Pseudo Echo - Funkytown

[@carlosarias2142]

This is not just a cover, its the best extreme makeover to a great song.

[@Shawn666Hellion]

Best remake ever

[@pak3ton]

to be honest i thought this was the original version, because this version was the frst that i heard haha

[@Mmcmo123]

Hi Jo pop op pop pop ppppppppppppp p.

[@MrVivekkp]

Agreed. Hands down.

[@randallsredman1333]

Carlos Let the Beat take control and move your Feet

[@youtubeuser5173]

Only in the 80's could an 80's band do a cover of another 80's song and make it more 80's.

[@OlaftheGreat]

I'm not even gonna be pedantic about the fact that the original Funkytown was released in 1979, in my eyes you are very much correct wow I spelled correct very poorly

[@danielestebansantanaalmanz894]

​@@OlaftheGreat es verdad ya que la original tenía todavía esos toques discos y la producción tan característica de los 70s todavía el sonido de los 80s no estaba tan definido

[@pamelarecchia2304]

That's a lot of 80s

[@kariannstunes8619]

​@@danielestebansantanaalmanz894 correct 🤣👍

[@skorpiogrl]

@@pamelarecchia2304 Just perfect ♥

[@harristonrichardson9979]

SEE their faces ,Those young men had a BALL with this one ,JUST HAVING FUN FUN FUN with this one .The 80,s will ALWAYS be the GREATEST Decade in music .

[@VictorGreinvolfe48]

Funky Town and faces don’t go together too well…

[@Jen-s4h]

Saw them at RPAC Qld not so long ago, still friggin awesome 😎

[@markreeves2491]

This is by far the best version of this song ! The guitarist absolutely kicks ass !

[@PiaTribe]

coincido contigo

[@Ellemaggie]

agree

[@MaTtRoSiTy]

Cant believe this came out in 1986, I remember being a kid and being stopped in my tracks when first heard this song and I instantly loved the band. This was at the start of my now decades of learning the guitar and for me this song was a massive undertaking for me as a kid. It set me on a road that had me discovering Yngwie, Gary Moore, Vai etc and into professional music work and much of it was started by this (cover) songs influence alone.

[@stevenharris7614]

Keyboard guitar ?

[@CanItAlready]

Always loved this version. They managed to combine disco, rock and new wave into a great cover song.

[@hammerheadmatt9987]

I also would say that some synth-pop is put in there too

[@Shawn666Hellion]

So much better than the original with lots of guitar rock

[@nicholasolivas317]

@@Shawn666Hellion by the time the late 80's came around that was the style.

[@mbmd_nation]

​@@hammerheadmatt9987 yes!!! this song is so much synthpop, pop rock and new wave into one

[@rixy_wolfwolfosjr9952]

🤣

[@ilovesuisse1]

I love this version, i love the band’s energy, man i miss the 80’s.

[@shanemartin8904]

go back there

[@inkadinkadoodle]

@@shanemartin8904 ??

[@shanemartin8904]

@@inkadinkadoodle Are you unclear...let me elaborate If LM likes the version so much he should go back to the 80's we dont need him

[@McDingleFart]

Who is we? Di you represent a group of like minded people who hate the 80’s or the people from it? No one can control when they are born And no one can go back to the 80’s or any other time or place in time. Your response should have been to each their own. You have NO say in what anyone else does, ever!

[@shanemartin8904]

@@McDingleFart He should still go back there, jus sayin' No need to be hostile, Jesus jus relax

[@driffter1976]

The drummer is the ultimate 80's dude.

[@alexrees5727]

Yeah, too bad I wasn't born in the 1780's.

[@chrisstevens1442]

He kinda looks like Jennifer Bealls.....

[@FoodNerds]

driffter1976 Yes and he's hot!

[@FunkInTheTrunk]

The keytar and the drummer dude's hair is the literal definition of the 80s

[@CountDraculasrockband]

Jacob Playz they look like they belong on the Stranger Things series on Netflix lol

[@davidlalremruata]

Even Hard Rock/Metal fans can appreciate the guitars in here.

[@eriklarson9137]

Correct. I was a hair-metal fan. But this cassette got worn out!

[@jayshreesheth7250]

And a Good Drummer

[@kyachdistent1301]

Who cares what they appreciate. All they like is noise, which has more often than not, little to do with melody, charm or class or anything worthwhile to listen to.

[@blacksheep25251]

As a metal head and musician, you are NOT wrong!

[@shanehurenkamp50]

And the Keytars

[@JBLegal09]

Another amazing Aussie 80's band 🇦🇺

[@artgreig7069]

"Either copy the song faithfully, or make it your own". This band made it their own.

[@matthewkester3677]

yes, this version blows the original away

[@kitwalker2968]

They sure did every Aussie knows this version

[@markreeves2491]

They made it better ! I'm a Yank just now discovering this band ! 😲

[@johnbecher85]

​@@kitwalker2968 Absolutely. Only heard the original years later.

[@Elsiegirl]

This will always be my favorite version of this song. It never gets old! Still listening to it at 51 in 2019!

[@barrydavid6634]

you're so very right this has always been the best version of Funky Town

[@saramoonah824]

I totally agree

[@ilovesuisse1]

i just listened to this on 2 October 2020, and still love this song and Pseudo Echo, good Aussie band from Melbourne, they were awesome in the 80`s.

[@trainrick1]

Ok me 47 it 2020.... pretty good!

[@saltyfox7056]

Agree, best version.

[@gent_Carolina]

I forgot what a nice voice he had. 🥰 His phrasing & tone is somewhere between _A Big Country_ & _A-Ha_ 👏👏💐

[@Flowersinadesert]

The musical prowess is phenomenal. They took an ok disco hit and turned it in to a rock masterpiece

[@scottharper7925]

Not many cover versions of a classic song have such energy soul as this one does! The 80's truly were a magical decade!!!! I miss them so Very Much!!!!

[@crestonmckenzie7814]

The 80 s when men were men and women were proud of it as a African American love this song came out I were 16 no Beyonce s Rihanna s the 1980 s when men were men and women were proud of it especially when you were a teenager

[@crestonmckenzie7814]

@ Scott Harper the 1980 s when men were men and women were proud of it were a African American teenager 16

[@h0wlingstar]

Such a great Aussie classic

[@Shenaldrac]

The best covers are not those that try to ape the original, but those that take it in a different direction. This is great.

[@eriklarson9137]

I always go with the apers. c

[@dukeallen2001]

You can't rock harder than the 80s!

[@peytharian1275]

I like this Version of this song.

[@gregwatson4010]

This is by far the best version of this song!

[@smc1942]

Definitely my favorite remake of a song. I usually HATE remakes, being such a purist. But I loved the heavy rock beat they put on this. I love it still in 2022, in my mid-50's!!!

[@lizardspoint]

I am 64 and remember it coming out in the 80s, still love the song xx

[@muffs55mercury61]

I feel the same on remakes but this one was an exception. The dance tempo here no doubt wore out a few bodies on the floor but hey you only live once, so have fun!! I'm 66 and still loving the music, too!

[@caoilte8097]

I wouldn’t call it particularly heavy

[@barrydavid6634]

some remakes are much better than the original

[@smc1942]

@@barrydavid6634 This one was! 👍

[@timepoet77]

Boy, did we get spoiled in the ‘80s with all that great music. This band is a prime example of the best talent out there back then.

[@ericzerkle5214]

Damn straight we did.

[@everardfarquaharson1164]

I was out clubbing in the 80s - never heard it

[@eriklarson9137]

@@everardfarquaharson1164 You were in the wrong clubs. Probably in some small town in the middle of a corn field. Lol.

[@everardfarquaharson1164]

@@eriklarson9137 no in central London lololol 😀

[@visagebracketbacklash5092]

I was dancing to this a lot in clubs in Tokyo.I don't even know the original.

[@DonChin]

Still ABSOLUTELY loving this song in 2024...who's with me?!

[@TheGeezzer]

#8 in the charts 37 years ago today and its still significant to my ears!

[@matthewkester3677]

way better than the original

[@ЕвгенийРоманов-б8б]

​@@matthewkester3677Это и есть оригинал

[@sionefilipa]

John Clubs waz Hair 2024.

[@nickrobinson9189]

This song damn rocks, 87 was the year.

[@track1219]

I was 30 in the 80s I love this!

[@Thedane2023]

i simply dont understand why radio stations around the world not plays this cover more than the original, this IS the proper version of Funky Town.

[@bhrosenberg]

still one of the best remakes of all time

[@kennygwalker]

Frick yeah

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

I freaking agree 👍 💯%

[@chriscarpenter3370]

this is better than the original

[@robertgonzalez3461]

this and selenas

[@skverma1970]

@@chriscarpenter3370 I do remember when I had requested this song to be played on Radio Deutsche Welle in 1988, the announcer Sarah Johnston had used this very phrase for the song "better than the original version."

[@salemthemerciless]

Remember when this came out , it was INSANE !!! Instant air guitar and another reason for millions of boys to wear out their right hands . The 80's was so fucking great !!!!!!!

[@mikes.2181]

Those same millions of boys also wore out their right hands watching Bananarama videos... but for different reasons. Heh heh. :-)

[@sweiland75]

Because boys who listened to this song were considered weird by girls? LOL

[@mitzithompson6585]

Yes,the 80s were awesome!!🎵🎵😋😋

[@ilovesuisse1]

yes i lived in Sydney and in the 80`s Pseudo Echo (a Melbourne band) and other 80`s musicians were just awesome.

[@dalex8126]

@@mikes.2181 😂😂indeed! Then there was the Bangles....I wore everything out to them

[@brianmortensen7933]

Two separate musical entities, seven years apart, reaching the U.S. Top 40 only, with this song. Two one-hit wonders.

[@ilovesuisse1]

Actually Pseudo Echo had some other great songs too.

[@lindaramirez5044]

Pseudo Echo is not a One Hit Wonder. It has "His eyes", another great song that reached more than 1 million of views.

[@lindaramirez5044]

The only OHW is Lipps Inc.

[@joeomalley2835]

I find that fascinating. Both were fabulous songs.

[@bobbya9722]

@@lindaramirez5044 His Eyes is unfortunately more niche. Friday the 13th fans love that song, which is a lot of people. Actress Tiffany Helm from that movie actually made that song as known as it is because she told the makers she really liked the band Psuedo Echo and they had her dance to it. They gave her most of the creative control of her characters look, dance, music, and design of her bedroom

[@61morry]

Love this song. These guys made it sound thousand times better than the original version. They deserved a gold star.❤

[@nicholasjolt6200]

One of the few songs to be a massive hit twice in the same decade, the original version in 1980 and the cover version in 1986

[@commisardave1069]

Can't beat a keytar!

[@vicroc4]

I'm normally averse to cover versions, but this one simultaneously manages to respect the original while adding its own unique sound. That takes real talent.

[@skorpiogrl]

@@PrepareForTakeoff123 Lipps Incorporated.

[@ashrafebrahim2566]

One of the best covers … ever !

[@simonwalsh8546]

80’s magic all in this song, off the charts energy and passion ….another great Aussie 80’s band, how many we had is unreal and world class …these guys were awesome saw them live a few times always great shows, blessed to have grown up then 👍😎

[@peterxgarza124]

Never thought that Funky Town would/should/could be remade, but, Thank God for Pseudo Echo!!

[@marijane7636]

I dressed exactly like this in 1987. This song was in the top 10 when moved to Houston in July 1987. I was living on my own in the big city. It was a very exciting time for me. This song was playing on the radio when I unpacked my meager belongings in my cheap apartment. All fabulous memories.

[@TheMeJustMe75]

Metalhead approved! The song is direct, no frills and awesome!

[@maryhuhnke8496]

I Loved the Original in NYC Discos! This Band is rocking it on All cylinders! Plus, they fit my "criteria" 1. Great beat. 2. They're from Australia 3. New York Yankees T-Shirt. What more can I ask for?? 💃 *Love the Drummer!!

[@fivestring65ify]

This is one of the best covers I've ever heard. These guys ROCK!!

[@worldbiss1831]

Ohyeah Funky town..All time favorite..it's a Yes !👏👏👏👏

[@puppycat58]

I love Funky Town ❤from the 70's....Just happened to see this last night on MTV I love my 80s...I was blown away by this Funky Town... Amazing job .. the guitar 🎸 and keyboard phenomenal the drumming phenomenal ❤ listening in July 2023 ❤

[@ItsIdaho]

The 80s were a wild decade.

[@duncanmills391]

The best!

[@Mayhemzz]

I'm now 32 and I only JUST today learnt that this version was a cover and Pseudo Echo is an Aussie band.

[@janrendek]

I’m 51 and I too only learnt that recently. Greetings from 🇦🇹 (no kangaroos)

[@mauriziocampaci6255]

Bellissima versione. Complimenti. È un pezzo che adoro.I LOVE ANNI 80.🤗🤗🤗

[@UncleNoble]

Honestly have no idea who Pseudo Echo is outside of this song...but if you're going to be a one-hit wonder, this is the song to do it on, and man, did they do it. Love this song...amazing solo, great bass drum intro, great hook, and well sung. Perfect 80's era rock and roll.

[@alisonholland7531]

Mate! Psuedo Echo were anything but a one hit wonder - either you're too young to remember or you're not an Aussie

[@jimjones7821]

@@alisonholland7531 Hear Hear !!! Aussies forever !

[@oggpogg32]

They were an amazing band. Look up Pseudo Echo Long Plays. Just introduced to my 16 yr old who's now in his room blaring it.

[@oggpogg32]

​@@alisonholland7531or a kiwi! We loved them here too!

[@dmensha71]

These guys had heaps of hits! Look up their song 'Listening'. Another great song!

[@keithlevan9768]

The drummer is so cool banging on the drums. Sweet 😅

[@MrBlackFabio]

This is one of the rare cases where the remake is just as great as the original. This was definitely 80's. I can imagine teens driving to the mall blasting this song on cassette (or in my case, listening to it on the radio with my Walkman).

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

Oh I most certainly drove to the mall blasting this song on cassette! 🤣🤘🏼🎸

[@kentgregory]

This is much bettee than the original

[@bootlegga69]

I certainly did both - blasted it on my Walkman and the car stereo.

[@notconcernedwriting]

While wearing parachute pants.

[@hybrid5860]

It’s way better than the original

[@leading4Him]

First time I heard this in 86 I thought.... WOW. To this day I say it's the best remake of any top100 song. I love this arrangement.

[@12bravo57]

I gotta say, every time I watch this video, which is a lot, the lead singer always reminds & looks like the lead singer of A-ha! Anyone else see that?

[@svenbartram2695]

Quite a lot.

[@Jilltoons]

Yes!

[@josteinjrgensen9108]

Yes, just like in "take on me" video from 1985

[@lyncarter9424]

Yep

[@calypso2niner]

Damn, I forgot how good that is. Keytar shred.

[@davidklein7962]

Played this 1987 hit as a DJ on 106.3 KHAT Lincoln Nebraskas 10 in a row station. Great song!!

[@welcometothemachine9028]

Flipping the bird at 3:31 with a Yeah - love it. Still the best version. Big difference from Lips Inc 6 years prior.

[@BlueCometEntertainment347]

This has got to be the BEST version! The guitar solo, the singing style, and the style of music makes if FUNKY! EVEN FUNKIER THAN THE ORIGINAL VERSION!!!

[@jacquieholmes4064]

These guys were some of the greatest ever, cover or not! My band "Turbo" opened for them various times. They were always gracious and helpful. Loved them to pieces.

[@bmac63]

Pseudo Echo gave a great live show....Australia had some awesome bands playing great rock at al the pubs or festivals etc in the 80s...top talent and bands at so many great venues, in a short time visiting the Gold Coast we saw these guys, Cold chisel, Midnight oil, Ice House & Inxs all doing the pubs circuit...amazing time

[@TimeTraveler.981]

The way Brian played guitar in this video was 👌 awesome!! His fingers were fast as lightning and reminded me of Eddie Van Halen's guitar style.

[@AHSears]

This is one of the definitive 80s dance renditions... if this song doesn't make you want to get up and dance, nothin' will...

[@chrismayer3919]

There are rare times when a remake is even better than the original; this is one of those times! 70s classics revamped for a new decade! 🎸

[@billslocum9819]

Lipps Inc.'s original classic is from the 80s, too. Peaked in the summer of 1980.

[@kyachdistent1301]

Well, the original is a annoying gimmicky bit of disco fluff, it's lucky it got the rework, it doesn't deserve it. Least this proves the song's not a total duffer, but only cos the way they did it. Still prefer an original song they did like 'Listening', that's a classic the silly original of this song can't hope to compete with.

[@chrismayer3919]

@@kyachdistent1301understandable; Disco was dying at the end of the 70s. One last gasp of 70s nostalgia before the new decade began!

[@MDX484]

Damn son! What a bunch of unlocked memories with this song! Its awesome!

[@ronbarnabei8226]

For some reason I absolutely love that snare drum.

[@RandallRedman]

I think all of us agree that this song didn't get the recognition. These Young Men sure blend together.

[@ericzerkle5214]

summer of 1987. good times back then.... :-)

[@danielmoore1835]

I agree Tracy. This will always be my favorite version of this song. It never gets old! This song ROCKS!

[@tread831]

Love those old videos with the guitars not plugged in yet still making big sound!

[@zaxarispetixos8728]

J Syms it is obvious that it is a playback

[@FunkInTheTrunk]

Gotta love MTV in the 80s

[@visagebracketbacklash5092]

That's right. They are not plugged in . I didn't notice that. Yet still cooooool

[@5pointsdronesllc]

Pretty much all music videos are playbacks

[@johanaceves1940]

They are wireless

[@Michkie-o9j]

Absolutely 80's Loved the 80's

[@g.w.hampton5525]

OHHHHHMY GOSH I LOVED PSEUDO ECHO!!!

[@martylawson3545]

Lipps Inc: We had a big hit a few years ago and now I'm thinking it could have been an eternal masterpiece with a few changes.... Pseudo Echo: We got this!!! I remember when this version hit the airwaves back in the day and to this day it's one of my all time favorites. It never gets old.... only better!

[@bahnomeniah0653]

Als 65er, der die 80er über alles liebt, muss ich sagen: Die geilste Cover-Version, die ich je gehört habe!

[@Bipolar_Spike]

I like this much better than the original!

[@jayyvibing9539]

Was working at the Dollar General yesterday and after hearing the original, a few songs later, this played! I couldn't been happier knowing a cover like this existed. Keep rocking on guys!

[@karenalbritton4849]

I hear this version in my head when original gets played. 😊

[@michaeljacobs4546]

I remember this being in my head and on the radio continually around 1980 when I was i lower school, and as a lifelong metal head and hard rocker, I have to admit that this jam was one of my closeted musical pleasures - but these young brocker brothahs make this rock without compromising the soul or funk! Lovely example of how musical gen res can be synthesized to create something greater.

[@joshrybka7066]

3:31 Bird flip, well played. The song too.

[@johnd7564]

Hahah yeah, that's my main memory of the video itself. But the music is awesome!!

[@johnmadden2421]

This band was amazing. Peculiarly I bought a cassette of Pseudo Echo in a department store, like a Granny's John Lewis, in a small town called Martinsville in Virginia, USA. Martinsville is most famous for having a Nascar race on it's half mile bull ring track. It was also a major cotton town and was then still the headquarters of the Pannill Knitting Company, a major producer of fleecewear and owned by Sara Lee.

[@pwesley5854]

This is the version I always play in my head when I hear this song. Loved it as a teen and still love it today!!!

[@chrisgilling543]

Age 48, and that guitar solo still gives me goosebumps 😄👍

[@muffs55mercury61]

Yes absolutely amazing. So is the whole beat.

[@joeterry1913]

Takes me back to playing it on a clothes hanger in front of the TV set as a little boy

[@melmez5546]

Same here. 48. I remember when this song was out originally. I’m still “jamming” out to this in 2023.

[@kariannstunes8619]

Oh Yahhhhh👍

[@kariannstunes8619]

@@joeterry1913 Well.... sir, POST a short!!😁👍👍

[@natureandbirdlovernut9930]

Takes me back---55 and still very much ALIVE!!!

[@yixnorb5971]

It's their voices and the harmony they achieve that makes this version best.

[@anantaggarwal8069]

This has got to be the most 'Peppy' and the most 'Danceable' Song i have ever heard, Absolutely Amazing...

[@johnnyeltexano]

Best version ALWAYS and FOREVER!!!!!

[@kesilame2590]

One of the first groups that introduced and got me hooked on rock and roll. This number remained on the number one spot on Countdown for weeks on end. Wow, the days of Molly Meldrum.

[@01ProFfs]

The 80´s was insanely good! Every band had a winning song! People were out and about meeting and partying. Living was easy.

[@hwd7]

This song is still a crackin' track🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@rodb9275]

The Lipps Inc version was one of my favorite songs as a teenager. But this is WAY better!!!!! LOVE IT

[@pamelamichajlow287]

I prefer this version over the original. Absolutely love this, so much energy, they are all fantastic musicians! 2023

[@bmills1982]

Still rules 2023 and beyond

[@eddiefernandez1482]

The drummer is on 🔥

[@davidlalremruata]

Everything about this arrangement is just so spot on - perfect right down to the guitar tone🎸👍🎶

[@ScottFaville]

Brilliant rendition.

[@jenniferhardy1062]

They brought new life into this one that's for sure!

[@jeannettejara3011]

Década 80s...simplemente lo mejorrrr!!! 2020👍

[@alexsanchez7076]

That drummer really nails the feelings I have about this cover

[@svenbartram2695]

He literally gives it everything. Brilliant stuff.

[@lilbit623]

One of the rare remakes i absolutely love as much as the original!

[@SuperAnimelover100]

This Black American woman say's, this version just Rocks it out !!!!

[@nerdicwarrior]

Whenever a band covers a song, people usually say the original is better. And while most of the time that may be true, there are sometimes exceptions. This is one such exception.

[@qullialukqumak1252]

Nothing beats pseudo echo singing funkytown

[@tonysofla]

No. 1 in 1986 in AU, in 1987 No. 1 in Canada, No. 1 in New Zealand, No. 6 in the United States, and No. 8 in the United Kingdom.

[@ryskie73]

Irony?? Pseudo Echo virtually echoing a disco song in a pseudo rock format making it a bigger hit than the original. What legends

[@machine4443]

certainly not bigger or as big of a hit, i'm hearing this for the 1st time, the original was impossible to miss!

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@@machine4443 I knew both, but I'm Aussie.

[@Launcelot4077th]

If Jolt Cola came in sound, Pseudo Echo is it! The energy level of this song, and enthusiastic performance of the band is fantastic.

[@purplezzza1222]

This is the best song ever, by far! The best cover of a song. My dad showed this to me, definitely one of my favorite songs ever!

[@joeayala4812]

This version of funky town is so incredible my God it's amazing the the music that the energy this is a must see video Keep It Coming

[@davidjackson2524]

That instrument which is like a cross between a keyboards and a guitar is so 80s.

[@batfleckforever3594]

Yeah, it's called a keytar.

[@gm-te8nn]

So Guitard never caught on.

[@elsongs]

@@batfleckforever3594 The word "keytar" is actually a recent term, like "yacht rock." Believe it or not, nobody called it a "keytar" back in the '80s. They were called "remote controllers" or "remote keyboards" or "strap-on controllers." One company came out with a controller with the brand name "Keytar" (which actually wasn't a big seller compared to its competition models) but no one was able to use it because it was trademarked.

[@FurtiveSkeptical]

It's a keytar. It's same as any old keyboard, but worn like a guitar. Keytar was ( like Kleenex) a brand name, so remote synth, portable synth, shoulder synth, strap synth were a few of the names I'd heard flying around at the time. Moog synth had one as far back as the 70's called the Liberator I believe...

[@TerryInUSA]

The best rendition I ever heard of this song was done by my son's middle school band in 1988 at a school band concert. They did well with all their songs and then the final one was "Funky Town" and the kids went over the top -- a bit disjointed as a middle school band would be but with huge feeling --- it was fabulous. Luckily I had my little tape recorder with me and can still play it.

[@aaseppi5620]

Play it here or send a link.

[@jasonkeen3777]

I remember buying this LP back when it first came out. I still have it on tape. It's a good listen.

[@raymondmanansala5647]

The best revival of an old song so far full of energy...