Ratbastid, I love Wish You Were Here. That would definitely get me interested.
JJ played guitar a little bit. He would play Lullaby by The Cure. I loved the chords and I would sit and listen to it smiling. He self-taught himself, so it's not a difficult set of chords.
In Sidewalks of New York a guy played A Girl Like You by Pete Yorn. It got him the lady.
Good luck!