Clearly there are references that are not there to mock the fans or the world. Furthermore, conspiracy theories feed on each other, so if we take the JFK assassination as a template, other theories make direct and indirect connections with that one and keep building an endless loop. The man did not die. The band members had felt it for quite a while, which would explain why the songs after 1966 become self-reflective about their own (and particularly Pauls) symbolic death, or why, for example, the walrus identification (as metaphor for death and inauthenticity) becomes so important, or why. The Replacement. All rights reserved. Now that we have good comps on the forensics, it must be done that way. Although The Beatles and their press office at Apple were initially bewildered and somewhat annoyed by the storys refusal to die away, there is evidence that the group members themselves found it amusing. After deliberating the fate of the group, the Beatles decided to secretly replace Paul with a musician named Billy Campbell. Paul is dead - Wikipedia Now that Im well past the Beatles style of music it has entered my consciousness. Paul McCartney announces Eyes Of The Storm book and exhibition, Paul McCartney announces The 7 Singles Box, Revolver to be reissued with remixes and rarities, The Beatles: Get Back wins five Emmy Awards, Brian Epstein statue unveiled in Liverpool, Join the Fab Forum discussion on The 'Paul is dead' myth, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsPCQ932vlU, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=317yvBXrXjw, disclaimer in Englands then UK-only Beatles Monthly, Paul McCartney live: Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, Paul McCartney live: Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea, Television: John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for How Late It Is, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones visit Dollys nightclub, London, The Beatles arrive in Amesbury, Wiltshire, Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox fly to Lisbon, John and Cynthia Lennon, George Harrison and Pattie Boyd fly to Hawaii, The "Incredibly Impossible to Derail This Thread" thread, Beatles Hangman (nothing to get hung about), John Lennon attends the 14 Hour Technicolour Dream, NME Poll-Winners' show: The Beatles' final UK concert, Recording, mixing: Let It Be, You Know My Name (Look Up The Number). Billy Shears is only mentioned in the title song and, implicitly, as the singer of the segued-into "With a Little Help from My Friends", and even more implicitly, in the title song reprise.
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