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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bobby Southworth" data-source="post: 445129" data-attributes="member: 4960">Air Supply.. For whatever reason, this guy born in 1978, who just barely has the memory of "Even The Nights Are Better" and "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All"..somehow I formed an appreciation for this band in the mid 90's, by the time their American fan base, and especially my generation pretty much viewed them as a has been or a joke.Yes..It goes without saying that they found a formula that worked, and man did they ever run with it while it lasted. I'll be honest, most of their big hits sound too..artificial..?? for my liking. They're just very greeting card line sentiments set to a lot of the same sounding music, with heavy orchestration.The positives.. I've always had a place for their first American hit, "Lost In Love". I'm a lyrics guy, and it surprises me, that for whatever reason, I just usually find this song to be ear candy. I don't even really care about the lyrics, but the soothing, chill vibe of the song, and Russell Hitchcock's soaring vocals just make this one a winner. See, for Air Supply, I really think it was more about the vibe and mood, more so than what they were actually singing about.If you research them a little bit, you will find that most of their worst hits weren't even written by them. I think Arista found a formula that worked, and they were kind of plucked from their original, more surreal vibe, into cookie cutter soft rock stars. You will find, if you sample some of their material, before they hooked up with Arista(and after), they are capable of songs of real depth..even if, yes, most of the songs are somehow of the romantic nature."Empty Pages". If you don't know this song. Look it up. It's simply beautiful, and the lyrics are poetic, and deceptively clever. This was a minor hit(in Australia) from their first album. This is what I'm talking about. The kind of stuff I really think they were capable of, and wanted to do, but pulled away from once they started having hits here in the states.Other songs worthy of mention.."Do What You Do"-a minor, somewhat upbeat hit from an early album"I Want To Give It All""Sweet Dreams""When The Time Is Right""Sunset""You Are""I'll Find You"-From an album in 2003..this is an example of the stellar songwriting I feel they were able to return to. Simply amazing."The Way I Feel""Every Woman In The World" This one is finally starting to grow on me..I used to not really be very fond of it, but it's actually one of their most realistic love songs. and last, but certainly not least..a song that people seem to either love or hate, but I think "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All"..that's an epic song. No, they didn't write it, but it's one of the few good hits they had that they didn't write. Between these angst themed lyrics, and the way Russell belts them out..I dunno. I suppose you have to be in the right space, but I have never understood all the hate this song seems to get from some.Yes..they've spent more or less 50 some odd years singing about one subject in a million and one different ways..that is tiresome..and seems kind of suspect, but at the same time..I've seen them live, and..this band can rock..I kid you not. It's too bad this didn't come through in more of their studio recordings.</blockquote>

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