"If McCartney is Dead, Then Lennon Was Either Crazy or a Liar"

 I almost couldn't believe it!!  Saw some rabid Beatles fans on the internet recently, arguing that Paul McCartney really DID die in the mid-60s, replaced by a "lookalike" (and SOUNDALIKE) these last fifty-plus years!! I'm not even THAT much of a Beatles fan, but I can debunk this rumor very easily and I'm simply shocked that some Beatles fans can't get past it. 

Let me try to help. For proof that Paul is NOT dead, we have to go back to 1971, two years after the "Paul is Dead" rumor BEGAN and a mere ONE year after the Beatles DISSOLVED.  The proof is more obvious than those "clues" about Paul's demise that the "Paul-Is-Dead" crowd clings to!!

In 1971, McCartney...the REAL McCartney, came out with his second solo album, "Ram." A song "Too Many People" contained lyrics such as "Too many people preachin' practices, don't let 'em tell you what you wanna be" which John interpreted as being a slam on him and his new wife, Yoko.

So, in HIS second solo album after the Beatles' breakup, "Imagine," Lennon fired back at Paul in a song he wrote called "How Do You Sleep?" I'm reprinting the lyrics, which prove that Lennon knew that the "real" Paul was alive and well, below.

"HOW DO YOU SLEEP?" Lyrics by John Lennon, 1971

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

How do you sleep?
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've gone you're just another day

How do you sleep?
How do you sleep at night?

How do you sleep?
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

How do you sleep?
How do you sleep at night?

Let's analyze these lyrics. First off, note that in paragraph one, Lennon refers to the "Paul is Dead" thing, but then goes on to ridicule Paul, specifically his MUSIC, in paragraph two. So, if he thought Paul was dead, why "talk" to him through your lyrics?? 

In paragraph two, John alludes to Paul's favorite composition with the Beatles (the song "Yesterday") and then refers to his hit song "Another Day" from the "Ram" album released SINCE the group broke up.  Again, if John thought Paul was dead, why address him?? Note that John "credited" Paul with writing two songs DURING and then AFTER The Beatles. So much for the "soundalike" substitute who supposedly replaced Paul after he "died." LENNON WAS SAYING THAT THE SAME GUY WROTE BOTH SONGS.

In paragraph three, Lennon expresses the conviction that one day people will see McCartney as just "a pretty face." ALL of this indicates that A.) John, who knew Paul as well as anyone, believed the REAL McCartney was still alive or B.) Was crazy, and wrote this song to a "ghost." He knew Paul to have a "pretty face" when the Beatles were together and figured that's all he'd have...his LOOKS...in the future. So much for the "lookalike" substitute theory!! AGAIN, LENNON WAS SAYING IT'S THE SAME GUY "THEN" AND "NOW."

CONCLUSION: McCARTNEY DID NOT DIE IN A CAR CRASH, HE WAS ***NOT*** REPLACED BY A LOOKALIKE, "SOUNDALIKE" MAN FOR OVER 50 YEARS. Either that, or Beatles fans would have to say Lennon was a LIAR and don't forget, on that very same "Imagine" album he had a song "Gimme Some Truth" so we have to assume that by asserting Paul is ALIVE that John was GIVING the truth. 

Some Beatles' fans are really weird. Usually, when a celeb singer dies (think of Elvis, or Tupac) fans seem to try to "keep him alive." (After Lennon's assassination 40 years ago, no one to my knowledge has claimed to have seen HIM anywhere, so John is the exception).

But PAUL IS ALIVE and many Beatles' fans for some odd reason want to think he's DEAD!! Very strange.

Paul IS alive and coming out with a new album, "McCartney III," on Dec. 11th...50 years after the Beatles' breakup and 40 years after LENNON'S death.. Beatles fans who think he's dead need to "let it be" because if McCartney is dead, then Lennon  was either crazy or a liar.

I rest my case.