Vivian Stanshall Paul Mccartney
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Vivian Stanshall's ultimate musical spoof, 'The Intro & the Outro', was one of the best-loved lines that he devised in the heyday of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton. Paul did NOT die in 1966: Phil Ackrill (‘Hey Jude’-1968) & James Paul McCartney (“Let it Be”-1968). James Paul McCartney (“Let it Be”-1968 to 1970) & Phil Ackrill (‘Hey Jude’-AUGUST, 1968) Tina Foster Plastic Macca Disinformation PID Paul IS dead. Uplay crack for all ubisoft games. James Paul McCartney BROWN EYES. Phil Ackrill (‘Hey Jude’- SUMMER 1968.
Vivian Stanshall Paul Mccartney
It's time for another journal post. I have another free form poem ready, but since I don't get the impression those are terribly popular with the public, and rather than bore everyone with more of my complaining about my show and the assholes behind it, I thought I'd just dash off another quick one about how Paul McCartney was possibly replaced in the mid-sixties.
I watched a documentary about Vivian Stanshall on Youtube last night and it got me thinking about that topic again because, according to the book I read on it, Vivian was another one of William's (the guy who supposedly replaced Paul) characters.
In 'The Memoirs of Billy Shears' we are lead to believe William Shepherd, through Thomas Uharriet, claims he's been playing the role of Paul McCartney since his 'accidental' death in late 1966. The reasons given for this was because the pop idol's death would have traumatized young girls all over the world, possibly bad enough to spark an epidemic of teen suicide, and also they felt they had to try and preserve the band in tact since it was such a major source of revenue for the UK. How convenient that they just happened to have a near perfect double available to slip right into his shoes when this tragedy struck. However, the fact they had such a perfect double ready to take his place at that time certainly makes it seem unlikely that it was a mere unfortunate 'accident' that robbed young McCartney of his life. The fact they were prepared to so readily replace him indicates the whole thing was actually planned. Of course since the impostor was also a high ranking member of a prominent secret society they were also able to seduce the younger generation with their NWO agenda through their music. Far from being 'Anti-Establishment', popular culture was actually their ultimate weapon. A giant Trojan Horse they used to smuggle their agenda deep into the subconscious mind of an entire generation.
To be honest it seems to me like a lot of trouble to go through to get a rock band to do one's bidding. Why couldn't they just use the same ruse they routinely use on politicians, simply get them messed up on drugs and photograph them having sex with a ten year old, or something equally revolting, and then blackmail them with the pictures ever after?
Anyway, the story has a lot of holes in it and the only reason I got sucked into looking into it at all is because after 1966 a lot of their songs talk about Paul dying a violent death and how much they miss him. After I read the book I found out there were even more songs about this than I thought. Also I felt it was obvious something big happened to them around that time, to Paul in particular, since their whole style of music had completely changed. People also claim Paul's personality changed as well, but the only people who could know him well enough to make that assessment would be other celebrities, so how can we trust the accuracy or honesty of such statements? The music is there for anyone to listen to so that's really the only proof we can all examine since even photographs can be tampered with.
Undeniably the music changed drastically in 1967. Many say Theodore Adorno actually wrote all the Beatles songs and that the band itself was a Tavistock creation from the beginning. I'm not sure we can believe any of these stories verbatim, but it seems very possible that someone else was either writing their music or telling them what to write starting in 1967.
One thing the book said that caught my interest was that Shepherd had another alter ego he was playing, comedian/musician Vivian Stanshall. I didn't dismiss that statement out of hand since there does seem to be a pronounced resemblance between Standshall and McCartney. In the book he says he used a prosthesis to make his chin larger when he played Vivian. To be honest, after watching videos of Stanshall on YouTube for a few hours I didn't notice any indications that he was wearing a false chin, but I hardly qualify as an expert in such matters so take my impressions for what they're worth. I've also been googling looking for pictures of Vivian's profile to compare it with Paul's, but so far I can't find any. I don't think it's really all that important to verify a connection between Paul and Vivian to solve this mystery as William's story about replacing P. M. could still be true even if the Stanshall story is a fabrication. Since he is supposedly telling us something hes not supposed to it would make sense for him to muddy the waters a bit.
I feel it's obvious something major happened to the Beatles in 66/67 besides a few LSD trips, if only because their music, especially Paul's, changed drastically at that time and stayed that way. On the very rare occasions where people do actually change, they almost always revert back to normal eventually, or at least morph in some degree back in that general direction. Paul's music has maintained that razz-a-ma-tazz show tunes quality for the past 50 years.
Vivian and the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah band actually had a cameo in Magical Mystery Tour television special in which they sang their song, 'Death Cab for Cutie', which is said to be about the last ride Paul gave a young female hitch hiker on that fatal rainy night on September 11th, 1966:
'When he saw Cutie it gave him a thrill
Don't you know Baby, curves can kill
-Death cab for Cutie
-Death cab for Cutie
Someone's going to make you pay your fare'
Another interesting side note, Vivian and his band did have a hit single which topped at #5 on the British charts in 1968 called, 'Urban Spaceman'. Like many songs by Paul McCartney it seemed to promote drug use:
'I'm the urban spaceman, baby; I've got speed
I've got everything I need
I'm the urban spaceman, baby; I can fly
I'm a supersonic guy'
(But, to be fair, most music from this time period did) Another interesting fact about this song is that not only did Paul McCartney produce it, he also played in it. Admittedly he only played a ukulele in it, but it's still remarkable that he was involved. The Story goes that the Doodah Band's label insisted that they write a song that will make a favorable showing on the charts so Vivian went and got Paul involved with the project thereby guaranteeing that it would find favor with the public. It could be a coincidence that Vivian was able to get a famous rock star who just happened to look remarkably like him involved with his band at this crucial time, or maybe there really is a weird connection between the two bands, either way it makes an interesting story.
Now, according to the book William's first love was the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and his Beatle's gig was to pay his bills. As I said, so far I've not been able to find the evidence I'd need to try and verify if this story is even likely, but you must admit Vivian's music sounds much more like post '67 Paul McCartney music than 'She Loves You', or, 'I wanna Hold Your Hand'.
Paul's band 'Wings' enjoyed phenomenal success throughout the seventies, and, 'coincidentally'(?) Vivian pretty much dropped out of the show biz scene at that time, allegedly losing himself in barbiturates and alcohol. I'm not saying there's any connection between the two things, it could just be another one of those interesting coincidences. I'm officially neutral on all this conspiracy type stuff. In the book Shepherd said he killed off his Stanshall character in 1985 because he was 'through with him'.
Actually I'm sure Uharriet, the author of the book, was just having some fun with us as. According to him Paul McCartney and Vivian Stanshall weren't the only famous people William Shepherd was impersonating at the time. I can't remember who the other ones were and it's been many months since I read that book. If I had the book handy I'd try to look up their names, but I don't so I apologize for even bringing it up.
I don't know if or how much my show goes into it, but I'm very fond of British comedy. Do Youtube searches for 'Bonzo Dog Band', 'Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band' and 'Vivian Stanshall' if you'd like to see more of his work.
Their one big hit (produced by Paul McCartney, oddly enough):
The B side of the single:
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