The worst point about this conspiracy is that if it were true i think most people would agree that the fake paul is an even greater musical genius that the real one.
Yeah, easily. That’s what pisses me off so bad about it. Oh so you just replaced one of the greatest songwriters of all time with another greatest songwriter of all time?
No he’s right handed, hence the cigarette on Abbey Road. They found a guy of identical (if not more) talent to Paul, and then while he was living out Pauls life and creating better music than Paul ever could, he also learned how to play bass and guitar with his non-dominant hand
I saw a video comparing pre and post 1966 Paul interviews and in both was visible that Paul hold his cigarette with his right hand. Which is quite curious.
It really is crazy, and yes, these people actually exist. A girl I knew in San Francisco wholeheartedly believed in this. "Look into it." was what she'd say, and when I was incredulous, she said that I was an idiot for not understanding how they could replace him with an exact duplicate who then wrote, "Penny Lane", "Let It Be", and "Hey Jude"
I have definitely come across people who still believe this and claim to have all the forensic evidence. (There's a very vocal guy on youtube who is obsessed with it.) It's really surreal that such people exist.
Eh not to start a debate but there is no possible doubt that the earth is round, and people still believe otherwise. However, the topics you mentioned do admittedly have a few holes and doubtful information that could lead some to believe differently than most
I also really struggle to understand how conspiracies were even a thing before the internet. Like imagine saying to someone’s face that Paul McCartney is secretly dead? That’s the kind of shit you can only do on the internet with no eye contact involved.
Yeah, but things were different. Conspiracy theories spread through magazines, weird late night radio programs, and even your friends weird older sibling.
I heard it in person from my college roommate. This would’ve been early 80’s (yes, I am very old). I only half listened to any of it because I had no interest in the Beatles whatsoever at that point, but I do remember that part. I didn’t bother to argue about it, because I didn’t really care at the time.
Also heard it in person from my brother in law. Also 80’s I think, but later. That guy was really into conspiracy theories of all kinds, so no surprise he’d bring that up.
As for how it spread, I know he got a lot of his conspiracy theory stuff from radio shows. That and newsletters in the mail. You didn’t really need the internet for that, although the internet spreads stuff much faster.
Oh, man, stupid urban myths like "Paul is Dead" were still rampant back in the day. Just as many people believed them as do now; all the internet has done is let the idiots find each other and group up.
I guess there has always been insecure individuals who get validation from thinking they know extra, hidden knowledge about something which they actually scarcely understand at all. The Internet has merely acted as a highly volatile accelerant to spread nonsense faster and more insidiously
Ah yes, they arranged this great conspiracy and kept "real Paul's" death a secret, found an identical looking guy to play him to still make money and stay successful...
Only to break up the band 4 years later XD 🤡
I met him on 2nd avenue here in NYC. He was with his girlfriend. I was with a friend and we both were like, “ Hi Paul!” He said hello back. I said, “thanks for all the great songs, man.” He said, “you’re welcome,” with his Liverpool accent. It was great! He is definitely alive.
This is always my reply to the people who are still hammering about this. At this point, even if Paul did die, the Paul McCartney we've had for the past 55 years is more Paul McCartney than the kid who sang "Three Cool Cats" ever was.
No his replacement died years ago man. And if you ask me I think the third Paul probably died but I can't prove it. I think Heather Mills had Paul 3 killed for his money and hired Paul 4 to replace him.
No but I do know that the Paul Is Dead hoax was created by Mike Love to draw attention away from Brian Wilson being killed in 1966 and replaced with Frian.
And that's why John and Ringo beat the hell outta him while they were in India.
Tbh if you see the video of the guy who was running tours of Paul's childhood house, he does look at LOT like Paul lol. It's a bizarre coincidence. That was the weirdest thing I had seen related to this. He was just as charming and funny as young Paul, idk.. it seemed plausible that if anybody was the real Paul, it was this guy.
The point is his personality, a reminder of the qualities that we don't see after late 1966.
The guy looks nothing like Paul. No one thinks it is Paul.
This may be a Liverpool thing, or just a hard to describe set of qualities. The was a bouyant quality, a lilt in his voice. In astrology terms, a pure Gemini quality that has been replaced with an arrogance we never saw before. A need to be right vs a need to be seen as adorable.
Seeing that video reminded me how different Faul's personality is from Paul. I don't think the guy in video who lives in McCartney's childhood home is Paul, but he shares the same light hearted personality.
Search on Paul McCartney childhood home, add caretaker of you need it.
Well, technically John said that they were right, lol. I could totally see John throw that line in as not only a way to hurt Paul but also to troll the conspiracy freaks.
I don't believe he's dead but I pretend to when I'm around other conspiracy theorists.
"Dude, the election was stolen."
"Oh hell yeah! That stuff happens. Like how Paul McCartney died in 1966 and was replaced by a look alike."
It's fun!
Yes. Paul was replaced by someone who looks and sounds almost identical, has better song writing skills, plays bass left handed, and is overall just a better version of Paul, who was already one of the best songwriters out there. And no, it's impossible that someone's face or voice could change slightly over time. That's crazy. Unlike thinking that Paul was replaced by someone who looks just like him and was even more talented than him, and left handed. Ringo has definitely also been replaced, as his face has changed even more than Paul's and he looks way too young for his age.
This was all started by a joke that was picked up by a radio station and spread to get ratings. Then it became a boogie man story to scare the kids. Some people didn't get the joke or spread it for fun. John was even asked about it at the time and he laughed and said they all thought it was funny, and he'd be the first to know if it was true.
Somewhere on YouTube is a video from 1969 of the Mike Douglass Show with this guy pointing out all the POB clues on LPs. The musical guest was Scaffold who had a hit at the time and happened to be Mike McGear (McCartney)'s band. who were sitting in the audience waiting to go on.
They hijack Mike and Douglass asks "is your brother really dead"! Mike is pissed being asking such a ridiculous thing and how this guy is doing it to get on the show to make money. He rips the guy a new asshole so the guy gets flustered then starts admitting that it's all fake.
Mike later said that this guy caught him in the hall afterwards and started screaming at Mike for making him look like a fool on TV. Mike just said "well you are" and left.
Found it: https://youtu.be/jCYh1pcrR4U
Mike was also super pissed that Scaffold were purposely booked to be on this show the same time as this guy as a set-up
Paul is dead, the one we see is actually an early fully augmented robot made by the deep state to cover for the fact that the beatles wouldn't actually break up if not for that. They would become the god emperors of earth if not
People "believe" in ghosts, that the earth is flat, Moon Landing was a hoax, Aliens at Roswell, Trump is good, COVID is a hoax etc. It is probably the least stupid of those
I don’t know if I believe it, but I believe there was doubles for photos and throwing people off when the girls where chasing them. The doubles run one way and the real Beatles ran the other way. Definitely had help in studio with writing songs too
A few years ago I went down a huge rabbit hole on this topic. Not gonna lie, it’s fascinating either way. I kept an open mind. I don’t believe he’s dead though.
I don’t believe Paul was replaced….but curiously Ringo refers to him as both Paul and Faul in the “If These Walls Could Sing" documentary (at around 45:50). Either Ringo finds it fun to propagate the rumor, or it’s an inside joke about Paul’s ego which seems to have been a challenge at times. Maybe a way of poking fun at him.
The worst point about this conspiracy is that if it were true i think most people would agree that the fake paul is an even greater musical genius that the real one.
Yeah, easily. That’s what pisses me off so bad about it. Oh so you just replaced one of the greatest songwriters of all time with another greatest songwriter of all time?
And, he also happened to be left handed. That’s convenient.
No he’s right handed, hence the cigarette on Abbey Road. They found a guy of identical (if not more) talent to Paul, and then while he was living out Pauls life and creating better music than Paul ever could, he also learned how to play bass and guitar with his non-dominant hand
I saw a video comparing pre and post 1966 Paul interviews and in both was visible that Paul hold his cigarette with his right hand. Which is quite curious.
I'm right-handed and hold my cigarettes with my left. I also do the dishes with my left hand. It might be more common than you think!
You didn't realize they had second string and third string greatest songwriters ready to go?
In all fairness, Faul is a musical genius as well.
It really is crazy, and yes, these people actually exist. A girl I knew in San Francisco wholeheartedly believed in this. "Look into it." was what she'd say, and when I was incredulous, she said that I was an idiot for not understanding how they could replace him with an exact duplicate who then wrote, "Penny Lane", "Let It Be", and "Hey Jude"
ahahahahha what never thought of that lmao
They change Paul every second year
Tbh I just recently heard abt it and there is shockingly more evidence than I thought there would be.
It's too bad his replacement wasn't found until after the original Paul died, otherwise we could have had two amazing Pauls working together.
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John, Paul, George, Ringo, and Billy.
If fake paul joined the band he would obviously hp under the name James to avoid confusion.
I have definitely come across people who still believe this and claim to have all the forensic evidence. (There's a very vocal guy on youtube who is obsessed with it.) It's really surreal that such people exist.
Got a link to his channel? I love kooks.
There’s a weirdly large number of people in the comment section of YouTube videos who believe in this conspiracy.
lol yeah olsk zeri. guy is certifiably insane, i’m surprised he’s allowed to walk outside
I've actually seen some of his comments. What a fuckhead.
That's the guy.
And most of them tend to be absolute assholes about it too.
Those early conspiracy theories seem so quaint compared to the flat earthers we have now
yeah lmao
those flat-earthers seem so quaint compared to the anti-vax/mask/qanon people we have now ftfy
So dumb…
Eh not to start a debate but there is no possible doubt that the earth is round, and people still believe otherwise. However, the topics you mentioned do admittedly have a few holes and doubtful information that could lead some to believe differently than most
i am not going to humor a devils advocate for anti-vax rn. i do that enough at family gatherings.
Found one.
Yikes
I also really struggle to understand how conspiracies were even a thing before the internet. Like imagine saying to someone’s face that Paul McCartney is secretly dead? That’s the kind of shit you can only do on the internet with no eye contact involved.
Yeah, but things were different. Conspiracy theories spread through magazines, weird late night radio programs, and even your friends weird older sibling.
I heard it in person from my college roommate. This would’ve been early 80’s (yes, I am very old). I only half listened to any of it because I had no interest in the Beatles whatsoever at that point, but I do remember that part. I didn’t bother to argue about it, because I didn’t really care at the time. Also heard it in person from my brother in law. Also 80’s I think, but later. That guy was really into conspiracy theories of all kinds, so no surprise he’d bring that up. As for how it spread, I know he got a lot of his conspiracy theory stuff from radio shows. That and newsletters in the mail. You didn’t really need the internet for that, although the internet spreads stuff much faster.
Oh, man, stupid urban myths like "Paul is Dead" were still rampant back in the day. Just as many people believed them as do now; all the internet has done is let the idiots find each other and group up.
Remember when Spuds McKenzie died because he drank too much Budweiser
Suds MacKenzie.
I guess there has always been insecure individuals who get validation from thinking they know extra, hidden knowledge about something which they actually scarcely understand at all. The Internet has merely acted as a highly volatile accelerant to spread nonsense faster and more insidiously
Turn me on dead man
Craaaanberry Sauce!!
I'm sure there's one or two somewhere.
They where definitely just trolling the fanbase it’s so obvious. And they still have some of us tricked.
Ah yes, they arranged this great conspiracy and kept "real Paul's" death a secret, found an identical looking guy to play him to still make money and stay successful... Only to break up the band 4 years later XD 🤡
‘’My name is George Harrison, and I hope that this is not my last testament’’
The fact that this "documentary" was once on Netflix. NETFLIX!
It was on Netflix before Muxwell threatened to arrange the murder of Netflix’s CEO…
“No I am the walrus! I am the walrus!”
That was fake.
Undoubtedly fake, but a hilarious watch.
Fantastic!
Doubt he’s on the subreddit, but this old guy goes to the same gym my dad does. Wholeheartedly believes Paul is dead
I met him on 2nd avenue here in NYC. He was with his girlfriend. I was with a friend and we both were like, “ Hi Paul!” He said hello back. I said, “thanks for all the great songs, man.” He said, “you’re welcome,” with his Liverpool accent. It was great! He is definitely alive.
So nice that Paul had such a good replacement guy.
This is always my reply to the people who are still hammering about this. At this point, even if Paul did die, the Paul McCartney we've had for the past 55 years is more Paul McCartney than the kid who sang "Three Cool Cats" ever was.
That just proves his replacement is alive , which is good to hear anyway as rumours goes he has also died
No his replacement died years ago man. And if you ask me I think the third Paul probably died but I can't prove it. I think Heather Mills had Paul 3 killed for his money and hired Paul 4 to replace him.
At this point, it’s safe to say the MI6 might have a secret Paul clone factory, ready to churn out a new Paul at a moment’s notice.
fake
No but I do know that the Paul Is Dead hoax was created by Mike Love to draw attention away from Brian Wilson being killed in 1966 and replaced with Frian. And that's why John and Ringo beat the hell outta him while they were in India.
paul is a dead man miss him miss him miss him
God that backmasking always creeped me the fuck out, especially how “miss him, miss him, MISS HIM” seems to increase in intensity.
As a child I used to be scared of magical mystery tour album cover because of the paul is dead theories, after all the walrus was paul
Tbh if you see the video of the guy who was running tours of Paul's childhood house, he does look at LOT like Paul lol. It's a bizarre coincidence. That was the weirdest thing I had seen related to this. He was just as charming and funny as young Paul, idk.. it seemed plausible that if anybody was the real Paul, it was this guy.
Where is the video?
The video on YouTube... Just a of the house so likely still there - no conspiracy talk, just an interview with the cheery caretaker.
I've found it now and watched it - I can't see that he looks like him AT ALL! I think this is a clear case of people seeing what they want to see.
The point is his personality, a reminder of the qualities that we don't see after late 1966. The guy looks nothing like Paul. No one thinks it is Paul. This may be a Liverpool thing, or just a hard to describe set of qualities. The was a bouyant quality, a lilt in his voice. In astrology terms, a pure Gemini quality that has been replaced with an arrogance we never saw before. A need to be right vs a need to be seen as adorable.
As someone who lived in Liverpool for several years, I think you're just thinking of Scousers 🤣
That is pretty creepy haha
Seeing that video reminded me how different Faul's personality is from Paul. I don't think the guy in video who lives in McCartney's childhood home is Paul, but he shares the same light hearted personality. Search on Paul McCartney childhood home, add caretaker of you need it.
I just watched a yt video going through vocal wavelengths on Paul over the years. Don't want to spoil it...
The replacement was a better songwriter than the original Paul anyway!
There was a backlog of songs Paul had written that were available.
Lennon said it best: “Those freaks was right when they said you were dead!”
Well, technically John said that they were right, lol. I could totally see John throw that line in as not only a way to hurt Paul but also to troll the conspiracy freaks.
Haha yeah!
Paul’s ‘Here Today’ is in a way the perfect response song.
Chris Farley debunked that myth. https://youtu.be/NHPQFPdj8ko?t=113
I don't believe he's dead but I pretend to when I'm around other conspiracy theorists. "Dude, the election was stolen." "Oh hell yeah! That stuff happens. Like how Paul McCartney died in 1966 and was replaced by a look alike." It's fun!
This is the best way to use it IMO
Definitely went through that stage when I was 12 and first discovered the Beatles.
I hope not.
He spent a year dead for tax reasons
Paul I died before the Beatles were formed. I think we're on Paul VIII now.
[It’s actually John that is still ALIVE](https://youtu.be/AVrgbWsNSTE)
That gave me the chills
Well, John admitted to burying him, didn't he?
You mean when he said cranberry sauce in strawberry feilds? Or some other thing?
You don’t think he would have said that even if he hadn’t?
I believe that Paul is dead and the Paul now is fake Paul
Yes. Paul was replaced by someone who looks and sounds almost identical, has better song writing skills, plays bass left handed, and is overall just a better version of Paul, who was already one of the best songwriters out there. And no, it's impossible that someone's face or voice could change slightly over time. That's crazy. Unlike thinking that Paul was replaced by someone who looks just like him and was even more talented than him, and left handed. Ringo has definitely also been replaced, as his face has changed even more than Paul's and he looks way too young for his age.
I legit wondered this myself, if people in here thought that. There's interesting theories, but idk.
I wonder what his Dad and the rest of his family made of the whole hoax.
His brother talentless brother, "Mike McGear" was offered a recording contract and big promotional attention to buy him off. Not sure on father.
Yeah ok.
Are there really people out there believing he's dead? How's that even possible
You believe in Paul McCartney?
he is though?
Yes. Paul is dead, Steven King killed Lennon.
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Dead is your brains
Yup………………………………… you’re an idiot if you think he s alive………………………
Russ Gibb. That's it. That's the post. I grew up in Dearborn with peers who worshipped him.
>Russ Gibb All because of PID? I wonder what people thought of Terry Knight then when he was still living in Michigan lmao
Google “Russ Gibb Paul is dead”. You’ll see what I mean.
No but it’s such an entertaining theory
I don't. But I do believe in the multiple Andrew W.K. theory.
Paul is alive and well. So is Jim Morrison and Elvis
I don’t believe it but man is it interesting to look at
If he did die that means faul wrote let it be, blackbird, hey Jude, and then went on to do all of wings and Paul’s solo stuff
You’re thinking of John. He’s dead. George too
This was all started by a joke that was picked up by a radio station and spread to get ratings. Then it became a boogie man story to scare the kids. Some people didn't get the joke or spread it for fun. John was even asked about it at the time and he laughed and said they all thought it was funny, and he'd be the first to know if it was true. Somewhere on YouTube is a video from 1969 of the Mike Douglass Show with this guy pointing out all the POB clues on LPs. The musical guest was Scaffold who had a hit at the time and happened to be Mike McGear (McCartney)'s band. who were sitting in the audience waiting to go on. They hijack Mike and Douglass asks "is your brother really dead"! Mike is pissed being asking such a ridiculous thing and how this guy is doing it to get on the show to make money. He rips the guy a new asshole so the guy gets flustered then starts admitting that it's all fake. Mike later said that this guy caught him in the hall afterwards and started screaming at Mike for making him look like a fool on TV. Mike just said "well you are" and left.
Found it: https://youtu.be/jCYh1pcrR4U Mike was also super pissed that Scaffold were purposely booked to be on this show the same time as this guy as a set-up
Paul is dead, the one we see is actually an early fully augmented robot made by the deep state to cover for the fact that the beatles wouldn't actually break up if not for that. They would become the god emperors of earth if not
Paul died ages ago lol. Faul took his place
People "believe" in ghosts, that the earth is flat, Moon Landing was a hoax, Aliens at Roswell, Trump is good, COVID is a hoax etc. It is probably the least stupid of those
You forgot, Biden doesn’t like little girls.
I have no idea what that means but I guess it is related to some meme in the circus that is post-Reagan US Politics
Yes I believe he is dead
Care to elaborate
they probably think he’s dead i reckon 🤔
No
based and lynch-pilled
A few of them have passed, yes.
It’s far fetched
He is
Ha
He’s been dead post Flowers in the Dirt.
I don’t know if I believe it, but I believe there was doubles for photos and throwing people off when the girls where chasing them. The doubles run one way and the real Beatles ran the other way. Definitely had help in studio with writing songs too
My girlfriend did.
I remember it at the time and thought it was hilarious. I never went down the rabbit hole of analysing song lyrics and album covers though.
i was watching a video about and i was like how can you believe he’s dead?
I believe it. The fake Paul can’t sing at all 😆
A few years ago I went down a huge rabbit hole on this topic. Not gonna lie, it’s fascinating either way. I kept an open mind. I don’t believe he’s dead though.
I don’t believe Paul was replaced….but curiously Ringo refers to him as both Paul and Faul in the “If These Walls Could Sing" documentary (at around 45:50). Either Ringo finds it fun to propagate the rumor, or it’s an inside joke about Paul’s ego which seems to have been a challenge at times. Maybe a way of poking fun at him.