Lakeside c'est au départ Thomas Shelby et Otis Stokes de Bad Bunch, Steve Shockley et Mark Wood du groupe Young Underground. <br /> <br />La formation est originaire de Dayton dans l'Ohio, devenu la capitale du Funk, grâce à l'ascension de groupes comme les Ohio Players, Slave ou encore Zapp. C'est grâce à un concours amateur que le groupe se retrouve sous contrats avec le label Curtom à Chicago. <br /> <br />Le groupe s'installe en Californie au cours de l'été 1972. Ils recrutent alors le batteur Fred Alexander de Liquid Funk ce qui permet au groupe de travailler avec la Motown Records. Maleureusement le premier album est un echec et Lakeside se voit contraint de rejoindre la firme ABC qui sort l'album suivant intitulé Lakeside Express en 1977. Quelques mois plus tard la maison MCA rachète ABC, le groupe se retrouve encore obligé de changer de maison et obtient un contrat avec Solar Records. <br /> <br />Le succès est enfin au rendez-vous avec le titre 'It's all the way live (part 1)' issu de l'album Shot of Love paru en 1978. <br /> <br />Malheureusement le second album Rough Riders ne rencontre pas le même accueil et reste dans l'ombre en cette année de 1979. <br /> <br />Le troisième album par contre en 1980, le recueil suivant Fantastic Voyage permet au groupe de revenir sur le devant de la scène avec le titre qui donne son nom à l'album 'Fantastic voyage' qui se place à la première place des classements blacks fin janvier 1981. <br /> <br />Lakeside <br />Fantastic voyage <br /> <br />Hey, come on, come along take a ride <br />There's a party over there, that ain't no jive <br />It's live, live, it's all the way live <br />Don't even have to walk, don't even have to drive <br />Just slide, glide, slippity-slide <br />Just forget about your troubles and your 9 to 5 <br />just sail on (That's what you do), just sail on <br />Now this groove's so funky, hey, what to you think <br />What is it called, let's call it Lakeside strength <br /> <br />Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage <br /> <br />I'm the captain of this vessel <br />We wanna take you on a cruise <br />All around the land, music is at hand (Huh) <br />We wanna play it for you <br /> <br />(You see) We want to be (We want to be) <br />Your crew of entertainers (Jam to the music) <br />Jam to the beat (Jam, yeah) <br />Don't let nothing restrain you (Uh-huh) <br /> <br />We just want you to feel <br />Nothing but pleasure (Pleasure), musical pleasure (Yeah, yeah) <br />Our music is very real (It's really real) <br />Truly a treasure (A treasure), musical treasure <br /> <br />Come along, pack your bags <br />Get on up and jam y'all <br />Come on and ride on the funk, y'all <br /> <br />Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage <br /> <br />We're the directors of this crew ship <br />And you are under our command, yeah <br />What you should do is take a lesson, too <br />So you can understand <br /> <br />(You know) We like to see (People havin' a good time) <br />Everybody happy (Do you wanna party) <br />We create the beat (That foot stompin' music) <br />That keeps the people dancin' (Uh-huh) <br /> <br />We just want you to feel (We just want you to feel) <br />Nothing but pleasure, musical pleasure (Want you to feel) <br />‘Cause music is a world of fantasy (It's a fantasy) <br />Let's live it together (A pleasure), musical pleasure (Come along, come along, come along) <br />So come along beyond the sea <br />(Dance in the sunshine) Take a load off of your mind <br />Our music is very real (So very real) <br />Truly a treasure, musical treasure <br /> <br />Come along, pack your bags <br />Get on up and jam y'all <br />Come on and ride on the funk, y'all <br /> <br />Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage <br />(Come along, ride the boat to the land of funk) <br />To the Land of Funk <br />Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage <br />(Do you wanna ride with me) <br />Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage <br />(Do you wanna go, ah) <br />To the Land of Funk, Funk, Funk <br />To the Land of Funk, to the Land of Funk, to the Land of Funk <br /> <br />Hey, come on, come along take a ride <br />There's a party over there, that ain't no jive <br />It's live, live, it's all the way live <br />Don't even have to walk, don't even have to drive <br />Just slide, glide, slippity-slide <br />Just forget about your troubles and your 9 to 5 <br />And just sail on (That's what you do), just sail on <br />Now the groove's so funky, hey, what to you think <br />What is it called, let's call it Lakeside stank <br /> <br />If you're ready to party and you wanna get down <br />Bring your ma, your pa, and brother James Brown <br />Bring Auntie Em and Toto too <br />And all the party people to do their do <br />We'll dance and party till the early light <br />And say, “Hey, we're feelin' alright” <br />So come along, come on take a ride <br />There's a party over there, that ain't no lie <br />We're leavin' here in a cloud of smoke <br />And th-th-that-th-th-that-th-th-that's all folks <br /> <br />Whoa, whoa, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah <br /> <br />We just want you to feel (We just want you to feel) <br />Nothing but pleasure, musical pleasure (Want you to feel) <br />‘Cause music is a world of fantasy <br />Let's live it together (Together), musical pleasure (We want you to feel) <br />So come along beyond your seat (Come along beyond the seat) <br />(Dance in the sunshine) Take a load off of your mind (Yeah...) <br />Our music is very real (So very real) <br />Truly a treasure, musical treasure <br /> <br />Hurry up <br />Pack your bags and jam y'all <br />Come on and ride on the funk now <br /> <br />Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage <br />(Do you wanna go, do you wanna go, do you wanna go, do you wanna go) <br />Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage <br />(Come-a, come-a, come-a, come on, come on now to the Land of Funk) <br />(Do you wanna party, do you wanna jam) <br />To the Land of Funk <br />Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage <br />(Come on and dance in the sunshine) <br />Come along and ride on a fantastic voya
