Warbler said:

zombie84 said:. It strikes me as similar to the likely scenario of how the Beatles started playing on the Paul-is-Dead theory

I just did a quick internet search to find out what the Paul-is-Dead theory was. I had never heard of it before. So let me get this straight, some people actually believe that Paul McCartney died in 1967 and a look-a-like has been posing as McCartney ever since? So they believe that the guy performing at Olympics opening ceremony was not Paul McCartney, but a look-a-like? My god, people are crazy.

If I'm not mistaken, people don't really believe this anymore. I think it was just a side-effect of Beatlemania - some people looked for meaning in the songs, and a select few thought what they found meant that Paul was dead. I'm also pretty sure that it quickly became little more than a joke after the Beatles heard of it.