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Musician Ringo Starr admitted that Paul McCartney passed away in 1966 and was replaced by a lookalike. So he did what he does best and retired and died two weeks later. Fearing that the photos would damage his image, McCartney then approached the pair and agreed to pose for a photo with his family and answer the reporter's questions, in exchange for the roll of film containing the offending pictures. He did for 5 years and did his last stint and left for good. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in May. Everything else falls into place. Maybe in '66 and a year or three but now, No. First of all, the name William and varations of it appear several times in post-1966 Beatles lore. This show has been called "infamous", a "fraud" and a "mockumentary". To all the sane people out there that know that Paul never dies and that he is alive and well still making music,don't bother saying anything to the comspiracy brigade as You Can't Argue With Stupid!!! 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. The article addressed a rumour being circulated on campus that cited clues from recent Beatles albums, including a message interpreted as "Turn me on, dead man", heard when the White Album track "Revolution 9" is played backwards. Maybe the arrangement wasn't perfect for their friends, relatives and business partners, but sometimes money and loyalty make for excellent bed partnersso all was made well with John directing and basically slipping into the shadows with little ego, but very fond memories, no bitterness somehow about an accident brought about by his own ignorance. It took some real effort, but I finally saw them as 2 separate, individual guys. . 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. According to Gadfly Online,the night was very icy, which may have put the rumor in the heads of some London journalists, who were always keen for a Beatles story. The legend was among ten of "the world's most enduring conspiracy theories" according to Time magazine in 2009. Basically, the Paul is dead controversy overshadowed John's statement and album sales went through the roof with kids trying to find new clues. Paul is still alive, but very old now. and Dick Clark of the TV show "American Bandstand". Can reports of his belief in an early death be substantiated? All of the clues and hints are so well versed together. The story goes that McCartney stormed out of a songwriting session with The Beatles, working on their album and, ironically, McCartney's masterpiece, Sgt. The photograph of the Beatles on the zebra crossing on the sleeve of Abbey Road is meant to represent a funeral procession. And last, IF you were any of the other Beatles members would you have possibly nosedived your career by going public with the truth?? Between the longer hair and the glasses and beard he was unreconizable by the Abbey Road album. No winners were ever announced for this competition. Paul suddenly unleashes a chromatic downward scale that stays in time, rhythm and has its own distinctive melody. [13][14] With the birth of his daughter Mary in late August, McCartney had withdrawn to focus on his family life. What a moment in time to behold! We stuck a vinyl copy of Sgt Pepper on the turntable and asked Steve to tell us all about it. But the theory gets even weirder; the Beatles and their management, realizing the huge financial losses that might result from announcing the death of one of the members of the biggest band in the world, decided to cover up his death. It could have been "The fox terrier is Paul." The 'Paul McCartney is dead' myth. 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. As an outsider I'm not real sure what to believe here. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released in the US. So let me introduce to you Billy became such as good musician that he played better than Paul. And this would had be kept secret. He now goes by the name of Mr Whippy. User:Vague Rant). His name is William Campbell, and beginning with Sgt . [60], In November 1969, Capitol Records sales managers reported a significant increase in sales of Beatles catalogue albums, attributed to the rumour. If you recall, Billy Shears had a heavy hand in penning the Sgt. I do find it fascinating as to how it was all orchestrated with the untimely demise of the real Paul McCartney. [3][bettersourceneeded] By 1967, the Beatles were known for sometimes including backmasking in their music. He apparently fathered a number of illegitimate children. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. If you really want to prove that Paul is really Paul, find out what happened to the real Billy Shears. I'm a Beatle Now; and to think that to this day his nuts are still in a vice. 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. [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. What about there is not 1 picture of him using glasses occasionally? Its easy for officials like M15 to create fake identification. Hmmmhow about the lie that gravity holds water on the earth, which water curves around a globe that spins around the sun? Some rights reserved CC BY-ND 4.0. But Paul was 27, when Abby Road was released. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and got into his Austin Healey car. Maybe bought off. Spooky! This page is not available in other languages. What an exemplary life! Thanks. More information, It was fifty years ago today Sgt. The point is everyone is blind, stupid and theyre all sheep who are too afraid to open their eyes. The take away from the story :Americains are crazy. And we're talking merely on a biological level. To me, the greatest argument against the "Paul is dead" theory is very similar to the greatest argument against the "Elvis is Alive" theory. Theres a lot we dont get told and you morons believe the mainstream media by calling people who can reason, morons. The mystery can live on, but the song becomes further immortalized. I think most of us know if you have any idea about history at all! 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. I turned 64 in May and I celebrated it by playing guitar and singing when I'm 64. 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. Dreamnt up by Paul & John. No one's looks stay the same. Whoever took over knew how to write songs with bite in them and not those poppy paulies although he can do those as well. 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. It was repaired expertly as you might expect with someone rich. When the Beatles were elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Paul did not show up due to personal conflicts with his business scheduling, or so he says. I don't believe the myth, but you should have presented it without an obvious opinion one way or another. [9] He also described it as "the most monumental hoax since Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast persuaded thousands of panicky New Jerseyites that Martian invaders were in the vicinity". Has he ever re-surfaced anywhere? [30], Dozens of supposed clues to McCartney's death have been identified by fans and followers of the legend. Except that he might be a little uncomfortable. Billy had been filling in for Paul periodically at least since 1965. [24] In the early hours of 21 October, WABC disc jockey Roby Yonge discussed the rumour on-air for over an hour before being pulled off the air for breaking format. Nonsense. [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". I was having a laugh because there'd been so much gobbledygook about Pepper play it backwards and you stand on your head and all that. [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. When i was in my twenties and in the military, my heighth changed and my facial features changed. He was and still is 5'11" hazel eyes. They drafted in a replacement, who has been masquerading as McCartney ever since. "[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. but as I said it is really O.P.P. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles withdrew from touring and shifted musically. Take a mirror and lay it horizontally across the middle of the drum skin on the artwork on the front cover of the Sgt Pepper sleeve and it reads. What about that looney Heather Mills? [62] Sgt. http://www.recmusicbeatles.com/public/files/faqs/pid.html, (-- unsigned, posted by 00:27:14 . by Ship of Fools co-editor Steve Goddard. Also as mentioned in other comments,plastic surgery at that time was green. [42], In LaBour's telling, the stand-in was an "orphan from Edinburgh named William Campbell" whom the Beatles then trained to impersonate McCartney. There must be articles about the car crash ( if there ever was one) in local newspapers??? I mean, it's just a bit of poetry. Only John was 28. Billy's Back! Billy likely was killed to be kept silent. Screw the eye Color, you'll be able to see it in black & white, as well. Meanwhile, Hoaxesclaims that Paul's car did crash that night, but he wasn't behind the wheel. I think that theory was started because Americans don't like it that there is no American Beatle. Not one person did so. How can the McCartney's (Brother Mike & Father Jim) be convinced to go along with this morbid and sinister cover-up. Lennon himself dismissed any deep meaning to the mysterious lyrics: > I threw the line in "the Walrus was Paul" just to confuse everybody a bit more. [75], During the 1970s, the phenomenon became a subject of academic study in America in the fields of sociology, psychology and communications. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. The original Paul McCartney can be seen on YouTube of Queen' s Concert in Britain 1963. So is laziness-and apathy. 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. The Memoirs of Billy Shears. Even if you're not a huge Beatles fan, you probably know something about one of the greatest conspiracy theories in rock music history. No one noticed the clues on the cover of Revolver. [9] Psychologists Ralph Rosnow and Gary Fine attributed its popularity partly to the shared, vicarious experience of searching for clues without consequence for the participants. [1] At the time, Barrow was the press officer for the Beatles and was responsible for fielding calls from fans and the media. WISHED I HAD NEVER HEARD OF ANY RUMORS OF THE DEATH OF MY FAVORITE BEATLE!!! 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. Paul climbed into his Aston-Martin, sped away into the rainy, chill night, and was found four hours later pinned under his car in a culvert with the top of his head sheared off. which stands for Ontario Provincial Police. John wasn't shot and didn't die. Privacy Policy. [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. The Beatles were allegedly the first Tavistock owned and operated musical band that exceeded anything that Tavistock ever dreamed that they would become as worldwide famous as they are, still even today. 1 Jimmy McPerson; 2 Blue Mamba; 3 The Fire Witch; Explore Wikis . Fail once spent over a week in a Japanese jail as his fingerprints did not match the true Paul's prints. I can't go on like this. 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. "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'm going to name my new album Billy Shears III. When the album is turned 90 degrees to the right, it appears that Paul is on a morgue slab or looking up from a coffin. And have you ever wondered what on earth the purpose was of writing and recording "Revolution 9," backwards it says "Turn me on, dead man." Faul was to only be a substitute for a week or two, they resent his keeping the ruse going on for 50 years. You got me. MYTH: Then the Beatles, in the winter of 1966, held a "Paul look- alike" contest but no winner was ever announced. [56] Part of the interview was first broadcast on Radio 4, on 26 October,[57] and subsequently on WMCA in the US. Even the KKK got involved and made a threatening statement against the group. [15] On 22 October, the day that the "Paul is dead" rumour became an international news story,[16] McCartney, his wife Linda and their two daughters travelled to Scotland to spend time at his farm near Campbeltown. Look at live concert videos in 1966 and you can see Paul was already changing from his pudgy round face to a more mature slender version. After a firecracker was thrown onto a stage, the Beatles were pretty much done with live performances. With all the evidence you've presented I'd be a fool to keep the charade going. Mirkin, David (2005). Many people who think of themselves as having open minds will not dare look into it. However, if I was dead, I'm sure I'd be the last to know. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. I am Billy Shears. [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. The differences in the parting of the hair, the eye color, the shoe size, the height and Dr Truby's vocal pattern analysis all make sense. so far I can find three because the current one has blue eyes, the previous two did not. The John is dead fake was set up years in advance. He began receiving a number of dubious calls from people asking about whether Paul was alright, but he denied those claims due to the fact he claimed to have called Paul. According to the trivia page, the William Campbell of Paul is Dead fame is the same one as the actor who played Trelane and Koloth on Star Trek, but the Wikipedia article says that he is fictional. Ringo Starr didn't give an exclusive interview to the Hollywood Inquirer, and Paul McCartney is not dead: WNDR is an entertainment website that does not publish factual articles. (Source: Biography Channel) JHCC 16:34, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC). That's a little eerie All aside, I feel like sharing George Harrison's last testimony. I have not read the book "The Memoirs of Billy Shears" but have listened to enough interviews about the book that I find it harder to believe that Paul was NOT killed in '66. Open your eyes you sheeple! Billy/the new Paul had to have loads of plastic surgery, had to learn all of the real Pauls history . We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first rock 'n' roll or Christianity. William Shears Campbell Edit Edit source View history Talk (0) Categories Categories: Add category; Cancel Save. 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. Well at last some sense is written! Look at the film footage of The Beatles' appearances on Ed Sullivan when "Yesterday" was performed. Faking deaths is done on an industrial scale, not least in phoney terror attacks but also with all those celebs and musicians dropping off their perches - Bowie, G. Michael etc etc. No William Campbell ever won a Paul look-alike contest. 20th Century Fox. 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. They are two different people. Billys name is there at the end of the very first song, I dont really want to stop the show These pictures from 1966 show the great resemblance between Paul McCartney on the left, and William Shears Campbell on the right, at the time of McCartney's alleged death. 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! The story goes, basically the real Paul McCartney died in a car crash in 1966 and was replaced by a very talented musician called William Shepherd (Billy Shears) (son of a very high up freemason - alistair crowley?) [22] Noden writes that "Very soon, every college campus, every radio station, had a resident expert. 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. [76] Among sociological studies, Barbara Suczek recognised it as, in Schaffner's description, a contemporary reading of the "archetypal myth wherein the beautiful youth dies and is resurrected as a god". But remember, Paul was no saint. [70], LaBour later became notable as the bassist for the western swing group Riders in the Sky, which he co-founded in 1977. It was thr real Paul's eyes. It was really John Lennon that died in Nov 1965. Paul's leaving would have ended them. Then again, there has been so much (& some really bad) photo tampering all along the way. 168K views 8 years ago A hidden camera catches the moment John Lennon convinces Faul McCartney (AKA Billy Shears AKA William Campbell) that taking The Deceased Paul McCartneys place in The. Both good musicians. Reading this book also provided me with satisfaction and closure to what I always believed that Paul passed on and another took his place. Afterward, I revisited videos, film clips, songs & interviews with John, George and Ringo, and it all finally made sense. ", While Beatles fans will continue to debate why Paul McCartney wasn't wearing shoes on the Abbey Road cover, this fictitious interview with Ringo Starr should be immediately dismissed as a hoax. HA HA!" Teeth pressing up against each other is the reason for Paul's crooked canine tooth, but as Faul's teeth are not pressing against each other, there is no explanation except a probable dental surgery. Of course they don't always happen. 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. Listen carefully. This article does not yet have a related to do list. "John Lennon's" "so-called" "death" was just Campbell getting tired of being both Paul and John. There are differences in the Bass playing of early Paul and 1966 forward till today Paul. [63], A television special dedicated to "Paul is dead" was broadcast on WOR in New York on 30 November. PS - John didn't really die. Money is power. I understand why you were adamant in recording When I'm 64 in the key of C# instead of the key of C because of the vocal recognition of your voice. [17] McCartney said that the speculation was understandable, given that he normally did "an interview a week" to ensure he remained in the news. Did he ever meet Paul. She goes on and on about some sort of Betrayal that would devastate the world if the truth were to be known. The whole ''conspiracy theory' is a load of rubbish perpetrated by idiots and believed by fools. This is quite an exceptional read. In 1967, that all changes suddenly with the emergence of Penny Lane. But if they don't, he's been replaced. Then again, like Lennon, Paul McCartney never really diedgenetically speaking. Ignorance today is a choice. I spent much of the past year researching this, and even saw Paul in concert in Green Bay last summer. The bottom line -- Yoko Ono destroyed the world's greatest band! Somewhat improbably, McCartney was said to have been replaced by a lookalike, called variously William Shears Campbell or William Sheppard. The band should have been honest that Paul was out either by death or choice. The original Beatle Paul Was most certainly replaced. Though it didn't get much attention at the time, the article was an early indicator that a crazy theory was on the horizon. Most are from military families that take oaths and sign disclosure agreements where everything can be taken away. 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..). Billy wasn't the only impostor, but he seems to have been used the most frequently, especially on stage (as opposed to interviews, etc.). William Sheppard is derived from a few places. The student convinced the DJ that McCartney was dead, with clues found throughout the later Beatles discography when certain songs were played backward. 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. "[8], In late September 1969, the Beatles released the album Abbey Road as they were in the process of disbanding. Wouldn't having William Spears Campbell and the real Paul in the same room saying here we both are, both alive and well no story here have put and end to it all. Proponents perceived clues among elements of Beatles songs and cover artwork; clue-hunting proved infectious, and by October 1969 had become an international phenomenon. Charlotte A's comment on Ringo's singing. Look How different John Looks on SGT. 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. [24] Bailey left it to the viewer to determine a conclusion. In 2008, he joked that his success as a musician had extended his fifteen minutes of fame for his part in the rumour to "seventeen minutes". Duomillia 03:46, 3 August 2005 (UTC)Reply[reply]. 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. The real Paul was killed in Dec of 1980 by an avid fan and then replaced by Billy Shears. It will vanish and shrink. Billy Shears was Ringo's Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play, We know when Billy Shears first appeared on the scene. Today, we see the real Paul performing all over the world. William Shears Campbell was an invented name. The one and only Billy Shears Guess the original know he was going to die and left clues before he died. I have no idea about whether or not Paul is Faul and truthfully I couldn't care less. "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. The fact that Paul (i.e William Campbell Shears) is barefooted confirms it! Don't know what to believe about the Paul/Faul conspiracy. They have had to keep the fraud covered while Faul reaped the benefits of the fraud. Shears and Paul's ends of their noses are different and the cheekbones on Paul are somewhat larger. [23], The story was soon taken up by more mainstream radio stations in the New York area, WMCA and WABC. It took me 10 entire days of intense Web research, but it finally clicked for me. If they appear on his older work too, it's the same Paul. "[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. [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". Society was reshaped by having a replacement helping to carry on the Beatles who were the impetus of the revolution. Even if people don't like Paul or the Beatles, we all need to recognize the things that are happening under our very noses. [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. It's hard to believe that a rift could have developed between Paul and the others. The mana Canadian named William Shears Campbell, or Billy Shearsseems to have disappeared from the earth after November 1966. [35][nb 3] A cover version of "Saint Paul" by New Zealand singer Shane reached the top of that nation's singles charts. The only problem was that he couldn't get along with John, at all.". This sickens me to my core. but the truth and lies are as important as the PEACE and LOVE we practice. William Shears Campbell is the Billy Shear people were going after to support the Paul is Dead theory. He was reincarnated as a hamster which I owned as a schoolboy. The REAL truth about William Shears Campbell. Is he still alive? I for one, am very grateful to have had the pleasure of reading this most informative book. Introducing Billy Shears Campbell - a world-renowned musician, singer and icon. Hope this helps ease some of those conspiracy questions you Beatle fans have and hopefully no harm done either. Also, the Walrus was Paul. .a clear reference in theorists minds to the dates of Pauls death in Roman numerals I ONE = 11 (i.e November) and IX = 9. and our In 1977 John Lennon wrote a song for Ringo and recorded it with him. 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. In many ways the identity of Billy Shears is clear enough. 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. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. No matter what the truth is, it doesn't really matter if they're wrong, they're right, where they belong. This is my first post still trying to get the hang of things. I keep searching images of Billy, but he does not possess the vulnerability, compassion and depth that once lived in our Paul's eyes. For more information, please see our All I can say is brace yourself for some chilling evidence that even the most credible nay sayer can't deny. 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. "[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. ", The Truth About The Paul McCartney Car Crash Myth. It is the rumor that Paul McCartney, the principal singer-songwriter alongside John Lennon in the Beatles since their formation in the late 1950s, is dead, and has been since a gruesome car accident sometime around the end of 1966. The question is who or what was behind it? Here something you should think about. he suddenly paid her off when she threatened to reveal the truth. It's funny how far they go to convince you he didn't diewhy would anyone have to try this hard if the facts were that easy to prove.ppl that lie to themselves are the worst kind, All the publicity and speculation has done exactly what it was intended to do and put them all continuously in the pubic eye and under public scrutiny. win win win.
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