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leadoxide.yourhappyplace	Was those freaks right when they said you was dead?	Lead	[-]
Member Posts: 13 (05/05/08 10:43 AM) Metalnoir Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None I posted this same piece on another message board, but thought it would be similarly appropriate here. Recently, I was talking with a friend about the late 1960s rumor that Paul McCartney was killed and replaced with a look-alike impostor. Supporting the rumor were dozens of clues strewn across Beatles albums (in both the artwork and recorded content). My friend had never heard about the hoax, so I directed him to a fan-website with a couple of pages on the event. He then stumbled upon some videos around the internet which led me to literally tens (perhaps a hundred or more) videos on the subject showing to me that the decades-old conspiracy is alive and well. Here is a documentary in 5 parts on the original story which analyzes several supporting clues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F-t8BuGmZ0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=403cgCL3L8I&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKytoJPTpFc&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMIWpvPkulQ&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_cTtAunIF4&NR=1 Another interesting little vid on the subject: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL6nUwCgPaM&feature=related And clips like these which hint that the conspiracty theroies are far-from old news: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TTZVdTH9EU&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJWiZ4V8mR0&NR=1 I found many videos attributed to cryptic names suggesting Beatles folklore (Iamaphoney, malevans, neilaspinal, Billy Shepherd, JamesPaulMcCartney, etc) which were infuriatingly cryptic besides being slickly-produced. I could have spent an entire day watching this stuff.
Mongo71		#1	[-]
Member Posts: 2082 (05/05/08 11:34 AM) BIGGER Boss Man Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Who killed him and why come up with a 'fake' why not just let the replacement be a part of the band. It has been going on since the inception of music, and bands. Some one dies and they are replaced. ~~~ strangers stopping strangers just to shake their hand ~~~
leadoxide.yourhappyplace		#2	[-]
Member Posts: 14 (05/05/08 5:34 PM) Metalnoir Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Mongo71 wrote: Who killed him and why come up with a 'fake' why not just let the replacement be a part of the band. It has been going on since the inception of music, and bands. Some one dies and they are replaced. Aww, c'mon...that wouldn't be nearly as much fun as playing "Revolution 9" backwards and theorizing what the letters "OPD" stand for. I wanna know what person with way too much time on their hands figured out that putting a mirror up to the bass drum on the *Sergeant Pepper* LP graphic will reveal the following: 1 ONE 1 X HE ^ DIE (which, of course, there are at least 2 translations for). That's gotta be caused by some severe boredom and /or 60s-chemical-induced obsession. I hope no one got the impression that I actually believed these crazy theories; but I do find it interesting. The vast number of clues, when taken together and properly presented, produce some kind of critical-mass of pop-culture folklore. And, of course, the Beatles were a band of endless resources and disposable time. It's not unthinkable that they consciously planted clues to "mess with our heads", is it? Last Edited By: leadoxide 05/05/08 5:40 PM. Edited 1 times.
Joe		#3	[-]
Member Posts: 2736 (05/05/08 7:19 PM) Big Boss Man Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Not unthinkable at all. Thanks for posting those links, Leadoxide! This is an interesting subject to me & I'll check 'em out when I have more time. The fan web site you speak of---betcha it's the Turn Me On, Dead Man site that's linked on the main page for this forum? That's a great site that I could spend hours reading. I know you well enough that I know you don't believe that stuff. Did I believe it at the time? Yeah, I did, I was maybe 10 years old. I hear ya, Mongo---all thru-out the history of rock-n-roll, people have been leaving bands or dying & they always get replaced. But this was the band---the biggest ever to hit rock-n-roll, & certainly the one where every fan could name every member, which wasn't the case before the Beatles came along. For example, Niki Sullivan left the Crickets, one of the greatest bands of all time, but what fan back in the '50's could name all the Crickets anyway? Every fan knew the names of all 4 Beatles & each fan had his(her) own favorite Beatle---debates always raged in the school yards over who was the best Beatle. It was fun playing "Revolution 9" backwards. Try that with a CD!
leadoxide.yourhappyplace		#4	[-]
Member Posts: 15 (05/05/08 9:17 PM) Metalnoir Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Joe wrote: Not unthinkable at all. Thanks for posting those links, Leadoxide! This is an interesting subject to me & I'll check 'em out when I have more time. The fan web site you speak of---betcha it's the Turn Me On, Dead Man site that's linked on the main page for this forum? That's a great site that I could spend hours reading. I know you well enough that I know you don't believe that stuff. Did I believe it at the time? Yeah, I did, I was maybe 10 years old. Heck, you're welcome, Joe! Actually, the site I was talking about was just a run-of-the-mill fan site (discography, lyrics, etc.), but it had a few pages on the Paul-is-dead hoax. It wasn't until after I found the vids I posted links to that I noticed the link for <<Turn Me On, Dead Man>> on the main page. I must say, that's the most concise and thorough examination of the various clues I've seen (and I emailed the link to my interested friend immediately after checking it out). I was 2 years old when the Paul-is-dead story became news, so I don't remember it; but being that it made the national news magazines (with scientific studies such as telling voice-print anayses of pre-'66 Paul versus post-'66 Paul) it would have been difficult to doubt.
Mongo71		#5	[-]
Member Posts: 2088 (05/12/08 9:36 PM) BIGGER Boss Man Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Yeah Joe, I guess the Beatles were a different entity. I wasn't around to experience them in the same was as were others. i just look at it from what i know. Almost all of the bands that were big back then and still around today have replaced people. The stones. Floyd, Grateful dead (pre jerry's death), and so on. I would think if anything this was a brilliant marketing plan to sell even More records and to captivate a larger audience, as well as to keep them in the spot light for other things. I honestly had no idea either way Lead... We all are guilty of those crazy thoughts from time to time. ~~~ strangers stopping strangers just to shake their hand ~~~
Joe		#6	[-]
Member Posts: 2753 (05/13/08 7:07 PM) Big Boss Man Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	At the same time, it's true that just a few short months after the whole Paul-is-dead thing, we had a ton of rock-n-roll deaths---Brian Jones, Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis, just to name a few---& the public's reaction was fairly blase. It was a different story when people thought it was Paul, however. In the '60's, it seemed that everything was about the Beatles. We'll never see that type of phenomenon again. There's just too many outlets for bands these days for one to dominate the airwaves, the media, etc. like the Beatles. I dunno whether that's good or bad.
magnus greel		#7	[-]
Member Posts: 306 (06/21/09 4:06 AM) One of Us Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I wonder if this will be posted. It's an experiment. Yuku boards make my computer freeze. "In my thick skull, a joker hides."-- Taupin, 2001.
Joe		#8	[-]
Member Posts: 3318 (06/22/09 7:18 PM) Big Boss Man Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I've been worried that you were in bad health when we didn't see you for a while. Man, that sucks if you can't participate here just coz Yuku makes your computer freeze.
Mongo71		#9	[-]
Member Posts: 2247 (07/16/09 3:07 PM) BIGGER Boss Man Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Magnus. How are my friend? I hope your coputer issue gets resolved. Good to see you... ~~~ strangers stopping strangers just to shake their hand ~~~
Cheryl Harrell		#10	[-]
Member Posts: 591 (10/13/09 11:15 PM) Arlo's Biggest Fan Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	We're still here. Doing more reading than writing on the site cuz been so busy lately. Mikes cousin & her hubby & her friend went to that reunion in KY that Mike & I always went to. They went about a week & I went with them. It wasn't the same as going with Mike cuz I missed him & they didn't go to all the places Mike & I went to like restaurants we went to. I filmed some on the trip. I still have a ton of videos to put up on YouTube. I do have some new ones up including some tributes to Mike here: http://www.youtube.com/user/cherylharrell1961 I remember the Paul is dead rumors & believed them back then until someone told me he wasn't dead & I was so happy. There was a rumor some yrs ago that Lennon was alive in some Turkish prison trying to hide out from public life. I doubt it, cuz who would want to live in a prison... "Just remember who you are, and that God loves you just the way you are" "God Loves You"... Both by Arlo Guthrie... "Jesus Is Coming"-- Tommy James "Our Name Is Our Virtue" Jason Mraz

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