Who’s left??
The Affectionate Punch – Scars I *(ICA 257)
Bananarama – Shy Boy (US extended version) (ICA 164)
The Breeders – Saints (ICA 173)
The Chameleons – In Shreds (ICA 294)
Lloyd Cole – Old Enough To Know Better (ICA 300)
Elvis Costello – Alison (ICA 224)
Frightened Rabbit – Fields of Wheat (ICA 214)
Mercury Rev – Planet Caravan (ICA 187)
The Hardy Boys – Wonderful Lie (ICA 275)
The National – Fake Empire (ICA 243)
Josh Rouse – 1972 (ICA 161)
The Sound – Missiles (ICA 264)
The Tragically Hip – New Orleans Is Sinking (ICA 154)
The Triffids – A Trick of the Light (ICA 155)
The Twilight Sad – There’s A Girl In The Corner (ICA 212)
Warren Zevon – Play It All Night Long (ICA 237)
*attributed to Holocaust Nancy as the lead singer on the track.
This might well be the toughest group to predict, given there’s no what could be described as a mega-headliner; Elvis Costello is arguably the best known, albeit Bananarama are by far the biggest selling act.
It’s a mix of singers and bands who have many devotees, and while it is the case that a fair number of the musicians who were part of the acts are no longer with us, at first glance, it looks like the sort of ideal line-up for a one-day festival over a number of stages.
As ever, let me know via the comments section those eight acts you’d like to see make it to the knockout stages, which begin next week. Voting will close at midnight (UK time) next Saturday, which is the 3rd of September.
Josh rouse
Lloyd
Triffids
Elvis Costello
Josh Rouse
Triffids
Bananrama
Frightened Rabbit
Warren Zevon
My votes are few but My Aim Is True…
Elvis Costello
The Hardy Boys
Elvis’s
Rabbit
Cole
Bananas
sad…
The Sound
Lloyd C
Triffids
Elvis C
Bananarama
The National
Elvis
Breeders
Lloyd
Bananarama
Josh
Warren
National
Triffids
breeders
national
triffids
bananarama
mercury rev
twilight sad
elvis costello
frightened rabbit
The Breeders
Chameleon
Elvis Costello
Lloyd Cole
The Hardy Boys
The Tragically Hip
(The last two being new artists to me!)
Bananarama
Breeders
Chameleons
Lloyd Cole
Frightened Rabbit
Mercury Rev
Triffids
Twilight Sad
The Chameleons
Lloyd Cole
The Sound
Bananarama
Breeders
Lloyd Cole
Elvis Costello
Mercury Rev
Warren Zevon
The Chameleons
Lloyd Cole
Bananarama
Twilight Sad
Frightened Rabbit
The Hardy Boys
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Lloyd Cole
Elvis Costello
Frightened Rabbit
The Hardy Boys
The National
The Sound
The Triffids
The Twilight Sad
Breeders
Twilight Sad
Triffids
Zevon
Lloyd C
National
Bananarama – Shy Boy (US extended version) (ICA 164)
The Breeders – Saints (ICA 173)
Elvis Costello – Alison (ICA 224)
Mercury Rev – Planet Caravan (ICA 187)
Elvis Costello
Lloyd Cole
Warren Zevon
Triffids
Bananarama
Lloyd Cole
Warren Zevon
Elvis Costello
Mercury Rev
Frightened Rabbit
Twilight Sad
Tragically Hip
Breeders
The Affectionate Punch – Scars I *(ICA 257)
Bananarama – Shy Boy (US extended version) (ICA 164)
The Breeders – Saints (ICA 173)
Lloyd Cole – Old Enough To Know Better (ICA 300)
The Hardy Boys – Wonderful Lie (ICA 275)
The National – Fake Empire (ICA 243)
Josh Rouse – 1972 (ICA 161)
The Twilight Sad – There’s A Girl In The Corner (ICA 212)
The Affectionate Punch
The Breeders
Lloyd Cole
Elvis Costello
Frightened Rabbit
The National
Josh Rouse
Bananarama
Breeders
Chameleons
Lloyd Cole
Mercury Rev
The National
Triffids
Rwalise I am probbaly in the minority here but that Costello song did nowt for me back then & nothing has changed since then.NPR played it just last week & – nope not for me. So onwards:
1.The Chameleons
2.Bananrama
3Twilight Sad
4.The Sound
5.Hardy Boys
Five’s yer lot this week! Cheers anwe
As I only cast 6 votes earlier, I’d like to make one additional vote please:
Bananarama
I just played this and I was swept back to my youth!! Not quite word perfect but a really good singalong pop song!!
Breeders
Elvis
Triffids
Twilight Sad
Bananarama – Shy Boy (US extended version) (ICA 164)
The Breeders – Saints (ICA 173)
Elvis Costello – Alison (ICA 224)
Frightened Rabbit – Fields of Wheat (ICA 214)
The Twilight Sad – There’s A Girl In The Corner (ICA 212)
Lloyd Cole
Elvis Costello
Warren Zevon
I feel like I should stop there as that’s three of my Premier League and the rest are Second Division. Still, some fine Second Division teams to choose from. (I can’t believe I’m using football metaphors. I blame my son.)
Frightened Rabbit
Mercury Rev
The National
Josh Rouse (but only because I was born in ’72 and really like that tune)
The Tragically Hip (many of the others could have taken last place with a different tune, but that’s how this game goes…)
The Affectionate Punch – Scars I *(ICA 257)
Bananarama – Shy Boy (US extended version) (ICA 164)
The Breeders – Saints (ICA 173)
Elvis Costello – Alison (ICA 224)
Frightened Rabbit – Fields of Wheat (ICA 214)
The Twilight Sad – There’s A Girl In The Corner (ICA 212)
The Sound
Twilight Sad
The Triffids
The Breeders
The National
Lloyd Cole
Josh Rouse
Let the games begin.
Lloyd Cole – Old Enough To Know Better
Elvis Costello – Alison
The Triffids – A Trick of the Light
The Twilight Sad – There’s A Girl In The Corner
The Breeders – Saints
Mercury Rev – Planet Caravan
Too much………!!!!
Breeders – Saints (ICA 173)
Chameleons – In Shreds (ICA 294)
Lloyd Cole – Old Enough To Know Better (ICA 300)
Elvis Costello – Alison (ICA 224)
National – Fake Empire (ICA 243)
Triffids – A Trick of the Light (ICA 155)
Twilight Sad – There’s A Girl In The Corner (ICA 212)
Warren Zevon – Play It All Night Long (ICA 237)
Cheers
Stephen
Another very tough call. I’m dreading the knock out rounds…!
1) The Affectionate Punch – Scars I *(ICA 257)
2) Bananarama – Shy Boy (US extended version) (ICA 164)
3) The Breeders – Saints (ICA 173)
4) The Chameleons – In Shreds (ICA 294)
5) Lloyd Cole – Old Enough To Know Better (ICA 300)
6) Frightened Rabbit – Fields of Wheat (ICA 214)
7) The Hardy Boys – Wonderful Lie (ICA 275)
8) The Sound – Missiles (ICA 264)
The Affectionate Punch
Bananarama
Lloyd Cole
Mercury Rev
Josh Rouse
The Triffids
Elvis Costello
The National
Josh Rouse
Bananarama
Lloyd Cole
Twilight Sad
The Hardy Boys
Bananarama
Elvis Costello
Hardy Boys
Josh Rouse
National
Tragically Hip
The Breeders
Lloyd Cole
Elvis Costello
Josh Rouse
The Tragically Hip
The Triffids
Warren Zevon
The Chameleons
Mercury Rev
Elvis Costello
The Triffids
Old Lloyd fatty Cole
The Triffids, The Twilight Sad & Bananarama
Here’s my votes
Breeders
Lloyd Cole
Elvis Costello
Mercury Rev
Josh Rouse
Tragically Hip
Triffids
Warren Zevon
The Chameleons
The Sound
The Twilight Sad
The Affectionate Punch
The National
Elvis Costello
Bananarama
Mercury Rev
The Twilight Sad
The National
In a mood today… those two songs (tie between the two) is what struck me as pleasurable.
Never been the biggest Costello fan (except his witty lyrics).
Elvis
The Sound
Triffids
Breeders
LLoyd Cole
The Chameleons – In Shreds (ICA 294)
Frightened Rabbit – Fields of Wheat (ICA 214)
Mercury Rev – Planet Caravan (ICA 187)
The National – Fake Empire (ICA 243)
The Sound – Missiles (ICA 264)
The Tragically Hip – New Orleans Is Sinking (ICA 154)
The Triffids – A Trick of the Light (ICA 155)
The Twilight Sad – There’s A Girl In The Corner (ICA 212)
Scars
Bananarama
Lloyd Cole
Elvia Costello
Frightened Rabbit
Josh Rouse
The Tragically Hip
The Triffids
The Chameleons
Elvis Costello
Frightened Rabbit
The Sound
The Twilight Sad
The National
Lloyd Cole
Josh Rouse
Some sort of website glitch left me voting anonymously last time, looks like it’s sorted this week.
Here’s what I have;
Bananarama
Frightened Rabbit (weak track, lucky the competition was tepid this go round)
Lloyd Cole (Are we ever old enough to know better? Sadly not, much of the time)
The Hardy Boys (a wonderful gem I was happy to be introduced to)
The National
The Tragically Hip
The Triffids (The best song of the bunch, I have to say, that intro, that outro, the poetic lyrics, just a perfect pop gem. I can see The Triffids taking the title, if the right songs come up at the right time. But a clunker at the wrong time and they’ll be out faster than you can say Jack Robinson. Hopefully their version of the Theme to Gilligan’s Island doesn’t show up in the queue.)
Warren Zevon
Bananarama
Chameleons
Lloyd Cole
Elvis Costello
Hardy Boys
Sound
Triffids
Warren Zevon
My eight for this week. Thanks!!
Bananarama – Shy Boy (US extended version) (ICA 164)
The Breeders – Saints (ICA 173)
The Chameleons – In Shreds (ICA 294)
Elvis Costello – Alison (ICA 224)
The Hardy Boys – Wonderful Lie (ICA 275)
The National – Fake Empire (ICA 243)
The Sound – Missiles (ICA 264)
The Triffids – A Trick of the Light (ICA 155)
The Chameleons
Lloyd Cole
Elvis Costello (although not a strong opener -avoiding looking back to see if the rest of the ICA will make him a potential favourite)
The Sound (can’t help feeling I may be wasting a choice there)
The Twilight Sad (one of the great bands I would probably never have heard of were it not for this blog)
Bananarama – Shy Boy (US extended version) (ICA 164)
The Breeders – Saints (ICA 173)
The Chameleons – In Shreds (ICA 294)
Lloyd Cole – Old Enough To Know Better (ICA 300)
Elvis Costello – Alison (ICA 224)
The National – Fake Empire (ICA 243)
The Twilight Sad – There’s A Girl In The Corner (ICA 212)
The Triffids – A Trick of the Light (ICA 155)
The Tragically Hip (if I am not too late!)