As mentioned before, all the postings for the initial Group stages were readied, typed up, and posted at the same time, weeks in advance. My great fear was that folk wouldn’t respond well to it, and with the traffic to TVV being well under half of what it was back in 2018 the last time an ICA World Cup was held, I anticipated that voter turnout would be low. I’ve been very pleasantly surprised with the responses and the results of Group C, from the ICAs provided by Hybrid Social Professor, will be revealed tomorrow.
This week, seventeen songs are competing for your votes, with eight of them set to qualify for the knock-out stages. As ever, all the songs, are #1 from all the relevant ICAs, and they are offered up in alphabetical order of the singer or group involved. Some of the ICAs are the work of yours truly, while others came from guest contributors.
Ballboy – Avant Garde Music (ICA 175)
The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows (ICA 244)
Blancmange – Distant Storm (ICA 251)
The Blue Nile – A Walk Across The Rooftops (ICA 304)
Cinerama – Maniac (ICA 296)
Edwyn Collins – 50 Shades of Blue (ICA 298)
Echo and The Bunnymen – Rescue (ICA 225)
Gregory Isaacs – Love Is Overdue (ICA 194)
Jens Lekman – Maple Leaves (ICA 184)
John McGeoch – Shot By Both Sides* (ICA 259)
Muse – Uprising (ICA 167)
Pink Cross – Dinahmite (ICA 297)
Pop Will Eat Itself – Def Con One (ICA 234)
Pylon – Cool (ICA 282)
The Ramones – Beat On The Brat (ICA 185)
Sons and Daughters – Johnny Cash (ICA 199)
The Wave Pictures – Stay Here and Take Care of the Chickens (ICA 201)
*a song by Magazine – ICA 259 was a compilation of tracks on which the guitarist played
Good luck working your way through today’s choices, as there’s a few tough decisions to take to get the number down to the eight you want to go through.
As usual, voting closes at midnight (UK time) next Saturday, which is the 6th of August.
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 
Beatles, Cinerama, Edwyn Collins, Echo & the Bunnymen, Gregory Isaacs, John McGeoch, Ramones, The Wave Pictures.
Beatles
Edwyn Collins
Jens Lenkman
Gregory Isaacs
Ramones
Pink Kross
Blancmange
The Blue Nile
Sons and Daughters
The Ramones
That’s it from me
Weirdly i vote for the top 8 but take out Gregory and put in John McG!
Beatles
Blue Nile
Blancmange
Edwyn. C
Echo and the B
Jens L
Ballboy
Edwin Collins
Bunnymen
Ramones
Gregory
Pylon
Sons & Daughters
Cineramaa
Beatles, Blancmange, Cinerama, Edwyn, Bunnymen, PWEI, Muse
A tough one this…
Beatles
Cinerama
Echo & The Bunnymen
Gregory Isaacs
John McGeogh
PWEI
Pylon
Ramones
Ballboy
Blue Nile
And obviously that peerless moptop Scouse four-piece: The Bunnymen
Enjoying very warm Italy for some weeks, I’ve sadly missed out a couple of group plays. Back to the wonderful world of T(n)VV these are my votes for Group D.
Jens L
Gregory Isaacs
Echo
Blue Nile
Edwyn C
Blancmange
Ramones
Beatles
Beatles
Blue Nile
Edwin Collins
Echo and the Bunnymen
John McGeogh
Muse
Pylon
The Ramones
Ballboy
Cinerama
Edwyn Collins
Echo and the Bunnymen
Jens Lekman
Pop Will Eat Itself
The Ramones
Sons and Daughters
McGeogh
Muse
Ramones
Bunnymen
beatles
Ballboy
Cinerama
Echo and the Bunnymen
Edwyn Collins
Jens Lekman
Muse
Sons and Daughters
The Wave Pictures
Cinerama
Ballboy
PWEI
Ballboy
Beatles
Blue Nile
Cinerama
Edwyn Collins
Echo & The Bunnymen
John McGeoch
Ramones
A very tough selection this week. Here’s my two penn’orth:
Ballboy
The Beatles
Cinerama
Echo & The Bunnymen
Edwin Collins
Jens Lekman
Magazine
Ramones
Blancmange – Distant Storm (ICA 251)
Echo and The Bunnymen – Rescue (ICA 225)
Muse – Uprising (ICA 167)
Pop Will Eat Itself – Def Con One (ICA 234)
Pylon – Cool (ICA 282)
The Ramones – Beat On The Brat (ICA 185)
Ballboy
Beatles
Blancmange
Cinerama
Echo & Bunnymen
Edwyn Collins
John McGeoch
Ballboy
Beatles
Edwyn Collins
Echo and the Bunnymen
John McGeoch,
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pylon
The Ramones
Struggled to narrow this one down to 8…
Ballboy
The Blue Nile
Cinerama
Echo & The Bunnymen
Edwyn Collins
Jens Lekman
The Ramones
The Wave Pictures
At time of typing am hoping for a Lioness victory against the old foe, here are my 8:
1.The Cool Ruler (Gregory)
2.McGeogh/Magazine
3.PWEI
4.Da Brudders
5Echo
6.Jens
7.Sons & Daughters
8.Blancmange
Thanks
anwe
Cinerama
ballboy
Echo and The Bunnymen
beatles
Sons and Daughters
wave Pictures
Blue Nile
Blancmange
Beatles
Bunnymen
McGeoch (!)
Pylon
The Ramones
The Blue Nile – A Walk Across The Rooftops (ICA 304)
Echo and The Bunnymen – Rescue (ICA 225)
John McGeoch – Shot By Both Sides* (ICA 259)
Muse – Uprising (ICA 167)
Pop Will Eat Itself – Def Con One (ICA 234)
Pylon – Cool (ICA 282)
Sons and Daughters – Johnny Cash (ICA 199)
Blueboy – Avant Garde Music
I can’t believe I’m leaving out The Beatles & Ramones and really wish I could have found a place for Jens Lekman and Sons & Daughters, but I couldn’t have removed any of the remaining 8 below. This was a really tough group…though I think I said that last week…and the week before that…and the week before that.
Blancmange – Distant Storm (ICA 251)
Cinerama – Maniac (ICA 296)
Edwyn Collins – 50 Shades of Blue (ICA 298)
Echo & The Bunnymen – Rescue (ICA 225)
Gregory Isaacs – Love Is Overdue (ICA 194)
John McGeoch / Magazine – Shot By Both Sides* (ICA 259)
Pop Will Eat Itself – Def Con One (ICA 234)
Pylon – Cool (ICA 282)
Can I say that each of the weekly Groups themselves have made excellent playlists in their own right? This week no exception.
The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows
The Blue Nile – A Walk Across The Rooftops
Echo and The Bunnymen – Rescue
John McGeoch – Shot By Both Sides*
The Beatles
Pylon
Cinerama
Ballboy
Jens Lekman
Edwyn Collins
Sons and Daughters
“Tomorrow never knows” and “Cool” are outstanding. Surprisingly, Pylon will not qualify for the next round.
Greetings
Beatles
Echo and the Bunnymen
Cinerama
Edwyn Collins
John McGeoch
Ramones
Gregory Isaacs
Pylon
Wow, this is indeed the toughest group so far! So many fine choices, but here goes:
Blancmange
Blue Nile
PWEI
Beatles
Ramones
Bunnymen
Pylon
Edwyn Collins
And the rest are all a close tie at the end…
Go Lionesses…A brilliant performance…Champions of Europe.
Womens WC here in Australia (&New Zealand) less than a year away…….aim high.
Three Lions next at WC Qatar
Until then…………This is great!
The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows (ICA 244)
Blancmange – Distant Storm (ICA 251)
Cinerama – Maniac (ICA 296)
Edwyn Collins – 50 Shades of Blue (ICA 298)
Echo and The Bunnymen – Rescue (ICA 225)
John McGeoch – Shot By Both Sides* (ICA 259)
Pop Will Eat Itself – Def Con One (ICA 234)
The Ramones – Beat On The Brat (ICA 185)
Cheers
Stephen
Here’s my list;
Beatles
Cinerama
Edwyn Collins
Echo & the Bunnymen
John McGeoch
Muse
PWEI
Ramones
Beatles
Cinerama
Edwyn Collins
Echo & The Bunnymen
Gregory Isaacs
Jens Lekman
Sons & Daughters
John McGeoch
Ballboy
Blancmange
The Blue Nile
Cinerama
Edwyn Collins
Echo and the Bunnymen
Jena Lekman
Sons and Daughters
Ramones, Beatles, Blue Nile, Pylon, Gregory Isaacs, PWEI, Bunnymen
Late to the party, but I have a question… if e.g. Ballboy “Avant Garde Music” qualifies this week, will we be seeing this same song in the next round, or a different track from ICA 175? Are we voting for the song or the artist (or the ICA)?
Hi there Curious.
Great questions.
Once a song has been used in the qualifying round, it won’t appear again in the knockout stages. Similarly, if a song from another part of the ICA is used in the Round of 64, it can’t be used in any subsequent rounds.
Most of the ICAs have ten songs. To reach the final, six of these will require to have been used (Qualifying plus Rounds of 64, 32, 16, 8 and the semi-finals). The singer/band in question will be represented in the final by one of whatever songs hasn’t been ‘fielded’ already.
My own view as organiser is that everyone is being asked to vote on the song, but in all hoesty, there’s no hard or fast rule about it. I’m just delighted folk are getting on board.
The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows (ICA 244)
Blancmange – Distant Storm (ICA 251)
Echo and The Bunnymen – Rescue (ICA 225)
Gregory Isaacs – Love Is Overdue (ICA 194)
Muse – Uprising (ICA 167)
Pop Will Eat Itself – Def Con One (ICA 234)
Pylon – Cool (ICA 282)
The Ramones – Beat On The Brat (ICA 185)
Ballboy
Blue Nile
Cinerama
Edwyn Collins
Echo and the Bunnymen
Gregory Isaacs
John McGeogh
Ramones
Blue Nile
Edwyn Collins
Echo & The Bunnymen
First choices simple:
The Ramones
Ballboy
Cinerama
Echo and the Bunnymen
John McGeoch
The Blue Nile
Then:
Pylon
And a late charge by…
Sons and Daughters.
This wasn;t too tricky for me… but at makes the second round look incredibly strong.
Thanks for the explanation JC. Here are my votes, although I confess I’m thinking also about other songs on some of these ICAs that I’d love to see come up in another round… Thanks for organizing this!
Ballboy – Avant Garde Music (ICA 175)
Cinerama – Maniac (ICA 296)
Echo and The Bunnymen – Rescue (ICA 225)
Gregory Isaacs – Love Is Overdue (ICA 194)
John McGeoch – Shot By Both Sides* (ICA 259)
Muse – Uprising (ICA 167)
Pop Will Eat Itself – Def Con One (ICA 234)
Sons and Daughters – Johnny Cash (ICA 199)
Fucking hell- 42 comments. This seems to be a tournament whose time has come eh?
My vote, not too late I hope
The Beatles
Edwyn
Echo and the Bunnymen
PWEI
Gregory Isaacs
Ramones
Sons and Daughters
Here are mine:
Ballboy
Echo and the Bunnymen
Edwyn Collins
PWEI
Gregory Isaacs
The Beatles
Ramones
John McGeoch
To be fair, Adam…..a couple of comments were questions and replies, but it is still an astounding turn out this week.
Your vote is in well time….the polls close each Saturday at midnight.
I forgot to put John McGeoch in my previous comment
Beatles
Edwyn Collins
Echo & The Bunnymen
John McGeoch
Muse
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pylon
Wave Pictures
Ballboy
Beatles
Blue Nile
Jens Lekman
Sons and Daughters
John McGeoch
Ramones
Wave Pictures
Yeah, this was a tuff’un. A batch of good songs overall. A couple I knew from the get-go, but those remaining 6…
Some like the Beatles, I had to knock out because they are just too popular, seemed too easy a vote…maybe not avante garde enough?
Others good, but just didn’t grab me on first listenings…maybe they can become favorites on repeated listens.
So, here’s my picks;
Ballboy
Edwyn Collins
Muse
Pop Will Eat Itself
Ramones
Sons and Daughters
The Wave Pictures
Pink Kross
Here’s my choice . Thanks!!
Ballboy – Avant Garde Music (ICA 175)
Cinerama – Maniac (ICA 296)
Echo and The Bunnymen – Rescue (ICA 225)
Edwyn Collins – 50 Shades of Blue (ICA 298)
John McGeoch – Shot By Both Sides* (ICA 259)
Pop Will Eat Itself – Def Con One (ICA 234)
Pylon – Cool (ICA 282)
Sons and Daughters – Johnny Cash (ICA 199)