Ain't nothing gonna stop 'em now!

Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock

So you think your job is tough, eh? Imagine two soft rock crooners in their mid 60s going round the world selling their songs, singing in the heat and glitz of stage spotlights, to entertain the ardent fans and for their supper and then the regular drummer does not turn up and call in very sick. You are stuck in a foreign country with a gig to fulfill and no one at the drums.
That is the turmoil that would have gone through the minds of the singing duo from Down Under who had fulfilled the needs of many a testosterone raged teenager to his impress his 'victim' on the day of the 'chocolate covered candy to give away'. And we are not talking about the 1929 Prohibition-era Chicago massacre!

63 and still rocking

Again to re-live good old care free days of the 80s - PFS and USM, we, a quartet, though half a century living and counting, decided to indulge in a little nostalgia.
The Aussie duo was around again and this time, literally at our backyard. So, Air Supply it was, live for the second time!
Performing in a spanking new 5000 seat auditorium with its state of the arts audio and lighting equipment was impressive. I thought the music was kind of overpowering the vocals or maybe it was just me, a tone deaf! Or is it some kind of musical trickery?

67 and still crooning for that elusive love!

The fact that it was held in a venue set up by a particular faith did seem to deter certain outwardly piety vibe emitting  individuals, on the whole, the audience ranged from the silver-haired to those who were not even in a meiotic stage of their existence! Perhaps, they were there after winning some lucky draw contests. (Unlikely though, way too many. Probably karaoke singing romantics)
The drummer's post was filled by our own Malaysian drummer Darren who did a more than decent job with the sticks.Kudos!
The whole was a night of nostalgia with the duo belting a mix of old and new songs. The audience were all deeply engaged in every lyric of the song, singing their heart out, more involvement than you had even during the singing of the national anthem during an open ceremony of a football game!
Then, the show was over and it was back to life, back to reality.
Hey, if these people can still go on doing what like best at this age and for 36 over years, ain't nothing gonna stop me from running all the way into the sunset.......