Motown Version of 'Shake It Off' Is More Tolerable Than the Original

By Clover Hope | October 9, 2014 | 4:50pm

Postmodern Jukebox performed a Motown-inspired cover of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” with Von Smith, and it’s considerably less annoying than the original, which has only burrowed into your brain thanks to a diabolical pop formula concocted in the underground lair of Max Martin and Johan “Shellback” Schuster. But I digress.

The high notes are a little off, but I’ll take it. Here’s your Throwback Thursday moment.