 1964, On and on the falsehoods go. Silario, I read an article about Abbey Road that said the album was supposed to be released a year later than it was (when Paul would have been 28). They also said that for a generation distrustful of the media following the Warren Commission's report, it was able to thrive amid a climate informed by "The credibility gap of Lyndon Johnson's presidency, the widely circulated rumors after the Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy assassinations, as well as attacks on the leading media sources by the yippies and Spiro Agnew". Now, Paul never actually died in that car crash, instead, he actually replaced Ringo Starr, who was crushed by one of the Thomas The Train trains back when he was narrating for the show, so actually, Pual is the last remaining Beatle, but everyone thinks he's actually Ringo! What IF faul was knighted for his lifelong dedication to the lie? [8] Others contended that the man's name was Bill Shepherd,[43] later abbreviated to Billy Shears,[44] and the replacement was instigated by Britain's MI5 out of concern for the severe distress McCartney's death would cause the Beatles' audience. William Campbell has this faint scar on his upper lip, PM doesn't.
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