Paul is Dead - The rumors of the death of Paul McCartney
This is the message one hears when they play the final lyrics of “I’m So Tired” from the Beatles White Album, backwards. People have discovered phone numbers on some album covers and called them. They recieved strange replies like, “you’re getting closer” and “beware of Abbey Road”. Many people started to believe that Paul McCartney was dead. Of course, the phone numbers and messages could have been faked. But at the time…
The way we’ve heard it is that, Paul got into this car accident early one Wednesday morning at 5 am while looking at a pretty meter maid, not seeing the changing traffic lights. He wasn’t killed outright, but his car caught fire, a crowd of people stood around, and then he died from head wounds (he lost his teeth and hair). The morning paper came out with an article which was quickly censored. Enter William Campbell and the upcoming Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
One day, a Paul McCartney look alike contest was held. The winner was William Campbell and he supposedly looked enough like Paul to sit in with the other Beatles for photographs. There is a picture of William Campbell on the poster that comes with the White album. He’s in the lower left-hand corner. A small picture, he has a mustache and is wearing glasses. We do believe that the “hoax” might be a metaphysical statement made by The Beatles. In a way, Paul did die (My God he’s a vegetarian), spiritually, as he was re-born in the ways of the Maharishi. A spiritual rebirth; his old self dying. The creative genius of the Beatles (and we think all of them were involved to some extent in the great hoax) was to have done this without anyone suspecting for a couple of years. It either started when a DJ stated that he thought Paul McCartney was dead, and that the proof lied in the album covers and lyrics of their songs, or when some Columbia students smoked a little too much and started hearing things in the Beatles’ songs.
In the following documents, you can find an explanation of Album covers and song lyrics and how they relate to the death of Paul McCartney.
Click one of the album names for a detailed explanation:
Rubber Soul
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band The Best Album cover of all
Magical Mystery Tour
Hey Jude
White Album
Yellow Submarine
Abbey Road
Let it Be
Other notes, quotes and contemplations
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Now, while I fully believe this to be a hoax, other supporting things:
The Beatles Anthology Album has one of the first takes (I think it’s the 3rd) for “Your Bird Can Sing” from the Revolver Album. For some unknown reason, Paul is laughing hysterically through the entire take. At one point, John tells him to shut up.
I thought of the Strawberry Fields one too, but you of course beat me to it cause who wouldn’t think of that?
I immediately thought of the Day in The Life reference… I didn’t know he said “house of Paul” O.O odd.
And if you really want to call that out on Yellow Submarine, near the end, when there’s the noise before “As we live a life of ease…” it sounds like one of them yells “Paul’s a dead man!”
But one to dislodge it a bit…
The phone # given said “Beware Abbey Road” which of course could just be a reference to the supposed car crash, but you would think the Beatles would have put more clues in the album “Abbey Road,” then. But no. Only two that we know of, no?
Hi, I’m just wondering which album actually started the whole Paul is dead rumor. I’d really appreciate your help…thanks very much.
I am a big Beatles fan. Yesterday, on 3/2/02, I was listening to the Beales Anthology. At the end of a version of A day in the life, I heard probably George muttering to John, “…I think some people are curious…what are you doing?”, referring to the Paul is dead rumor.
Can you confirm this?