Classin' Up the 80's

This past weekend I started working on a mix. I was trying to combine two of my favorite types of music...lo-fi indie, folk and/or bluegrass, with cheesy 80's pop music. My mission was to find some great covers of 80's pop music and compile them into a mix that sounded more like any respectable indie/folk mix you might share with a friend. I accomplished this task, and have been listening to the result ever since.

Since I was so content with the result I thought I would share the tracklisting with you and include a few links for the songs with you guys. Enjoy!

Classin' Up The 80's

The Pickin' On Series - "Unskinny Bop (Poison)"
The Be Good Tanyas - "When Doves Cry (Prince)" (via My Old Kentucky Blog)
Gilli Moon - "Need You Tonight (INXS)"
Nina Gordon - "18 and Life (Skid Row)"
Emm Gryner - "Pour Some Sugar On Me (Def Leppard)"
The Puppini Sisters - "Heart of Glass (Blondie)" (via Adzuki Bean Stash)
The Boy Least Likely To - "Faith (George Michael)" (This can be streamed on his site)
Rasputina - "Fire & Ice (Pat Benatar)"
Jerree Small (w/ Scott "Starfire" Lunt) - "You Spin Me Round (Dead or Alive)"
Adrianne - "Blister In The Sun (Violent Femmes)"
The Harvey Girls - "White Wedding (Billy Idol)"
The Softies - "Together Forever (Rick Astley)"
Petra Haden - "Don't Stop Believin'(Journey)" (left click)
Greg Laswell - "Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)" (via Line of Best Fit)
Christy Jefferson - "Come On Eileen (Dexy's Midnight Runners)"
Jonatha Brooke - "Eye In The Sky (Alan Parsons Project)"