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Rumours that McCartney was in an abnormal life state started with a call into a Detroit radio station, claiming that McCartney was dead and that playing "Revolution 9" backwards would yield "turn me on, dead man", thereby proving the assertion. The DJ, however, thought that he instead heard "turn me undead, man", and posited his own theory that McCartney was not completely dead, but rather a zombie. The executives at the station, realising that none of this made an inkling of sense, fired the DJ immediately, but already they were too late to stop the rumours.

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  • Rumours that McCartney was in an abnormal life state started with a call into a Detroit radio station, claiming that McCartney was dead and that playing "Revolution 9" backwards would yield "turn me on, dead man", thereby proving the assertion. The DJ, however, thought that he instead heard "turn me undead, man", and posited his own theory that McCartney was not completely dead, but rather a zombie. The executives at the station, realising that none of this made an inkling of sense, fired the DJ immediately, but already they were too late to stop the rumours.
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  • Rumours that McCartney was in an abnormal life state started with a call into a Detroit radio station, claiming that McCartney was dead and that playing "Revolution 9" backwards would yield "turn me on, dead man", thereby proving the assertion. The DJ, however, thought that he instead heard "turn me undead, man", and posited his own theory that McCartney was not completely dead, but rather a zombie. The executives at the station, realising that none of this made an inkling of sense, fired the DJ immediately, but already they were too late to stop the rumours. Hearing the radio broadcast and the sounds of the DJ resisting being dragged out of his chair and then being dragged out with his chair, two college students at the University of Michigan thought this theory was insane, but ridiculously cool at the same time, and decided to write a satirical piece with ridiculous, allegedly hidden audio or visual "clues" that could not possibly be taken seriously. Unfortunately, it appears that nobody else at or around the University of Michigan knew the meaning of the words "sarcasm" and "critical thinking", as the story spread further through national newspapers and radio stations.
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