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By Christopher Curley@cccccurley
Dec 5, 2014 8:01 AM
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This is a serious subject, not a joke, write the authors of the The Beatles (as they were presented to us) Never Existed, a site devoted to the totally serious, not-a-joke notion that one of the most popular, influential, and obsessively documented bands of all time was an elaborate hoax. This is their mission statement.
The purpose of this site is to present evidence that the Beatles were always sets of multiples since their inception, and were not just four individual young men from Liverpool, as weve been led to believe. We will be showing lots of pictures here as well as on the forum so that we may provide our evidence sufficiently.
The sites authors looked at four criteria in determining that the Fab Four were really the Faux Four: height discrepancies, different eyebrows, changes in ear shape, and changes in teeth (presumably photographic perspective, grooming, the effects of age, and modern dentistry were tossed out). So what happened? Do they think Paul McCartney and the other Beatles had stand-ins, akin to the Andrew W.K. Steev Mike conspiracy theory? No. That would be too simple. The site explains:
Ill begin by showing height comparisons which are specifically focused on Paul. This all by itself should provide enough evidence of fraud and deceit. How they did this is not completely known. We have words such as simulacra, cloning, synthetic humans, robotoids, and so on, but exactly what was happening here is still a bit of a mystery.
http://www.avclub.com/article/theres-website-devoted-theory-beatles-never-existe-212630?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview:1 efault
snooper2
(30,151 posts)Then go on to read about chemtrails, buildings rigged with explosives, GMO population control and the CIA running the show in Ukraine
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)without merit.
E.g., laughing at CIA involvement in another country and/or conflict is the height not only of naivete but also of historical ignorance.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)There was never a Paul.
Makes even more sense!
Do you want to know a secret?
Do you promise not to tell?
Oh Ooooh
Closer
Let me whisper in your ear
Say the words you long to hear
We're a fake band
Ooo Oooooooooo
--------
I just KNEW it!
Initech
(100,101 posts)Existed, existed! Don't know why you say goodbye but we don't exist!
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)sitting in their nowhere land
not really writing all their nonexistent songs for nobody...
Initech
(100,101 posts)GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)something they feel:
Beatles not Real
And no one to send royalties
Beatles not real forever....
Initech
(100,101 posts)We all don't exist in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine...
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)it makes me sad
Because. The Beatles. Aren't reeeeee-eee-eal.
Initech
(100,101 posts)liberalhistorian
(20,819 posts)Strawberry Fields........never!
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)zappaman
(20,606 posts)liberalhistorian
(20,819 posts)she was standing behind the Grassy Knoll!
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)My childhood is destroyed!
underpants
(182,877 posts)On, I think, the last page Capt. Kirk and Joan Collins walk past Floyd's Barbershop
http://www.imayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/startrek/
The pic is on the first page here
http://larrynemecek.blogspot.com/2012/07/andy-griffith-star-trek-link-not-once.html?m=1
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)I wonder if, at the time, people made the connection...especially with Floyd's barbershop featured so prominently?
underpants
(182,877 posts)They could have easily had that replaced I would think. "Easter eggs" is the name for such hidden things in TV and movies
Rex
(65,616 posts)spanone
(135,873 posts)Vinca
(50,303 posts)And it was amazing.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I saw them at Dodger Stadium. But now I wonder WHICH ones I saw...
The dim bulbs must have the tribute band thing all scrambled up in their heads.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,337 posts)zappaman
(20,606 posts)Vinca
(50,303 posts)Response to Vinca (Reply #11)
Warren DeMontague This message was self-deleted by its author.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)I saw them live, of course they existed.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Abbott: No. What is on second.
Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second.
Abbott: Who's on first.
Costello: I don't know.
Abbott: He's on third, we're not talking about him.
Costello: Now how did I get on third base?
Abbott: Why you mentioned his name.
Costello: If I mentioned the third baseman's name, who did I say is playing third?
Abbott: No. Who's playing first.
Costello: What's on first?
Abbott: What's on second.
Costello: I don't know.
Abbott: He's on third.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)I get those cousins all mixed up.
JHB
(37,161 posts)Who knew?
(The Nowhere man, that's who!)
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)We were all duped! DUUUUUPED!!!
Dr. Strange
(25,923 posts)Please.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)Explain that.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)I ain't sayin' it was aliens...but it was aliens!
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)underpants
(182,877 posts)See I knew there was something up with those haircuts. The tops of the ears weren't visible - no coincidence if you ask me.
louis-t
(23,297 posts)liberalhistorian
(20,819 posts)need for/tendency toward conspiracies, thinking established things are hoaxes, etc., etc. One of my sociology professors in college way back when was even focusing his career on studying that. And yes, he did exist!!!
So these guys need to just Let it Be!
hunter
(38,326 posts)The Men in Black are real. The movies were created as a diversion, so we would all think it was fiction.
The Beatles, on the other hand, were a creation of time travelers working with MI6 (you know, James Bond's home agency) to diffuse social conditions that frequently lead to World War III and rapid human extinction in many parallel universes. The Beatles themselves, however, were not simulacra, cloning, synthetic humans, robotoids, or anything other than ordinary humans.
I thought everyone knew this stuff.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)That could also explain Question Mark and the Mysterians.
icymist
(15,888 posts)zappaman
(20,606 posts)So I know they at least exist!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)I always wanted to do that in a cover band just to see who noticed it wasn't the original. And this one too:
It was the trousers.....
vankuria
(904 posts)walking in front of the Dakota in 1980, that was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman?
zappaman
(20,606 posts)Stephen King did it.
http://lennonmurdertruth.com/introduction.asp
liberalhistorian
(20,819 posts)That link simply cannot be for real, it just cannot. And if it is, we're in worse trouble than I thought. Wow.
zappaman
(20,606 posts)The entire outside of the van is filled with his theory.
I never saw him though cuz I really wanted to talk to him about it,
Who knew Stephen King was a killer?
treestar
(82,383 posts)They heard that one died and obviously, another one took his place!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)That creature has breasts. I know if I were to make a bigfoot costume, I would include breasts.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Spirochete
(5,264 posts)That ridiculous Joel Gilbert doc about "Paul McCartney Really is Dead" is more believable than this.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)randr
(12,414 posts)Original Beatles lyrics are displayed along side of the Magna Carta in the British Historical Museum.
Some may say someday that the two have had the same impact on our story.
liberalhistorian
(20,819 posts)nothing so absurd that some idiots somewhere will actually believe in it. Thanks for my laugh of the day.
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pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Tempting... We could do that...but it would be wrong.