ARTS Thursday, October 17, 1985 The Michigan Daily ___________ Page 5 Unabashed lightweights (sigh) float to fame Goodwill Ambassadors The Youth Goodwill Mission from Taiwan, consisting of fourteen University students selected from Taiwanese schools will present, 'An Adventure in Chinese Songs and Dances,' tonight at the Power Center at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $2. The program will be followed by a reception in the Power Center lobby. By Karen Hue T HEY HAVE BEEN CALLED the most successful group of the eighties, yet they haven't had a big hit in more than two years. They've produced four consecutive million-selling albums in the U.S. alone, but their current album's sales are sluggish, not even ranking among the top fifty. This band holds the record for the most (seven) consecutive top five singles, yet their most recent release fizzled out before reaching the top twenty. The Detroit News has dubbed two of its members, "one of history's most successful pop music duos," but they are not Daryl Hall and John Oates. Who is this band of contradictions? Why, they're Air Supply, of course, and they're appearing in concert in Ann Arbor's Hill Auditorium this Thursday, October 17, at 8:00 p.m. sie tlhei fist millionsellng current album - their first in two years, and their first without predominantly previously recorded material in over three - is titled sim- ply Air Supply. It consists of 12 rather lengthy love songs and catchy pop tunes written between 1982 and 1985, with the exception of Bruce Springsteen's 1973 effort, "Sandy." Air Supply maintains a good balan- ce between slow, powerful, and sometimes potic ballas oanthe one generally light pop songs on the other. traditiona Air Supply style satisfies despite its poor sales. Because the band continues doing what they do best - that is, creating melodic, harmonious, and relatively light- 'weight songs - Air Supply succeeds. Since Graham Russell and other Air of their own songs, it is ironic and album's atwo best songs, nthe ht ballad "Just as I Am," and the upbeat, fast- paced "After All" are written by non- band members. a eoLove," has nothing in comon wt Huey Lewis' catchy number-one hit. Air Supply's "Power of Love," is a slow, throbbing epic which was recen- tly given a small amount of air play on some adult contemporary stations. "The Power of Love" has not caught on due to its rather lethargic pace and long length (five and-a-half minutes). Better songs on the album include "I Can't Let Go," a pretty, powerful, hand typical Air Supply ballad; "Black and Blue," an upbeat tune with a Caribbean sound; and "Great Pioneer," a medium-paced song with fairly "deep" and poetic lyrics. There isn't a really bad song on the album - even Springsteen's "Sandy" is only innocuous at the worst - yet there aren't any truly magnificent songs, * No Co-Signer Required! *No Credit Requirements! * Parent OR Student Can Sign for Loan! either. Nevertheless, if you liked their Now and Forever album, you will probably like Air Supply too. Air Supply's concerts, though en- tertaining, are usually too short. They 1perfornm energetically-but audiences need more songs. The group could satisfy "Every Woman in the World" - or, at least, every woman in the audience - if they would sing that classic love song during their concer- ts. On their 1984 and '85 summer tours, they sang nearly all of their hits, but omitted this crucial song. Let's hope they sing it at Hill Thur- sday night. full CirCle Oroboros is a Gnostic word for the mythical snake that devours its own tail It is a symbol of eternity. 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