Angels and Airwaves is a better band than +44

I would like to start out by apologizing for this being such a short debate. I meant to make this a 3 round debate, with the first round being acceptance. That said, I won’t really be able to respond to any of my opponents points, but he will be able to respond to mine. Unfortunately, there isn’t much I can do about this. To clarify the resolution a bit, when the word “better” is used, it is used as a non-definitive adjective. In this debate, when we argue for why we think a band is superior, we will be using our own opinions on the band, but justifying how those opinions on a whole make the band better not only for ourselves, but for others. That way this debate can stay away from simply getting by saying “+44 has cooler music than AVA”. Why the music is cooler, or what exact effect that has on making the band better for everyone, should be used to support such an argument. Contention 1: AVA hits a broader audience The maturity level used in AVA is a little more strengthened within the band, than it is within +44. To be fair, the bands were also a few years apart in their formation, and also with different members. And while +44’s one hit album had several hits, most of the songs were teenager influenced pop songs. Most of the songs in this band are aimed at a younger populous. Songs like, “Baby Come On”, “When your heart stops beating”, “155”, and especially “Make you Smile”, are all songs that display that generation this album supports, being strictly younger. Now don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a ‘bad thing’. The band is a great band, and is still loved by many to this day. But Angels and Airwaves made a name for themselves, in my opinion, because their genre of music seemed to be centered to almost any type of crowd. At the point where you can tell that Tom Delonge’s has been maturing, his Angels and Airwaves is an amazing band that is directed towards almost any audience. I am quite frequently amazed to hear and see older adults in their 40’s and older listening to such a band, just knowing Tom’s background with BCR, and Blink-182. But the reason I think Angels and Airwaves hits a broader audience is because it features different quality in lyrics, and music style. Lyrics are designated mainly towards inspiration, finding beauty in life, and love. Songs like “Breathe”, “Young London”, and “Love like Rockets”, are good examples of the true beauty and inspiration they express though their music. The lyrics, are inspiring, and intended for entertainment and positive feelings. These are lyrics most humans of all age groups can relate to easier than +44’s lyrics that are more Teeny pop rock oriented. Angels and airwaves has increased its fan base within the years since its formation, so much, that this was the most successful Blink-182 branch out of any other project. This band carried on for years, with further plans for a new album stretching into 2014. I-Empire, Love parts 1&2, We don’t need to whisper, and stomping the phantom brake pedal, all have become pretty popular within their quality. I Believe that the fact that AVA focuses on trying to reach a bigger audience, and uses more versatile lyrics that can be understood by those of any age group and appreciated with the same value, is the biggest reason for their success, and what makes them “better” than +44. Contention 2: Quality of music styles uniqueness Both bands focus on a slightly different music styles. +44 takes on the soft pop rock genre, where AVA takes the turn towards dramatic emphasis with rock influences. The Dramatic emphasis in AVA is probably one of it’s more superior qualities, and really defines it as unique and artistic. Blink-182 is known to use dramatic influences in their songs, but it is still different than what AVA uses. The music they provide, adds more meaning, and physical feeling of a song as you listen to the impact. There are songs like “Start the machines” that feature a melodic bell kit through the intro and chorus, that adds an effect to the music quality. Possibly one of my favorites, “The score: Diary” Gives a dramatic, slowly increasing impacting crescendo, and focuses very little on lyrics themselves, “Saturday Love” Has a horror oriented sounded intro, that slowly shifts into a positive upbeat song. The music exemplifies an excitement build for the song. “Inertia”, features tambourines, that create a mood that matches the condescending push the song uses within it’s own lyrics. Through all of these examples, the best thing about AVA, is that you never know what to expect, and with every new song listened to by them, you will get something new and interesting and can experience different musical values with every different song. +44 is more focused on it’s one rock style oriented music style. And while the music is good, most of it sounds, the same. Mark Hoppus was a great lead vocal for the band, however, the closest thing to mixing it up, would be in “Make you smile” Where he had Carol Heller co-sing with him, and add in a different effect to the music flow. The style used in +44 is definitely less punk and emo oriented, as seems to be the theme with Blink-182, and BCR. They started going a productive route with this band, in trying a different style, but quite frankly, they pulled a style that has been used before plenty of times. In order to have continued success with this band, Hoppus and the gang should have tried several new things, as was often done with Blink-182. Nonetheless, +44 was an interesting turn out, and over all probably a big learning experience for Hoppus. http://www.pandora.com... http://www.pandora.com... To Conclude, we can look at the growing success that AVA had and analyze that there are several strong reasons the band did so well for as long as it did, with so many albums. Comparing this to +44’s slight success, and ultimate failure for following the same typical pop teen rock styles looking to make a few singles (which they did). But those singles, might be the entire story of +44’s success levels. AVA will always be popular, successful, and historical evidence of a great band, with many great hits. Impressive as all of this is, AVA can strike several emotional chords in it’s listeners, as well as provide the equal entertainment value for listeners. I think that AVA is the superior Band for the reasons listed above, and pass the rebuttals on back to my opponent. Good luck!