For fun: PROOF Paul McCartney was replaced in 1967

**Sasha** · November 30th, 2009, 11:16 AM

^^It's ridiculous, of course. But the "clues" are numerous, incredibly detailed, and hella fun, proving to my satisfaction that it was a deliberate and well thought out hoax perpetrated by the boys themselves:

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**Brookie** · November 30th, 2009, 11:35 AM

Jesus Christ - just play Revolution backwards. It SAYS Paul is dead! What more proof can anyone want?

**witchcurlgirl** · November 30th, 2009, 11:37 AM

of course he's dead, he's barefoot on the Abbey Road album covere, and we all know what that means....turn me on dead man.......

**Trixie** · November 30th, 2009, 11:44 AM

Here's another clue for you all...the walrus was Paul.

**witchcurlgirl** · November 30th, 2009, 11:53 AM

Dave Marsh thinks he's alive:

As Dave Marsh and Kevin Stein pointed out in The Book of Rock Lists, it was Paul who sued in 1970 to have the Beatles dissolved, an action which is legally impossible for an impostor to do. "However," they goes on, "it is true that when Paul reads his reviews, he sometimes wishes he were dead."

**DeChayz** · November 30th, 2009, 12:37 PM

I can't really see the difference... I wish they'd used the Gothika picture, then maybe I'd be able to tell

**olivia** · November 30th, 2009, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by DeadDwarf

I think it's the same guy. Paul was better looking when he was young and got ugly as he aged.

It's a British guy thing. They can be the most beautiful young men and suddenly become crusty or bloated or just bright red in the face and smarmy.

If British guys learned to take care of themselves, they would become a land full of David Beckhams.

Originally Posted by Trixie

He had droopy, heavy-lidded eyes and they're very startled looking here. I believe the website said this was from 1985, he would have been in his early 40s then. I think he may have done something to his lips too.

As if there aren't numerous other celebrities who have changed their looks with P.S., yet I don't hear anyone else being called an imposter.

His ears changed dramatically, too. It's probably plastic surgery to pin them back to his head. What a shame, though. Young Paul was beautiful.

Originally Posted by Sasha

^^It's ridiculous, of course. But the "clues" are numerous, incredibly detailed, and hella fun, proving to my satisfaction that it was a deliberate and well thought out hoax perpetrated by the boys themselves:

I can see that. The Beatles were totally irreverent pranksters. Watch their early interviews, they were always mocking everyone.

There are a few things that support the 2nd Paul to me (though I don't think 1st Paul ever died.)

First, there were the new ears, varying height, that long jaw, different expressions (Paul 1 could lift his eyebrows. Paul 2 couldn't.)

Next, the man was never able to write a good song again after the Beatles split up. No more Eleanor Rigby, Yesterday, Hey Jude, Paperback Writer, Let it Be...brilliant songs coming from a boy with almost no musical training. He and Lennon were an aberration of a miracle - something no one can explain.

So, where did brilliant Paul go? Silly Love Songs and Band on the Run? Are you kidding me? Is this a joke?

Lennon still showed some vestiges of his Beatles brilliance in his solo career. The genius of Paul simply vanished.

Another thing - it's never been adequately explained why Ringo, John and George hated Paul after the break-up. The acrimony ran very deep, to the point where Paul refused to attend their ceremony at the R&R Hall of Fame. John despised Paul until he died.

Now these are guys who grew up together. John and Paul were very tight since childhood. John obviously missed Paul deeply underneath all his insults. What could cause such a rupture?

And another thing - Paul was an extremely bright kid and young man. In his early interviews he was sharp and witty, totally dominating journalists verbally. Then he suddenly becomes "unreliable" and slow. His memory becomes very spotty. Alright, could be all the drugs. Still, I wonder where that clever boy went.

I don't think Paul died. I do think they used a double (probably Billy Shears) as an ongoing joke/enigma and Paul simply drifted away from the group long before they broke up. They quit touring in 1966 (when that was their only way of making money. Epstein took the majority of their record sales.) So, I think, Paul shows up to record new albums but his attachment to the group, to his friends, is over.

The cause could be organic. Paul might have been in a car crash that messed with his head and necessitated plastic surgery. Or it might have been too many drugs (though John did much more and retained his sneering personality and song writing abilities.) Could be Paul was just over it and pulled the plug on everything including his own talent.

Yes, this is my favorite conspiracy. The Beatles were the first viral celebrities. We know so much about them and so little.

**Sasha** · November 30th, 2009, 12:58 PM

So, where did brilliant Paul go? Silly Love Songs and Band on the Run? Are you kidding me? Is this a joke?

I think it just proves Paul was riding John's coattails. Wasn't there a controversy about which one of them actually wrote several of their songs? I think Paul was taking too much credit and some of the other members begged to differ.

Another thing - it's never been adequately explained why Ringo, John and George hated Paul after the break-up. The acrimony ran very deep, to the point where Paul refused to attend their ceremony at the R&R Hall of Fame. John despised Paul until he died.

This was explained by witchcurlgirl above. Paul is the one who sued to dissolve the band and there was a lot of acrimony thereafter.

I don't think Paul died. I do think they used a double (probably Billy Shears) as an ongoing joke/enigma and Paul simply drifted away from the group long before they broke up.

Oh sure. I can see it being part of the hoax to have a double fill in for Paul at various events like photoshoots for album covers and so on.

**Trixie** · November 30th, 2009, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by Sasha

So, where did brilliant Paul go? Silly Love Songs and Band on the Run? Are you kidding me? Is this a joke?

I think it just proves Paul was riding John's coattails. Wasn't there a controversy about which one of them actually wrote several of their songs? I think Paul was taking too much credit and some of the other members begged to differ.

I think they were just better together than they ever were apart.

**witchcurlgirl** · November 30th, 2009, 01:11 PM

A lot of the animosity had to do with Allen Klein taking over post-Epstein. Paul wanted Lee Eastman-his father in law- the other Beatles disagreed.

How Do You Sleep? is a scathing attack on Paul by John, and on the Imagine album the early editions had a postcard of Lennon holding a pig head, which was a swipe at McCartney's Ram.

So Sgt. Pepper took you by surprise
You better see right through that mother's eyes
Those freaks was right when they said you was dead
The one mistake you made was in your head

Ah, how do you sleep?
Ah, how do you sleep at night?

You live with straights who tell you you was king
Jump when your momma tell you anything
The only thing you done was Yesterday
And since you're gone you're just another day

Ah, how do you sleep?
Ah, how do you sleep at night?

Ah, how do you sleep?
Ah, how do you sleep at night?

A pretty face may last a year or two
But pretty soon they'll see what you can do
The sound you make is muzak to my ears
You must have learned something in all those years

Ah, how do you sleep?
Ah, how do you sleep at night?

**Sasha** · November 30th, 2009, 01:50 PM

^^

John was da bomb, really.

**mistify** · November 30th, 2009, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by Trixie

I think they were just better together than they ever were apart.

yep magic together... Happens all the time in musicians and with tv shows..

**stef** · November 30th, 2009, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by DeChayz

I can't really see the difference... I wish they'd used the Gothika picture, then maybe I'd be able to tell

this is a good conspiracy. i don't believe it, though.

**FashionVictim** · November 30th, 2009, 06:13 PM

I know it is ridiculous, but I do find it weird how his face got longer after 1966

**FashionVictim** · November 30th, 2009, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by witchcurlgirl

A lot of the animosity had to do with Allen Klein taking over post-Epstein. Paul wanted Lee Eastman-his father in law- the other Beatles disagreed.

How Do You Sleep? is a scathing attack on Paul by John, and on the Imagine album the early editions had a postcard of Lennon holding a pig head, which was a swipe at McCartney's Ram.

So Sgt. Pepper took you by surprise
You better see right through that mother's eyes
Those freaks was right when they said you was dead
The one mistake you made was in your head

Ah, how do you sleep?
Ah, how do you sleep at night?

You live with straights who tell you you was king
Jump when your momma tell you anything
The only thing you done was Yesterday
And since you're gone you're just another day

Ah, how do you sleep?
Ah, how do you sleep at night?

Ah, how do you sleep?
Ah, how do you sleep at night?

A pretty face may last a year or two
But pretty soon they'll see what you can do
The sound you make is muzak to my ears
You must have learned something in all those years

Ah, how do you sleep?
Ah, how do you sleep at night?

GREAT song