Did Paul McCartney die in a car accident?

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I was listening to Art Bell/Coast 2 Coast last week when it was a replay about this guy who amassed all this evidence that Paul died in a car accident.

[absyntheNsugar]

1. Part of the "Paul is Dead" conspiracy theory

The Beatles ran with it, all the way to the Abbey Road cover.

One of the better fan-started, band-fueled hoaxes of all.

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5. True True.

I've been studying my Sgt. Pepper album cover for a week now.

[mmm]

2. GOD, we should be so lucky

this guy sucks ass

[Clark4VotingRights]

3. Wow, some subject lines really aren't funny.

This is one.

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4. Read this website.......

It made me break out all my Beatles albums.......BTW, it wasn't meant to be funny.....just to make you go "hmmmmmmm."

http://aboutthebeatles.com/paulisdeadclues_visual.html">Paul is Dead

[OneBlueSky]

6. nah . . . saw him at a Yankee game last year . . .

and why on earth are you listening to Art Bell? . . .

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7. Cause, I'm a night owl and it beats.....

watching cable neo-con news anyday!

[NightTrain]

8. Art Bell is a conspiracy nut

And the operative word is "nut." I listened to his show a couple of times back around 1999, when he was wringing his hands over the coming Y2K apocalypse. (Remember that?)

He also had a guest on who ran an organization called the Center Against U.F.O. Secrecy (http://www.caus.org). The guy insisted that there were people getting kidnapped by aliens day and night and that the government was covering it up.

For more, um, information check out http://www.artbell.com. If you dare.

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15. That was pretty fun!

He's only retired about 6 times in the past 5 years....lol.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

9. That was one of the big conspiracy theories of the 60's

There were all sorts of 'hidden clues' in the Beatles albums and stuff... let's see how many I can remember.

In the 'Strawberry Fields Forever' reprise, a slowed-down voice can be heard saying 'I bury Paul' (or is it 'cranberry sauce')

When you play 'Revolution #9' backwards, a voice repeatedly says 'turn me on dead man'

on the back cover of 'Abbey Road' in front of the word 'Beatles' are dots that form the number '3'

The famous front cover of Abbey Road is supposedly symbolism for a funeral procession:



John, in white, is the minister.
Ringo, dressed to the nines, the undertaker.
Paul, the corpse, note, he is out of step with the other three. Also, barefoot (supposedly a burial custom in ?Sicily?). Also has a cigarette in his had (ashes to ashes)
George, dressed as a workman, the gravedigger.

In photos in 'Magical Mystery Tour', all the others are wearing red carnations, Paul, black. All the others have pointed wizards caps, Paul's, folded over.

The cover of 'Sgt Pepper' supposedly represents a gravesite. Paul has a hand held conspicuously over his head. The doll on the chair has a toy car on it's lap -- the windshield is all blood-red.

'A Day in the Life' lyrics "He blew his mind out in a car. He didn't notice that the lights had changed"


hmm I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch more...

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10. Look at the clues in the Sgt. Pepper album cover.....

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11. Visual clues....

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• the whole album is a funeral scene. The headstone is the stone statue to the right of the drum. In front of that is a yellow floral display which, when looked at carefully, can be read as "paul?" or simply the letter "P" for "Paul." Note the younger Ringo is sad, as if he had lost a friend.
• to the right of the stone statue is a statue of a girl who is looking down and to the right at a flaming car. This is "Lovely Rita the meter maid," who saw Paul's accident and the flaming car. The reason Paul was in the accident was because he was looking at "Lovely Rita".

• Paul himself is seen with a hand over his head, which is an Eastern blessing for the deceased.

• Paul holds a cor anglais, at the end of which is a small hook, representing the reaper's scythe.

• the four-armed doll at the bottom of the cover points with one arm to Paul and is holding some sort of floral bouquet.

• on the record version, the inside photo of the band shows Paul with a patch on his left arm which reads "O.P.D." or, "Officially Pronounced Dead." Other sources say that it stands for "Ontario Provincial Police," where William Campbell was an officer when he won the infamous look-alike contest

• on the back cover of the record version, Paul is facing backwords, symbolizing his non-conformance with the living (being dead and all).

• on the back cover of the record version, George points to the line, "Wednesday morning at five o'clock," the day and time of the accident.

• when a mirror is put up to the drum on the cover in the middle and horizontally, it reads, "1 ONE 1 X = HE DIE (arrow pointing to Paul)." The "1 ONE 1" refers to the three remaining Beatles; the "X" to Paul. This photo makes it easier to see...



the record sleeve for the first printing of the album came in psychedelic red colors, which looked like it had been soaked in blood. A picture of the sleeve is on the inside back cover of the CD version.

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12. More....

Revolver
• near the top is a photo of Paul screaming (in the accident he lost his hair and teeth and was decapitated).
• Paul is facing to the side on the cover, showing non-conformity with the other living Beatles, who are facing front.


Magical Mystery Tour
• the word "BEATLES" on the cover spelled out in stars becomes a phone number when viewed upside-down. The number is either 537-1438 or 231-7438. The latter is rumored to be the number to a London mortuary, but some say that when they called the number they heard, "You're getting closer..."
• in the movie and in a picture in the booklet to the record version, it shows Paul at a desk with a sticker on it that reads, "I WAS."

• on page 12 of the booklet in the record version, Paul is not wearing any shoes; they are to the left and covered in blood.

Yellow Submarine
• on the front of the cover Paul has a hand above his head, again, the Eastern blessing for the dead.
• the Yellow Submarine on the cover is underground, beneath the remaining Beatles. This is Paul's coffin.

Abbey Road
• the cover is symbolic of a funeral procession; John is dressed as the preacher, Ringo as the pallbearer, Paul as the corpse, and George as the grave digger.
• Paul is walking with his eyes closed, like a dead man.

• Paul is walking out of step with the other Beatles. He leads with his right foot, the others with their left. This is a symbol of non-conformity with the living (because he is dead).

• Also, Paul is walking with a cigarette in his right hand, while the real Paul is left-handed. Cigarettes were also known as "coffin nails."

• The Volkswagon Beetle has a license plate which reads, "28IF." In other words, Paul would have been 28 when Abbey Road was released, if he had lived.

• on the back cover, the word "Beatles" has a crack running down the letter "S," symbolizing a break in the band (Paul's death).

• to the left of the "Beatles" sign are five circles. Four of these are in the light because they represent people who are alive; John, George, Ringo, and William Campbell (Paul's replacement). The fifth circle is in the shade because it represents Paul, who is dead.

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13. Audio Clues

Revolver
• Taxman - the background voices say "Paul" after George sings the lines "if you drive a car" and "if you get too cold". It sounds like this: "if you drive a car PAAAAUUUL" and "if you get too cold PAAAAUUUL."

• Got To Get You Into My Life - the lines "I was alone, I took a ride...suddenly I see you" refer to the accident scene, "you" being "Lovely Rita".

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• Fixing A Hole - when listened to closely, the line "see the people standing there, they disagree" can be interpreted as"silly Beatle standing there, they disagree", which speaks of William Campbell, and the line "silly people run around..." can be interpreted as "silly Beatle run around...", which is talking about Campbell trying to adjust to his new role as Beatle bassist.

• Lovely Rita - the line "standing by a parking meter/when I caught a glimpse of Rita" refer to the accident, in which he lost control of his car because he was distracted by the beautiful Rita.

• Good Morning, Good Morning - the lines "nothing to do to save his life", "you're on your own/you're in the street", "people running 'round/it's five o'clock (the time of the accident)", and "watching the skirts you start to flirt, now you're in gear" all refer to the accident and the scene thereafter.

• A Day In The Life - if you listen to the line "nobody was really sure if he was from the house of lords", it sounds more like "nobody was really sure if he was from the house of Paul", meaning that since he was decapitated and had no hair or teeth they didn't know where he was from.

Magical Mystery Tour
• I Am The Walrus - at the end of the song, the voices of the older men speaking say "bury me...bury my body" and "Paul you're darn near death...rest you."

• Hello Goodbye - the line "you say goodbye/I say hello" is William Campbell speaking about Paul.

• All You Need Is Love - at the end of the song, John sings the word "yesterday" which sound suspiciously like "yes he's dead" and chants "we loved you yeah yeah yeah."

The Beatles
• Glass Onion - according to myth, a "glass onion" is a coffin with a glass window in it so people can look inside. John also sings "the walrus was Paul." Myth states that in some cultures, the walrus is a sign of death.

• I'm So Tired - at the very end of the song is some incoherent mumbling of John's. When played backwards, this becomes "Paul's dead man, miss him, miss him."

• Revolution 9 - various bits of chatter and noise can be heard that represent Paul's death, including "his voice was low and his eyes were high and his eyes were closed", "Paul died", "my fingers are broken and so is my hair. I'm not in the mood for wearing clothing", "maybe even dead", "you become naked (the way a body is buried)", and most interesting, there is a clip where a car crashes and catches on fire. "Paul" can be heard screaming "Get me out." Finally, the voice repeating "number nine, number nine" at the beginning, when played backward, says the infamous phrase "Turn me on, dead man, turn me on, dead man."

Abbey Road
• Come Together - the line "one and one and one make three" refers to the remaining Beatles.

• I Want You (She's So Heavy) - the abrupt stop at the end of the song symbolizes the sudden death of Paul. At the end of the song, the heavy instrumental bar stops suddenly, representing the end of Paul's life.

Singles
• Lady Madonna - the line "Wednesday morning papers didn't come" refers to a strange incident where an unknown England newspaper reportedly recalled the Wednesday morning paper (remember, Paul "died" on a Wednesday) which reported the real-life accident Paul was in.

• You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) - toward the end of the song a ringing sound is heard and a phone number is recited. People have claimed that when they called the number, a voice said, "you're getting closer..." then hung up.

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14. The story

Noted as "the most elaborate pop hoax in history," the "Paul is dead" myth has generated more rumors and speculation for the Beatles than for any other group. It all started on a Sunday afternoon, 1969, in Detroit, MI, when a DJ known as Russ Gibb aired a call from a student at Eastern Michigan University, named Tom. Tom stated that when the beginning of the song "Revolution 9" is played backwords, the voice says, "Turn me on, dead man." He also told Gibb that at the very end of "Strawberry Fields Forever", a muffled voice says, "I buried Paul." Gibb played both on the air. The phone lines went crazy.

Since then, fans have "found" hundreds more clues that Paul had indeed died. All clues pointed to a 1966 motorcycle accident in which, according to the folklore, Paul was killed (decapitated). It was then that the remaining Beatles replaced him with a man named William Campbell in a Beatles lookalike contest. Eerily, the contest and the accident really did occur at about the same time.

When asked about the story, Paul initially gave comments such as, "Don't even feel under the weather!" or (of Campbell), "Splendid; he can deal with John." However, over the course of time he and the other Beatles, especially John Lennon, vehemently denied the planting of clues in the albums.

This list attempts to gather all clues from the albums and songs that Paul is dead. Of course, this is all in fun, and many of these so-called "clues" have been proven false - Anthology has shown that John is in fact saying "cranberry sauce" at the end of "Strawberry Fields Forever", not "I buried Paul." Nonetheless, some of the "clues" are eerily facinating and interesting.

[bluestateguy]

16. Yes

and Jerry Mathers was killed in Vietnam :eyes:

[Heddi]

17. I thought the Beev died

from eating a case of pop-rocks and drinking a case of diet tab at the same time....

[AntiCoup2K4]

18. The most damning evidence that Paul is dead....

Is that the man who wrote "Let It Be", "Hey Jude", and most of Side 2 of Abbey Road couldn't have possibly written 2 duets with Michael Jackson, "Silly Love Songs" or that godawful post 9-11 monstrosity "Freedom" :puke:

[Faygo Kid]

19. Came out of a Detroit radio station, 1969(?)

Pretty sure that date is about right. Been around a long, long time. Beatles were having some fun at our expense. And we had fun with it, too.