To reinforce the cycle of life, he is pictured being dragged across the famous zebra crossing by one of the offspring of his sheepdog Martha. The Paul Is Dead myth began in 1969, and alleged that Paul McCartney died in 1966. It would, instead, seem as though Jane did a charade for a while, perhaps even turning for comfort to the new man. Those surrounding Paul covered up his death - Parlia Conspiracy theory, we might say, is the poor mans political economy. The song contains the lines: Those freaks was right when they said you was dead, the one mistake you made was in your head. Go to the article I wrote. Who knows, but one way or another, left. Therefore, it is alleged that Lennon was assassinated in 1980 because he was about to go public with the Paul conspiracy, and the same is alleged about George Harrisons attempted murder in 1999 and his subsequent premature death in 2001. They could never split up as a normal group, have normal afterlives in their solo careers, or die naturally. Without proof either way, both were. Can make those points, but theyre isolated; the disclaimer was being discussed as an item for the public; it is not the only one. That George Harrison lost his bouts with throat cancer, lung cancer and a brain tumor at the age of 58 are also considered suspect by many. No one, not even the American judges could have known just how serious a task this look-alike contest was, and a winner was never actually even announced. But it is also to the credit of that generations rampant imagination that it came up with a theory as protean as PID (and many others besides) to counter death with death. They were so excited and beside themselves that they were literally unconscious to controlling their bodily functions.. The Beatles, as we learn in George Martins book ". His ears did not change between 66 and 67. DuringTheBEATLESperformance at Shea Stadium, which kicked off their 1965 US Tour, the massive contingent of New York City policemen who were assigned to crowd control reported rivers of urine which flowed from the girls and young women in attendance, they were in such genuinely altered states. Why? It is called Photoshop. Now many may say, as many have already said, that he was, and is, an imposter. The British MI5 also announced an investigation to determine if an imposter could have indeed posed for 48 years astheMember of the Order of the British Empire,Sir JamesPaul McCartney,during official ceremonies involvingQueen Elizabeth II. The flowers signify where he was buried. In that case, where he was installed to coverup a truly accidental death of the real Paul, the following perspective is offered for the readers consideration. He said that he once did an interview a week to keep in the headlines, but since getting married and becoming a father he preferred to live a more private life. It is mere emotion which drives your comment. Stories about the Beatles are always flying around Fleet Street. The following article appears to be correct in stating all the primary facts with the exception of the very last paragraph as follows: The British MI5 also announced an investigation to determine if an imposter could have indeed posed for 48 years as the Member of the Order of the British Empire, Sir James Paul McCartney, during official ceremonies involving Queen Elizabeth II.. The story of 'Billy Shears' is the untold story of Billy Campbell. Its so much more entertaining than the Kardashians. 1 yr. ago Motherfu- I thought he was a real guy that just happened to fall into this theory. Mr. Starr alleges that the group did send out a lot of hidden messages through the years to prepare the population for the truth. Did Ringo Starr Admit Paul McCartney Died In 1966, Replaced With Look Paul McCartneys deathwould have triggered an unprecedented shock to his millions of young and often delirious female fans around the entire world. That is true of PID, as well as 9/11 or the JFK assassination or any other conspiracy. As the reigning cultural deities of that decade, the Beatles died for us and went to heaven (or archival immortality). Similarly, the "Pepper" cover, arguably the most famous in the history of records, allows much creative interpretation. His face changed in the space of a couple of years when he was in his twenties. Actually Doctor Robert (ha ha): Per the Mal Evans single page shown in The Winged Beatle, John was distraught that it was really happening & how good the surgery was, that Paul had been to the clinic in Kenya which had done a good job. A documentary more reverential toward PID is "The Winged Beatle." William Shears Campbell, better known as Billy Shears, does indeed disappear from recordsin 1966 and no traces of him can be found after Pauls alleged death. We are mapping the world's opinions to help improve civil discourse. Also (as if there were more difference one needed as proof, but of course different ears will have many different features), it is further back than Pauls upper leg of antihelix, pre-1966. So begins a new novel, Whatever Happened to Billy Shears? Now that we have good comps on the forensics, it must be done that way. The artwork was based on the Abbey Road cover photograph; instead of the 28IF number plate, a car shows 51 IS instead. I saw a photo where Faul was clearly wearing a prosthetic ear piece and I got to tell you, that was the smoking gun that started my research and in other photos you can clearly see that Paul 66 and prior had nice, smooth rounded ears with connected ear lobes and Faul (after 67) does not. A drawing now being made more well known, by John, shows severe head injuries (including an eggshell flat-top, ju-ju wonky dissociated eyeballs, much gore and brain matter, a side-to-side split as well, no mouth injuries as a walrus image might conjure but the drawing gets sympathetic below the 2 upper head injuries so mouth damage may be normalized, not shown, and a set of GUMBOOTS, dissheveled, possibly ready to fall off). Don't Miss. (Get back to where you once belonged!). Game Over. Miss Him!. PID was a way to formalize the countercultures own death to itself. Then there was John Lennons shocking assassination at 40 years old by Manchurian Candidate Mark David Chapman which was the direct result of his ardent anti-war stance and incessantworld peace message. To conclude, I offer some speculations about conspiracy theorys logic of explanation, extending from PID to build a more general case. In late 1969, American college campuses were roiled by the anti-war movement, facing the consequences of the election of Richard Nixon and the inevitability of the draft, at the same time as various liberation movements were beginning to find their feet. The Billy Shears story goes that in 1965 William Campbell Shears entered and won a Beatle 'Look-a-Like'competition organised by Brian Epstein who was looking for Beatle doubles just in case one of his boys got killed. Sign up to get unfiltered news delivered straight to your inbox. Pauls death. The Beatles then replaced him with Billy Shears, aka William Campbell. Before 1966 Paul had dark brown eyes. Their only questions relate to whyMI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5)arranged for his removal. McCartney gave a line borrowed from Mark Twain: Rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated., The statement did little to quell the intrigue, and Apple continued to be bombarded with calls from reporters. TheBEATLES, it was understood, had way too much POWER AND INFLUENCE for the British Intelligence Services not to take advantage of it. According to conspirators, the singer's replacement was a sweet-sounding Louisiana local called Michael Campbell Shears - better known as Billy Shears. The Beatles were also far more managed than people thought and think. Shame on all of you. the Amazon Associates Program via amazon.com. Picked to replace the "cute one" in the Beatles, Billy took the bull by the horns and took the remnants of the band to new and improved musical heights, heights filled with fantasy and ominous foreshadowing. Pepper". It is more likely than not that Paul died and was replaced. Mr Brown is said to have got the story from a musician who had heard it on the Californian west coast, and that he also read the story in an underground newspaper. I wonder how any of you would feel if a group of delusional individuals decided to take it upon themselves to strip any of you of your identiy. He is a talented man (some say not so, but I prefer to recognize that though different, it made the Beatles trajectory what we have in the end, and it worked out). Lifes too short (though Pauls hasnt been). 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. This site is not associated with The Beatles, Apple Corps Ltd, related organisations, or any members of The Beatles or their representatives. 2. No, it did NOT. Three brash Americans intervened in the cozy British setup of the Beatles, who used to be able to work seamlessly with genius producer George Martin and their devoted gay manager Brian Epstein (who, very sadly, committed suicide in 1967). My own guess is that they were going to reveal things and the charade got out of hand which also addresses your claim that at the intense height of their initial career, they would not have been wanting to quit but overwhelmed with Pauls death as well. It'll help with server costs, research material etc About | Privacy policy | Advertise on this site. Paul McCartney's 1966 Death Conspiracy Goes Deeper Than We Thought In fact, they continue up to the Love album recently, but more obviously were on Anthology 5. Paul McCartney died in a tragic car accident on 9th November, 1966. Yet in this rumor there is huge discrepancy in the facts. I cannot think of any historical recounting that has so much certainty as to facts and what did or did not happen to Paul. You have no proof, only conjecture, and this has been going nowhere for far too long. He intended it to be a joke, but sadly many took him seriously. So cut the crap about anything goes here. That is the point of PID. It confounds me that people feel absolutly no shame in calling Sir Paul a fraud. Learn about the ears, the height, the teeth. posts above: NOT allowed to take things out of context in a case. He cited many clues which further escalated the story. In the annals of college newspaper writing, surely Fred LaBours essay for the Michigan Daily ranks among the very top. And there are many reasons to have or to fake or to misrepresent a crash if ALSO Paul died, possibly in a crash. I just wish detraction statements would be more carefully thought through. It is wider, not narrower than the 1966 leg of the antihelix; foreshortening narrows, it doesnt widen. Ok I am revealing a big secret here but Billy Shears is the name of the actor/musician who portrayed Paul in The Beatles following his tragic fatal/and or disfiguring 1966 auto accident. All rights reserved. You can listen to some of the back-masking and other clues, PID apparently has no end in sight, since the Beatles have continuously fed the controversy, right up to McCartney's most recent album, ". Now this is the most successful band with more than 100 million records sold all around the world. ); green eyes aside (from LSD use? The Beatles had disappeared from sight (Life magazine reporters traced Paul to his primitive Scottish farm, once major American media started going wild with rumors), and the music that came out after the break was a radical departure from not just their own oeuvre but from the history of rock music to that point. The Beatles were no longer propagating nave love anthems, giving voice to teenage female angst, deriving inspiration from early '60s girl groups like the Shirelles and the Ronettes and making it more musically sophisticated. As to your implication that ANYTHING CAN BE INTERPRETED AS A CLUE: Lets look at that: one can of course take anything and MAKE it have meanings of wild associations, but the PID clues, in the main, are pretty obvious: they repeat and have direct reference to Paul at some point. We didnt know what to do, and Brian Epstein, our manager, suggested that we hire Billy Shears as a temporary solution. The caller, identified only as Tom, claimed that McCartney was dead, and instructed Gibb to play Revolution 9 backwards, where the repeated number nine phrase was heard as turn me on, dead man. All rights reserved. I wonder why it is so imporatnt for some of you to believe this myth. His knowledge of Pauls death led to serious personal problems, as well as posed a hugely unpredictable public issue. But its picking around, not playing seriously and its brief. Nevertheless: learn about the REAL cartilage of the ear; assess the heights and changed look early on and how filler would/could help more by a year and a half after the putative death, i.e., in May 1968 when the earliest false ear evidence is from (before, the false ears were known from very late 60s and early 70s). Paul McCartney announces Eyes Of The Storm book and exhibition, Paul McCartney announces The 7 Singles Box, Revolver to be reissued with remixes and rarities, The Beatles: Get Back wins five Emmy Awards, Brian Epstein statue unveiled in Liverpool, Join the Fab Forum discussion on The 'Paul is dead' myth, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsPCQ932vlU, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=317yvBXrXjw, disclaimer in Englands then UK-only Beatles Monthly, Paul McCartney live: Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, Paul McCartney live: Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea, Television: John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for How Late It Is, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones visit Dollys nightclub, London, The Beatles arrive in Amesbury, Wiltshire, Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox fly to Lisbon, John and Cynthia Lennon, George Harrison and Pattie Boyd fly to Hawaii, The "Incredibly Impossible to Derail This Thread" thread, Beatles Hangman (nothing to get hung about), John Lennon attends the 14 Hour Technicolour Dream, NME Poll-Winners' show: The Beatles' final UK concert, Recording, mixing: Let It Be, You Know My Name (Look Up The Number). Truthteller though John Lennon was, he did lie and all his dismissal of song lyrics as just playing with words or with fans does not ring with the truth. And by Whom? The American conspiracy theorists preempted focus on the psychological labyrinths the Beatles had entered, prompted by selfish parvenus who brought out the worst in their character. So I made it William Campbell. Also: what of this claim by C. Bowin, about totally different earlobes (among other changes) makes you so defensive as to ignore the point? Therefore, it is alleged that Lennon was assassinated in 1980 because he was about to go public with the Paul conspiracy, and the same is alleged about George Harrisons attempted murder in 1999 and his subsequent premature death in 2001. ; in The Beatles Recording Sessions (by Mark Lewisohn; Harmony Books/1988) the entry for the 11/24/66 recording session of Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 1) notes scat harmonies by John, Paul and George.. Billy Shears . His picture is included on the poster that came with the White album in the lower right-hand corner. The following day he interviewed Ringo Starr, Derek Taylor, Neil Aspinall, photographer Iain Macmillan, McCartneys tailor and barber, and members of Apple group White Trash. The Beatles held a Look-alike contest for Paul McCartney, and the winner was a Canadian man named William Shears Campbell, better known by the name Billy Shears. But he is not Paulie. I have one foot firmly planted in the PID camp. British rock groups have consistently occupied the top 7 or 8 positions of the TOP 10 Rock n Roll Bands Of All Times lists withTheBEATLESalways at the #1 spot. Lennon-McCartneys words, in"Sgt. We make a mystery out of it: The Beatles widely panned movie project in the period of suspension, littered with clues, was called ". But its also true that some who see differences in things are patently wrong. I dont understand what its all about., A reporter from New Yorks WMCA, Alex Bennett, arrived in London on 22 October. cover, arguably the most famous in the history of records, allows much creative interpretation. The Paul is Dead myth started in America. Is it McCartney or is it an imposter? - The Jerusalem Post Ringo Starr has apparently come cleanabout the infamous conspiracy that Paul McCartney died in the 60s, saying that the burden of the secret has become too much for him to bare. is self-referential in that sense, the musical version of art for arts sake). The real Paul McCartney is possibly buried in that farm in Scotland under the Standing Stone. He is still playing the role of Paul McCartney and putting out clues as a "Masterful Speaker". It can be seen as diminishing active citizenship, because the codes of the conspiracy cannot ultimately be shattered, but it can equally be seen as empowering, to the extent that it generates widespread skepticism about the official narrative. Clue-hunting rapidlyproved infectious, and within a few weeks, ithad become an international phenomenon. Oh well. There are falsies on Sir Paul most of the time, but there are some ears the forensic scientists showed in Wired Italia 2009 in the midst of their rather extensive study of the case, and these vary not merely in lobes. Heres another take on the fans out-of-body excitement and uncontrollable urges: Clearly, MI5, MI6, together with the British Monarchy and Parliament had to make a very swift command decision to hide the death of Paul McCartney. Conspiracy theory, to counter elite science, always enacts pseudo-science in a populist vein; its methods are technological, its procedures deductive, its empiricism its only saving grace just like the official sciences of empire. Miss Him! Mr. Starr alleges that the group did send out a lot of hidden messages through the years to prepare the population for the truth. Affiliate programs and Billy Shears is only mentioned in the title song and, implicitly, as the singer of the segued-into "With a Little Help from My Friends", and even more implicitly, in the title song reprise. 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.
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