The old sullivan show

[plastic paul]

Every now and then i check out the Doctor Lev site, checking out people's clues, someone known as wade submitted this;

"On the Ed Sullivan Show,
Paul had just finished his solo of "Yesterday" when the camera
switches to the audience and back to the remaining Beatles
as Paul switches from flat top to bass.
Then John says into the microphone:
"Thank you Paul, .....that was just like him."
Then he introduces the song "Help".
This was their last live performance on Ed Sullivan.
And if I remember correctly, the last tour before going to
studio seclusion and no longer touring.

Further.......In the movie "Help",
during the song "You're Gonna Lose That Girl",
Paul is in silhouette with George singing backup vocal and playing bass.
However, he is ALSO shown playing piano
and giving Ringo a wink and a nod,
as if to be in TWO places at once!
And indicating this with a playful look on his face
that he is a "SECOND" Paul."

The second part is intriguing but i'm still yet to see help.

The first part really caught my attention, it sounds like john being his usual quirky self "that was just like him", but it was their last live performance on ed sullivan, after that they just sent in promo videos as a good will gesture.

What if the last performance was to check if bill could go unnoticed as a replacement for paul?

I would be intersted to know if JoJo has this recording in his video library coz i'd love to see it.

[TheDZ]

That's the one and only JPM performing Yesterday on Sullivan.
An outstanding performance too...I think John and the others
actually were quite impressed with Paul's abilities, thus
the comment. Paul had to play against a pre-recorded backing
track, which he did flawlessly.

I'm Down was better live than on record.
Indeed, it's this Sullivan show that proved to me what amazing
talents the Beatles were, Paul in particular.

There's no question in my mind that Paul was replaced
around Fall '66...After Help!, after Yesterday, after Rain, after Revolver.....

[beatled]

I bought the DVD, but getting the Beatle parts out separately was something I never did, it's a total pain. But..I'll see if I can download it somewhere.

[plastic paul]

No don't worry JoJo, it was out of curiousity rather than necessity.

[ilras]

btw, can u also check "i feel fine" from ES Show of the 65? he looks different from the original JPM, may be someone doctored the clip.