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"Paul is dead" is an urban legend and conspiracy theory alleging that English musician Paul McCartney of the Beatles died in 1966 and was secretly replaced by a look-alike. The rumour began circulating in 1966, gaining broad popularity in September 1969 following reports on American college campuses.
The song was recorded on 8 October 1968 and was completed including all overdubs in this one session. [5] The Beatles also started and completed "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" during the same recording session. [5] The chorus of the monaural mix of the song features louder backing vocals from Paul McCartney than the stereo mix.
Edward Sharp-Paul of FasterLouder wrote that "'Revolution #9' is the sound of an illusion shattering: Yes, the Beatles are human, and sometimes they drop almighty turds." [ 43 ] The track was voted the worst Beatles song in one of the first such polls, conducted in 1971 by WPLJ and The Village Voice . [ 44 ]
Gibb played the song backwards on his turntable, and heard the phrase "turn me on, dead man". [14] Gibb began telling his listeners about what he called "The Great Cover-up", [15] and listeners cited other alleged backmasked phrases, including "Paul is a dead man, miss him, miss him, miss him", on "I'm So Tired". [14]
The song speaks degradingly about angsty teenagers who look for backwards messages in music, and contains the lyrics "Play that record backwards / Here's a message yo for the suckas / Play that record backwards / And go fuck yourself." Moby "Machete" "I have to say goodbye." [62] Appears midway through the song. Motörhead
The Beatles landed at JFK Airport on February 7, 1964, greeted by 3,000 of the fans that had sent “I Want To Hold Your Hand” to the top of the Hot 100, and America’s love affair with the Fab ...
Likewise, a backing track of reversed drums and cymbals made its way into the verses of "Strawberry Fields Forever". The Beatles' well-known use of reversed tapes led to rumours of backwards messages, including many that fueled the Paul is Dead urban myth. However, only "Rain" and "Free as a Bird" include intentional reversed vocals in Beatles ...
And the fact of the matter is, Paul has said to me, ‘There are four Beatles, and only the four of us knew what it was like to be in the Beatles. No one else did, and no one else ever will ...