Hi Suzy & All,
Okay, I'll bite.
(1) Anything Culture Club (Boy George) ... wholly and completely appalling, devoid of any redeeming qualities. Much worse than Vogon poetry and then some. A few people have thus-far answered "anything rap" -- valid response save that I don't class rap as music at all in any sense. "Rap Music" is an oxymoron.
(2) Stairway to Heaven -- Led Zeppelin (not at the wedding of course but we do generally regard it as "our song"). Love the Rolf Harris version too.
(3) I don't mind a bit of Abba at all actually. For "pop-music" it was generally very well made and had much musical merit. There are quite a few I'm fond of but my favourite is "Take a chance on me". Catchy tune, lyrics are neither "deep" nor complex but somehow resonate with me. Rather unusual key for '70s pop-music too -- B maj(??).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crgQGdpZR0&ob=av2e
and Agneta Faltskog winking at me in the clip is sublimely, utterly irresistable ...
It is amazing how much film clips that accompany popular music have changed compared to the stuff of the mid-'70s. Here, a wink or an intent, slightly open-mouthed gaze was pretty much as "racy" as it got.
With so many of the clips from the last several years, it's difficult to tell whether it is a singer they have taught to strip, or (as I suspect) a stripper who has taken a few singing lessons.
Gee don't I sound old ...
Best,
Les D