Welcome to the first week of the ICA World Cup 2022. Are you excited or totally indifferent?
Seventeen songs are competing for your votes today, with eight of them set to qualify for the knock-out stages. All the songs, in the group stages, will be #1 from all the relevant ICAs, and they are listed below in alphabetical order of the singer or group involved.
Ash – Jack Names The Planets (ICA 190)
Cocteau Twins – Hazel (Peel Session) (ICA 310)
Dinosaur Jr. – The Wagon (ICA 312)
Dum Dum Girls – Jail La La (ICA 287)
The Fall – Crap Rap/Like To Blow (ICA 171)
Luke Haines – Rock’n’Roll Communique #1 (ICA 180)
Robyn Hitchcock – Kingdom of Love (ICA 190)
Buddy Holly – That’ll Be The Day (ICA 285)
Iceage – Hurrah (ICA 221)
The Jam – Pretty Green (ICA 152)
The Jazz Butcher – Next Move Sideways (ICA 158)
Mudhoney – In n Out of Grace (ICA 283)
Nirvana – Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (ICA 222)
Iggy Pop – Lust For Life (ICA 183)
Roxy Music – Virginia Plain (ICA 250)
Say Sue Me – Let It Begin (ICA 227)
Tracey Thorn – It’s All True – Escort Extended Remix (ICA 262)
As I said last week, the draw has been designed to split up contributions from various guest contributors, with each group also having a handful from my own ICAs. Group A is quite eclectic, and many of the so-called ‘big hitters’ didn’t get drawn out, so it sets up for some tastiness in the remaining groups.
Voting closes at midnight on Saturday, 16th July. Voting must be done through the comments section.
AND JUST TO AVOID ANY POTENTIAL CONFUSION, I’M HOPING EVERYONE COMING ON TO VOTE WILL MAKE UP TO 8 CHOICES FROM THE ABOVE LIST.
I KNOW……I’M ASKING A LOT!!! BUT IT WILL GET EASIER ONCE WE REACH THE KNOCK-OUT STAGES!!!!!!!
Cheers.
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 
Roxy Music – Virginia Plain for me sir…
I’m not sure how this works… having watched only from the ICA sidelines and knowing hee haw about football
Here’s my votes for what they are worth
1. Hazel – Cocteau Twins – Peel Session. (by a country mile)
2. Mudhoney – In n Out of Grace
3. Roxy Music – Virginia Plain
4. Dinisaur Jr. – The Wagon
5. Buddy Holly – That’ll Be The Day
6. Say Sue Me – Let It Begin
7. Nirvana – Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
8. Iggy Pop – Lust for Life
Have I chosen too many? Not chosen enough? Let’s see…
Do you want one nomination or 1-8?
Cheers folks for the early votes. Just to clarify, I’m looking for up to 8 votes from everyone if possible!!! I’ll amend the original posting to clarify things.
1 Buddy Holly; That’ll be the day
2 The Jam; Pretty green
3; Nirvana; Where did you sleep
4; Iggy Pop; Lust for life
Ooh, this is going to be harsh! Here are my eight:
1) Cocteau Twins – Hazel (Peel Session)
2) Buddy Holly – That’ll Be The Day
3) The Jam – Pretty Green
4) The Jazz Butcher – Next Move Sideways
5) Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
6) Roxy Music – Virginia Plain
7) Say Sue Me – Let It Begin
8) Tracey Thorn – It’s All True – Escort Extended Remix
The Jam, Buddy Holly, Roxy Music, Nirvana and Iggy Pop for me.
1- Robyn Hitchcock
2 – Iggy
3- Roxy Music
4 – Buddy Holly
5 – Ash
6 – Coctaus
7 – Say Sue Me
8 – Dum Dum Girls
That was me CC
Here’s my vote:
1) Nirvana
2) Iggy Pop
3) Roxy Music
4) Say Sue Mae
5) The Jam
6) The Jazz Butcher
7) Buddy Holly
8) Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins
Dinosaur JR
Robyn Hitchcock
Buddy Holly
Jam
Jazz Butcher
Iggy Pop
Roxy Music
In alphabetical order…
Ash – Jack Names The Planets (ICA 190)
Dinosaur Jr. – The Wagon (ICA 312)
Buddy Holly – That’ll Be The Day (ICA 285)
The Jam – Pretty Green (ICA 152)
Nirvana – Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (ICA 222)
Iggy Pop – Lust For Life (ICA 183)
Roxy Music – Virginia Plain (ICA 250)
Say Sue Me – Let It Begin (ICA 227)
Ash, Dinosaur Jr, Dum Dum Girls, Iggy, Luke Haines, Jazz Butcher, Nirvana, Say Sue Me
This isn’t exactly the fabled group of death is it
Cocteau Twins
Dinosaur Jr
The Jam
Iggy
The Fall
Luke Haines
The Jazz Butcher
Buddy Holly
Ash
Dinosaur Jr
Robyn Hitchcock
Nirvana
Tracey Thorn
Oh what fun! Here goes:
1 Cocteau Twins
2 The Jam
3 Tracy Thorn
4 The Fall
5 Nirvana
6 Iggy
7 Roxy
8 Luke Haines+
Thanks for running this World Cup competition, it should be fun. There are some difficult choices already!
1 – The Fall
2 – Buddy Holly
3 – Roxy Music
4 – Dinosaur Jr
5 – Nirvana
6 -Iggy Pop
7 – Cocteau Twins
8 – Say Sue Me
Sorry the above 1-8 is from me! I hadn’t logged in!!
Anonymous says: Darren157 says:
July 10, 2022 at 12:41 pm
Thanks for running this World Cup competition, it should be fun. There are some difficult choices already!
1 – The Fall
2 – Buddy Holly
3 – Roxy Music
4 – Dinosaur Jr
5 – Nirvana
6 -Iggy Pop
7 – Cocteau Twins
8 – Say Sue Me
OK here goes :
1. Nirvana
2. Roxy Music
3. Iggy Pop
4.Cocteau Twins
5. The Jam
6. Buddy Holly
7. Dinosaur Jr
8. Iceage
Tracey Thorn
Cocteau Twins
The Jazz Butcher
Dum Dum Girls
Dinosaur Jr
Luke Haines
The Fall
Ash
1. Cocteau Twins – Hazel (Peel Session) (ICA 310)
2. The Jazz Butcher – Next Move Sideways (ICA 158)
3. Roxy Music – Virginia Plain (ICA 250)
4. Iggy Pop – Lust For Life (ICA 183)
5. Robyn Hitchcock – Kingdom of Love (ICA 190)
6. The Jam – Pretty Green (ICA 152)
7. Luke Haines – Rock’n’Roll Communique #1 (ICA 180)
8. Nirvana – Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (ICA 222)
I’m gonna go for Ash, Dinosaur Jr, The Fall, Iceage, Mudhoney Nirvana, Cocteau Twins and Buddy Holly
1) Nirvana
2) Iggy Pop
3) Roxy Music
4) The Fall
5) Cocteau Twins
6)The Jam
7) Ash
8) Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly – That’ll Be The Day
The Jam – Pretty Green
Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
Roxy Music – Virginia Plain
Tracey Thorn – It’s All True – Escort Extended Remix
Ash – Jack Names the planets
1. Roxy Music
2. The Jam
3. Iggy Pop
4. Buddy Holly
5. The Jazz Butcher
6. Cocteau Twins
7. Robyn Hitchcock
8. Say Sue Me
Cocteau Twins
The Fall
Robyn Hitchcock
The Jam
Nirvana
Iggy Pop
Roxy Music
Tracey Thorn
Jam
Iggy Pop
Dinosaur Jr
Roxy Music
Mudhoney
Buddy Holly
Robyn Hitchcock
Ash
This early Ash Song is surprisingly good.
Holly
Jazz butchers
Roxy
Thorne
Cocteau
Er thats it
“It’s a game of two halves Brian”
Buddy Holly – That’ll Be The Day (ICA 285)
Nirvana – Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (ICA 222)
Iggy Pop – Lust For Life (ICA 183)
Roxy Music – Virginia Plain (ICA 250)
Ash
Cocteau
Dinosaur J
Jazz Butcher
The Jam
Roxy M
Say Sue Me!!!!!!!
The Fall
So great to be doing this again!!
1 – Ash
2 – Buddy Holly
3 – The Jam
4 – The Jazz Butcher
5 – Iggy Pop
6 – Roxy Music
7 – Say Sue Me
8 – Tracy Thorn
This is going to be both fun and frustrating in equal measure if this Group is anything to go by.
Jazz butcher ( got to vote for my own and it’s a glorious song )
Tracey Thorn
Roxy
Iggy
Just the 4 for me
In order of appearance:
Ash
Cocteau Twins
Dum DumGirls
The Jam
Nirvana
Iggy Pop
Roxy Music
Tracey Thorn
Mudhoney,
Nirvana
Ash
Cocteau twins
Roxy Music
the Jam
Iggy Pop
Ash
Dum Dum Girls
Robyn Hitchcock
Buddy Holly
Iggy Pop
Roxy Music
Cocteau Twins
Robyn Hitchcock
Dinosaur Junior
Dum Dum Girls
Nirvana
Iggy Pop
Roxy Music
Buddy Holly
Dinosaur Jr
Iggy Pop
Roxy Music
Nirvana
Cocteau Twins
Buddy Holly
Jazz Butcher
The Fall
Dinosaur Jr.
Luke Haines
Robyn Hitchcock
Roxy Music
Jazz Butcher
The Jam
The Fall
Iggy Pop
Cocteau Twins, Buddy Holly, Nirvana, Iggy Pop, The Jam
Thanks so much for doing this again…this is going to be such a blast!
Oof! Tough crowd! Here goes :
1.The Igster
2.Roxy
3.Iceage
4.Dum Dum
5.Tracey
6.Luke
7.Cocteaus
8.The Jam
Cheers for organizing this JC
Here’s my 8.
1.Ash
2.Cocteau Twins
3. Roxy Music
4. Buddy Holly
5. Luke Haines
6. Iceage
7. Iggy Pop
8. The Jam
Here’s my 8;
Ash
Luke Haines
Iceage
Jam
Nirvana
Iggy Pop
Roxy Music
Tracey Thorn
This is brilliant
1 Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
2 Jam – Pretty Green
3 Luke Haines – Rock’n’Roll Communique #1
4 Buddy Holly – That’ll Be The Day
5 The Jazz Butcher – Next Move Sideways
6 Nirvana – Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
7 Tracey Thorn – It’s All True – Escort Extended Remix
8 Cocteau Twins – Hazel (Peel Session)
World Cup fever returns. Here’s my eight…
Ash
Buddy Holly
Iggy Pop
Roxy Music
Jam
The Jazz Butcher
Dum Dum Girls
Robyn Hitchcock
Buddy Holly – That’ll Be The Day (ICA 285)
The Jam – Pretty Green (ICA 152)
Nirvana – Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (ICA 222)
Iggy Pop – Lust For Life (ICA 183)
Roxy Music – Virginia Plain (ICA 250)
Cocteau Twins
Dinosaur Jr
Dum Dum Girls
Buddy Holly
Iceage
Jazz Butcher
Iggy Pop
Roxy Music
Blimey, this is only the first round and it’s taken me most of the week to finalise my eight. I’m not sure how much of this kind of pressure I can take in the coming weeks and months!
1) Robyn Hitchcock
2) The Jam
3) Buddy Holly
4) Roxy Music
5) The Fall
6) Cocteau Twins
7) Iggy Pop
8) Ash
After sweat, blood and many tears for those left out, here are my eight ( alphabetical order):
Ash – Jack Names The Planets (ICA 190)
Cocteau Twins – Hazel (Peel Session) (ICA 310)
Dinosaur Jr. – The Wagon (ICA 312)
Dum Dum Girls – Jail La La (ICA 287)
Iceage – Hurrah (ICA 221)
Iggy Pop – Lust For Life (ICA 183)
Roxy Music – Virginia Plain (ICA 250)
Say Sue Me – Let It Begin (ICA 227)
Buddy Holly
Say Sue Me
Iggy
Nirvana
Roxy Music
Dum Dum Girls
Dinosaur Jr
Jazz Butcher