Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Slipping, Sliding Down Highway 31

The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band--a 1960's parody band--recorded a song called Death Cab for Cutie for their debut album, Gorilla, released October, 1967.  It is considered a Paul-is-Dead song.  They performed the song in the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour film, first shown December, 1967.

One line talks about "Cutie" (read "Paul") "slipping, sliding down on Highway 31."  People exploring the Paul mystery focused on Hwy. 31 in England.  But, there is also a Highway 31 in Northern France, north of Paris, that runs from Gournay through Beauvais, Compiegne, Soissons, and ends in Reims.  You can read a description of N31 in wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_nationale_31.  That might be THE Highway 31.

Also interesting is that the man who replaced Paul--called Faul (fake Paul) by Paul-is-Dead researchers-- travelled to Nice, France to film a video of the song, Fool on the Hill that was used in the Magical Mystery Tour film.  THAT song is also considered a Paul-is-Dead song.

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