Thursday, September 27, 2012

Before All The Other Clues, There Was KRLABeat's "Dream"

I have been commenting in several posts about the idea that Paul was--let's say--nailed by the British government for an indecent exposure incident.  I traced the beginning of it from a New Musical Express interview with Paul published on July 29, 1966 where Paul said he had dreams of being caught out in the street in his underwear.  There was musical "chatter" following on this, beginning--from my research--with Procol Harum's 1967 song, Lime Street Blues, and continuing in 1968 with The Bonzo Dog's Band, We Are Normal and in 1969 with Jose Feliciano's So Long Paul.  But before even Paul's interview was published, the Los Angeles radio station KRLA's fan magazine, The Beat had in its July 2, 1966 edition a column that talked about a "dream" the writer (Shirley Poston) was "sent".

She commented that a "Narcissa Nash" wrote her with a dream she had about The Beatles.  They were riding in her VW bus, nicknamed NIGEL (!) and Paul finds that his pants are on fire:
At this point, I pull Nigel to a
screeching halt and up to a fire
hydrant.  But before I can turn the
water on Paul, he has shed his
trousers and is now headed toward
the nearest fountain with purple-
polka-dot shorts on.  (No com-
ment).  As he leaps into a posh
fountain in front of a posh bank, a
loud sizzling is heard and a great
mass of steam rises.
      Indecent Exposure
At which time Paul is arrested
for indecent exposure and for con-
tributing to air pollution (the
steamin' nit).
In my July 6, 2012 post, I speculated that NIGEL was the code name they gave our Paul.  Now I'm convinced of it.  The next thing to look into is the setting of a posh fountain in front of a posh bank sometime in 1965.  We are getting closer to the truth.

                                                                      ---paulumbo



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