The photos of Paul, Billy and the Fake Paul after 1966 were the clincher for me not to mention the subtle changes in behaviour. None of you know what the hell you are talking about. 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. In a later interview, he said that he was purposely confusing listeners with lines such as "the Walrus was Paul" a reference to his song "I Am the Walrus" from the 1967 EP and album Magical Mystery Tour. I spent much of the past year researching this, and even saw Paul in concert in Green Bay last summer. Much money would change hands if true family members could inherit what Faul has taken as his own. [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. What do I believe.I do not want to say because my opinion does not mean squat to anyone but myself. Actually billy shears was a stand in double for Paul McCartney. That leaves only Ringo and he seems to be on somewhat good terms with Faul or, is it Paul? but as I said it is really O.P.P. No William Campbell ever won a Paul look-alike contest. [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. [56] Part of the interview was first broadcast on Radio 4, on 26 October,[57] and subsequently on WMCA in the US. 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. But if they don't, he's been replaced. In his anger, he failed to notice the traffic light change and he spun out of control, smashing into a light pole at full speed, thus decapitating him.". This is quite an exceptional read. Pepper album. I am happy to be with my family and I will work when I work. Screw the eye Color, you'll be able to see it in black & white, as well. really being O.P.P. ", The Truth About The Paul McCartney Car Crash Myth. The conspirators went to enormous lengths trying to prove their point. Okay, I confess. According to LiveScience, in 1969, at the peak of the phenomenon,McCartney said: "Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated. 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". He then persuaded the remaining Beatles to stay together and accept William Campbell Shears as a replacement. I've never seen any reports about whatever happened to the real Billy Shears. Don't know what to believe about the Paul/Faul conspiracy. He supposedly looked enough like PM to sit in with the other Beatles for photographs, sometimes even fooling the photographers. Billy turned out to be a pretty good musician and he was able to perform almost better than Paul. I've always liked the prospect of happy endings. [3][bettersourceneeded] By 1967, the Beatles were known for sometimes including backmasking in their music. "John Lennon's" "so-called" "death" was just Campbell getting tired of being both Paul and John. Theres a lot we dont get told and you morons believe the mainstream media by calling people who can reason, morons. Backward messages hidden on records, unusual photographs, the OPD badge that Paul is wearing on the fancy blue uniform that he is wearing on the Sgt Pepper sleeve being official police slang for Officially Pronounced Dead, the first line of Shes Leaving Home - Wednesday morning at 5 oclock as the day begins as printed on the Sgt Pepper sleeve being a direct reference to the time of Pauls death on Wednesday 9th November 1966. Paul's leaving would have ended them. So boom. Not one person did so. 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. claims Ringo, obviously very emotional. Then there is George, who was brought into the Beatles by his childhood friend, Paul. I know for a fact that Paul died. 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. Fifty years on from 1967 and the Summer of Love, 'Shears' is a squeaky-clean Anglican chaplain, nursing memories of a lost and secret love. On 25 February 2015, fake news website World News Daily Report (WNDR) added a new chapter to a classic urban legend when they published an article claiming that Paul McCartney had passed away in 1966. 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. [1] At the time, Barrow was the press officer for the Beatles and was responsible for fielding calls from fans and the media. There is only one Paul. This all went smoothly, but Campbell still had one persona left: Maharishi. The truth of the matter is, nobody really gives a damn. She goes on and on about some sort of Betrayal that would devastate the world if the truth were to be known. Trying to prove or disprove anything from these albums is a waste of time. Anyone who can't see (or simply refuses to see) the fact that the "Paul McCartney" of Sgt. You are correct in your stated assumption that the book had to be written as fiction and that people see what they want to see. Paul Ramon, Carl Harrison and Long John Silver! But remember, Paul was no saint. (Officially pronounced dead VS. Ontario Provincial Police), has anyone dared to ask the Question what Canada has to do with the British Pop Band, The Beatles? With a little plastic surgery he also assumed Pauls baby faced good looks. If you really want to prove that Paul is really Paul, find out what happened to the real Billy Shears. This material may not be reproduced without permission. .. Sheppard comes from the White Album's "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill," which was about the tiger hunter William Sheppard. "We didn't know what to do, and Brian Epstein, our manager, suggested that we hire Billy Shears as a temporary solution. The phenomenon was the subject of analysis in the fields of sociology, psychology, and communications during the 1970s. Billys name is there at the end of the very first song, I dont really want to stop the show [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]. Billy's Back! Amusingly, though, during the height of the BeeGees' popularity in the seventies, Barry Gibb lost a Barry Gibb look-alike contest! According to Tony Barrow, who wrote about it in his book "John, Paul, George, Ringo and me," the rumours about McCartney's death started circulating in September 1966. REALITY: Such a contest was actually held, co-sponsored by an American teen magazine (perhaps "Tiger Beat"?) It brought enormous worldwide publicity to Gibb and WKNR. If he never plays "Yesterday" publicly again, let us all have that moment live in our hope, anyway. Most people only had radio back then. When the first rumors finally began about the whole thing, we felt very nervous and started fighting a lot with each other. Those who were alive during the Beatles days recognized that an older replacement(s) was present with SGT Pepper. But Paul was 27, when Abby Road was released. Oh, and then there is the DVD Paul McCartney Really is Dead-The Last Testament of George Harrison. I'm not convinced by your arguments. Meanwhile, Hoaxesclaims that Paul's car did crash that night, but he wasn't behind the wheel. [56][nb 5], McCartney was secretly filmed by a CBS News crew as he worked on his farm. Next to that, Sgt. Following the publication of the article and the photo, in the issue dated 7 November,[58] the rumour started to decline. Richard on 2020-05-30 13:24:28 0000 The old "too many people involved" lark. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and was replaced by a look-alike and sound-alike. [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. I am Billy Shears. It would have been easy to replace Paul in the 1960s. paul2. [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. 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. 20th Century Fox. [25] Although the Beatles' press office denied the rumour, McCartney's atypical withdrawal from public life contributed to its escalation. The 'Paul McCartney is dead' myth. 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. Between the longer hair and the glasses and beard he was unreconizable by the Abbey Road album. George was 26 and Ringo 29. The line is preceded with "Well, here's another clue for you all". All I can say is brace yourself for some chilling evidence that even the most credible nay sayer can't deny. The real Paul *does* have a faint scar on his upper lip from the above-mentioned motorcycle accident. 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. [75], During the 1970s, the phenomenon became a subject of academic study in America in the fields of sociology, psychology and communications. A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project, http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/chaplin2.htm, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:William_Shears_Campbell&oldid=920583797, This Beatles-related redirect is within the scope of, This redirect does not require a rating on the project's, This page was last edited on 10 October 2019, at 17:42. In many ways the identity of Billy Shears is clear enough. And the infamous "photo of him" is Paul disguised so people would not recognize him on the street. [74] Schaffner said that, given its origins as an item of gossip and intrigue generated by a select group in the "Beatles cult", "Paul is dead" serves as "a genuine folk tale of the mass communications era". Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.204.206.249 (talk) 15:12, 1 October 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]. The big one that was actually intentional was "Billy Shears," which means, "Billy's here," of course, although I hate . 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. I mean, it's just a bit of poetry. When I was 11 years old and heard Penny Lane for the first time, I thought to myself who is the new person in the group singing this song and who was singing She Loves You Yeah, Yeah, Yeah at the end of All You Need is Love. They wouldn't be PREDICTING his death, won't they? Look at all the staged shootings these days that have been proven hoaxes. "We felt guilty about the deception" added Ringo Starr. Even the KKK got involved and made a threatening statement against the group. 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. 1 yr. ago Motherfu- I thought he was a real guy that just happened to fall into this theory. Well, that's not completely true. Where is his remains located? Both changes are, supposedly, explained by the . Billy became such as good musician that he played better than Paul. It took some real effort, but I finally saw them as 2 separate, individual guys. Sheesh2018 you crazy nut you are quoting the words from yesterday as a clue? People think it was too big a lie to be pulled off for this long. Has he ever re-surfaced anywhere? And what about police reports? 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). To make William Shears Campbell look like Paul McCartney then was impossible. [34] Another song was Terry Knight's "Saint Paul",[24] which had been a minor hit in June that year and was subsequently adopted by radio stations as a tribute to "the late Paul McCartney". Somewhat improbably, McCartney was said to have been replaced by a lookalike, called variously William Shears Campbell or William Sheppard. Both good musicians. 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). 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. You should read the expose in Italian Wired Magazine where scientists proved beyond a shadow of a doubt with facial recognition software that there are/were two Beatles who went by the name Paul McCartney. The Memoirs of Billy Shears. Watch later interviews with Fail and other Beatles members. He began receiving a number of dubious calls from people asking about whether Paul was alright, but he denied those claims due to the fact he claimed to have called Paul. Billy likely was killed to be kept silent. They saw the Sgt Pepper album as yet more proof of the on-going speculation that Paul McCartney had been killed in a car crash on Wednesday, November 9th 1966 and replaced with a look-a-like, sound-a-like called William Campbell Shears a.k.a Billy Shears born in Shreveport, Louisiana on September 16th, 1940. "Thank you very much". The WKBW DJs concluded that the "Paul is dead" hoax was fabricated by Lennon. How could they find a musician that looks,sounds just like him & be accepted by the other 3,his family & girlfriend Jane Asher? 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? I work in the music industry and have played with Billy many times over the years and he sometimes slips up with his accent. [31], Before the end of October 1969, several record releases had exploited the phenomenon of McCartney's alleged demise. This article does not yet have a related to do list. Whereas all the other Beatles are facing to one side Paul (i.e Billy Shears) is looking directly at the viewer against a blood red background. Well, that would be true, but the person who stabbed "George Harrison" (actually just Billy Shears) was actually the original George Harrison, back from India at last. In 1977 John Lennon wrote a song for Ringo and recorded it with him. Also referenced was the back cover of Sgt. Does anyone even think about why the thing was done in the first place. 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.