Wednesday 30 September 2009

Is Paul McCartney dead? Probably not..

Following the trend of “Beatling” (for lack of a better word) in my Blog I decided to look into the conspiracy theory that (Sir) Paul McCartney died in 1966.
The story goes that Paul picked up a soaking wet woman who he took pity on in the rain on the morning of his death. She didn’t at first realise who he was until it clicked and she reportedly went insane and tried to grab the young Beatle. Losing control of his car he crashed and died in the burning wreckage.
To me this is absurd. Died in a car crash? Unlikely.
The Beatles held a look-alike contest and reportedly the winner became the new Paul. Is anyone finding this a little bit hard to believe? The far fetched Beatle conspiracy is still alive and well to this very day regardless of statements made by friends and family stating Paul is not dead.
The clues to his death are apparently written all over Beatle media, the Abbey Road album Paul isn’t wearing shoes, instantly he must be dead. Sgt peppers lonely hearts band, looks to be like a funeral scene, could it not simply be a PARADE? The trunk cover for the album “Yesterday and today” not only does Paul sitting in a trunk mean that he is again very clearly dead but also the track listing on side 1 tells the story of his death. Paul is meant to be the focal point of all these images, he was the Beatles driving force, the creator of their image so to speak, surely it is only natural he is singled out and shown as the leader.
There are many conspiracy theories you can look into, UFOs, 911, the London bombings and more. The list is endless, the more people try to deny the truth the more theories are going to emerge.
Paul McCartney is alive and well. Don’t let sinister internet propaganda make you doubt that. Let the ones who truly are dead have their peace, instead of mourning a healthy man.

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The Man Himself!

Tuesday 29 September 2009

The Beatles bigger than Jesus?

At the height of Beatlemania John Lennon stated the Beatles as being more popular than Jesus. Decades on is this true?
Following the tradition of using the internet to make a "clear" observation I headed straight for the fan pages of the ever popular Facebook.
The page “I love Jesus” has 1,396,949 fans. Meanwhile “The Beatles” pages has 1,453,118. In the modern times it is showing that more people are Beatles fans than, Christians. Is that a fair comment? Or can it be assumed that people who are practicing Christians would prefer to buy the bible as their dedication rather than just becoming a “fan” on Facebook. The Bible is believed to have sold up to 6 billion copies, a hefty amount and most probably an incorrect figure unless, of course this is throughout the period of bibles existence? The Beatles factually have sold 600million albums, countless sold out concerts and still have many avid fans.
So is Christianity dying out? Probably not. Just because a band has a huge following, it doesn't mean that religion is being overthrown and over powered by music. Music is a new religion, more people listen to music than believe in the existence of God. The Beatles weren't really ever saying that they personally were bigger than Jesus, just music itself.