Thursday, July 10, 2014

Here Comes The Reign Again: The Second British Invasion


Another day, another Kickstarter project. At least this one isn't about potato salad.

From the people who brought you "Drink A Toast To Innocence," which I wrote about HERE, comes a new tribute to the MTV darlings of 80's Brit-Pop.

You can see more about the campaign HERE and if you feel inspired, pledge a few bucks to complete this baby.


Check out the roster, which features a good number of personal faves:

  • Life In A Northern Town – Chris Collingwood
  • Do You Really Want To Hurt Me – Rachael Yamagata
  • Save A Prayer – David Mead
  • Dancing With Myself – Taylor Locke
  • Promises, Promises – Freedy Johnston
  • Life’s What You Make It – The Nines
  • Everybody Wants To Rule The World – Mike Viola
  • Relax – Mike Doughty
  • Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) – Tracy Bonham
  • Goody Two Shoes – Jim Boggia & Pete Donnelly
  • Something About You – Kelly Jones
  • Every Time You Go Away – Linus Of Hollywood
  • Digging Your Scene – Ken Stringfellow
  • Don't You Want Me – Chris Price
  • They Don’t Know – Graham Alexander
  • Tainted Love – Eric Barao
  • Only You – The Wellingtons
  • Cruel Summer – People On Vacation
  • Tenderness – TeamMate
  • Our House – The Corner Laughers
  • West End Girls – Secret Friend
  • Don’t You (Forget About Me) – Bleu
  • Freedom – The Davenports
  • Wouldn’t It Be Good – Cliff Hillis
  • Kids In America – Big-Box Store
  • True – Minky Starshine
  • No One Is To Blame – Eytan Mirsky & Alyson Greenfield
  • Things Can Only Get Better (A KICKSTARTER-ONLY BONUS TRACK!!) – An American Underdog

2 comments:

  1. Nice! Sounds worth it! The other comp is killer!

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  2. A walk in the woodsJuly 10, 2014 at 3:34 PM

    I'm all for guilty pleasures, but not sure I'll dig this one as much as the other one covering the 70s. When you posted about the previous one I bought it and have enjoyed it ever since. Maybe these 80s song aren't quite so-bad-they're-great as those 70s songs?

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