Saturday, March 29, 2014

No Credible Photos of Paul Past July,1966

I have been searching unsuccessfully for ANY credible photo of our Paul past the photo of him that was taken in early July, 1966 when he was in India.  (See photo in my post of October 10, 2010.)

Paul was supposed to have attended a performance of experimental music at the Royal College of Art in London on September 15, 1966.  There was a group of musicians and the composer Cornelius Cardew and about a dozen people in the audience but I have not found one photograph from the concert.

Paul (and Ringo) were supposed to have accepted an award from the English pop music magazine Melody Maker on September 13, 1966.  A very hazy short film from the awards ceremony and several photographs have surfaced.  I always thought the photos looked doctored and then found another photo from a English music photographer, David Redfern.  (See right.)  THIS Paul looks like one of the 1966 American tour look-alikes.

Since I do not believe our Paul was in the 1966 American tour group I'm seriously thinking that all the chatter from the new Beatles and the other musicians was about things happening to our Paul beginning some time after early JULY, 1966.


Thursday, March 13, 2014

Several Clues That The Real John Survived, But Was Crippled

I mentioned in my post about the "personnel changes" in The Beatles that I had found some strong hints that the real John lived, but ended up (somehow) in a wheelchair.  Here are the clues.

1.)  Bob Dylan recorded a song for his Blonde on Blonde album called "4th. Time Around."  The song was  recorded in February, 1966 and released in May, 1966.  It was supposed to be Dylan's satirical jab at John Lennon and his supposedly borrowing Dylan's songwriting rhymes and rhythms.  The relevant lyrics are:
               And I tried to make sense
               Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair.
                        -    -   -   -
                I never asked for your crutch  [meant literally]       
                Now don't ask for mine.         [meant figuratively]

2.)  The real John Lennon's son, Julian recorded a song called "I Don't Wanna Know" and made a video to go with it.   Late in the video, it shows one of The Beatles in a wheelchair.
I think that was supposed to be his father.









3.)  I described in other posts the clues in the 1978 mockumentary about The Beatles, All You Need Is Cash.  Well, another clue for us all came in the "What Became of The Rutles" segment when the commentator described the John character:  "Nasty turned his back on the world, and sat for many years with his thoughts and his memories."  And here is how Nasty is shown: