In the years after Paul disappeared, there were English and American songs that alluded to Paul under the code name "Suzanne" or "Susannah". (For a discussion of these songs, check out the Paul-was-replaced discussion board: http://www.invanddis.proboards.com/ in the "Clues" section under PID/PWR Songs.)
Paul was making it clear in his songs of 1966 that he was heading to France. There was a woman there he was interested in. So I started looking into French references to Paul and I believe I've found one.
The French singer/songwriter Jean Jacques Debout (who I mentioned in my post of March 5th. about the Gold Rose song competition in France) wrote a song recorded by the French ye-ye singer Chantal Goya in 1964 called C'est Bien Bernard (It's Bernard.) Debout and Goya latered married and they had an explanation for the title of the song (something about a little boy calling Debout "Bernard". But the lyrics of the song belie the explanation because it talks about Bernard being in a band and my research shows that Debout was a solo singer.)
The most important lyrics in the song are:
That is the most lucky Bernard of the band.
But I know that at the start in September
He will find me well and understand
That we both can love without the band.
That we both can love without the band.
In an early book about The Beatles (written in 1964): Love Me Do, The Beatles' Progress, the author Michael Braun said that Paul wanted to quit The Beatles.
And remember the lyric in Paul's song, Michelle (recorded in November, 1965):
I'll get to you somehow.
Beatles fans will remember that Paul wrote a song in 1966 under the pseudonym of Bernard Webb for Peter and Gordon called Woman. It was released in January, 1966 in the U.S. and the most important lyrics of it are:
And should you take your time and tell me
When we're alone, love will come home
I would give up my world
If you'll say that my girl is my woman.
So it looks as though Paul found his French woman singer in 1964 and carried on a clandestine romance with her. When people are looking to find out what happened to Paul, this could be another way to approach the answer.
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There are people who believe Paul McCartney was permanently replaced in 1966. I'm one of them. What happened to him? That's what this blog will explore.
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- For original Beatles fans, 1966 was a strange year. The "Butcher" cover and John's "more popular than Jesus" comment signaled that something was wrong with The Beatles. By 1967, we heard a different voice than Paul's on Penny Lane and we saw a different face in photos. Most of us abandoned Beatle fandom. In 1969, the "Paul is Dead" clues surfaced and were so strong and consistent, that many people wondered if that was the answer to the puzzling changes in Paul's voice and looks. People have been looking into that possibility from 1969-on but have not been able to document what happened to Paul. My generation deserves to know the truths about the group that we loved and made famous. So the search is on . . .
1 comment:
Hi Paulumbo, your interpretation of the french word "bande" is wrong. "Bande" in french doesn't mean "band". A "bande" is a group of people hanging out together. Like a group of friends, it is not a musical band. Une bande de potes, a group of mates, for example, so not sure the song applies to Paul. I'm french by the way. And i've found the truth about Paulie after 8 weeks of intensive research, but it is not your version either :) although you found some very good clues I had found too, our interpretation of them differ. I went into many theories and dead ends before finally finding. The truth is a bigger deception than what people think and no one wants to hear it, because it blows their minds.
There is way too much imagination and disinformation on the web about it. The websites such as Sage of Quay, Tina Foster and their likes are held by disinformation agents, I can assure you. The books such as The Memoirs of Billy Shears are disinformation too, basically the versions spread on the Web are all there to keep us blind to the truth. I believe you are a genuine researcher though, at least I hope so. God bless.
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