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| jernmik | Sep 18 2010, 12:03 PM Post #1 |
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Hey All. I was looking for the topic on here because I have joined in on the Paul Is Dead topic before. It was mentioned about keeping the "Mystery Going" in which I agree but don't want to offend Sir Paul or Ringo or The Beatles name. It makes a great thriller tho. Anyway, at the beginning of September there was a dvd released titled, Paul McCartney Really is dead. The Last Testament of George Harrison. I got it off Amazon. It is an interesting movie to say the least for those interested. |
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| muffmasterh | Sep 18 2010, 09:18 PM Post #2 |
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Doesn't all derive from Macca's little reported 1966 accident ( was it car or bike - or was that Dylan lol ) which resulted in his " viva Zapata " moustache to hide the damage...or worse if you beleive th conspiracy theorists ?? |
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| Bondles | Sep 20 2010, 04:50 AM Post #3 |
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Apparently he crashed his Aston-Martin (supposedly the same model as the toy version that sits on the lap of the 'dummy' in the Sgt Pepper sleeve). The accident happened on a 'Wednesday morning at five o'clock', the very same lyric that George Harrison is pointing to on the back of original UK sleeves. The 'fact' that Paul's Pepper outfit has a patch on the arm with the letters OPD - supposedly an acronym for 'Officially Pronounced Dead', is quoted as another death clue. Then there's the open hand over McCartney's head in the Sgt Pepper front sleeve picture (a symbol of death in some culture or other's); and Macca has his back to the camera on the back sleeve. Then there's the shadow that looks like a skull on the back of the 'Abbey Road' sleeve; Paul's lack of footwear on the zebra crossing (apparently British corpses were buried without shoes), and the fact that Paul is out of step with the other three on the zebra crossing; let's not forget the number plate on the parked Volkswagen, "28IF" - supposedly meaning that at the time the shot was taken, McCartney would have been 28 years old IF he had lived (die-hard 'Paul is Dead' afficianado's get 'round the fact that it should actually be 27IF to accurately reflect Macca's age, by saying that the Chinese count the period of gestation in one's age, therefore making the '28IF' 'deatch fact' accurate). Of course some of the early Australian AR sleeve's which feature a printing error that adds a red tint to parts of the road on the front sleeve, which conpiracists believe is representative of Macca's blood that was spilled in the car crash. Let me see, there's the black rose Macca has in his buttonhole during the 'Your Mother Should Know' sequence from MMT, while the other 3 Beatles are sporting red buttonholes. Then there's the back-masking: "Paul is dead, Man. Miss him, Miss him"; "Turn me on, dead man"; "I buried Paul" (the one that is actually, "Cranberry Sauce"). The whole 'I Am The Walrus' thing (the Walrus having some sort of symbolism for death in the 'Tibetan Book of the Dead', or somesuch death manual) is a good one. Lennon says, "I Am The Walrus", a claim that is refuted by 'Little Nicola' in the track's subtitle as per the EP set; and of course later, in, "Glass Onion", Lennon admits his fib by acknowledging that the Walrus was actually Paul; and even establishes this nugget of information as 'another clue for you all'. right then. time is short. |
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| servi | Sep 20 2010, 10:05 AM Post #4 |
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I have the book "The walrus was Paul" on this topic and a docu on DVD with a Russ Gibb interview, the USA DJ who started the rumour, but personally I find it amazing that some (adult) people still believe in this nonsens….There are even forums on the web for people who think they found new clues:http://only1rad.proboards.com/index.cgi Some people have too much time (although that is what others may think of our label variant forum :D ) |
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| warmbuddy | Sep 22 2010, 05:17 PM Post #5 |
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...which we all know is actually OPP = Ontario Provincial Police |
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| muffmasterh | Sep 22 2010, 05:19 PM Post #6 |
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oh yes i have seen a pic of him and his db6.... it must have been a nasty smash for him to grow the tash !! |
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| PMC7070 | Sep 23 2010, 09:47 AM Post #7 |
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Here's a couple of pictures of Paul after the accident. The second one is from the Paperback Writer / Rain videos. Posted ImagePosted Image |
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| muffmasterh | Sep 23 2010, 12:26 PM Post #8 |
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Thats a great picture on the left...never seen that before ! However I am aware that Paul had a chipped tooth in the Paper/Rain videos / films from May 1966, however wasn't his crash sometime in October/November 66 ?? I know its co-inci ( dental ) lol He may just have lost a crown in the paperback/rain videos ??? |
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| namralos | Sep 23 2010, 09:07 PM Post #9 |
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Tim Harper wrote about the possibility that Paul was dead in the September 17, 1969, issue of the Drake Times-Delphic, a newspaper for the students of Drake University. Drake and the Times-Delphic were and are located in Des Moines, Iowa. Harper's article contains the first of the "original" clues. Harper basically made the whole thing up, and said so later on. It was all in fun. The Abbey Road album was released in the United States just over one week later. The timing of the album appears to have prompted readers of Harper's article to speculate that there might be still more clues out there. From this point, the rumor spread to Illinois, and then to Michigan. The Northern Star, student news paper of the University of Northern Illinois, contained an article about the rumor on September 23rd. Next, Ann Arbor, Michigan, disc jockey Larry Monroe heard about the rumor and began talking about it on the air on October 9th. On October 12, 1969, Tom Zarski, a student at Eastern Michigan University, made a call to WKNR (Detroit). DJ Russ Gibb was informed by Zarski that a the beginning of "Revolution 9" sounds like "Turn me on, dead man," when played backwards. This was one of the original clues that Harper had reported. Gibb plays the portion backward and is intrigued. Two days later (October 14), the Michigan Daily published an article about the rumors. See parts of it at this site. Russ Gibb and Dan Carlisle became intrigued by the rumors, later stating that they never believed that Paul was dead. In a later broadcast, they brought together even more "clues." Some of these coincide with what Harper wrote. Being on radio, though, Gibb went further -- broadcasting segments of songs that were believed to contain clues. At this site you'll hear some of the broadcast (as re-broadcast in Canada in 1978). By October 21st, the story was reaching major newspapers, like the Chicago Sun Times and the London Times. Capitol Records apparently took an effort to cover up the story. Copies of the reel-to-reel tape of the White Album that were being prepared at the time for release by Ampex have most of the Paul is Dead clues edited out (including a verse of "Don't Pass Me By" and the ending of "I'm So Tired" (Paul is a dead man...) Meanwhile, Capitol was getting requests to re-release a single by Terry Knight called "Saint Paul." The song had been written about the demise of the BEATLES -- not Paul, but the record fueled the rumors. People started believing that the Beatles had orchestrated the whole thing. Life magazine sent photographer Robert Graham to take pictures of Paul on the farm in Scotland. Paul reacted negatively and reportedly threw water at Graham. He apologized later and offered access to an interview. "Paul is Still With Us" (November 7th issue) examined the rumors -- even going so far as to compare two voice prints made from Beatles songs. |
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