They did WHAT to Taylor Swift and U2? Five reasons to love Postmodern Jukebox

There is more than one way to sing a song. Postmodern Jukebox wants you to imagine all the vintage possibilities.

Since 2011, this rotating collective of musicians has turned Jimmy Meets World into Bobby Darin, Aerosmith into brass-band fare and teenage-wasteland anthems from the likes of Miley Cyris into pitch-perfect doo wop.

They've come far since their first videos, shot in founder and pianist Scott Bradlee’s apartment in Queens, New York. Their knack for reworking current tunes into vintages ones has taken this collection of musicians, singers and dancers to stages the world. And this month, it’ll bring them to Florida for five performances, starting in West Palm Beach on April 13 and then moving on to Fort Lauderdale, Clearwater, Melbourne and Jacksonville.

Here are five examples of PMJ’s playful imagination and remarkable musical chops.

'Love Story,' by Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift’s chart-topping riff off “Romeo and Juliet” becomes a 1940s swing tune, complete with bebop horns and scat singing from Caity Gyorgy. This 24-year-old wonder somehow finds the melody in lines like “This love is difficult, but it is real.”

'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For,' by U2

U2’s song about a spiritual quest becomes a full-blown gospel number, with a pumping tempo, backup singers and a commanding turn by Rogelio Douglas Jr. on lead vocals. The last two minutes are the stuff of standing ovations, punctuated by a James Brown-style split.

'Call Me Maybe,' by Carly Rae Jepsen

Carly Rae Jepsen’s tale of infatuation travels back 100 years to the ragtime era and gets a jolt of show-stopping energy. Anyone who’s gotten winded singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” will marvel at how New York cabaret singer Robyn Adele Anderson breathlessly keeps pace with Bradlee’s stride piano.

'Don't Stop Believing,' by Journey

Let’s play word association: I say “Journey” and you say . . . “movie musical”? PMJ did and made its most ambitious video, full of dancing lead singers, conveniently placed horn sections and a flurry of extras clad as dinner-party guests and catering crews.

'Perfect,' by Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé

This 2017 pop duet becomes a 1950s slow dance, spiced with Bradlee’s tinkling piano, string players in prom gowns and a saxophone solo so seductive that a wallflower sheds her eyeglasses and busts a move. Mario Jose and India Carney sing the stuffing out of it. Stumped for a first-dance song at your wedding? Check this video out.

If you go

What: Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox "Life In The Past Lane Tour"

Where: Kravis Center for the Performing Arts

When: 8 p.m. April 13

Tickets: kravis.org, 561-832-7469

Tom Elia is an editor at The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY-Florida network, overseeing coverage of public safety, the courts and the northern and western communities in Palm Beach County. You can reach him at telia@pbpost.com. Support local journalism: Subscribe today!

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