predictable, i know, naming basically everything from their "middle" period. i like their earlier stuff too but the albums just aren't as consistently good from start to finish. not too fond of let it be and the white album.
favorite songs... probably a lot of the obvious ones, as well as these: here there and everywhere, for no one, do you want to know a secret, i've just seen a face, baby's in black, i'll follow the sun.
i also love some of george's solo albums. all things must pass is fairly solid, if you just ignore side 6 (of the triple LP version, i mean). and living in the material world is hardly short of amazing.
not really too familiar with ringo's solo material. i reckon his drumming for the beatles gets underrated, as compared to lennon's songwriting or george's guitar playing. sure ringo wasn't the flashiest drummer ever, but then that wasn't the point. he kept a steady beat, and played tastefully & with restraint. a lot of his drum solos were only about 5 or 10 seconds long, at most: da-dum, da-dum, da-dum-dum-dum, then he'd let the rest of the band get back to their business. that's classy.
i can't help but shudder sometimes whenever i see mccartney on tv, though. he strikes me as a bit crass, his continual fighting with yoko, how intent he is on personally controlling the beatles' song catalogue (which was mainly written by lennon, you know?), "paul mccartney's let it be: the special edition remix," the ludicrous price he charges for concert tickets, etc. he just comes across as really unpleasant and egotistical nowadays.