The Beatles Death Curse

[millwall32 105]

I f George Martin counts as a Beatle then I would back him.

 

Of the two fully-fledged Beatles alive I wouyld suggest (from a tiny bit of social interaction with both) that Ringo will go before Paul....but not for years yet.

[maryportfuncity 9,987]

Why will Ringo go first Millwall, still smokin' is he?

[millwall32 105]

Why will Ringo go first Millwall, still smokin' is he?

 

Older and, by the llok of hmi I caught last week, a touch frailer than his colleague in the rythym section. But as I say, neither will be going soon.

[millwall32 105]

Why will Ringo go first Millwall, still smokin' is he?

 

Apologies for not answering your question. No, he does not smoke anymore.

[Banshees Scream 107]

Why will Ringo go first Millwall, still smokin' is he?

 

I don't even think Ringo drinks anymore. Though Paul might stone every now and then.

 

But I doubt it since now he probably lives a much healthier life now.

 

Keith Richards is the best target of them all. Of course he will never die.

[Cowboy Ronnie 77]

Why will Ringo go first Millwall, still smokin' is he?

 

apparently not. How about his wife though? I always thought she was.....

 

[millwall32 105]

Why will Ringo go first Millwall, still smokin' is he?

 

apparently not. How about his wife though? I always thought she was.....

 

Point taken but now you would be looking at this

 

 

she is the unshaven one.

[Lady Die 63]

Macca & Heather Mills are splitting up.

 

The stress could kill him....

[Josco 48]

Macca & Heather Mills are splitting up.

 

The stress could kill him....

Here's hoping. I've never liked the smug sh*t (or her).

[millwall32 105]

Macca & Heather Mills are splitting up.

 

The stress could kill him....

 

They are only breaking up according to the Daily Mail. ("His son is working for the Daily Mail/ It's a steady job/ But he wants to be a proper writer....)

[Tuber Mirum 119]

<DUMBING-DOWN ALARM!>

 

Sir Paul has been world famous for five decades following the global success of the Beatles in the 1960s.

</DDA>

 

Was that one of those popular singing group thingies?

[Guest Guest]

Sorry to play the devils advocate, but I agree with the death curse theory. It might be a little far fetched... but it seems believable to me. By the way, Paul McCartneys death was a hoax. It's all over the internet. He's fine.

[maryportfuncity 9,987]

Just cos it's on the Internet doesn't make it true. I mean, you can still find Iain's predictions of certain death on this site. As of today, you can also find those certain to die walking around.

 

One thing not online in spades is the cracking George is dead story that did the rounds on the back of a couple of lacklustre mid-seventies records by the lead guitarist in the seventies. That's probably the best Beatle rumour of all cos it almost had the ring of truth for a while back then.

[The Pooka 24]

The one thing that could go terribly wrong for Lady Mucca is that her scattergun claims meet the financial power and cold hearted lawyers of Sir Paul. It's just possible that if they let her go long enough she'll rant away unchecked into a hole she can't escape. She's left a trail of people - including her first husband - willing to turn up on television and say she's a compulsive liar. S'pose it gets really dirty. Sir Paul could line up some of those people, those involved in her porno work, and the guy who went on record telling the NOTW she was a prostitute. Macca's argument would be she was a gold-digging fraud all along and - therefore - unfit to qualify for his money or custody of their child.

 

Man, public demand alone would put pressure on everyone to show that trial live on tv. Eastenders and Corrie could take a month off.

Well, I was about to be awfully witty, make a comment about La Macca's talent as a pianist and post a link to Gladys Mills (d.1978). But I can find no images of Gladys and very little reference. Amazing considering she used to appear on Morecombe and Wise.

[Godot 148]

Paul's crystal ball (with apologies to Sgt Pepper):

 

 

When I get older losing my case,

Many years from now.

Will you still be sending me a valentine

Courtroom pleadings bottle of wine.

If I'd been drunk at quarter to three

Would you lock the door?

Will you abuse me, will you accuse me,

When I'm sixty-four.

You'll be older too,

And if you say the word,

I could stay with you.

I could be handy, dishing the cash

When your false leg's gone.

You can take your crutches from the fireside

Sunday mornings go for a ride,

Throwing the glasses, twisting my arm,

Kicking me on the floor.

Will you abuse me, will you accuse me,

When I'm sixty-four.

Every summer we can wreck a cottage,

In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear

We shall fight and rave

Grandchildren on your knee

Vera Chuck & Dave

Send me a statement, outline your case,

Stating points of view

Indicate precisely what you mean to say

Yours sincerely, wasting away

Give me your answer, fill in a form

Stuffed for evermore

Will you abuse me, will you accuse me,

When I'm sixty-four.

[Lady Die 63]

The one thing that could go terribly wrong for Lady Mucca is that her scattergun claims meet the financial power and cold hearted lawyers of Sir Paul. It's just possible that if they let her go long enough she'll rant away unchecked into a hole she can't escape. She's left a trail of people - including her first husband - willing to turn up on television and say she's a compulsive liar. S'pose it gets really dirty. Sir Paul could line up some of those people, those involved in her porno work, and the guy who went on record telling the NOTW she was a prostitute. Macca's argument would be she was a gold-digging fraud all along and - therefore - unfit to qualify for his money or custody of their child.

 

Man, public demand alone would put pressure on everyone to show that trial live on tv. Eastenders and Corrie could take a month off.

Well, I was about to be awfully witty, make a comment about La Macca's talent as a pianist and post a link to Gladys Mills (d.1978). But I can find no images of Gladys and very little reference. Amazing considering she used to appear on Morecombe and Wise.

Gladys Mills

[Gunjaman5000 30]

Paul's crystal ball (with apologies to Sgt Pepper):

 

 

When I get older losing my case,

Many years from now.

Will you still be sending me a valentine

Courtroom pleadings bottle of wine.

If I'd been drunk at quarter to three

Would you lock the door?

Will you abuse me, will you accuse me,

When I'm sixty-four.

You'll be older too,

And if you say the word,

I could stay with you.

I could be handy, dishing the cash

When your false leg's gone.

You can take your crutches from the fireside

Sunday mornings go for a ride,

Throwing the glasses, twisting my arm,

Kicking me on the floor.

Will you abuse me, will you accuse me,

When I'm sixty-four.

Every summer we can wreck a cottage,

In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear

We shall fight and rave

Grandchildren on your knee

Vera Chuck & Dave

Send me a statement, outline your case,

Stating points of view

Indicate precisely what you mean to say

Yours sincerely, wasting away

Give me your answer, fill in a form

Stuffed for evermore

Will you abuse me, will you accuse me,

When I'm sixty-four.

Well done Godot, well done. The thing I'm finding most satisfying about the proceedings is finally we have an answer to one of the twentieth century's great unanswered questions:

 

Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty four?

 

No Paul. No she wont.

[millwall32 105]

Ringo had a very mild health scare involving his lungs last year. His Missus fell off a horse last week and broke her right leg.

[maryportfuncity 9,987]

Thanks for the above, will she ever get Bach on a horse?

 

Re Ringo, can't find it by googling but I know he had TB or summat similar as a kid. Is the wind likely to slowly ebb from his being?

 

His official site, is full of uplifting stuff and a recent video clip but says nowt dodgy about his health.

[Captain Oates 21]

Well, I was about to be awfully witty, make a comment about La Macca's talent as a pianist and post a link to Gladys Mills (d.1978). But I can find no images of Gladys and very little reference. Amazing considering she used to appear on Morecombe and Wise.

I was only slightly surprised to find this page on my cyber-travels. If any of you have several weeks with nothing to do, following 'friends' links can lead to interesting places. I got to here in three hops - I'll leave you to explore.

 

(This should probably be in the Things To Do thread.)

[weatherman90 7]

[Magere Hein 1,397]

When I get older losing my hair

Pretty much like now

Will you still be sending me a knuckle of brass

Burning paper in a bottle of gas

If I'd been out till quarter to ten

Would you lock the door

Will you still mob me, will you still rob me

Now I'm sixty-four

 

 

regards,

Hein

[themaninblack 2,112]

Funnily enough, I've been listening to John Lennon's album 'Imagine' from 1971.

 

Includes the infamous 'How Do You Sleep'.....

 

..here's an example..

 

You live with straights who tell you you was king

Jump when your mama tell you anything

The only thing you done was yesterday

And since you've gone you're just another day

 

interesting....

[maryportfuncity 9,987]

Allegedly the somewhat hard to decipher lyrics for Ringo's 'Back Off Boogaloo' are a snipe at Macca, if you see him as Boogaloo it makes more sense.

 

Having said that, the song is almost certainly co-written with an uncredited Marc Bolan so making literal sense of it is something of a mug's game.

 

Them there lyrics in full:

 

(Richard Starkey)

 

Go!

 

Back off boogaloo,

I said, back off boogaloo,

I said, back off boogaloo, boo.

 

Back of boogaloo,

What d'yer think i'm gonna do?

I got a flash right from the start.

 

Wake up, meat head,

Don't pretend that you are dead,

Get yourself up off the cart.

 

Get yourself together now

And give me something tasty.

Ev'rything you try to do,

You know it sure sounds wasted.

 

Back off boogaloo,

I said, back off boogaloo.

 

You think you're a groove,

Standing there in your wallpaper shoes

And your socks that match your eyes.

 

Back off boogaloo,

I said, back off boogaloo,

Come on, back off boogaloo, boo.

 

Get yourself together now

And give me something tasty.

Ev'rything you try to do,

You know it sure sounds wasted.

 

Back off boogaloo,

What d'yer think i'm gonna do?

I got a flash right from the start.

 

Back off boogaloo,

I said, back off boogaloo,

Come on, back off boogaloo, boo.

 

Back off boogaloo,

I said, back off boogaloo,

Come on, back off boogaloo, boo.

 

Back, ba-ba-ba-back!

 

Back off boogaloo,

I said, back off boogaloo,

Come on, back off boogaloo, boo.

 

Back off boogaloo,

I said, back off boogaloo,

Come on, back off boogaloo, boo.

 

Back, back, ba-ba-back, come on!

 

Back off boogaloo,

I said, back off boogaloo,

Come on, back off boogaloo, boo.

 

Back off boogaloo,

I said, back off boogaloo,

Come on, back off boogaloo, boo.

 

 

It's the bit about pretending he's dead that gives it away and the 'get yourself together now' bit is - supposedly - a put down on the lame post Beatles music macca was making circa 1972. The wallpaper shoes is pure Marc Bolan and probably means nowt, reads well, mind.

[Tempus Fugit 212]

Back Off Boogaloo, the video, featuring Frankenstein's monster.

 

Ringo working out some issues no doubt.