to release more. His early mash-
up takes on 80s hits like “Come
On Eileen” (Dexy’s Midnight
Runners) and “Don’t You Want
Me Baby” (Human League) not
only proved that the songs could
work in dramatically different
settings, but showed that there
was a huge audience of people
interested in the mix. In 2011,
Postmodern Jukebox was born
- a band that would flesh out his
vision with a plethora of rotating
lead singers and cover after cov-
er revealed via music videos.
Amazingly, Postmodern Juke-
box records and releases a new
music video every week. Bra-
dlee says there has only been
a couple of times when they’ve
missed a week since starting the
practice several years ago. More
than 2.8 million people have
subscribed to the band’s You-
Tube channel and their videos
have been seen over 755 million
times. The videos have helped
develop the Postmodern Juke-
box brand - one that includes a
wonderfully cool vibe, musical
Watch one of Scott Bradlee early mash up videos
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