1. Ghost Town- Cat Stevens

• "Come on lets go down, everybody's waiting for us down at the ghost town." "Lovely Queen Anne Boleyn learning new tricks from the Great Houdini, woah woah, now thats the way shes gonna make it woah woah." In 1974 Cat Stevens dropped "Buddha and the Chocolate Box", an album best known for the hit "Oh Very Young". As a Cat Stevens fan it is hard not to buy this album. This Buddha you mention sounds intriguing and a chocolate box only sweetens the deal. "Ghost Town" is a fun upbeat number based on acoustic guitar and piano (staples for Cat Stevens) and is augmented with harmonica and slide guitar. The singer songwriter would go on to convert to Islam, change his name to Yusef Islam and dismiss his work as Cat Stevens. In the past few years he has loosened his stance and taken to performing his old material including a marvelous rendition of "Peace Train" during the 2007 Live Earth concerts.

2. You Say You Don't Love Me- Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs

• "You say you don't love me, well that's alright with me 'cos I'm in love with you, and I wouldn't want you doing things you don't want to do, oh you know I've always wanted you to be in love with me." A few years ago 90's power pop icon Matthew Sweet and 80s pop star Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles) teamed up for "Under The Covers, Vol. 1", an album of 60's covers. This past year the duo teamed up again on "Under The Covers, Vol. 2" to tackle the 70s. "You Say You Don't Love Me" is a Buzzcocks cover, the Buzzcocks being a seminal 70s punk band from the UK. Sweet and Hoffs also pay tribute to the Ramones on this album. Neither of these punk covers find the duo at their best. On a personal note one of my 1st crushes growing up (aside from the one on my older sister's best friend) was on Susanna Hoffs.. I've aslo asked a friend of mine to sing "Eternal Flame" at my funeral.

3. At The Party- The Treacherous Three

• "(Kool Moe Dee) Remember me to the rhythm I'm Kool Moe Dee, (Special K) remember me Special K at the t-o-p, (L.A. Sunshine) remember me Sunshine and you will agree (All) nobody rocks (huh!) like the Treacherous Three." "(All) We'll rock the house without a doubt, and young ladies say we're guaranteed to turn it out, and if you don't believe it's true just check out how we rock for you." The Treacherous Three became one of the 1st hip hop acts to record in 1980 with a number of singles for the Enjoy! label including songs like "At The Party", "Feel The Heartbeat" and "Body Rock". The group would later move to the Sugar Hill label and MC Kool Moe Dee would go on to have a successful solo career. "At the Party" is 7 and a half minutes of old school hip hop pleasure. The synth hook which drives the song was used later in the decade by MC Shan in the song "Down By Law". Mariah Carey (who is "kinda scary") would use the bass line from "Body Rock" for her 1997 hit "Honey". If you need further proof of the group's impact, The Beastie Boys cite The Treacherous Three as an important influence- Moe Dee, Special K and L.A. Sunshine provided a template for how three MCs can work in unison.