Magical Mystery Tour
"Roll up! Roll up for the
mystery tour."
Approximately 48 seconds into the song there is a quiet
but clear sound of a car crash. You can hear the screeching
of tyres and then a loud explosion. Even stranger is the
fact that this sound has been buried quite deeply into the
song and is pretty much inaudible on the mono mix. The sound
is buried in the right track of the stereo mix and by seperating
the two tracks and playing just the right the car crash
sound becomes much more apparent. The audio clip provided
first plays the section in standard stereo, and then just
plays the right track of the stereo with the clearer crash
sound. Now, why would the group really bury this sound deep?
It must have been put in intentionally, but why?
Blue Jay Way
"Plese
don't be long. Please don't you be very long. Please don't
be long for I may be asleep."
This whole song is very dark and full of mystery. However,
the big clue in this song can be found when the chorus line
is reversed. Played backwards we get the message "He
said 'get me out!'. Paul is what is. Paul is Hare Krishna
it seems. Paulie is naughty". 'Get me out' is what
Paul was screaming as he was trapped in the burning car,
and could the Hare Krishna reference be telling us that
Paul is now with the Gods? What a naughty boy!
I Am The Walrus
"Sitting on a cornflake waiting
for the van to come."
Could the reference to the cornflake be symbolising the
time of day that the crash occured (the crash is said to
have happened at 5am)? It's also thought that the van could
be a reference to the ambulance that came to the crash site.
"Goog
goog ga joob."
These were the final words of Humpty Dumpty before he fell
off the wall and split his head open. Why was this remark
used in this song? Was it intended as a reference to a head
injury?
"Pretty
little policemen in a row."
A reference to the policemen who came and stood around the
site of the crash to stop the bystanders from getting too
close?
"New
man, they take the fortune."
This is heard just after the middle 8 and before John goes
into the final verse. This line is heard after the second
'They are the eggmen" and initially sounds like it's
a phrase being said in reverse. Who could this new man be,
and why are they 'taking the fortune'? Is it William, the
new guy, as he steps in and takes all of McCartney's wealth
and fame?
"Oom
pah, oom pah, stick it oop ya joompah."
This phrase is chanted several times during the long ending
of the song. If you play this chanting backwards it sounds
a lot like the following phrase is being repeated over and
over - "Ha, ha, Paul is dead. Ha, ha, Paul is dead..."
The
King Lear Transcript
As the song is slowly fading out, a curious sound can start
to be heard. The story goes that as the song was being recorded
a studio engineer was listening to the radio and a radio
play of King Lear was on. As the song was fading out this
radio broadcast was inadvertantly recorded onto the tape.
It is more than mere coincidence however that the scene
that was caught on the recording just happened to be the
only death scene of the play? It's something to make you
wonder - why was the sound of a car crash buried subliminary
into Magical Mystery Tour, and why is a death scene buried
subliminary into I Am The Walrus? Was this intentional?
Are they trying to tell us something? Click on the title
to read a transcript of the death scene.
Hello Goodbye
"You say goodbye and I say
hello."
Paul saying goodbye and William saying hello in his place?
Strawberry Fields
Forever
"Living is easy with eyes
closed."
Could this be in reference to Paul, who is dead and buried
yet is still living easy thanks to William? Perhaps it could
be directed at the fans, who still live easy with eyes closed
to the knowledge that the McCartney currently in the group
is a double?
"It's
getting hard to be someone."
William starting to buckle a little under the pressure of
being a somebody rather than a nobody?
"Nothing
is real."
What isn't real...?
Also, have you noticed how
George's guitar at the very ending of the song sounds exactly
like a siren as it travels from one stereo channel to the
other? Was this intentionally meant to sound like a siren?
If so, why?
"I
buried Paul."
At the very end of the song, as the song is fading out John
can be heard saying something. There is controversy surrounding
what he said but the general consensus is that John is saying
"I buried Paul". It's been argued that he's merely
saying 'cranberry sauce' - see what you think by listening
to the audio clip. First you'll hear it in its normal form,
then again sped up a little.
Penny Lane
"And in his pocket is a portrait
of the queen."
What do you find in your pocket which has a portrait of
the queen on it? Why money of course! Could this therefore
be a reference to the heavy bribing that took place amongst
the fire services (and indeed all of the emergency services
involved) to keep the whole affair silent?
All You Need is Love
"Nothing you can say but
you can learn how to play the game."
Is the whole conspiracy a game? Have the clues been put
in specifially for the clue hunters to search for, most
finds win? Perhaps this is what they couldn't tell us? Either
that, or they're now treating Paul's death and cover up
like a game to see how long they could last before someone
twigged?
"Nothing
you can do but you can learn how to be you in time."
John talking to William? There's nothing William can do
but can learn how to become an utterly convining Paul in
time?
"Yes
he's dead. We loved you yeah, yeah, yeah. Loved you yeah,
yeah, yeah."
Right towards the end of the song John suddenly sings "Yes
he's dead". Is John confirming was he suspect? After
this, the group then start to sing She's Loves You, but
in a past tence and from them to an individual. Who are
they saying they loved? The guy John just confirmed as dead?
