Symphonies is made up of Addition, Deletion, Substition and Transposition (20%). Find examples (40%) of this within the song (lyrically and auditory) and explain what, if any, purpose they serve (40%).
Dan Black's 'original' song of Symphonies starts with the Starman Theme song which is not of the same genre to Black's song at all, it is an instrumental song whereas Black's is more hip-hop based due to the backing track. The backing track is the same one used in Rihanna's song, 'Umbrella', Rihanna made it look as though she was original by using it first but in fact the same backing beat that can be found on Garage Band, an application for Mac computers. As Dan Black is not as well known as Rihanna it would seem that he was blamed for stealing 'Rihanna's track' rather than what he actually did - used the same track from Garage Band.
Dan Black's form of postmodernism, I think, is Pastiche, it does not pay respect to the other artists as he does not claim to have taken their backing tracks/openings/lyrics.
Virgin Media took Dan Black's song and added in the original lyrics of Madness' song but with a different voice speaking them; this was used for one of their television adverts. It showed a contrast by using a classic, old, lyric from Madness; and a new backing track taken from Dan Black's, 'Symphonies'. The question is, does Virgin Media taking Dan Black's song count as Pastiche or Homage postmodernism, as it does not exactly pay respect by stating where the original track has come from - but the way they have used it is neat and shows that they like the song, which would mean it is categorised under Homage.
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