Music taste vs personality type
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Topic: Music taste vs personality type
Posted By: Blacksword
Subject: Music taste vs personality type
Date Posted: September 05 2008 at 04:31
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Apparently there are simularities in the personalities of fans of classical music and fans of heavy metal. Both are said to be 'creative' and 'at ease with themselves' but 'not outgoing'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7598549.stm - Music taste vs personality I guess we all knew this anyway, and it's a bit of a generalisation, but an interesting study nonetheless.. 
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 05 2008 at 07:37
I saw this, apparently rock/metal fans are
Bit upset at the "not hard-working" bit. As Andy says,a bit of a generalisation to say the least.
This bit is funny
"The general public has held a stereotype of heavy metal fans being suicidally depressed and of being a danger to themselves and society in general. But they are quite delicate things."
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 05 2008 at 08:35
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^^ Yeah, that bit made me laugh too.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 05 2008 at 09:16
| I always knew Dream Theater fans were a danger to society. |
Posted By: npjnpj
Date Posted: September 05 2008 at 09:42
| I read that article earlier, and I'm very sceptical, especially about the part where the participants were asked about their personality. I really don't trust that data to be truthful in the majority of cases, people have this strange habit of not disclosing their dark sides. I wonder why. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: September 05 2008 at 12:19
Read an average thread criticising anything to do with prog-metal & then say that ------------- 
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npjnpj wrote:Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: September 05 2008 at 12:34
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Peopleintomusic .com is the place where you can fill in a questionnaire where they are continuing their study of this subject. And I wonder if anyone will mention the affinities shared by Classical & Heavy Metal music lovers in the Prog Metal is not Prog Rock, 'cause it's metal not rock  . As if metal is not a rock genre, but jazz is ...------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: September 05 2008 at 14:33
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The real important question is: Does the music you listen to determine your personality, or does your personality determine your taste in music? I know it's probably a balance, but it'd be interesting to find out which is more the case. ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: September 05 2008 at 18:41
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After reading the article I have one thing to say about the specific personalitytraits ascribed to the varius music styles listeners. Cobblers. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: September 05 2008 at 18:46
Prog Metal and Classical are my two favourite forms of music, Andy...in fact they are by far and away the two forms of music I listen to most these days...and I have to say I'm most of the things listed by Alan...  ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 05 2008 at 19:58
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WTF? MUSICAL STYLES VERSUS PERSONALITY TRAITS
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Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: September 05 2008 at 21:40
I always believed the theory that a wide variety of tastes in music meant a higher level of intelligence. Not that I think I'm smarter than most 'cause of my collection of music including every genre known to man except Opera and Today's Top Forty Dance Pop crap. I think I'm smarter than most because I came in at the top in the 96th percentile on IQ tests administered when I was in 8th grade. Oh, and the Mensa site's test overstate your intelligence. They had me in the 98th percentile. I think they were trying to sucker me into something ------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 06 2008 at 03:31
The description for rock is quite accurate for me too, although I would say I am fairly outgoing. I'm certainly a layabout waiting to happen....
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: September 06 2008 at 04:12
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I find it surprising that dance music has the least gentle fans.
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: September 06 2008 at 05:09
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^Birminghams Broad Street on a Friday night when the clubs close is a war zone for piss heads, so that doesnt surprise me at all.
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Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: September 06 2008 at 07:14
oh crikey! 
Those of us with eclectic tastes in music are just all round schizo-nuts aren't we? Or just more balanced?
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 06 2008 at 08:52
Nor me, although there is dance music and there is 'Dance Music' if you know what I mean.. The techno/Hard House clubs I used to frequent in the early to mid 90's, were 100% trouble free. It probably had something to do with the fact that the people were off their barnets on pills...and I dont mean Holsten Pills. Thats the difference. The above is not advocating drug use, it's merely an obseravtion of reality. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 06 2008 at 09:06
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What if you like both jazz and indie? Does the high and low self esteem cancel each other out?
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 06 2008 at 09:19
Yes, and you're left in a catatonic stupour with no opinion on yourself or the world around you at all, going by this study's logic..
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: September 06 2008 at 11:15
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The problem with this is that a few weeks ago I saw a similar study that said jazz fans were loners, not outgoing. And how can almost everyone be "creative"? It sounds to me like everyone wants to think of themselves as creative, but I haven't met very many truly creative people. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Luke. J
Date Posted: September 06 2008 at 13:14
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If I relied on this test, my diagnosis would be at least fourfold schizophrenia. I had a low and a high self-esteem, am out-going and not outgoing, gentle, not gentle, creative, hard-working, not hard-working and at ease.
I don't care what random surveys say about my personality, but it's fun to find out how you are supposed to be considering my answers
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: September 06 2008 at 18:10
I think it depends on which one you'd prefer, which one you consider your number one genre. EDIT: Also, why is this thread not in the General Music Discussion forum? ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: September 07 2008 at 00:48
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: September 07 2008 at 12:17
Probably because it covers the general pointlessness of research polls. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: September 07 2008 at 12:29
Yeah, you could probably tear the methodology of the survey to shreds if you wanted to. ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: etherealpixie
Date Posted: October 04 2008 at 02:51
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Low self-esteem but at ease? So they hate themselves, but they're ok with it? Lawl ------------- 
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: October 04 2008 at 03:44
Not that I believe in this tests accuracy, or that musiclisteners only listen to one genre. But its not that weird that listening to all kinds of genres also suggests a complex (schizophrenic) personality. Its possible to feel both outgoing and introvert and have both low and high selfesteem, no? And I'd think that if you gather all the blues, jazz, classical, opera, soul, metal, indie, bollywood, (Ok, and I can't explain why dance is included) fans, it might only cover about 5 - 10% of the world's population. Chartpop and Rap could very well cover as much as 70-80% alone. I guess most people not really that interested in music, would be closer to answering chart pop (as in whatever is on the radio) than jazz or classical. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: October 04 2008 at 11:25
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what about the people who dont care about and/or like music? do they have no personality, or are they crazy? btw i know people who listen to rap/hip-hop who have low self esteem, and i know rock fans with high self esteem. this survey makes no sense and is not only a bad generalization, it's not one at all. there are so many different types of people who listen to different types of music that this survey is worthless. next thread... **EDIT** btw 1400th post! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: October 05 2008 at 01:33
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: October 05 2008 at 04:42
I'm not sure what indie means, but a hell of a lot of people listen to all those genres. Maybe only shallowly, but I've never met someone who only listens to rap or the radio.
Although I do think you have a point. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: October 05 2008 at 12:23
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I think that the general population could be described as "putting on the radio and then forgetting about it, and not even caring or knowing who is playing as long as it doesn't get on their nerves". Therefore, the percentage they constitute of any radio stations numbers are a sign that audience numbers are not representative or "hard core" fans of the genre or music classification. I.E. - mainstream radio success means little as far as actually building a lasting career. Compare to the music genres outside this so-called mainstream - Alt-Country, Prog, Bluegrass, whatever ... and the acts that have been around for a decade or so, yet never get to make the charts or the covers of the various music media. Lucinda WIlliams, the Flower Kings, Del McCoury, and many others make a living because of fans, i.e. people who care about the music their idols make. And this survey does not differentiate betwen the avid and casual music listener. ------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |