Since then you were just a man named William Shears Campbell! This sickens me to my core. but the truth and lies are as important as the PEACE and LOVE we practice. Congratulations Mr. William Shepherd as to how you had time to commandeer the Beatles and keep an account of all your personal memories to share with the public. Maybe in '66 and a year or three but now, No. For more information, please see our Pepper recording session and drove off angrily in his car, distracted by a meter maid ("Lovely Rita"), not noticing that the traffic lights had changed ("A Day In The Life) crashed, and was decapitated ("Don't Pass Me By"). [24] In the early hours of 21 October, WABC disc jockey Roby Yonge discussed the rumour on-air for over an hour before being pulled off the air for breaking format. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in May. More information, It was fifty years ago today Sgt. The whole 'Paul Is Dead' fiasco is a wonderful piece of Pop-Culture, a fantastic addition to the Beatles myth and legacy, and certainly deserves to be on this site, in its entirety, but you'd have to be a fool to believe it! Nobody will argue with that. Cookie Notice Paul Ramon, Carl Harrison and Long John Silver! Duh. [17] McCartney said that the speculation was understandable, given that he normally did "an interview a week" to ensure he remained in the news. In 1967, that all changes suddenly with the emergence of Penny Lane. Embarrassed by his fat lip he began to grow a moustache. [60], In November 1969, Capitol Records sales managers reported a significant increase in sales of Beatles catalogue albums, attributed to the rumour. Actually billy shears was a stand in double for Paul McCartney. Harrison would replace Yoko and Shears could go back to being just Paul, who was the richest of his personas. [31], Before the end of October 1969, several record releases had exploited the phenomenon of McCartney's alleged demise. William Shears Campbell Edit Edit source View history Talk (0) Categories Categories: Add category; Cancel Save. Amusingly, though, during the height of the BeeGees' popularity in the seventies, Barry Gibb lost a Barry Gibb look-alike contest! In early 1967, a similar rumour circulated in London that Paul McCartney had been killed in a traffic accident while driving along the M1 motorway on 7 January. Bolstered by Linda's support, he began recording his debut solo album at his home in St John's Wood. "[8], In late September 1969, the Beatles released the album Abbey Road as they were in the process of disbanding. That's a little eerie All aside, I feel like sharing George Harrison's last testimony. so far I can find three because the current one has blue eyes, the previous two did not. Then again, like Lennon, Paul McCartney never really diedgenetically speaking. Most are from military families that take oaths and sign disclosure agreements where everything can be taken away. I also get the difference in the Eleanor Rigby song that the real Paul McCartney sang and how your voice is completely different from his when you sing Penny Lane. What IF the "british invasion" was about more than music? And Listen. And dont even get me started on the truth about what happened in Toronto. How could they find a musician that looks,sounds just like him & be accepted by the other 3,his family & girlfriend Jane Asher? [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. John also says the line, "I buried Paul," at the end of "Strawberry Fields Forever." Don't know what to believe about the Paul/Faul conspiracy. I keep searching images of Billy, but he does not possess the vulnerability, compassion and depth that once lived in our Paul's eyes. [79] In 2009, Time magazine included "Paul is dead" in its feature on ten of "the world's most enduring conspiracy theories".[46]. Sheppard comes from the White Album's "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill," which was about the tiger hunter William Sheppard. And as someone else mentioned, wouldn't the real Billy Shears have had family and friends somewhere? Privacy Policy. Persons whom have not honoured their contracts or whom have had doubts seem to have died or mysteriously disappeared. MYTH: Then the Beatles, in the winter of 1966, held a "Paul look- alike" contest but no winner was ever announced. [13][14] With the birth of his daughter Mary in late August, McCartney had withdrawn to focus on his family life. 20th Century Fox. Commentary for "Lisa the Vegetarian", in The Simpsons: The Complete Seventh Season [DVD]. Afterward, I revisited videos, film clips, songs & interviews with John, George and Ringo, and it all finally made sense. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first rock 'n' roll or Christianity. [45][46], A DJ put all those signs together: Paul with no shoes [on the cover of Abbey Road] and the Volkswagen Beetle. Faking deaths is done on an industrial scale, not least in phoney terror attacks but also with all those celebs and musicians dropping off their perches - Bowie, G. Michael etc etc. How could they both go to their own graves keeping this secret with them. Because he is not Paul McCartney and the real Paul would never ever have gone and done something like that behind the other Beatles backs..yeah-yeah-yeah, right! Following the publication of the article and the photo, in the issue dated 7 November,[58] the rumour started to decline. And have you noticed that Paul's palate is more narrow than Faul? It was a change for breaking down tradition and making a world of mind controlled suckers who think it was all about creating a better culture. Much money would change hands if true family members could inherit what Faul has taken as his own. They all seem to be put off or angry when he refers to himself as McCarthy or speaks of the old times when it was the actual Paul. If you really want to prove that Paul is really Paul, find out what happened to the real Billy Shears. Billy Shears is just a ficticious name. These include messages perceived when listening to songs being played backwards and symbolic interpretations of both lyrics and album cover imagery. "Thank you very much". the question is how many faux pauls have there been? It is amazing how bizarre theories seem to be able to spread organically and how, once established, they become near impossible to eradicate. [35][nb 3] A cover version of "Saint Paul" by New Zealand singer Shane reached the top of that nation's singles charts. According to the theory or rumour, McCartney died in a car crash, and to spare the public from grief, the surviving Beatles, aided by Britain's MI5, replaced him with a McCartney look-alike, subsequently communicating this secret through subtle details of their albums. 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. When the first rumors finally began about the whole thing, we felt very nervous and started fighting a lot with each other. When that guy stabbed him, Campbell realized that he should get while he could and killed off Harrison too! The photos of Paul, Billy and the Fake Paul after 1966 were the clincher for me not to mention the subtle changes in behaviour. But Paul was 27, when Abby Road was released. I've never seen any reports about whatever happened to the real Billy Shears. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles withdrew from touring and shifted musically. Musician Ringo Starr admitted that Paul McCartney passed away in 1966 and was replaced by a lookalike. Most all of their music was written by others and played by other studio musicians. Paul is also crawling out of George's ear (a Beatle, and beetles among other insects crawl out of the ears and eye sockets of corpses). Follow Billy online for tour dates, news and more! Why? If you watch the videos of them both playing you will see thatPaul knew the Bass and rarely ever looked at the fretboard in stark contrast to Faul. If they appear on his older work too, it's the same Paul. Secretlondon 02:40, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC), Or if anyone were to take one moment and actually study the origin of that patch they would see it doesn't even stand for "OPD", but "OPP"; the Ontario Provincial Police in Canada. Later, the line was interpreted as a "clue" in the "Paul is dead" urban legend that alleged McCartney died in 1966 during the recording of Sgt. Paul McCartney was Irish, so wouldnt have been singing mull of kintyre. I was having a laugh because there'd been so much gobbledygook about Pepper play it backwards and you stand on your head and all that. The real Paul *does* have a faint scar on his upper lip from the above-mentioned motorcycle accident. Alas, celebrity look-alike contests are far too common. While John, George, and Ringo are all looking to the side, Paul is looking frontward. You can find more information about the Paul is Dead conspiracy in The Great Beatle Death Clues by R. Gary Patterson published by Robson Books. This show has been called "infamous", a "fraud" and a "mockumentary". [24] Before the recording, LaBour told Bailey that his article had been intended as a joke, to which Bailey sighed and replied, "Well, we have an hour of television to do; you're going to have to go along with this. All of the clues and hints are so well versed together. I've always liked the prospect of happy endings. Pepper taught the band to play, We know when Billy Shears first appeared on the scene. 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. But that hasn't happened, has it? And guess what? The replacement, originally called William Campbell or, more recognizably, Billy Shears, according to Salon, and known as "Faul" to true believers of the theory, has, if the story is true, written some of the Beatles' greatest work, fathered four children with Paul's first wife, Linda McCartney, went on to establish the mega-popular band Wings, and had success with 20 solo albums, all under the moniker of the tragically deceased songwriter he replaced on the fly. has the best of the Memoirs' "Paul is Dead" material (excluding those . by Ship of Fools co-editor Steve Goddard. Where did this come from out of the blue? "Suddenly I was half the man I used to be, theres a shadow hanging over me, oh I believe in yesterday" the clues are there. For the graphic novel, see, McCartney in October 1966, shortly before he supposedly died, The allegedly backmasked section of "Revolution 9", The same section reversed, which some have believed sounds like "turn me on, dead man", Estranged from McCartney, Lennon said: "Paul McCartney couldn't die without the world knowing it. If you are interested give me an email will@williamshears.com. Well, here's another clue for you all, the walrus was Paul" The song's "the Walrus was Paul" lyric is both a reference to "I Am the Walrus" and Lennon saying "something nice to Paul" in response to changes in their relationship at that time. His voice was forensically studied and like a fingerprint, it proves the voices to be of the same person. 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. I knew if I put it on he wouldn't be able to help himself Before I knew it he was scrambling for album covers with his jaw dropped and eyes wide. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released in the US. Then in June of 1967 the album Sgt. It is hard to see the 2nd P on the patch because of the angle Paul is standing at on the cover the Sgt Pepper album so it appears as O.P.D. People think it was too big a lie to be pulled off for this long. [24] These included "The Ballad of Paul" by the Mystery Tour;[32] "Brother Paul" by Billy Shears and the All Americans; "So Long Paul" by Werbley Finster, a pseudonym for Jos Feliciano;[33] and Zacharias and His Tree People's "We're All Paul Bearers (Parts One and Two)". It has come out by George Harrison in an interview with an Australian news source that the Beatles were at odds again financially with Paul because they had learned that from 1967 onward, he received a secret new contract with EMI/Capitol Records that paid him more for his hits and royalties. A similar reversal at the end of "I'm So Tired" (another "White Album" track) yielded "Paul is dead man, miss him, miss him, miss him". In an exclusive interview with the Hollywood Inquirer, Mr. Starr explained that the "real" Paul McCartney had died in a car crash on November 9 1966, after an argument during a Beatles' recording session. The Beatles were allegedly the first Tavistock owned and operated musical band that exceeded anything that Tavistock ever dreamed that they would become as worldwide famous as they are, still even today. [62] Sgt. If there's any actual evidence of this person's existence it would be good to post references here. If J. Paul McCartney did indeed actually die in a car crash, what happened to his remains? The truth will out and now it finally has. Also Somerset House staff where all births, deaths and marriages are recorded. Proponents of the theory point to a litany of perceived evidence on the Beatles' later album covers and cryptic mumblings and backmasked lyrics that refer to Paul's death. Then you are all mental. LaBour later said he had invented many of the clues and was astonished when the story was picked up by newspapers across the United States. I understand why you were adamant in recording When I'm 64 in the key of C# instead of the key of C because of the vocal recognition of your voice. After a firecracker was thrown onto a stage, the Beatles were pretty much done with live performances. I needn't argue about that; I'm right and I'll be proved right. Anyone that truly believes this is easily led, there is no proof that cannot be explained logically, little hidden messages on an album isn't proof someone has died, the Japanese test that said it's not the same person well we all know face recognition isn't reliable even today, his fingerprints not being recognised at the airport, if I play guitar for days on end my phone won't turn on with fingerprint recognition let alone a bass when you're fretting with right hand, and for him looking at the fretboard more they are comparing basic rock n roll songs with clips from wings with complex bass lines, and why would John Lennon write a song in 1972 called how do you sleep saying the only thing you done was yesterday referring to his song, which was written in 1965 by Paul, did he write it to annoy someone who is supposed to be dead. I've been a fan of the Beatles and their music all my life and I have studied this subject at great length for many years in reading about it, watching videos on the topic and making my own conclusions. Look at the film footage of The Beatles' appearances on Ed Sullivan when "Yesterday" was performed. This all happened right before they were to tour the US at multiple concert venues. [8] Others contended that the man's name was Bill Shepherd,[43] later abbreviated to Billy Shears,[44] and the replacement was instigated by Britain's MI5 out of concern for the severe distress McCartney's death would cause the Beatles' audience. Well spotted Charlotte. [75], During the 1970s, the phenomenon became a subject of academic study in America in the fields of sociology, psychology and communications. Both good musicians. There was no way we could prove he was alive. 1 Jimmy McPerson; 2 Blue Mamba; 3 The Fire Witch; Explore Wikis . A new person could have been accepted but all the lies make original Beatles fans mad! What do I believe.I do not want to say because my opinion does not mean squat to anyone but myself. But my hubby didn't want to hear my Mumble jumbo, so I got the disc and had him watch/listen to it. Copyright 2005-2023 St Margarets Community Website This is my first post still trying to get the hang of things. Paul quit the band over Johns being Yoko Ono's puppet. Guess the original know he was going to die and left clues before he died. Listen to Paul's lead vocals in Lady Madonna, Back In The USSR and Oh Darling. Why would he agree to do this? [38] In Canada, Polydor Records exploited the rumour in their artwork for Very Together, a repackaging of the Beatles' pre-fame recordings with Tony Sheridan, using a cover that showed four candles, one of which had just been snuffed out. I am Billy Shears. It can't be that difficult to find some history on him.if indeed he existed at all. The WKBW DJs concluded that the "Paul is dead" hoax was fabricated by Lennon. Has he ever re-surfaced anywhere? Since I am from Ontario I can assure you that the patch actually says O.P.P. But let's imagine for the purpose of healing that "Paul McCartney'' and John Halliday somehow get to perform "Yesterday" together with Paul introducing John as (a) the writer. He then persuaded the remaining Beatles to stay together and accept William Campbell Shears as a replacement. With a little plastic surgery he also assumed Pauls baby faced good looks. I'm 27 and most of the Beatles music doesn't impress me, except for Yesterday, Penny Lane and Hey Jude which are exceptionally good songs. According to Gadfly Online,the night was very icy, which may have put the rumor in the heads of some London journalists, who were always keen for a Beatles story. . Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.46.189.122 (talk) 14:56, 8 October 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]. It's too dark in this closet. BUT - there was a winner.his name was William Campbell, and he was paid a considerable amount of money to play along with the facade - he was to be the NEW Paul. [52][53][nb 4] That the left-handed McCartney held a cigarette in his right hand was also said to support the idea that he was an impostor. It also explains why John Lennon had such an estranged life as he got older too. Whoever really believes that crazy crap is a moronic fool. It will vanish and shrink. Stories fronm rescue personnel? Billys name is there at the end of the very first song, I dont really want to stop the show Of course anyone with two good eyes should be able to tell theyre not the same people Sargent Peppers Is quite a departure musically and full of Luminati influences. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and was replaced by a look-alike and sound-alike. I am heart broken about this very recent discovery, but also appreciate knowing the truth. His death was covered up and he was replaced in the band by a lookalike competition winner, William 'Billy' Shears Campbell, to 'play' Paul on future Beatles records. Today, we see the real Paul performing all over the world. The greatest argument agagainst Elvis being alive is that he is dead, and the greatest argument against Paul being dead is that he is alive. The person that had replace him, would had been a Paul McCartney from a parallel universe. Paul's leaving would have ended them. [3][bettersourceneeded] By 1967, the Beatles were known for sometimes including backmasking in their music. There are differences in the Bass playing of early Paul and 1966 forward till today Paul. I turned 64 in May and I celebrated it by playing guitar and singing when I'm 64. This article does not yet have a related to do list. She got a great amount of $$$$ in their divorce settlement and then not a peep anymore from Ms. Mills.We may never know the real truth or, we already do? There are more than 50 years of lies for me to swallow. Listen carefully. They drafted in a replacement, who has been masquerading as McCartney ever since. Glad most people here are awake to the false reality which surrounds us. A significant part of my life revolved around the Beatles. [9] American social critic Camille Paglia locates the "Paul is dead" phenomenon to the Ancient Greek tradition symbolised by Adonis and Antinous, as represented in the cult of rock music's "pretty, long-haired boys who mesmerize both sexes", and she adds: "It's no coincidence that it was Paul McCartney, the 'cutest' and most girlish of the Beatles, who inspired a false rumor that swept the world in 1969 that he was dead. The John is dead fake was set up years in advance. The sleeve is black - an appropriate colour for a funeral card. I believe John wrote the song The Greatest making fun of Faul's ego and it is really meant to be how Faul feels about himself. [44] According to the scientists' findings, the man shown in the post-November 1966 images was not the same. 1 yr. ago Motherfu- I thought he was a real guy that just happened to fall into this theory. Anyone who can't see (or simply refuses to see) the fact that the "Paul McCartney" of Sgt. The real Paul was killed in Dec of 1980 by an avid fan and then replaced by Billy Shears. According to the theory or rumour, McCartney died in a car crash, and to spare the public from grief, the surviving Beatles, aided by Britain's MI5, replaced him with a McCartney look-alike, subsequently communicating this secret through subtle details of their albums. There are so many questions and co-incidences, etc. Billy had been filling in for Paul periodically at least since 1965. Who the hell would ever hold (or attend) a Paul McCartney look alike contest? In 2008, he joked that his success as a musician had extended his fifteen minutes of fame for his part in the rumour to "seventeen minutes". 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. No one noticed the clues on the cover of Revolver. Money is power. I'm going to name my new album Billy Shears III. Backwards masking and all the other recording tricks were probably done in case they were exposed.All they would have to say is that if it were a true fraud it would have been stupid to expose themselves. 1995 - 2023 by Snopes Media Group Inc. The Illuminati, which this secretive group along with Tavistock own most of the recording industry and has their fingers in most major bands, solo artists money-making pies. The take away from the story :Americains are crazy. I find peace in thinking about John playing a song he contributed so much to and lived thru in such Grace. There is no such thing as coincidence. Because without your revelations, nothing makes sense. I.e. What about that looney Heather Mills? If you can think of any ways to improve the article, why not create one? So boom. You can see Paul's chipped tooth on an early video of RAIN, only available on Russian websitesDot RU. I killed Paul and took his identity. To spare the public from grief, the Beatles replaced him with a man named William Shears Campbell, who was the winner of a McCartney look-alike contest and who happened to have the same kind of. The big one that was actually intentional was "Billy Shears," which means, "Billy's here," of course, although I hate . Also named his 1st biological daughter Mary after his departed Mother? [2] McCartney then alluded to the rumour during a press conference held around the release of Sgt. Meanwhile, Hoaxesclaims that Paul's car did crash that night, but he wasn't behind the wheel. 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. William Shears Campbell, better known as Billy Shears, does indeed "disappear " from records in 1966 and no traces of him can be found after Paul's alleged death. Spooky! Pepper. Plastic surgery was in it's infancy stage in 1966. Everything else falls into place. Congratulations on creating a totally biased article on the Paul is dead myth. Thanks everyone. I don't believe the myth, but you should have presented it without an obvious opinion one way or another. There is no such force named the "Ontario Police Department". it's "i don't really want to START the show" Paul had a twin brother, he was more talented so he replaced the original Paul. Once they were brown now they are green. Hmmmhow about the lie that gravity holds water on the earth, which water curves around a globe that spins around the sun? In September, an article appeared in the student paper of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, which asked: "Is Paul McCartney Dead?" The one and only Billy Shears You got me. You know, if investigators find the real Billy Shears working in some factory in Shreveport, LA (his apparent birth place), then you know this whole thing was a hoax. I'm a Beatle Now; and to think that to this day his nuts are still in a vice. 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. The O.P.D. Irate at the intrusion, he swore at the pair, threw a bucket of water over them and was captured on film attempting to hit the photographer. The phenomenon was the subject of analysis in the fields of sociology, psychology, and communications during the 1970s. Now, on with my original comment. The winner of this 1965 contest was Keith Allison, who had a brief brush with fame on teen shows such as "Where The Action Is" and apparently later joined Paul Revere and the Raiders, circa 1966. Pepper, where every Beatle except McCartney is photographed facing the viewer, and the front cover of Magical Mystery Tour, which depicts one unidentified band member in a differently coloured suit from the other three. Not hard to get people to keep quiet, big money let's people enter another tax bracket, a better life, better health care for their families, and not have to work a job for 30-40 years. To make William Shears Campbell look like Paul McCartney then was impossible. Fail once spent over a week in a Japanese jail as his fingerprints did not match the true Paul's prints. Teeth pressing up against each other is the reason for Paul's crooked canine tooth, but as Faul's teeth are not pressing against each other, there is no explanation except a probable dental surgery. We've been getting questions like that for years, of course, but in the past few weeks we've been getting them at the office and home night and day. Then there was Magical Mystery Tour, where we three had red roses and he had a black one. Billy Shears was Ringo's Sgt. "We felt guilty about the deception" added Ringo Starr. One of the main successes of mind control is constant repetition from a young age and "what everybody else thinks." The student convinced the DJ that McCartney was dead, with clues found throughout the later Beatles discography when certain songs were played backward. It is the rumor that Paul McCartney, the principal singer-songwriter alongside John Lennon in the Beatles since their formation in the late 1950s, is dead, and has been since a gruesome car accident sometime around the end of 1966. "When Paul died, we all panicked!" Makes you wonder who Linda thought she was married to. Its not so easy to explain the references to Billy Shears in more than one Beatles song, William Campbell Fake Paul and the disappeArance of the winner of the Paul McCartney look alike contest. He notably says that the entire Sgt. The rumour began circulating in 1966, gaining broad popularity in September 1969 following reports on American college campuses. Looks like Paul with glasses, mustache, and combed back hair. He was reincarnated as a hamster which I owned as a schoolboy. [79][80] In an article on the latter phenomenon, The Guardian described the 1969 McCartney hoax as "Possibly the best known example" of a celebrity being the focus of "a (completely unverified) cloning conspiracy theory". And what about police reports? [76] Among sociological studies, Barbara Suczek recognised it as, in Schaffner's description, a contemporary reading of the "archetypal myth wherein the beautiful youth dies and is resurrected as a god". Dreamnt up by Paul & John. DNA and fingerprints do nor lie. The 50s were boring but it was more than a change for cool. Faul has admitted that Paul died before during concert. There is only one Paul. There is no such thing as the Ontario Police Department. The Memoirs of Billy Shears brings astonishing facts to light that have been hidden for decades. [45] In this latter telling, the surviving Beatles were said to be wracked by guilt at their duplicity, and therefore left messages in their music and album artwork to communicate the truth to their fans. The story of 'Billy Shears' is the untold story of Billy Campbell. I have to add that as John said, and I quote when he was asked if Ringo was the best drummer in the world, he replied with " He's not the best drummer in the Beatles". Also the picture on the White Album that shows him with glasses (passport picture of imposter) would mean Sir Paul/Faul used/uses contacts most of the time. They wouldn't be PREDICTING his death, won't they? I must come out. [69] The rumour was also cited in the hoax surrounding the Canadian band Klaatu,[70] after a January 1977 review of their debut album 3:47 EST sparked rumours that the group were in fact the Beatles.
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