Post by violetnoise on May 29, 2011 8:14:40 GMT
I’m surprised that the cover of Hey Jude doesn’t get much mention in the pid discussions. I feel that there are two major clues on that album cover. These two clues are interconnected with a clue on the Sgt. Peppers cover. So I will first address the Sgt. Pepper clue. I just noticed this clue a few days ago and I can’t believe I never noticed it before. It’s so obvious.
Just to the right, in front of the bass drum, there is a bust of the Sgt. Pepper character. At least it looks like the Sgt. Pepper character to me.
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(On a side note, I will mention that I was doing some research on the Stephen Crane connection, and I found some photos of Crane that look just like that bust. In the CD liner notes, the bust is listed as, “Statue from John Lennon’s house”. Does anybody know who that bust represents in real life? If it is truly a bust of Stephen Crane, then it is very significant in the pid discussion because Stephen Crane wrote a powerful short story called The Open Boat which was based on a real experience in Crane’s life. The story is about four men in a life boat struggling to make it to shore. One of the four men dies…. Since the Sgt. Pepper character looks like Stephen Crane, I am wondering if the Sgt. Pepper character is based on Stephen Crane.)
So anyway, the bust on the Sgt. Pepper cover is sitting directly on the ground making it look like a man who is buried almost to his shoulders in the dirt, like a man who is partly in the grave and partly in the living world, sorta like Paul. Pretty obvious and straight forward imagery, isn’t it?
The important thing to consider here, and I know that this has been mentioned before, is that after Paul died, the Beatles were trying desperately to channel or conjure up the spirit of Paul and place him in Billy’s body. I think they succeeded brilliantly, proving that there is an afterlife. But this is another topic for another thread.
On the Hey Jude album cover there are two busts featured prominently. This would seem to indicate that the bust on the Sgt. Pepper cover is probably very significant, and should be carefully considered when examining the clues.
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The second clue on the Hey Jude cover ties it all together. Above the Beatles, in place of one of the wood panels there is a smaller photo of the Beatles standing in a wooded location. In the photo, Billy is looking upward in a way that clearly suggests that he is trying to summon a spirit from above. This photo illustrates what the Beatles were doing. They were trying to channel the spirit of Paul and place him in Billy’s body. I believe that they succeeded. The song Hey Jude is one of the greatest songs ever recorded, and it is definitely Paul McCartney, regardless of who the living human was who provided the piano and vocals.
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Just to the right, in front of the bass drum, there is a bust of the Sgt. Pepper character. At least it looks like the Sgt. Pepper character to me.
qq5aaq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pMHc7qL_r10g2uzyOYH2OzvCwaf1aRWagSpqF6uxK6fDSpJ92LPgssGXwrUZBBRqTwKOmQboRXVrsVMa1SNHbTTR42e0ld2dW/sgt%20pepper%20bust.JPG
(On a side note, I will mention that I was doing some research on the Stephen Crane connection, and I found some photos of Crane that look just like that bust. In the CD liner notes, the bust is listed as, “Statue from John Lennon’s house”. Does anybody know who that bust represents in real life? If it is truly a bust of Stephen Crane, then it is very significant in the pid discussion because Stephen Crane wrote a powerful short story called The Open Boat which was based on a real experience in Crane’s life. The story is about four men in a life boat struggling to make it to shore. One of the four men dies…. Since the Sgt. Pepper character looks like Stephen Crane, I am wondering if the Sgt. Pepper character is based on Stephen Crane.)
So anyway, the bust on the Sgt. Pepper cover is sitting directly on the ground making it look like a man who is buried almost to his shoulders in the dirt, like a man who is partly in the grave and partly in the living world, sorta like Paul. Pretty obvious and straight forward imagery, isn’t it?
The important thing to consider here, and I know that this has been mentioned before, is that after Paul died, the Beatles were trying desperately to channel or conjure up the spirit of Paul and place him in Billy’s body. I think they succeeded brilliantly, proving that there is an afterlife. But this is another topic for another thread.
On the Hey Jude album cover there are two busts featured prominently. This would seem to indicate that the bust on the Sgt. Pepper cover is probably very significant, and should be carefully considered when examining the clues.
qq5aaq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pqPKUx7XA0NnRg_Ny_UtoOZjT2VJebGzpD56XBUFEgSFkz_BOPr0PJKSGq2JURIdoKseRZkhY-YRT3uJcD7he1tTE6-ddNdVp/hey%20jude%20album%20cover2.JPG
The second clue on the Hey Jude cover ties it all together. Above the Beatles, in place of one of the wood panels there is a smaller photo of the Beatles standing in a wooded location. In the photo, Billy is looking upward in a way that clearly suggests that he is trying to summon a spirit from above. This photo illustrates what the Beatles were doing. They were trying to channel the spirit of Paul and place him in Billy’s body. I believe that they succeeded. The song Hey Jude is one of the greatest songs ever recorded, and it is definitely Paul McCartney, regardless of who the living human was who provided the piano and vocals.
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