YouTuber Of The Week: ScottBradleeLovesYa Makes Ya Pop Songs Even Cooler
In our third edition of YouTuber Of The Week, we feature ScottBradleeLovesYa, a YouTube channel that reimagines all your current pop hits into different musical styles.
By Darian Goh — 25 Aug 2014, 11:14 AM — Updated over 10 years ago
Scott Bradlee is a 33-year-old American musician and composer who specialises in jazz music
Scott Bradlee is a 33-year old American musician and composer who specialises in jazz music
Image via birtatlibireksi.comIn looking for creative inspiration, Bradlee began reworking popular music as an exercise and finally gained popularity for his covers of popular Nickelback songs in the style of 60's R&B
Soon after, he created Postmodern Jukebox, a team of musicians that produces covers of modern songs in the styles of jazz, ragtime, swing and more
he decided to form Postmodern Jukebox, a team of musicians that produces covers of modern songs in styles such as jazz, ragtime and swing.
Image via ytimg.comMy goal with Postmodern Jukebox is to get my audience to think of songs not as rigid, ephemeral objects, but like malleable globs of silly putty. Songs can be twisted, shaped, and altered without losing their identities–just as we grow, age, and expire without losing ours–and it is through this exploration that the gap between “high” and “low” art can be bridged most readily.
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On 3 September 2013, their cover of Miley Cyrus' "We Can't Stop" in a Doo Wop style went viral with 10 million views to date
Other popular covers include Macklemore's "Thrift Shop" done in "Grandpa style", reminiscence of the Great Gatsby era
Could you ever imagine Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" as a country song, with banjos and a southern twang?
Even PSY's "Gangnam Style" got the throwback treatment, giving the song an entirely different feeling
Love New Orleans jazz? They managed to transform a classic rock song into something that makes you want to tap your feet
Popular electronic dance hit "Wake Me Up" by Avicii gets totally changed in this cover with mariachis and Spanish influences