I thought this one had been put to bed. It's been around since the early seventies. Among other clues, Paul's bare feet and his being out of step were supposed to signify Paul's death.

That must have been an interesting scene at Lindas death bed.
"Paul....I mean Billy...uh....please take care of the kids. I love you so much Billy....uh...Paul.....uh....."
Wouldn't she have noticed certain physical differences as well. The plastic surgery would have fooled someone facially but other characteristics wouldn't.
They would also have had to duplicate his mental process'. This might prove especially difficult since no two people think exactly alike. And replicating his talent is absolutely impossible.
I'll play the record backwards again and see if any other conspiracies are evident.

Well, I don't care if Paul was replaced. This "Billy" person wrote some pretty good songs, including but not limited to, "Live and Let Die."

Wouldn't she have noticed certain physical differences as well. The plastic surgery would have fooled someone facially but other characteristics wouldn't.

She and Paul were having marital troubles and she was actually cheating on Paul with Billy Shepherd when the accident happened. So, Linda was glad to go along with the charade. There was obviously a lot of money at stake!

Um, no, actually. Linda Eastman,of Eastman Kodak, 's family money was a hell of a lot more than (Sir) Paul's.

And which pioneering British plastic surgeon did the work on "Billy"?

Originally posted by Excitable_Boy
Billy Shepherd was also known as Neil Aspinall and he was "Billy Shears" from the Beatles song and also Billy Pepper....aka Sgt. Pepper....

In the Sgt. Pepper mythos, Ringo was Billy Shears. The end of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" ends with"The one and only Billy Shears" and segues into "A little Help from my friends" sung by Ringo.

In the Sgt. Pepper mythos, Ringo was Billy Shears. The end of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" ends with"The one and only Billy Shears" and segues into "A little Help from my friends" sung by Ringo.

This is just an ssumption. Plus, should "Paul" have sang when they announced the name Billy Shears? That may have been a little too in your face for them to feel comfortable with.

And for the poster before this....finding the doctor(s) that performed the plastic surgery would take some work indeed. I'll see what i can come up with!

Originally posted by Excitable_Boy
Billy Shepherd was also known as Neil Aspinall and he was "Billy Shears" from the Beatles song and also Billy Pepper....aka Sgt. Pepper....

LOL Neil Aspinall was the Beatles road manager and later he ran Apple Corps, the Beatles company.

Sorry but Paul isn't dead, a lot of people who new him from before the Beatles formed (including child hood friend Neil Aspinell) would have something to say about this wouldn't you think?

My theory is the whole Paul is dead thing was a dig at Paul. In 1966 Paul had pretty much taken over control, which caused a little resentment from the other three. Paul is dead meant he had totally accepted the commercialism of the Beatles and thrived in it. The other three not so much, especially John who really wanted to be still a rough rock band, as they were before Epstein put them is suits, which Paul was the only one who really supported this. That was when the resentment towards Paul started.

John felt Paul wasn't pushing any boundaries with his music and just writing muzak to sell records.

There are a lot of little digs at Paul in Johns' songs and digs at John in Pauls' songs. Especially in their solo stuff.

So Sgt. Pepper took you by surprise
You better see right through that mother's eyes
Those freaks was right when they said you was dead
The one mistake you made was in your head
Ah, how do you sleep?
Ah, how do you sleep at night?
You live with straights who tell you you was king
Jump when your momma tell you anything
The only thing you done was yesterday
And since you're gone you're just another day
Ah, how do you sleep?
Ah, how do you sleep at night?

Ah, how do you sleep?
Ah, how do you sleep at night?

A pretty face may last a year or two
But pretty soon they'll see what you can do
The sound you make is muzak to my ears
You must have learned something in all those years
Ah, how do you sleep?
Ah, how do you sleep at night?

'How Do You Sleep' John Lennon

If anyone remember the video coming up. Paul McCartney is playing right handed.

Here something you should think about. The only person that can replace Paul McCartney, is Paul McCartney. So, if Paul McCartney was kill back in 1966. The person that had replace him, would had been a Paul McCartney from a parallel universe. And this would had be kept secret.