From: c9119870@wombat.newcastle.edu.au (ANTIGONE)
Subject: paul has been dead for ages, honestly.
Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 05:50:05 GMT

In article <1992Dec11.123437.29441@cs.ucla.edu>, lichter@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Michael I. Lichter) writes:
> Several people have questioned me about the following:
> 
> 	[i'm pouting.  marek is the walrus (i have it on good
> 	 authority).  suggestions re. last quasi-stanza 
> 	 especially appreciated.]
> 
> No, Marek did not do something mean and make me feel sad.  Marek
> complained about people verbally pouting, asking for others to comment
> on their poems.  I hadn't gotten any comments on my last batch, so I
> thought "I'm pouting"  which led me to "I'm crying" which led me to "I
> am the walrus" when led me to "The walrus is Paul" (from "Glass
> Onion").  When "Glass Onion" came out, it led to rumors that Paul
> McCartney was dead (intensified by the fact that only Paul went
> barefoot on the cover of "Abbey Road") which we have seen borne out by
> his last several albums.  Logically, "the walrus is Posthumous" would
> be more fitting, but this was all Marek's idea, in a sense.
**Have no idea who this Marek guy is, but I feel obligated to tell what
I know about the McCartney Dead thing.

The rumour was started by a DJ in (I think) Canada. For what reason, I don't
know. Anyway, he had a number of theories why McCartney was dead (supposedly
in a car crash somewhere). Paul had died and the rest of the Beatles, still
wanting to remain a king band, which they were in `68, kept Paul `alive' by
using a double in photo promos etc. The evidence by this DJ are as follows:

	1. I Am The Walrus. The walrus supposedly dies at the end of the song.
           The song is on the album 'Magical Mystery Tour & Other Titles' 
	   (1967) - actually the soundtrack from the film of the same name, 
           which was originally an EP. On the same album was a song called
           `Strawberry Fields Forever'. Forever was an A Side single in 1966,
            a lead-up to Sgt. Pepper. On Forever, the lyrics go "Let me take
            you down 'cos I'm going to S.F." S.F. was a cemetary, thus the
            graveyard analogy. At the end of Strawberry Fields, John says,
            if you listen very closely, "I bury Paul."

         2. The rumours came out in `68 after the White album. 'Glass Onion'
            does say "the walrus was Paul". Also on the White Album, Ringo
            says on "Don't Pass Me By" : "You were in a car crash, and you
            lost your hair"

         3. On Revolution 9 from the White Album, John says, if you run the
            disc backwards, "Turn Me On Dead Man".

         4. On Sgt Pepper, the cover is further evidence: In front of the
            group on the ground is a bass guitar formed in flowers.
            Also. on the back cover, Paul is the only one with his back to
            the camera. There is also an Egyptian sign of the dead on the
            inside cover.

         5. On Abbey Road, the cover is further proof. Paul is walking
            out of step compared with the other guys. He is holding a
            cigarette in his right hand even though he is left handed.
            The scenario on the said album cover: Paul as the corpse
            (bare-footed); John as the minister; George as the grave digger;
            Ringo as the undertaker. In the background is also a volkswagen
            with the number plate 28IF, meaning Paul would have been 28 if
            he'd lived.


> 
> Anyway, for your edification I present "i am the walrus".  I can't
> remember what album it's from - "magical mystery tour" I think.  By the
> way, the formatting is mine, not John's.
> 
> PS, John Lennon, who really wrote this, also wrote a couple of books of
> poetry and cute sketches.  They're not very good, but they're worth
> looking at if you're a fan.  You may also want to check out
> "Grapefruit" by Yoko Ono.  And a friend mentioned that John mentioned
> or somebody else inferred that the walrus here was inspired by Lewis
> Carroll's "The Walrus and the Carpenter", although I don't see how.
> 
> And now, the music:
> 
> 
> 		i am the walrus
> 		--------------------------------------------------
> 
> 		i am he 
> 		as you are he 
> 		as you are me 
> 		and we are all together.
> 
> 		see how they run 
> 		like pigs from a gun 
> 		see how they fly
> 
> 		i'm crying.
> 
> 		sitting on a cornflake 
> 		waiting for the van to come.
> 		corporation tee shirt, 
> 		stupid bloody tuesday.
> 		man, you been a naughty boy, 
> 		you let your face grow long.
> 
> 		i am the eggman, 
> 		they are the eggmen, 
> 		i am the walrus
> 		goo goo a' joob
> 
> 		mister city 
> 		p'liceman sitting 
> 		pretty little pl'icemen in a row.
> 		see how they fly 
> 		like lucy in the sky, 
> 		see how they run,
> 
> 		i'm crying.  
> 		i'm crying.  
> 		i'm crying.  
> 		i'm crying.
> 
> 		yellow matter custard 
> 		dripping from a dead dog's eye.
> 		crab a locker fishwife 
> 		pornographic priestess.
> 		boy, you been a naughty girl, 
> 		you let your knickers down.
> 
> 		i am the eggman, 
> 		they are the eggmen, 
> 		i am the walrus
> 		goo goo a' joob
> 
> 		sitting in an english garden 
> 		waiting for the sun.  
> 		if the sun don't come 
> 		you get your tan 
> 		from standing 
> 		in the english rain.
> 
> 		i am the eggman, 
> 		they are the eggmen, 
> 		i am the walrus
> 		goo goo a' joob
> 
> 		expert texpert 
> 		choking smokers 
> 		don't you think the joker
> 		laughs at you?
> 		see how they smile 
> 		like pigs in a sty, 
> 		see how they snied,
> 
> 		i'm crying.
> 
> 		semolina pilchard 
> 		climbing up the eiffel tower
> 		elementary penguin 
> 		singing hare krishna.
> 		man, you should have seen them 
> 		kicking edgar allan poe.
> 
> 		i am the eggman, 
> 		they are the eggmen, 
> 		i am the walrus
> 		goo goo a' joob
> 
> 			John Lennon & Paul McCartney
> 			1967

@@Some of these are pretty hard to believe, but they are interesting all
the same. I feel it was a marketing ploy to boost Beatles sales in the 
 70's/80's/90's. 


Until ... Matthew
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