beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 12/12/2025#XPNCountdown Hate it or Love it, AI picked the correct winner :) 140
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 12/12/2025#XPNCountdown I voted for "Where have all the good times gone" Van Halen covering the Kinks. Of course, every other cover on Diver Down made it, but personally this one is my favorite because it turned me onto the Kinks. @kristenkurtis.bsky.social 040
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 12/12/2025#XPNCountdown - I "scored" pretty low and am happy about it. Could I have picked all songs in the top 20? Probably easily, but I choose to pick songs that needed my votes. I think you should score more points for having songs with the least votes on the list! You are doing the heavy lifting. 260
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 12/12/2025#XPNCountdown My butler Geezer was right on #1 but completely missed Bonnie Raitt swooping into the top 5. 020
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 11/12/2025#XPNCountdown In the words of the irreverent Kurt Vonnegut (or Nick Lowe, you choose) - So it goes The longest cover song chains clock in at 13. There are 2 basic flavors starting with either John Mayer covering Beyonce, or Richard Thompson covering Whitney. See all 3200+ at varady.org/xpn.cfm 140
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 11/12/2025#XPNCountdown Nirvana has just unlocked a 13 song bacon chain 🥓 140
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 11/12/2025#XPNCountdown coincidentally having dinner with someone who went to highschool with Patti Smith 120
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 11/12/2025#XPNCountdown is you is or is you ain't done? 010
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 11/12/2025#XPNCountdown I hope they do a segment on these Cover Song Bacon Chains - some of them are just fantastic. @wxpnfm.bsky.social 020
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 11/12/2025#XPNCountdown I really wanted to put Neko Case covering Catherine Irwin's Hex on my list but I didn't want to burn a vote on something I knew wouldn't place. I heard Neko do it at the Keswick a few tours back and someone nearby was crying so hard their tears landed on my face. I swear. 000
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 11/12/2025#XPNCountdown hearing Hard to Handle makes me wonder where UDS' Deeper Shade of Soul will appear 000
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 11/12/2025#XPNCountdown Some fresh Cover Song Bacon Chains unlocked with this new version of Jolene in the countdown. White Stripes longest Bacon Strip is 9 songs long. 020
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 11/12/2025#XPNCountdown Willie adds to his Bacon Chains 020
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 11/12/2025#XPNCountdown Still pretty sure Indigo Girls are yet to come, mostly sure R.E.M. is not done with Dead Letter Office just yet, but the rest I'm starting to feel less sure of. I voted for nostalgia over "best" but don't regret a single one on my list. 000
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 11/12/2025#XPNCountdown Still thankful for XPN turning me onto Frente! over 25 years ago. 040
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 11/12/2025#XPNCountdown Jimmy just beat the earliest cover by 100 years 370
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 11/12/2025#XPNCountdown - everyone is familiar with the Bacon Index for movies. My Cover Song Bacon Chain builder links countdown songs by Artist/OriginalArtist to a song done by Original Artist. Longest Bacon Strips are 10 songs long. If Bob Dylan does a cover I think it might spin off into a new dimension. 030
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 10/12/2025#XPNCountdown is Steely Dan backing on this cover of Rich Girl? Loving it 010
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 10/12/2025#XPNCountdown - Now I'm hoping War Pigs by First Aid Kit makes the countdown. 🤘 230
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 10/12/2025#XPNCountdown - oh my. My apologies to you. I made a most grievous error. My Cover Song Bacon Chain Builder had a slight bug, and the longest Bacon Strips are 10 songs long. I updated the UI to collapse the common songs. Look what they've done to my countdown, Ma! @wxpnfm.bsky.social 210
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 10/12/2025#XPNCountdown is there a song that Linda Ronstadt does that isn't a cover? 100
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 10/12/2025#XPNCountdown just realized we haven't heard a cover of Dolphins by Tim Buckley and there are a few that belong on the top 010
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 10/12/2025#XPNCountdown - Indigo Girls version still yet to come! I guarantee! 040
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 10/12/2025#XPNCountdown Come on now, where is the Kinks?? Van Halen turned me on to them 000
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 10/12/2025#XPNCountdown - This Led Zeppelin song has just unlocked a bunch of new 4 song cover chains - varady.org/xpn.cfm 040
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 10/12/2025#XPNCountdown #spoileralert Personally, I'm going with Hurt. But Geezer might be right. 340
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 10/12/2025#XPNCountdown - Musha rain dum a doo, dum a da. is the Garcia/Grisman version yet to come? 030
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 10/12/2025#XPNCountdown - I updated my countdown tracker to show the chains of songs jumping from the covering Artist to the original Artist covering another song and so on and so on and so on... #crunchingonnumbers varady.org/xpn.cfm 0102
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 10/12/2025#XPNCountdown - How long will the longest chain be? There are 3 chains four songs long so far (all start with Jolene and end the same) but the Judas Priest chain is my fav because Diamonds and Rust was one of my picks. 260
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 09/12/2025#XPNCountdown - I feel it! Now I need a cigarette. 080
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 09/12/2025#XPNCountdown - John Prine's first appearance as the cover artist. He's been covered twice so far. #statsnerd 120
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 09/12/2025#XPNCountdown - Kid Rock nailed that one. 050
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 09/12/2025#XPNCountdown - Yo! Use Me Up is on my list! 120
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Speaking strictly for me, we both could have died then and there. #XPNCountdown 250
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 08/12/2025#xpncountdown As a teen-aged metal head I was sure many of these were originals. As a middle-aged XPN listener, I probably enjoy the original artists more these days. Except for Puddles...he rocks. 240
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Sometimes you gotta roll your own. My countdown page is updated for 2025 Cover Songs!! Track your picks and take a deep dive into the data. Countdown Cruncher - varady.org/xpn.cfm #XPNCountdown @djrobertdrake.bsky.social @kristenkurtis.bsky.social @kallao.bsky.social @wxpnfm.bsky.social 363
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 13/02/2025@wxpnfm.bsky.social Coming to Philly in March and deserving some air time: Esther Rose (Johnny Brendas) and Video Age (Ukie Club) - Kill two birds with one stone and play Out In The Country.youtube.comVideo Age feat. Esther Rose - Out In The Country (Live from Nashville)YouTube video by Video Age 000
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 27/12/2024@wxpnfm.bsky.social now play Mud Football by Jack Johnson. These songs go together perfectly 011
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 21/12/2024@wxpnfm.bsky.social as much as I hate sirens in songs, my cats hate falcon screeches! 000
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 12/12/2024My introduction to The White Stripes. I was hooked! #XPNCountdown 000
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 12/12/2024I look forward to the "One Vote Wonders" list, but I would love to see (not hear lol) the "Never Hear On XPN, I wonders why?" list - this is all the songs that made the list that were never played on XPN 🚫🎶 #XPNCountdown 030
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Men at work taught me about Vegemite, Courtney Barnett taught me about Weet-Bix. #XPNCountdown 051
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 12/12/2024I was never good at smoking bongs. #XPNCountdown 030
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 12/12/2024There you go. I think my list is done. I would love to be wrong! #XPNCountdown 350
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Pretty sure Joanna Newsom and Sarah Harmer are not going to make a top 100 appearance and look forward to hearing them on the 1 vote wonder list. #Ikilledmydinnerwithkarate #XPNCountdown 050
beerinhand.bsky.social @beerinhand.bsky.social · 11/12/20247 out of 10 played so far. I realized that I actually wanted to pick Avant Gardener not Pedestrian At Best. Maybe I should lose the gravity bong -- I was never good at smoking bongs. #XPNCountdown 140
