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@wxpnfm.bsky.social #70smusic. Thank you for playing Peter Frampton comes alive. I have not listened to this in its entirety ever and I am thoroughly enjoying it. Even the songs I’m sick of. A wonderful 50th anniversary of this album and enjoyable hour and a half

@wxpnfm.bsky.social @danreed.bsky.social thank you so much for this delight!! Grew up hearing the Mackenzie Bros 12 days of christmas and have not heard it in decades. Yet still know the words. Huge smile. And a beer #abeerinatree #greatwhitenorth

Any list that has the Carpenters has me smiling. #xpncountdown

#xpncountdown. So I’m surprised
No Gaye/Terrell ain’t mountain high enough.
No Joe Jackson covers (the Duke and Jumpin’ Jive).
No Thompson Twins Revolution
No All You Need Is Love
No Dream #9 (REM)
No I Kissed A Girl (Perry)
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Maybe I’m a crank but if I never hear that song again, I’d be fine. Not a fan of Sinead in general but I thought this was just meh. Sounded more whiny to me than musical. (I could also do without hearing Joe Cocker doing covers) #xpncountdown

Start the flaming of me 🙄

@wxpnfm.bsky.social @rahrahraina.bsky.social #xpncountdown the Carpenters had a few outstanding covers not on this list (Ticket To Ride, We’ve Only Just Begun) but the Supersonic cover of Superstar gets the prize over Karen. I first heard that song in Juno. What a version.

@wxpnfm.bsky.social #xpncountdown the playlist just crashed on me in the apple app and on Google

That’s interesting stuff. Love discovering this minutiae and adding to my love of music history. Thanks 😊

Oldest song? Isn’t a fifth of Beethoven older than Star Spangled banner? 1808 is first performance. Star spangled banner is 1814
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Next year is gonna be too 885 original bands doing covers of the songs which were covered. Right?

Well I just got news in the middle of this joyous countdown that Michigan football coach was fired for cause. I guess during a countdown of “covers”, this was “uncovered”. What’s an M fan to do? 😱

I guess that coach doesn’t “got a friend”. He’s not “the man”. Sorry not sorry

#xpncountdown

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Not sure I voted for Kiss by Tom Jones but I wanted it on this list. What an inspired and fun redo. I’ll bet the two of them (Prince and TJ) were buds. #xpncountdown @wxpnfm.bsky.social

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#xpncountdown @wxpnfm.bsky.social try a little tenderness John Hughes? His soundtracks were fantastic and make a huge dent on these countdowns each year.

I know the song as sentimental kiss goodbye from Scrubs. It was a beautiful ending and now that the series is coming back, I don’t know what to make of that end.

Love the characters and stories but they said goodbye with the most beautiful song.

Hope you get your man home soon #xpncountdown

Does Three is a Magic Number count? (De La Soul, not Lemonheads). Cover or not?

Always something there …and Take on Me. Two I can always do without.

@wxpnfm.bsky.social #xpncountdown does anyone know if Jump or Baker Street are available on Spotify? Can’t find either (along with a few other fun covers)

Nothing says Canadian more than “grade X”. Love it. I remember always laughing about that minute but real difference growing up with our Canuck friends.

I enjoyed the movie but the idea of trying to break up your best friends happiness for your own sake (especially when there was no spark) just always struck me as mean. And Cameron Diaz was so sweet in that movie. And Chicago as the costar was nice!!

But alas the scene is so so smiley

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.@rahrahraina.bsky.social @wxpnfm.bsky.social #Xpncountdown so many of these artists have been introduced to me thru the decades by XPN but say a little prayer always makes me think of Best Friends Wedding in a joyous scene (of maybe not a so nice movie). #WXPN

And every time she opens her mouth is one more day I say thank goodness she is not president. She overlooks a lot of hatred embedded in Mamdani message and past (and his appointees). Those same haters who refused to vote for her because she wasn’t critical enough of Israel

@wxpnfm.bsky.social you just played Jambalaya by Fats Domino. One of my fave covers of this song is my guilty pleasure by the carpenters. I’d love to hear that on XPN. Any day with a song by that group is a good day #covers #allaboutthemusic #itsavinylthing #XPN

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Hey re Gordon Livhtfoot and Edmund Fitzgerald. New book, NYT bestseller about this tragedy by @johnbacon.bsky.social

You are either trolling or deluded to your core. The only caring for Gazans happening is when the Hamas terror mongers emerge from their underground tunnels and hospital bunkers and indiscriminately murder Gazans in the street. Reminder: Gaza is not occupied and wasn’t since 2005

@nprcodeswitch.bsky.social rather than having yet another anti Israel antisemitic podcast where you blame Jewish community for antisemitism (ties to Israel), maybe you ought to interview @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social and other non haters. People who CAN criticize yet still loudly support Israel.

So I’ve given enough replies to you over what was a toss away comment. I again thank you for at least taking me seriously and replying with good faith even if we disagree. Safe fast to you

All day thinking about this. You can’t separate THIS war from the hostages. IDF not fighting in your name (why would you think that?) But you have excellent company with millions of Israelis and their voices, having a true stake. Protest every week to end war & get hostages back.

Amazing. Discussion with respect has no place in the anti Israel crowd. What a jerky response

Why sad? There is no genocide regardless how much Israel’s enemies want to push that. And as podcaster really believes that apparently, I found it to be way out of place in a food podcast as a toss away comment. So I gave feedback. Trying to be polite but disagree w/ her comment and lack of context

I understand. By using a purposely inflammatory word such as genocide (or authoritarian regime, neither of which is true regardless how much you and I are deeply sad re suffering in Gaza/ Israel alike), esp in apolitical podcast, what should I think? You didn’t even try to be nuanced or even here