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5.15am
23 January 2011
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Well, I have seen a outtake of them crossing the road WITH Paul wearing the sandals, and I admit it didn’t look very good for the picture. I like the whole Paul being barefoot, even though it really wasn’t safe.
5.18am
19 March 2011
Offline Yeah, me too. I think it looked better without. I don't really think the album cover would be Abbey Road without him and his cigarette and the barefootedness.
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11.43pm
7 August 2010
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I got an Abbey Road puzzle and they removed the ciggerett.
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Giving you quality -Facepalms- , since August 7, 2010.
1.14am
19 September 2010
Offline That is stupid. It isn't Abbey Road without the cigarette.
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
1.26am
23 January 2011
Offline Why did they remove the cigarette?
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1.44am
19 March 2011
Offline Because it would mean that they were a bad influence, or something, if children saw it, I guess.
I salute the lady who screamed "I love you Paul!" at a tribute band's concert.
1.49am
19 September 2010
Offline It’s the “hip” thing not to smoke now. It’s less money if the cigarette is there. It’s the refusal of the company to respect artistic integrity or sanity. It’s political correctness taken to far. It’s idiocy but yet these people have no morals, integrity or brains, for that matter. Also, semi related, MMM, is the random capitalization history?
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
5.07am
1 May 2010
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That's idiot. You can't photoshop history.
Here comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie……
Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower…
Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go.
Beware of Darkness…
5.48am
23 January 2011
Offline Wow, if that is the reason why they took out one tiny cigarette, then everyone might as well just keep kids, and maybe even themselves, in a plastic bubble of you can’t handle the fact that people smoke. That is just incredibly stupid.
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5.58am
19 March 2011
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I agree. I know kids my age (12-14, but in reality, the ages are endless) who drink, smoke yada yada (I don't…) and taking out one cigarette won't make much of a difference.
I salute the lady who screamed "I love you Paul!" at a tribute band's concert.
3.20pm
7 August 2010
Offline I did more than my fair share of complaining when i saw that, It REALLY isnt Abbey Road without it.
Dear Prudence
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1.37pm
31 March 2008
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I agree with the above, but isn’t it weird when you see pics (particularly early ones) of The Beatles and they’re smoking? Like appearances on kids’ TV shows etc. I saw a photo the other day (it might even have been here – I’m in a Beatles whiteout at the moment) of a couple of them goofing around on a TV show, and Ringo was holding a cigarette. Not just in private, but on a TV show!
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2.27pm
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14 April 2010
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Yeah, those were the days when smoking wasn't akin to leprosy.
I can recall sitting in a hospital bed the night before surgery smoking a cigarette – and that was in 1982! I no longer smoke, but find it comical that one could be shot by a small army of soldiers in a machine gun nest for even coming close to a hospital parking lot while thinking of smoking a cigarette.
Deleting a smoke from the Abbey Road cover photo is going a bit far.
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
3.50pm
19 September 2010
Offline Joe said:
I agree with the above, but isn't it weird when you see pics (particularly early ones) of The Beatles and they're smoking? Like appearances on kids' TV shows etc. I saw a photo the other day (it might even have been here – I'm in a Beatles whiteout at the moment) of a couple of them goofing around on a TV show, and Ringo was holding a cigarette. Not just in private, but on a TV show!
It was the times. Also, what does Beatles whiteout mean?
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
6.23pm
31 March 2008
Offline Snowblind from seeing too many pictures of the Fab Four.
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9.50pm
9 June 2010
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Joe said:
I agree with the above, but isn't it weird when you see pics (particularly early ones) of The Beatles and they're smoking?
Yes! Especially pics of George, because it's sad. 🙁
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11.33am
14 November 2017
Offline Editing out the cig is crazy. It’s an iconic cover! Like what,kids don’t see their parents smoke? Or friends at school? Do me a favour!
I saw Howard Stern interviewing McCartney on a YouTube clip recently. Paul confirmed that the album was originally going to be called Everest,as they were struggling to come up with a name, and the sound engineer that day was smoking Everest cigarettes. So,the album could have been named after a brand of cigarette!
They decided it wasn’t a ‘cool’ enough name, and went outside the studio for inspiration. They saw the street sign,the rest is history
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9.36pm
15 May 2015
Offline Father McKenzie said
Editing out the cig is crazy. It’s an iconic cover! Like what,kids don’t see their parents smoke? Or friends at school? Do me a favour!
I saw Howard Stern interviewing McCartney on a YouTube clip recently. Paul confirmed that the album was originally going to be called Everest,as they were struggling to come up with a name, and the sound engineer that day was smoking Everest cigarettes. So,the album could have been named after a brand of cigarette!
They decided it wasn’t a ‘cool’ enough name, and went outside the studio for inspiration. They saw the street sign,the rest is history
I agree, it’s crazy. It’s example #1,001 of Political Correctness run amok.
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3.04am
14 November 2017
Offline @ Pineapple Records: Absolutely. Can you imagine the fuss it would have caused if they had named the album ‘Everest’ instead, and people had found out the inspiration for it?
Too many do gooders out there looking for something to complain about 
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3.07pm
11 November 2010
Offline Next they’ll be editing shoes onto Paul’s feet.
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