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Ah, the groomers anthem, Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon. 🤮

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December 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
#XPNcountdown voters with Sid Vicious My Way on their ballots were definitely chaos voters.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Joan Osborne brings me to 4/10! #XPNCountdown
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Peter Gabriel’s The Book of Love was our wedding first dance in 2015. And my husband is on a business trip, so I’m over here a little weepy because I miss him. 🥹 #XPNcountdown
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
My own rule was to not duplicate artists on my ballot, so I went with Stand By Me, but this Tiny Dancer by Florence and the Machine was a late cut. It’s so beautiful. #XPNcountdown
December 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Had to break my work focus to laugh hysterically at I need love by Luka Bloom placing this high on the #XPNcountdown

Thank you, fellow chaos lovers
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December 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Today I learned Florence + The Machine You’ve Got the Love, is a cover. 🤯 #XPNCountdown

Such a powerhouse of a song. I’ll have to listen to the original to see the comparison…during the next noodling song
December 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The teenager just asked me to turn down my music because it’s “TOO LOUD”.

Isn’t this supposed to be the other way around?

Gen Z is boring. 😜

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December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
And this Carolina Chocolate Drops song puts me at 2/10. In a turn of events it was my husband who introduced me to this song. Typically, I’m the one who finds new music in our house. #XPNcountdown
December 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
December 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I guess a duet is now a cover 🙄 #xpncountdown
December 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Still 1/10 for my ballot (Florence + The Machine, Stand by Me), but my 18 year old stepkid is faring much better with 4/10.

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December 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Kula Shaker’s Hush was played on Y100 a ton. The first version I ever heard, which prompted my dad to pull out his vinyl copy of the original.

Similar experience with the Wallflowers Heroes.

Those are the types of covers I love

#XPNcountdown
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Brandi Carlile is to me what Joni Mitchell is for Emma Thompson in Love Actually.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
December 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
December 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I was in high school when Orgy’s Blue Monday came out. The trend back then was to use white out pens to write band names you liked on your backpack.

Imagine being asked by a friend’s 10 year old sister what “orgy” meant as she read it 😳
Then having to explain to your parents…
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December 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
#XPNcountdown is equal parts “A cover of a John Prine song, featuring John Prine on vocals” and “various artists covering Bob Dylan”

Oh and sometimes a surprise.
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Thank you to the #xpncountdown voters who introduced me to this Tina Turner cover of Whole Lotta Love. I didn’t know it existed and that was fabulous.
December 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
December 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If I had known the rules for the #XPNcountdown were going to be thrown out, I would have voted for One by Mary J Blige. I didn’t, because Bono sings for the first few seconds and then rightfully backs off to let her powerhouse of a voice take over. You should listen. tidal.com/track/347415...
Mary J. Blige & U2 - One
Listen to One on TIDAL
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December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I think most voters in the #xpncountdown thought the brief was “greatest songs written by Bob Dylan and performed by someone else”
December 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM