Tuesday 7 May 2013

Paul is Dead!

In 1969, the rumour "Paul is Dead" was spreading across the world like wildfire. The cover of The Beatles album Abbey Road added fuel to the inferno. Looking at the four memebers, Paul was the only one out of step, drawing attention to him. He was the only one barefoot, the way people are buried in many countries. People speculated that the fab four were walking in specific order... John first, dressed in all white as a religous person would be. Next was Ringo, in all black as the undertaker, followed by a shabby, barefoot Paul, resembling a corpse. George was last, in old blue jeans, as the gravedigger. It was said Abbey Road was a funeral procession. Paul held a cigarette; known as the coffin nail; in his right hand... Any Beatles fanatic knew Paul was left handed, which was the most signifigant clue to those who believed these rumours. It proved it was in fact a replacement Paul and not the real deal. And that's only the front cover of the album. On the back cover, there were 8 dots on a cement wall, which when connected made the number 3, not 4. The otherwise clear image is blurred by a woman, whose elbow, from a distance formed Paul's sillouhette. The lyrics of one of the biggest singles on the album, Come Together say, "He got hair down to his knees". Hair growth continues after death. "He wear no shoeshine", Paul was barefoot."He play toe jam football",a nickname for rugby, which was Paul's favourite sport to play. The most signifigant line in the song said"one and one and one is three', symbolizing the 3 remaining Beatles. For those fans who believed these clues, it validated that Paul McCartney was in fact, dead.

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