Do You Want to Take A "Fantastic Voyage" Right Now?

Hey, it's Friday. And if there's one thing you need to get the weekend started off right, it's some Grade A funk. In 1980, Dayton, Ohio funk/R&B band Lakeside released their excellent LP, Fantastic Voyage, featuring their biggest hit of the same name. Some of you might be familiar with "Fantastic Voyage," already, but for those of you who are not, check out the track below. Who doesn't love a funk band with four singers and themed costumes? They also have some of the best album artwork ever.

What I Like About The Romantics: "Talking In Your Sleep"

Most people are probably familiar with Detroit power pop/new wave band The Romantics through their hit "What I Like About You." Maybe you had no idea that was The Romantics. Maybe you thought "The Romantics" was just a movie starring everyone and their mother. Whatever the case may be, the band wasn't just a one hit wonder. Sure, "What I Like About You" is some pop rock perfection and all, but I recently came across another great single they had back in 1983 called "Talking In Your Sleep."

Following basic television's transition from an analog transmission to a digital transmission, we non-cable folks were more than overjoyed to receive a few extra channels in addition to the eight or so channels we already had. One of these extra channels is "TheCoolTV" where music videos from all different eras are played 24/7 (what MTV used to be, I suppose). Anyways, so there I was a few evenings ago chowing down when I flipped on the channel and "Talking In Your Sleep" was playing. I tuned in just after the video had started, but managed to use my detective skills (thank God for bass drum covers) to find out what band I was watching.