# The Beatles 1970 Album **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-1970-album/809490 "2018-02-24T20:08:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-1970-album/809490/1 "2018-02-24T20:08:37Z")
In an alternate universe, Yoko Ono was never born. So the Beatles in late August of 1970 went back to the recording studio to lay down tracks for their 1970 album. How about if you give it a name and pick 14 or so tracks. Have fun! ```auto Ringo Sentimental Journey Sentimental Journey I'm A Fool To Care Whispering Grass Blue, Turning Grey Over You Night And Day Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing Stardust You Always Hurt The One You Love Dream Let The Rest Of The World Go By Bye Bye Blackbird Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? Beaucoups of Blues Beaucoups of Blues Love Don't Last Long Without Her Fastest Growing Heartache In The West Woman Of The Night I'd Be Talking All The Time $15 Draw Wine, Women And Loud Happy Songs Loser's Lounge I Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way Waiting Silent Homecoming Singles Coochy Coochy It Don't Come Easy Early 1970 John John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band Mother Hold On I Found Out Working Class Hero Isolation Remember Love Well Well Well Look at Me God My Mummy's Dead Singles Cold Turkey Instant Karma Paul McCartney The Lovely Linda That Would Be Something Valentine Day Every Night Hot as Sun/Glasses Junk Man We Was Lonely Oo You Momma Miss America Teddy Boy Singalong Junk Maybe I'm Amazed Kreen-Akrore George All Things Must Pass I'd Have You Anytime My Sweet Lord Wah-Wah Isn't It A Pity (Version One) What Is Life If Not For You Let It Down Behind That Locked Door Run Of The Mill Beware Of Darkness Apple Scruffs Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Down) Awaiting On You All All Thing Must Pass I Dig Love Art Of Dying Hear Me Lord Isn't It A Pity (Version Two) ``` ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-1970-album/809490/2 "2018-02-24T20:56:06Z")
I have a feeling even if Yoko wasn’t around, George would’ve exploded. His songs, imo, are heads and tails above the others’ from this list, so I’m going to pretend that George lays down the law and tells John and paul that things are going to be different with this album. 1970 1. All things must pass (Harrison) 2. Instant Karma (Lennon/McCartney) 3. Mother (Lennon/McCartney) 4. My sweet lord (Harrison) 5. Man we was lonely (Lennon/McCartney) 6. Wah-Wah (Harrison) 7. If not for you (Harrison) 8. Isn’t it a pity (Harrison) 9. What is life (Harrison) 10. Coochy Coochy (Starkey) 11. The Lovely Linda (Lennon/McCartney) 12. Art of Dying (Harrison) 13. I Dig Love (Harrison) 14. Maybe I’m amazed (Lennon/McCartney) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-1970-album/809490/3 "2018-02-24T23:40:23Z")
The entirety of the Plastic Ono Band record + Maybe I’m Amazed. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-1970-album/809490/4 "2018-02-25T00:49:03Z")
In MY alternative universe, if Yoko had never been born, Lennon would have started a sexual/creative relationship with **Soupy Sales.**. And events would have carried out along approximately the same lines. The **Two Virgins** album cover might have sparked more controversy, though. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-1970-album/809490/5 "2018-02-25T00:51:32Z")
What songs from Imagine are eligible? Jealous Guy is from 1968. Also a few of these paul songs were from the Get Back project, 1969. Some would hold that against them for being rejected already. Not me. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-1970-album/809490/6 "2018-02-25T01:03:35Z")
> [@K364](#): > > In an alternate universe, Yoko Ono was never born. I would’ve left this sentence out, both because you run the risk of letting the thread be hijacked by a debate over how much (if any) responsibility Yoko bears for the breakup, and because it obliges us to worry about whether John’s music from that era would have been different without Yoko. It’s a good idea for a thread, though. I’ve noticed there’s a [book that has a similar premise](https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0986708003/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=IB1GBLDDZW4MW&colid=2AQPQW89YI8AR&psc=0), though I haven’t been willing to cough up the dough for it. I’m going to have to think on it, after which I may or may not reply. I’m not as familiar with some of those albums as I should be to give a well-informed answer. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-1970-album/809490/7 "2018-02-25T01:07:30Z")
John: Instant Karma Jealous Guy Paul: Maybe I’m Amazed Teddy Boy Junk Every Night Backseat of My Car Ooh You Momma Miss America Another Day George: My Sweet Lord All things must Pass The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp Ringo: It Don’t Come Easy They were winding it down, except for Paul who was just starting something else. It was not easy for John to come up with good songs then. My entire opinion is probably clouded by the fact that I don’t like Plastic Ono band. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-1970-album/809490/8 "2018-02-25T01:52:25Z")
I’m not qualified to answer, not being fully familar with Plastic Ono, All Things, or Ringo’s albums. But what the heck. **My Sweet Lord** wouldn’t make the cut. There were enough problems with the brilliant Chuck Berry homage **Come Together** to allow Harrison’s total (unconscious) thievery. And I’m not fond of several other things I’ve heard off George’s album… such as **Isn’t It a Pity**. **If Not for You** is a Dylan song, so I doubt it shows up. I’m fond of **Another Day** , which dates to 1969. There was a writer that claimed Paul ripped him off on that tune, but I don’t believe it got any legal traction. John: Instant Karma Jealous Guy Working Class Hero (it would be tricky…) Cold Turkey Ringo: It Don’t Come Easy Paul: Another Day Junk Maybe I’m Amazed (not a favorite, but I think the Dead played it frequently.) Back Seat of My Car (John would have to toughen it up a little.) George: What Is Life Apple Scruffs And… a couple other tracks. I don’t think there’s a single there as good as Here Comes The Sun or Let It Be, but overall a stronger album than Let It Be. It would probably be disjointed in a White Album way, but who knows what would emerge from the studio? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-1970-album/809490/9 "2018-02-25T04:17:49Z")
The Beatles would have broken up without Yoko; George felt very constrained by his one or two songs. And any combination of these songs is problematic. Most of Ringo’s songs are covers, which the group no longer did. He’d be given “It Don’t Come Easy” and that was it. I doubt Lennon would have accepted the religious themes in _All Things Must Pass_. Much of McCartney was fluff, though it might have worked as a medley like on _Abbey Road_. Lennon’s things were too intensely personal. I’d scrape together this. It’s a bit short for an album, though. OTOH, I suspect that there would be other songs written as they worked out things in the studio. Instant Karma My Sweet Lord Cold Turkey It Don’t Come Easy What is Life Working Class Hero McCartney Medley (Man We Was Lonely/That Would Be Something/Every Night) Wah-Wah Apple Scruffs Maybe I’m Amazed ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-1970-album/809490/10 "2018-02-25T04:23:00Z")
Apple scruffs is a great one I forgot. I am trying to imagine the beatles version of Working Class Hero. I can’t.