It was repaired expertly as you might expect with someone rich. This page proof that people like to lie lie lie there is NO evidence to suggest that Pau McCartney died - The conspiracists change their story every time someone sees through it!!! He was a natural left handed player who didnt need to constantly look where his fingers on the guitar were, this one still checks his fingers. [23], The story was soon taken up by more mainstream radio stations in the New York area, WMCA and WABC. The Beatles made up the clues about Paul has a distraction. The mana Canadian named William Shears Campbell, or Billy Shearsseems to have disappeared from the earth after November 1966. I find peace in thinking about John playing a song he contributed so much to and lived thru in such Grace. Has he ever re-surfaced anywhere? HA HA!" Whoever took over knew how to write songs with bite in them and not those poppy paulies although he can do those as well. The original Beatle Paul Was most certainly replaced. Paul McCartney is playing right handed. The photograph of the Beatles on the zebra crossing on the sleeve of Abbey Road is meant to represent a funeral procession. Really Look. Dreamnt up by Paul & John. Well spotted Charlotte. How can the McCartney's (Brother Mike & Father Jim) be convinced to go along with this morbid and sinister cover-up. I'm even getting telephone calls from disc jockeys and others in the United States. ", in which he attacked McCartney's character,[68] Lennon described the theorists as "freaks" who were "right when they said you was dead". Also Somerset House staff where all births, deaths and marriages are recorded. "[77], "Paul is dead" has continued to inspire analysis into the 21st century, with published studies by Andru J. Reeve, Nick Kollerstrom and Brian Moriarty, among others, and exploitative works in the mediums of mockumentary and documentary film. The question is who or what was behind it? BUT - there was a winner.his name was William Campbell, and he was paid a considerable amount of money to play along with the facade - he was to be the NEW Paul. Dual misdirection at its finest. Watch later interviews with Fail and other Beatles members. The stomp your feet and rattle your jewelry comment by John was famously spoken during concert. [49][50], Another example is the interpretation of the Abbey Road album cover as depicting a funeral procession: Lennon, dressed in white, is said to symbolise the heavenly figure; Starr, dressed in black, symbolises the undertaker; George Harrison, in denim, represents the gravedigger; and McCartney, barefoot and out of step with the others, symbolises the corpse. 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. ", McCartney has been light-hearted about the issue. I also get the difference in the Eleanor Rigby song that the real Paul McCartney sang and how your voice is completely different from his when you sing Penny Lane. The story was found not to be true after the Beatles' press officer called Paul's home and the phone was answered by the man himself. I've looked into this theory for quite some time now.. It will vanish and shrink. The same as he couldn't get married [or] go on holiday without the world knowing it. Pepper recording session and drove off angrily in his car, distracted by a meter maid ("Lovely Rita"), not noticing that the traffic lights had changed ("A Day In The Life) crashed, and was decapitated ("Don't Pass Me By"). His classic song "Yesterday" hints that maybe Paul was being chased by self-created demons. How could they find a musician that looks,sounds just like him & be accepted by the other 3,his family & girlfriend Jane Asher? Gibb ran with the story on-air for several hours, treating his listeners to backward snippets of supposed hidden messages. He told me (as a hamster, of course.). The list could go on. Alas, celebrity look-alike contests are far too common. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. It took some real effort, but I finally saw them as 2 separate, individual guys. Some rights reserved CC BY-ND 4.0. Makes you wonder who Linda thought she was married to. The Beatles on the left wearing all black and are a younger version than the older psychedelic Sgt. 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. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and was replaced by a look-alike and sound-alike. The Illuminati, which this secretive group along with Tavistock own most of the recording industry and has their fingers in most major bands, solo artists money-making pies. If there's any actual evidence of this person's existence it would be good to post references here. Pepper Beatles. So begins a new novel, Whatever Happened to Billy Shears? "[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. [5] In November 1968, their self-titled double LP (also known as the "White Album") was released containing the track "Glass Onion". Looks like Paul with glasses, mustache, and combed back hair. They are two different people. The sleeve is black - an appropriate colour for a funeral card. It was Paul the first time, but Billy the second time. If you really want to prove that Paul is really Paul, find out what happened to the real Billy Shears. Peppers album cover has two Beatles groups standing side by side. LOOK AT THE CLUES IN THE MMT ALBUM. His death was covered up and he was replaced in the band by a lookalike competition winner, William 'Billy' Shears Campbell, to 'play' Paul on future Beatles records. Stories fronm rescue personnel? [47][48] Two frequently cited examples are the suggestion that the words "I buried Paul" are spoken by Lennon in the final section of the song "Strawberry Fields Forever", which the Beatles recorded in November and December 1966. If they appear on his older work too, it's the same Paul. [79][80] In an article on the latter phenomenon, The Guardian described the 1969 McCartney hoax as "Possibly the best known example" of a celebrity being the focus of "a (completely unverified) cloning conspiracy theory". There are more than 50 years of lies for me to swallow. It would have been easy to replace Paul in the 1960s. 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.". It could have been "The fox terrier is Paul." Also, the Walrus was Paul. But my hubby didn't want to hear my Mumble jumbo, so I got the disc and had him watch/listen to it. Another distorted part of history. It also explains why John Lennon had such an estranged life as he got older too. which stands for Ontario Provincial Police. There is only one Paul. [13][14] With the birth of his daughter Mary in late August, McCartney had withdrawn to focus on his family life. 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. [24] These included "The Ballad of Paul" by the Mystery Tour;[32] "Brother Paul" by Billy Shears and the All Americans; "So Long Paul" by Werbley Finster, a pseudonym for Jos Feliciano;[33] and Zacharias and His Tree People's "We're All Paul Bearers (Parts One and Two)". If he never plays "Yesterday" publicly again, let us all have that moment live in our hope, anyway. It sucks being lied to since.. forever. The whole ''conspiracy theory' is a load of rubbish perpetrated by idiots and believed by fools. [7] According to music journalist Merrell Noden, Harper's Drake Times-Delphic was the first to publish an article on the "Paul is dead" theory. Where is his remains located? Spooky! And we're talking merely on a biological level. 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. Think of the millions of royalties being given to an imposter. Proponents of the theory point to a litany of perceived evidence on the Beatles' later album covers and cryptic mumblings and backmasked lyrics that refer to Paul's death. The John is dead fake was set up years in advance. 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. Imagine why we never saw the bruises etc. "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!! He was reincarnated as a hamster which I owned as a schoolboy. But I thought that you might like to know No William Campbell ever won a Paul look-alike contest. Someone, knows the truth.Eh, Beatle Bill? These include messages perceived when listening to songs being played backwards and symbolic interpretations of both lyrics and album cover imagery. [9] American social critic Camille Paglia locates the "Paul is dead" phenomenon to the Ancient Greek tradition symbolised by Adonis and Antinous, as represented in the cult of rock music's "pretty, long-haired boys who mesmerize both sexes", and she adds: "It's no coincidence that it was Paul McCartney, the 'cutest' and most girlish of the Beatles, who inspired a false rumor that swept the world in 1969 that he was dead. 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. Then Paul McCartney introduces the singer coming up on the next song So let me introduce to you the one and only Billy Shears and Ringo starts to sing. The final clues came with the Beatles last album Let It Be. To spare the public from grief, the Beatles replaced him with a man named William Shears Campbell, who was the winner of a McCartney look-alike contest and who happened to have the same kind of jovial personality as Paul. Follow Billy online for tour dates, news and more! This all went smoothly, but Campbell still had one persona left: Maharishi. Faul was to only be a substitute for a week or two, they resent his keeping the ruse going on for 50 years. Backwards masking and all the other recording tricks were probably done in case they were exposed.All they would have to say is that if it were a true fraud it would have been stupid to expose themselves. I knew if I put it on he wouldn't be able to help himself Before I knew it he was scrambling for album covers with his jaw dropped and eyes wide. 1 yr. ago Motherfu- I thought he was a real guy that just happened to fall into this theory. It is the source for Billy's Back!, Beatles Enlightenment, and The Talent Contest, and also includes nine chapters that were not selected for those compilations. Anyone who can't see (or simply refuses to see) the fact that the "Paul McCartney" of Sgt. McCartney parodied the hoax with the title and cover art of his 1993 live album, Paul Is Live. 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's some people's day job, gagged with NDAs and the OSA. [26] Vin Scelsa, a student broadcaster in 1969, later said that the escalation was indicative of the countercultural influence of Bob Dylan, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, since: "Every song from them starting about late 1966 became a personal message, worthy of endless scrutiny they were guidelines on how to live your life. Billy and the Rest are the best. If you recall, Billy Shears had a heavy hand in penning the Sgt. And Sgt. Thanks. Well, that's not completely true. You're clearly a disinfo agent. Paul was always the most diplomatic of the Beatles and often served as their de facto spokesman both on and off stage. Screw the eye Color, you'll be able to see it in black & white, as well. Maybe the trip to India and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi made him a believer. Glad most people here are awake to the false reality which surrounds us. Whereas all the other Beatles are facing to one side Paul (i.e Billy Shears) is looking directly at the viewer against a blood red background. I feel sorry for you sheeple. There must be articles about the car crash ( if there ever was one) in local newspapers??? Look at the film footage of The Beatles' appearances on Ed Sullivan when "Yesterday" was performed. He apparently fathered a number of illegitimate children. A livid McCartney stormed out of the building, hopped into his Aston Martin and sped off into the night. "We felt guilty about the deception" added Ringo Starr. Paul is also crawling out of George's ear (a Beatle, and beetles among other insects crawl out of the ears and eye sockets of corpses). [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?" Paul Ramon, Carl Harrison and Long John Silver! --- Stuart Smalley. It brought enormous worldwide publicity to Gibb and WKNR. There are differences in the Bass playing of early Paul and 1966 forward till today Paul. What a moment in time to behold! Open your eyes you sheeple! Those who were alive during the Beatles days recognized that an older replacement(s) was present with SGT Pepper. [45][46], A DJ put all those signs together: Paul with no shoes [on the cover of Abbey Road] and the Volkswagen Beetle. Harrison would replace Yoko and Shears could go back to being just Paul, who was the richest of his personas. [31], Before the end of October 1969, several record releases had exploited the phenomenon of McCartney's alleged demise. Even if people don't like Paul or the Beatles, we all need to recognize the things that are happening under our very noses. William Campbell is far too common a name for this article to live here. It was really John Lennon that died in Nov 1965. "[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. Regarding the rediculas conspirasy theory- John and Paul are both still well alive and working at my local Aldi supermarket, Paul collects the descarded shopping trolly's on the carpark and John bites off thewheels that have a mind of there own, ie: those wheels that want to travel left wile the other three in unison want to travel right, we have all had them! Basically, the Paul is dead controversy overshadowed John's statement and album sales went through the roof with kids trying to find new clues. In fact, if you listen to all Beatles songs between 1967 to 1970, Paul breaks out that particular voice a lot (not always). I'm going to name my new album Billy Shears III. The REAL truth about William Shears Campbell. [25] Although the Beatles' press office denied the rumour, McCartney's atypical withdrawal from public life contributed to its escalation. Sheppard comes from the White Album's "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill," which was about the tiger hunter William Sheppard. You are correct in your stated assumption that the book had to be written as fiction and that people see what they want to see. 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. Paul suddenly unleashes a chromatic downward scale that stays in time, rhythm and has its own distinctive melody. To spare the public from grief, the Beatles replaced him with a man named William Shears Campbell, who was the winner of a McCartney look-alike contest and who happened to have the same kind of. The real Paul was killed in Dec of 1980 by an avid fan and then replaced by Billy Shears. He notably says that the entire Sgt. They are two different people fact, the dna proves it..why do you think Heather Mills is banned from ever telling the truth? He then persuaded the remaining Beatles to stay together and accept William Campbell Shears as a replacement. 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, Shears saved the day. That's a little eerie All aside, I feel like sharing George Harrison's last testimony. the Bottles ! While John, George, and Ringo are all looking to the side, Paul is looking frontward. DNA and fingerprints do nor lie. Not hard to get people to keep quiet, big money let's people enter another tax bracket, a better life, better health care for their families, and not have to work a job for 30-40 years. Has not changed. More information, It was fifty years ago today Sgt. [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. Can reports of his belief in an early death be substantiated? [29][nb 2] On Halloween night 1969, WKBW in Buffalo, New York broadcast a program titled Paul McCartney Is Alive and Well Maybe, which analysed Beatles lyrics and other clues. Afterward, a college kid did a story on clues he thought he found in the album cover and songs, this created a distraction that John jumped on when he later wrote 'Glass Onion", in 1968. " I think the Eyes have it. This article does not yet have a related to do list. I'm not here to judge you at all. We're meeting today on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' Sgt. Hope this helps ease some of those conspiracy questions you Beatle fans have and hopefully no harm done either. 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. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. The WKBW DJs concluded that the "Paul is dead" hoax was fabricated by Lennon. patch on Paul's Sgt Pepper uniform. So is laziness-and apathy. Hmmmhow about the lie that gravity holds water on the earth, which water curves around a globe that spins around the sun? Proponents perceived clues among elements of Beatles songs and cover artwork; clue-hunting proved infectious, and by October 1969 had become an international phenomenon. Then again, there has been so much (& some really bad) photo tampering all along the way. I think that theory was started because Americans don't like it that there is no American Beatle. 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". Not much was said about Johns comment after that. Paul is Paul. [56][nb 5], McCartney was secretly filmed by a CBS News crew as he worked on his farm. When the first rumors finally began about the whole thing, we felt very nervous and started fighting a lot with each other. I was wondering if anyone on here would be interested in talking on camera about it. "Thank you very much". Paul is sitting at a desk and there I'd a sigh "The Best Way To Go Is MDC" as in Mark David Chapman. .. His lips are also a darker color than all of the others, suggesting that his lips are blue (as corpses lips are). [3][bettersourceneeded] By 1967, the Beatles were known for sometimes including backmasking in their music. Is he still alive? The story of 'Billy Shears' is the untold story of Billy Campbell. If you watch the videos of them both playing you will see thatPaul knew the Bass and rarely ever looked at the fretboard in stark contrast to Faul. It's all the same singer right? 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. 20th Century Fox. "Denial ain't just a river in Egypt." Listen to Paul's lead vocals in Lady Madonna, Back In The USSR and Oh Darling. I do not know the Truth here just like most of us, parts of the story seems believable and then again, you catch your self doubting they can pull off such a hoax on the entire world for so damn long. The 'Paul McCartney is dead' myth. Meanwhile, Hoaxesclaims that Paul's car did crash that night, but he wasn't behind the wheel. And was as musically adept as the Original or better. But that hasn't happened, has it? Also, check out IAMAPHONEY. A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project, http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/chaplin2.htm, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:William_Shears_Campbell&oldid=920583797, This Beatles-related redirect is within the scope of, This redirect does not require a rating on the project's, This page was last edited on 10 October 2019, at 17:42. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour, both of which had been off the charts since February, re-entered the Billboard Top LPs chart,[24] peaking at number 101 and number 109, respectively. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in May. He supposedly looked enough like PM to sit in with the other Beatles for photographs, sometimes even fooling the photographers. Who the hell would ever hold (or attend) a Paul McCartney look alike contest? It takes a special kind of person: a person who seeks and WANTS truth, even when it embarrasses, hurts or is painful. Only John was 28. I've never seen any reports about whatever happened to the real Billy Shears. Rumors about McCartney's supposed death and replacement have been circulating for decades. "[11][12] Throughout this period, McCartney felt isolated from his bandmates in his opposition to their choice of business manager, Allen Klein, and distraught at Lennon's private announcement that he was leaving the group. [24], On 21 October 1969, the Beatles' press office again issued statements denying the rumour, deeming it "a load of old rubbish"[54] and saying that "the story has been circulating for about two years we get letters from all sorts of nuts but Paul is still very much with us". (Source: Biography Channel) JHCC 16:34, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC). 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. 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. 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. In 1977 John Lennon wrote a song for Ringo and recorded it with him. It's hard to believe that a rift could have developed between Paul and the others. John also says the line, "I buried Paul," at the end of "Strawberry Fields Forever." During the song Ringo, for the benefit of the numbnuts out there, confirms the true identity of Billy Shears. He did for 5 years and did his last stint and left for good. Both changes are, supposedly, explained by the . The person that had replace him, would had been a Paul McCartney from a parallel universe. Everyone is looking in the wrong place. Between the longer hair and the glasses and beard he was unreconizable by the Abbey Road album. What IF the "british invasion" was about more than music? I mean, it's just a bit of poetry. 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). Listening to this show was another student, Fred LaBour, who wrote for the Michigan Dailystudent newspaper. Nobody will argue with that. In the eight months leading to the completion of their masterpiece Sgt. Also too many stories. John wasn't shot and didn't die. [20][21] It identified various clues to McCartney's alleged death on Beatles album covers, particularly on the Abbey Road sleeve. Congratulations Mr. William Shepherd as to how you had time to commandeer the Beatles and keep an account of all your personal memories to share with the public. Plastic surgery was in it's infancy stage in 1966. He actually came back with the rest of the Beatles, but to avoid being caught by Campbell who tried to kidnap him, he disguised himself as Cynthia, when John realized, he decided to help George escape by getting a divorce, but in order to fake Cynthia, after George had left, he convinced Yoko to pretend to be Cynthia and hired William Shears Campbell to replace Yoko. [58] His next visitors were a reporter and photographer from Life magazine. Privacy Policy. [4] MacDonald groups it with the "psychic epidemics" that were encouraged by the rock audience's use of hallucinogenic drugs and which escalated with Charles Manson's homicidal interpretation of the White Album and Mark David Chapman's religion-motivated murder of Lennon in 1980. Paul McCartney Died in 1966 and the new Paul was born in 1967. No one noticed the clues on the cover of Revolver. "We didn't know what to do, and Brian Epstein, our manager, suggested that we hire Billy Shears as a temporary solution. With all the evidence you've presented I'd be a fool to keep the charade going. [64] Titled McCartney, and recorded without his bandmates' knowledge,[65][66] it was "one of the best-kept secrets in rock history" until shortly before its release in April 1970, according to author Nicholas Schaffner, and led to the announcement of the Beatles' break-up. Copyright 2005-2023 St Margarets Community Website Billy was introduced by name on the Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album. [4] Analysing their lyrics for hidden meaning had also become a popular trend in the US. Well at last some sense is written! [1] At the time, Barrow was the press officer for the Beatles and was responsible for fielding calls from fans and the media.
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