What people are tweeting about during the #XPNGreatestYear in music countdown
Tomorrow is the final day of WXPN’s Greatest Year In Music countdown. The countdown ends tomorrow when the #1 Greatest Year In Music is announced, and the entire day of music will be from that year (save for Free At Noon with Django Django).
Of the top 20 years that were voted on by the WXPN community, so far, the Seventies are out in the lead with 8 years represented. We’ve been following the #XPNGreatestYear social conversation on twitter and Facebook, and as with many of our countdowns, there has hundreds of comments from listeners about the countdown. Below, sample some of tweets from the #XPNGreatestYear countdown. You can read all the tweets that are tagged with #XPNGreatestYear here.
1977. My high school punk band. Yes I was punk before you. @wxpnfm#XPNGreatestYearpic.twitter.com/an3P83HjaU
— Dan Reed (@WXPNDanReed) November 4, 2015
@nathanveshecco@wxpnfm Karen Carpenter sparks a "CALL YOUR MOTHER" reflex in me that I never knew I had…
— merritt mcglynn (@MerrittMcGlynn) November 5, 2015
@wxpnfm 1977 rules!!!
— Lieve (@lievemc) November 4, 2015
@wxpnfm ATTN EARTH: TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS IS ON THE RADIO. ENJOY THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY. #XPNGreatestYear#sixtysix
— Nathan Veshecco (@nathanveshecco) November 4, 2015
@wxpnfm I'm pretty certain I was created because of Revolver and Rubber Soul. Mom? Dad? #XPNGreatestYear
— Joanne Decembrino (@JoMarieHD) November 4, 2015
@LeichtLunch Now the Rick Springfield version of 'Black is Black'- that's something. 🙂 #XPNGreatestYear
— Jonnie Comet (@jonniecomet) November 4, 2015
@wxpnfm FREEBIRD! #XPNGreatestYear 1973
— Jeff Schramm (@DrJSchramm) November 3, 2015
RT @wxpnfm The Clash. The Only Band That Mattered. 1979. #XPNGreatestYear
— Terri M (@ladystardust79) November 2, 2015
Boys and girls ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ @blurofficial on @wxpnfm#XPNGreatestYear 1994 🙂
— Casey Landman (@ChickPhilA) November 2, 2015
Love Joe Cocker. Every cover he did was an original! @wxpnfm#XPNGreatestYear
— melinda s (@mel_in_da_house) November 4, 2015
I draw the line at a lobotomy…. js 😉 #XPNGreatestYear
— susan hoffman (@SuZeppelin) November 4, 2015
I like some of these songs, but the year I was born was terrible for music and people have bad taste #XPNGreatestYear
— maggie schreiter (@squishythings) November 2, 2015
Loving the 1965 playlist #XPNGreatestYear
— Hayley Lynch (@hllynch93) November 3, 2015
So much good music from 1966! And I am unashamed of my love of The Monkees. #XPNGreatestYear
— Aidan D. (@aidanboleyn) November 4, 2015
Wasn't feeling 1965 yesterday, but then @wxpnfm broke out the Coltrane and holy sh!t 1965 was kick ass!! #XPNGreatestYear
— Terry AKF (@Sam_Maddy) November 4, 2015
@wxpnfm@xpnmorningshow IN-A-GADDA-DA-BATHROOM-BREAK YEAH #XPNGreatestYear
— Nathan Veshecco (@nathanveshecco) November 5, 2015
@wxpnfm Not too long ago, I had to explain "Lola" to my boss. Now that was a conversation. #XPNGreatestYear
— B (@bg1682) November 4, 2015
Normally at work we listen to benfm but today #XPNGreatestYear baby #xpnvinylatheart
— Luis gomez (@luis_taino917) November 4, 2015
I could listen to all of American Beauty today. Keep going. #boxofrain#longlivethegratefuldead@wxpnfm#XPNGreatestYear
— merritt mcglynn (@MerrittMcGlynn) November 4, 2015
I have now heard Black Sabbath twice in one week on @wxpnfm. Beats the days when they played David Massengill twice a day. #XPNGreatestYear
— Patrick Berkery (@PatrickDBerkery) November 4, 2015
Heard on WXPN this morning: Dolphy. Wildly gesticulating Dolphy at that. #getoutofbednow
— danielrubin (@danielrubin) November 4, 2015