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- Subject: Re: paul has been dead for ages, honestly.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.004015.1@oread.cc.ukans.edu>
- From: nihil@oread.cc.ukans.edu
- Date: 23 Dec 92 00:40:15 CST
- References: <1992Dec11.123437.29441@cs.ucla.edu> <1992Dec21.165005.1@wombat.newcastle.edu.au>
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- In article <1992Dec21.165005.1@wombat.newcastle.edu.au>, c9119870@wombat.newcastle.edu.au (ANTIGONE) writes:
- > **Have no idea who this Marek guy is, but I feel obligated to tell what
- > I know about the McCartney Dead thing.
- >
- > The rumour was started by a DJ in (I think) Canada. For what reason, I don't
- > know. Anyway, he had a number of theories why McCartney was dead (supposedly
- > in a car crash somewhere). Paul had died and the rest of the Beatles, still
- > wanting to remain a king band, which they were in `68, kept Paul `alive' by
- > using a double in photo promos etc. The evidence by this DJ are as follows:
- >
- > 1. I Am The Walrus. The walrus supposedly dies at the end of the song.
- > The song is on the album 'Magical Mystery Tour & Other Titles'
- > (1967) - actually the soundtrack from the film of the same name,
- > which was originally an EP. On the same album was a song called
- > `Strawberry Fields Forever'. Forever was an A Side single in 1966,
- > a lead-up to Sgt. Pepper. On Forever, the lyrics go "Let me take
- > you down 'cos I'm going to S.F." S.F. was a cemetary, thus the
- > graveyard analogy. At the end of Strawberry Fields, John says,
- > if you listen very closely, "I bury Paul."
-
- actually Strawberry Fields was John's orphanage, where he grew up.
- >
- > 2. The rumours came out in `68 after the White album. 'Glass Onion'
- > does say "the walrus was Paul". Also on the White Album, Ringo
- > says on "Don't Pass Me By" : "You were in a car crash, and you
- > lost your hair"
- >
- > 3. On Revolution 9 from the White Album, John says, if you run the
- > disc backwards, "Turn Me On Dead Man".
-
- i always thought it said, "Paul is a dead guy, miss him miss him."
- >
- > 4. On Sgt Pepper, the cover is further evidence: In front of the
- > group on the ground is a bass guitar formed in flowers.
- > Also. on the back cover, Paul is the only one with his back to
- > the camera. There is also an Egyptian sign of the dead on the
- > inside cover.
-
- and someone has a hand over Paul's head, an obscure symbol of death.
- >
- > 5. On Abbey Road, the cover is further proof. Paul is walking
- > out of step compared with the other guys. He is holding a
- > cigarette in his right hand even though he is left handed.
- > The scenario on the said album cover: Paul as the corpse
- > (bare-footed); John as the minister; George as the grave digger;
- > Ringo as the undertaker. In the background is also a volkswagen
- > with the number plate 28IF, meaning Paul would have been 28 if
- > he'd lived.
-
- there are a couple others too, like "good ol' flat-top" in "Come Together,"
- 'cause Paul died in a car wreck that decapitated him. same goes for "i read
- the news today oh boy/ about a lucky man who made the grade/ he blew his mind
- out in a car."
-
- c.j.
- nihil@oread.cc.ukans.edu
-