Archive Main Next ShowOriginal Airdate: January 2, 2008
Theme: Then... and Now
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Details: 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 "Now" playlist) | Artist 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Phil Collins | In the Air Tonight | Nonpoint |
| Pink Floyd | Comfortably Numb | Scissor Sisters |
| Bee Gees | Stayin' Alive | Ozzy Osbourne |
| Michael Jackson | Smooth Criminal | Alien Ant Farm |
| David Bowie | Heroes | Wallflowers |
| Zombies | She's Not There | Vanilla Fudge |
| The Clash | Rock the Casbah |
Rachid Taha |
| Simon & Garfunkel | Hazy Shade of Winter | The Bangles |
| Bob Dylan | All Along the Watchtower | The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
| Roy Orbison | Pretty Woman | Van Halen |
| Elvis Presley | Suspicious Minds | Fine Young Cannibals |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Proud Mary | Tina Turner |
| Hedwig OCR | Wicked Little Town | Ben Jelen |
| Otis Redding | Respect | Aretha Franklin |
| Tom Petty | I Won't Back Down | Pearl Jam |
| Neil Diamond | I'm a Believer | Monkees |
| Village People | Go West | Pet Shop Boys |
| The Kinks | Tired of Waiting for You | Green Day |
| Rolling Stones | Paint It Black | Colin of Arabia |
| Flock of Seagulls | I Ran | Bowling for Soup |
| Fleetwood Mac | Landslide | Smashing Pumpkins |
| Ram Jam | Black Betty | Spider Bait |
| Metallica | Enter Sandman | Richard Cheese |
| Steve Miller Band | Abracadabra | Sugar Ray |
| Eurythmics | Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) | Marilyn Manson |
| Genesis | Land of Confusion | Disturbed |
| Pet Shop Boys | Domino Dancing | West End Girls |
| The Church | Under the Milky Way | Kill Hannah |
| Thin Lizzy | Whiskey in the Jar | Metallica |
| Linkin Park | My December | Josh Groban |
| Gloria Jones | Tainted Love | Marilyn Manson |
| The Eagles | Hotel California | Gipsy Kings |
| Ricky Martin | Livin' la Vida Loca | Toy Dolls |
| Stevie Wonder | Higher Ground | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Rolling Stones | (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | Devo |
| Madonna | Papa Don't Preach | Kelly Osbourne |
| Womack & Womack | Teardrops | Lovestation |
| ABBA | Dancing Queen | A*Teens |
| The Beatles | Come Together | Aerosmith |
| Eminem | 97 Bonnie and Clyde | Tori Amos |
| Don McLean | American Pie | Madonna |
| Britney Spears | Oops! I Did It Again | Richard Thompson |
| Love Spit Love | How Soon Is Now? | t.A.T.u. |
| Tears for Fears | Mad World | Gary Jules |