He was reincarnated as a hamster which I owned as a schoolboy. Screw the eye Color, you'll be able to see it in black & white, as well. Advertisement. Oddly enough the other three's names have never been revealed, if they ever had alternate names in the first place. And guess what? [59] In Winn's description, the family portrait used for Life's cover shows McCartney no longer "shabbily attired", but "clean-shaven and casually but smartly dressed".[58]. So, if Paul McCartney was kill back in 1966. As in his and Linda's segment in the Beatles' promotional clip for "Something", which the couple filmed privately around this time, McCartney was unshaven and unusually scruffy-looking in his appearance. If there's any actual evidence of this person's existence it would be good to post references here. 168K views 8 years ago A hidden camera catches the moment John Lennon convinces Faul McCartney (AKA Billy Shears AKA William Campbell) that taking The Deceased Paul McCartneys place in The. [13][14] With the birth of his daughter Mary in late August, McCartney had withdrawn to focus on his family life. John and Paul were inspiring collaborators, while Paul and George were close schoolmates before the group was even formed. Wouldn't having William Spears Campbell and the real Paul in the same room saying here we both are, both alive and well no story here have put and end to it all. Has not changed. Where is his remains located? And was as musically adept as the Original or better. [67] In his 1971 song "How Do You Sleep? According to conspirators, the singer's replacement was a sweet-sounding Louisiana local called Michael Campbell Shears - better known as Billy Shears. he suddenly paid her off when she threatened to reveal the truth. Everyone is looking in the wrong place. I don't know what to believe. The question is who or what was behind it? Duh. Then Paul McCartney introduces the singer coming up on the next song So let me introduce to you the one and only Billy Shears and Ringo starts to sing. John is very much alive and living in Brookville Long Island. Today, we see the real Paul performing all over the world. [20] The number plate of the white Volkswagen Beetle in the photo containing the characters LMW 281F (mistakenly read as "28IF") was identified as further "evidence". If anyone's done research proving that the "biography" of William "Shears" Campbell of the "Ontario Police Department" with a girlfriend conveniently named "Rita" is a phantasm cobbled together from snippets of Beatles song's and album photographs, a reference to that research would also be good - Nunh-huh 01:45, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC) (There's also an actual person, two unrelated actors, and probably several other William Campbells that need disambiguation). And if you all believe Epstien had enough money and power to pay off and keep the police,Gov officials etc etc. And Sgt. Look How different John Looks on SGT. PMac and Wings, PMac and MJ, PMac on his own has done and continues to make some very tasty music. [26] Vin Scelsa, a student broadcaster in 1969, later said that the escalation was indicative of the countercultural influence of Bob Dylan, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, since: "Every song from them starting about late 1966 became a personal message, worthy of endless scrutiny they were guidelines on how to live your life. His lips are also a darker color than all of the others, suggesting that his lips are blue (as corpses lips are). I'm going to name my new album Billy Shears III. Now, Paul never actually died in that car crash, instead, he actually replaced Ringo Starr, who was crushed by one of the Thomas The Train trains back when he was narrating for the show, so actually, Pual is the last remaining Beatle, but everyone thinks he's actually Ringo! Also referenced was the back cover of Sgt. 1 yr. ago Motherfu- I thought he was a real guy that just happened to fall into this theory. I am sad. I must come out. I was wondering about that, a moped accident that chipped his tooth answered that question. In 1967, that all changes suddenly with the emergence of Penny Lane. Many people who think of themselves as having open minds will not dare look into it. Is he still alive? To me, the greatest argument against the "Paul is dead" theory is very similar to the greatest argument against the "Elvis is Alive" theory. Then there's the Billy Shears alter ego (a shepherd shears sheep). What IF the "british invasion" was about more than music? It doesn't matter if it was fraudulent or not when you have some of the most powerful people behind the scenes pulling the strings. [8] In the interview, McCartney said the rumor was "bloody stupid" and went on to say: Perhaps the rumour started because I haven't been much in the press lately. Pepper persona. [15] On 22 October, the day that the "Paul is dead" rumour became an international news story,[16] McCartney, his wife Linda and their two daughters travelled to Scotland to spend time at his farm near Campbeltown. [24][61] The rumour benefited the commercial performance of Abbey Road in the US, where it comfortably outsold all of the band's previous albums. He faked his death do he could run an ice cream van back in Liverpool. It is an idea that has captured the imaginations of cryptic-minded listeners and stoned truth-seekers for more than five decades. As an outsider I'm not real sure what to believe here. "Denial ain't just a river in Egypt." Even the KKK got involved and made a threatening statement against the group. has the best of the Memoirs' "Paul is Dead" material (excluding those . If someone names William Spears Campbell really won a Beatles look-a-like contest and then dropped off the face of the earth, that would be weird. They are two different people fact, the dna proves it..why do you think Heather Mills is banned from ever telling the truth? Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour, both of which had been off the charts since February, re-entered the Billboard Top LPs chart,[24] peaking at number 101 and number 109, respectively. Silario, I read an article about Abbey Road that said the album was supposed to be released a year later than it was (when Paul would have been 28). The Beatles never played live again nor come to US for awhile. Most people didn't have television, those who did had tiny black & white sets with a fuzzy picture and believed all they saw and were told on that 'magical' box at the time. If he did NOT become Paul McCartney's replacement, what happened to him? I've never seen any reports about whatever happened to the real Billy Shears. What a moment in time to behold! Plastic surgery was in it's infancy stage in 1966. Faul was to only be a substitute for a week or two, they resent his keeping the ruse going on for 50 years. Mr. Starr alleges that the group did send out a lot of hidden messages through the years to prepare the population for the truth. Billy likely was killed to be kept silent. To spare the public from grief, or simply as a joke, the surviving Beatles replaced him with the winner of a McCartney look-alike contest. It is the source for Billy's Back!, Beatles Enlightenment, and The Talent Contest, and also includes nine chapters that were not selected for those compilations. Between the longer hair and the glasses and beard he was unreconizable by the Abbey Road album. Did they see no way around Fail playing his bass with the wrong hand? The rumour began circulating in 1966, gaining broad popularity in September 1969 following reports on American college campuses. But how did such an out-there rumor take hold? Billy wasn't the only impostor, but he seems to have been used the most frequently, especially on stage (as opposed to interviews, etc.). Also too many stories. Ship of Fools: Whatever happened to Billy Shears? Ring it and you will hear a true account of Pauls death. Think of the millions of royalties being given to an imposter. Just saying. The only morons I can see are the ones that need to be told by the mainstream media what to think and when to think it. The only problem was that he couldn't get along with John, at all.". I don't believe the myth, but you should have presented it without an obvious opinion one way or another. LOOK, I've got ONE thing that makes this whole thing NO MORE than a simple trick. [3][bettersourceneeded] By 1967, the Beatles were known for sometimes including backmasking in their music. That's something an "imposter" would not do. I mean, it's just a bit of poetry. The phenomenon was the subject of analysis in the fields of sociology, psychology, and communications during the 1970s. [49][50], Another example is the interpretation of the Abbey Road album cover as depicting a funeral procession: Lennon, dressed in white, is said to symbolise the heavenly figure; Starr, dressed in black, symbolises the undertaker; George Harrison, in denim, represents the gravedigger; and McCartney, barefoot and out of step with the others, symbolises the corpse. However the Paul Is Dead Beatle's hoax is encylopedic - what we need is evidence of this person's connection to the hoax, not necessarily of their actual real-life existence. [9] He also described it as "the most monumental hoax since Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast persuaded thousands of panicky New Jerseyites that Martian invaders were in the vicinity". Pepper Beatles. [9] In his book Revolution in the Head, Ian MacDonald says that the Beatles were partly responsible for the phenomenon due to their incorporation of "random lyrics and effects", particularly in the White Album track "Glass Onion" in which Lennon invited clue-hunting by including references to other Beatles songs. Harrison would replace Yoko and Shears could go back to being just Paul, who was the richest of his personas. Billy Shears Who is Billy Shears? - Encyclopedia of Opinion Of course William Campbell Shears was as equally talented, charming and witty as the original Paul and although he was an American he quickly assumed Pauls distinctive Liverpool accent!. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Stories fronm rescue personnel? I.e. Did he ever meet Paul. the Bottles ! well sorry i am CONVINCED and why did Ringo come out and say that Paul did pass away in 1966, Hello, I am a film maker and making a documentary about this conspiracy (partly because my name is William Shears..). [79] In 2009, Time magazine included "Paul is dead" in its feature on ten of "the world's most enduring conspiracy theories".[46]. More information, It was fifty years ago today Sgt. User:Vague Rant). The photograph of the Beatles on the zebra crossing on the sleeve of Abbey Road is meant to represent a funeral procession. The article addressed a rumour being circulated on campus that cited clues from recent Beatles albums, including a message interpreted as "Turn me on, dead man", heard when the White Album track "Revolution 9" is played backwards. According to the trivia page, the William Campbell of Paul is Dead fame is the same one as the actor who played Trelane and Koloth on Star Trek, but the Wikipedia article says that he is fictional. So begins a new novel, Whatever Happened to Billy Shears? FACT Paul McCartney did have a minor accident on 26th Dec 1965 when he fell off a moped, split his lip and chipped a tooth.

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