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Paul McCartney Admits Beatles Planned Death Hoax
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--- Quote ---by Bruce Spizer
(Originally Published April, 2004. Upon completion, be sure to read the note in the black box at the end of the article!)
While on a recent quick vacation in New Orleans, Paul McCartney let his guard down and admitted what some Beatles fans have suspected for years. He confirmed that the “Paul is dead” clues found in several Beatles album covers and songs were deliberately planted by the group as part of an elaborate scheme dating back to the summer of 1966.
According to McCartney, the plan was formulated by manager Brian Epstein. “Brian dropped by the studio to hear the playback of our latest single, ‘Paperback Writer.’ He didn’t like it one bit. ‘Not a love song,’ he said. He was concerned that the press and our fans wouldn’t get it. He told us, ‘People want love songs. They won’t spend money for a song about a novel writer. You boys are gonna blow it with this one.’ But by this time, we were running the show, not Brian. We insisted that ‘Paperback Writer’ would be our next single and told him that the song represented the new direction our songwriting was going in.”
When contacted in London, former Beatles press agent Tony Barrow confirmed Brian’s concerns. “Brian was into traditional love songs. He had told Paul to come up with another ‘Yesterday’ or ‘Michelle’ for the next single. Imagine his shock when he heard ‘Paperback Writer’ and ‘Rain.’ Not only were they not love songs, but they were so loud! We didn’t know it at the time, but the Beatles had recorded the first heavy metal single. Not exactly ‘Till There Was You’ or ‘A Taste Of Honey.’ I was worried, too. I wondered, ‘Had the boys gone too far this time?’”
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everlastinglove_MJ:
Sim, thank you for posting this interesting article!
I thought this one was striking :icon_mrgreen::
--- Quote ---Tony Barrow also thought the plan was brilliant. “Nothing re-energizes a singer’s career like his death.
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--- Quote ---The idea was that we would plant clues in our songs and album covers that one of us had died in a car wreck. If after a few albums, our records weren’t selling well, we’d leak out word about the clues and let our fans and the press take over. People would buy the albums to see and hear the clues. We thought, ‘Wow, that’s an incredible idea!’ We realized it would be great fun to have all those clues sitting there undiscovered until people started going nuts looking for them all.”
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unique selling point :LolLolLolLol:
--- Quote ---After Ringo turned down the “opportunity” to die, the honor of being a dead Beatle was up for grabs. According to Paul, “George said right away he didn’t feel comfortable faking his death. But it sure got him thinking. A few days later he showed up at a session with a new song called ‘The Art Of Dying.’ We didn’t think it was that good a song, so we never recorded it. George later improved the lyrics and included it on his first album.”
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Just found the lyrics:
"The Art Of Dying" ~ George Harrison
--- Quote ---There'll come a time when all of us must leave here
Then nothing Sister Mary can do
Will keep me here with you
As nothing in this life that I've been trying
Could equal or surpass the art of dying
Do you believe me?
There'll come a time when all your hopes are fading
When things that seemed so very plain
Become an awful pain
Searching for the truth among the lying
And answered when you've learned the art of dying
But you're still with me
But if you want it
Then you must find it
But when you have it
There'll be no need for it
There'll come a time when most of us return here
Brought back by our desire to be
A perfect entity
Living through a million years of crying
Until you've realized the art of dying
Do you believe me?
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cej4qfxSec [/youtube]
Beautiful song and lyrics.
L.O.V.E.
Andrea:
Well if Paul actually admitted it and was being truthful then I think that is totally awesome. I like that it gives even more credence for what Michael has been doing.
SimPattyK:
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Register or LoginWell if Paul actually admitted it and was being truthful then I think that is totally awesome. I like that it gives even more credence for what Michael has been doing.
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Yes and it makes us, beLIEvers, look less crazier!! it shows that such an idea can occur to artists' and can be put into practice , it's not just some desperate fans' "wishful thinking" or "fantasies".
@everlastinglove: yes, pretty much what caught my attention too.... the article is long , but carefully written :icon_e_wink:
trublu:
Finally!
Thanks for posting this, it's really interesting.
I think the beatles set a trend with such hoaxing, backmasking etc. A truly genius marketing plan. It differs to this hoax though as it was used to push album sales, and it worked.
It shows that people can keep secrets and mass people can be manipulated. However, it's one thing that made me doubt the validity of this hoax; I always thought there was a (small) chance that the clues in this is it etc were put there by ortega and his team to create mystique and sell film copies.
However, it doesn't explain other clues made by family etc, and I seriously doubt they would be in on such a marketing plan should Michael really be dead, as it would be very unethical.
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