"Paul is dead" hoax

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A Hard Day's Night cover: McCartney second from bottom

The term "Paul is dead" (PID) refers to an urban legend or a hoax perpetrated either on the musical group The Beatles by their fans or vice-versa. According to the legend, bass guitarist and singer Paul McCartney was replaced by a lookalike after his alleged death in an auto accident in the mid-60s. Proponents of this hoax cite obscure clues embedded within the Beatles' lyrics, symbolism in their album covers, and Wings as evidence that the "real" Paul didn't survive into the 1970s.

[edit] Origin

The startling transformation of Paul McCartney. Perhaps the beginning of his walrusness

The origin of the legend may stem from a December 1965 moped accident that left McCartney with a scarred lip. Thanks to the Beatles' immense popularity, this relatively minor incident ballooned greatly within months - informal polls showed that in spring 1966 many fans were convinced that Paul had been t-boned by a lorry, and by the beginning of the recording process for 1967's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band some diehard Paul enthusiasts had accused Ringo Starr of hijacking an RAF fighter and crashing it into Paul's bike in the hopes of taking the co-lead singer status in the band.

Many comparisons have been made to McCartney's physical appearance pre- and post-accident, with some fans claiming that it was impossible, even considering injuries incurred in the crash, that McCartney's appearance should change so much in so short a time. It was said that it was William "Billy Shears" Campbell was the one who replaced Paul but there are many differences between the two of them. The image at right details some of these physical anomalies.

[edit] Album clues

the Album cover for "Yesterday...and Today"

[edit] Rubber Soul

The December 1965 release of Rubbers Soul helped fuel the initial rumors of Paul's death. Several lines of the song "Drive My Car" reputedly refer to his accident:

Baby you can drive my car - refers to the relinquishment of Paul's ownership of his moped due to his death

Yes im gonna be a star - i.e. crippled and redundant as a result of the crash (like Ringo)

Beep beep, beep beep yeah - mimics the sound of Paul's horn as he crashes

I, Paul, am totally dead. - very vauge (not 'vague', as some have suggested!) Some PID theorists believe that it might refer to Paul's love of driving, which is how he died.

However, as Rubber Soul was released several weeks before the accident, these "clues" are not considered airtight by most PID theorists, and could only be true if the Beatles were superheroes who could see the future.

Also, the title refers to how Paul's heart bounced off the pavement as he crashed.

[edit] Yesterday...and Today

Rumors of McCartney's death began in earnest after the initial release of "Yesterday...and Today". The album's original cover featured the four Beatles covered in bloody meat and the limbs of dismembered dolls. Two of the dolls draped on McCartney are missing their heads, implying that he was decapitated in his auto accident. He is also wearing a watch, indicating perhaps that his time on earth is up or that he is late for a dentist appointment.

[edit] Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

"Sgt Pepper" was rumoured to be the calling card for an evil Masonic illuminati type

Sgt. Pepper's contains perhaps the most "clues" about McCartney's death. The detailed album art, featuring the four Beatles arrayed with a plethora of cardboard cutouts representing famous historical figures and celebrities, gives fans many opportunities to find evidence for Paul's demise.

The first clue is that on the album Paul is the only bareheaded Beatle, setting him apart from the other three. Although John also appears to be bareheaded, PID theorists contend that he could actually be wearing a wig. Additionally, in the upper right corner of the cover there is a man in green who appears to be looking towards Paul (or possibly Ringo), and select letters from the album title can be rearranged to spell "PAUL'S DEATH," "STAB LENON," or "GUYS, PAUL IS TOTALLY DEAD." the latter an apparent prophecy that Mark David Chapman misinterpreted thirteen years later.

Probably the most consistently cited proof of McCartney's death is the track "A Day in the Life," which chronicles the traffic accident of an unnamed man who "blew his mind out in a car" when he "didn't notice that the lights had changed." The middle verse of the song describes a man drinking coffee and smoking - both activities Paul was known to engage in - and the final jumbled words, when played backwards, sound remarkably like the well-known phrase "Naniver to Satan-y ho ho" in reverse.

Rarely mentioned, but nonetheless overwhelmingly convincing, is the fact that Paul is holding an English horn, a distant relative of the oboe. Its haunting, melancholy sound invades soundtracks of countless motion pictures as soon as someone is about to depart this world. Paul’s visible attraction to this instrument is a tragic omen. The coincidence of an English man holding an English horn is too unlikely to dismiss.

Also, most of the crowd and Paul are walruses. The walrus obviously dates back to ancient times as a foreboding and devilish creature. Native Antarctican folk legends speak of it as "the only true nemesis to life as we know it in Antarctica".

[edit] Magical Mystery Tour

The cover for MMT depicts the Beatles dressed up as animals. Paul, apparently adorned as a walrus, wears a mask that obscures most of his face. This has led fans to surmise that the Paul on the cover is the real McCartney, exhumed for the photo shoot and covered to hide the signs of decomposition.

Additionally, the walrus is often cited as a symbol of death in many cultures, although no culture has actually stepped forward to admit this.

[edit] The Beatles (The White Album)

The album sleeve for the famous "White Album"

The White Album is often seen as a tribute to Paul - a white man - The White Album contains numerous PID clues within its tracks. The song "Revolution 393," a collection of experimental studio sounds and seemingly random sound effects, actually contains the entire eulogy said at Paul's funeral when the song is played backwards. Skeptics scoff at this as either coincidental or a humorous response to the legend by the Beatles, though the official coroner's records included in the album insert are difficult to explain away so easily.

In "Glass Onion" Lennon also makes the statement that "the walrus was Paul," which could either mean that:

1. The walrus on the Magical Mystery Tour cover is the real Paul
2. The walrus on the Magical Mystery Tour cover is the fake Paul, representing the death of the real Paul
3. Paul was actually a walrus

Most theorists omit the first option as unrealistic.

Perhaps the most famous clue can be found at the end of "I'm so Tired." Playing the end of the song, where John begins speaking in tongues, the saying "Paul was killed in a car crash that was covered so I, John Richard Lennin the Third, wouldn't have to get look for a new job so we decided to leave clues in our songs, miss him, miss him," can clearly be heard. What this cryptic message means is still unknown.

[edit] Abbey Road

The front of the Abbey Road album is often viewed as a kind of funeral procession for McCartney. In front, Lennon leads the way as a white-garbed priest, with Ringo Starr following behind in black clothing to signify mourning. McCartney comes next in some sort of box, followed by George Harrison as a grave digger in work clothes. Note that Harrison appears poised to trip over McCartney's box - perhaps a sign of Harrison's own eventual death in 2001 due to cancer.

The song "Carry That Weight" may also refer to the death of Paul. In some cultures, when you die, they put a comicly oversized triangular weight with the words "One Ton" on it over your grave. The song is also being sung by the 5th Beatle, Mick Jagger, who toured with the Beatles until the breakup, signifying the fact that Paul does not exist.

Further, the closest moving car in the photo is in McCartney's lane. If it backed up (towards the camera) it would run over only McCartney, assuming George jumped out of the way.

Some fans speculate that though the differences between Paul and his alleged replacement are inconclusive, they may be visible if one looks closely. It is said these differences are more apparent on the cover of Let It Be.

Some have also come out and said that if you take a mirror and hold it up vertically to the left of Paul's box, it creates a "V" which obviously stands for "Very dead."

[edit] Let It Be.. atles

In the track "The Long and Winding Road" on Let It Be, Paul can be heard singing tearfully, as if he knows he is already dead.

In the title track, a whispering voice in the second verse mutters something that sounds like "Paul is dead," which, when played backwards, sounds like "defenestrate," which is likely what happened to Paul's car when he allegedly died.

[edit] Post-Beatles

Even three and a half decades after the breakup of the Beatles, many fans still insist that the Paul McCartney who continues to record and tour is an imposter and that the true Paul died at the height of his musical career in the 1960s. Despite refutation from every Beatles member as well as the late Linda McCartney and the lack of any true evidence for the belief, conspiracy theorists continue forcibly press their case - kicking out at criticism like a fat girl in heels. In his book Turn Me On, Dead Man, considered the most exhaustive investigation of the "Paul is dead" legend, writer Andru J. Reeve concludes that "It may be hard to swallow, but yes, the 'Yesterday' Paul is the same as the 'Band on the Run' Paul. Sorry."

[edit] The King is Overdressed

Recently, an internet site called "The King is Overdressed" appeared. it presented the following theories. 1. Paul was, infact, originally a Walrus. | 2. In 1955 he had plastic surgery to make him look like a human. | 3. He was indeed in a coma in 1968, but came out after cold water was dumped on him. | 4. All of the Beatles are animals.

There are many followers of TKIO.

[edit] Reality

Abbey Road

Most people think that Paul is alive. That's not true. That's just what They want you to believe. There was no Paul McCartney. It was all an illusion that the rest of the Beatles created because, in fact, they were under the assupmtion that a band with three members would suck. In all songs, movies, videos, public appearances, etc., Paul's appearance and voice was created by tricks of the light and some very clever puppetry done by John.

[edit] "Beatles Are Dead"

In 1974, a new theory started involving all four members of the band. According to this theory, in 1967, during a submarine trip in the Pacific, a tragedy happened - the yellow submarine sunk, with all four members of The Beatles inside. No one has found this submarine since then. 4 young men were chosen in a look-alike contest. They all grew mustaches and became the new Beatles.

A full Beatles album has been recorded about this tragedy:

[edit] Yellow Submarine

Both the record and the movie "Yellow Submarine" contains clues about BAD.

• On the cover of the album, there are many hands pointing at the Beatles. The hands probably want to show us that all of them have died.
• The submarine inside the mountain shows us how they got stuck in the ocean.

Clues for it can be found in many songs on the album:

• In the song "Yellow Submarine" they say: "We all live in a yellow submarine" - apperently they got stuck in this submarine.
• The last verse in the same song, shows that they are having the time of their life (death) in heaven:

"As we live a life of ease

Every one of us has all we need

Sky of blue, and sea of green

In our yellow submarine"

As every line in this verse is repeated, we can assure that they have all passed away.

• In the song "All You Need Is Love", the word "nothing" repeats itself many times. In addition, at the end of the song, the Beatles sing a part of another song - "She loves you", which gives us a clue that the origanal members are no longer here.
• In the song "Hey Bullfrog", one of the lines states: "You think you know but you haven't got a clue". It suggests that PID is wrong, and we need to focus on the truth - that all the Beatles are dead.

As this album was released worldwide, it may try to show us that the Beatles are no longer in this world. Disbelievers of this theory will be shot.

[edit] Conspiracies

It has long been debated as to how much devastation the Beatles have brought to the world. New evidence suggests that the Beatles have contacts with the New World Order, the Bush family, Ron Paul and others. It has been said that the Beatles orchestrated the Gulf War and the Iraq war, many have said that John Lennon assassinated JFK. This is believed to be true because the Beatles work for the New World Order, they killed Paul McCartney in 1966 to silence him, they forced Elvis Presley to disappear and they manipulated George W. Bush into signing the patriot act. As a matter of fact, it is believed that the Beatles have been behind almost all tragedies in history, including the Black Death (Maggie Thatcher's involvement remains controversial), Global Warming (disputed) and the Monica Lewinsky Scandal (Starr's wife was most likely disguised). New evidence promises us to better understand these devilish singers. College professor and Americana songwriter Luke Powers has put the pieces of the puzzle together with his song titled, appropriately enough, "Paul is Dead," complete with revealing video.

[edit] See also

• Paul is Dead Hoax at Wikipedia

   

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