Archive Main Next ShowOriginal Airdate: December 26, 2007
Theme: Then... and Now
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Details: To quote last year's details of this theme, since I think I stated it quite well last year: There've been a number of great songs written and sung over the years. And some of them were just too good to pass by without other artists picking them up. To accentuate the changing of the calendar to a new year, The Hot Spot will be highlighting these songs with "Now and Then". In these two weeks you'll hear two recordings of each song- the first by the original (or earlier) artist, and the second by a more recent cover version of the very same song. Blow your mind with how dissimilar the very same words and tune can sound when performed by different artists!
| Artist 1 | Songs (Ordered by "Then" playlist) | Artist 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Tears for Fears | Mad World | ? |
| Love Spit Love | How Soon Is Now? | ? |
| Britney Spears | Oops!...I Did It Again | ? |
| Don McLean | American Pie | ? |
| Eminem | 97 Bonnie & Clyde | ? |
| The Beatles | Come Together | ? |
| ABBA | Dancing Queen |
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| Womack & Womack | Teardrops | ? |
| Madonna | Papa Don't Preach | ? |
| Rolling Stones | (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | ? |
| Stevie Wonder | Higher Ground | ? |
| Ricky Martin | Livin' la Vida Loca | ? |
| The Eagles | Hotel California | ? |
| Gloria Jones | Tainted Love | ? |
| Linkin Park | My December | ? |
| Thin Lizzy | Whiskey in the Jar | ? |
| The Church | Under the Milky Way | ? |
| Pet Shop Boys | Domino Dancing | ? |
| Genesis | Land of Confusion | ? |
| Eurythmics | Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) | ? |
| Steve Miller Band | Abracadabra | ? |
| Metallica | Enter Sandman | ? |
| Ram Jam | Black Betty | ? |
| Fleetwood Mac | Landslide | ? |
| Flock of Seagulls | I Ran | ? |
| Rolling Stones | Paint It Black | ? |
| The Kinks | Tired of Waiting for You | ? |
| Village People | Go West | ? |
| Neil Diamond | I'm a Believer | ? |
| Tom Petty | I Won't Back Down | ? |
| Otis Redding | Respect | ? |
| Hedwig OCR | Wicked Little Town | ? |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Proud Mary | ? |
| Elvis Presley | Suspicious Minds | ? |
| Roy Orbison | Pretty Woman | ? |
| Bob Dylan | All Along the Watchtower | ? |
| Simon and Garfunkel | Hazy Shade of Winter | ? |
| The Clash | Rock the Casbah | ? |
| Zombies | She's Not There | ? |
| David Bowie | Heroes | ? |
| Michael Jackson | Smooth Criminal | ? |
| Bee Gees | Stayin' Alive | ? |
| Pink Floyd | Comfortably Numb | ? |
| Phil Collins | In the Air Tonight | ? |