Classical music and heavy metal fans no so different...

[Tango589]

This come as a bit of a suprise to me, but the first couple of paragraphs descrie me well, seeing as I am blowing my tiny mind with Metallica's new album Death Magnet.

Musical tastes in tune with who you are

Last Updated: Friday, September 5, 2008 | 8:29 PM ET

CBC News


Fans of heavy metal music are gentle, creative people who are at ease with themselves, which makes them very similar to fans of classical music.

That's the finding of a new study at Scotland's Heriot-Watt University of the link between peoples' personalities and their choice of music.

Adrian North, the professor behind the study, said he was surprised at the similarities between fans of classical music and heavy metal, especially their creativity and generally shy natures.

"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," he said in an interview with the BBC.
North suggests that music lovers tend to identify with the characteristics of the music itself.

"We think, what we think the answer is, that both types of music, classical and heavy metal, both have something of the spiritual about them — they're very dramatic — a lot happens."

The study of more than 36,000 people from six different countries found that people had more in common with fans of their favourite music in other countries than they had with fellow citizens who preferred different styles of music.

North describes it as a new kind of tribalism, based on musical taste.
"We have always suspected a link between music taste and personality," North said.
"This is the first time that we've been able to look at it in real detail. No one has ever done this on this scale before."

Jazz fans tend to be creative and outgoing, with high self-esteem, in keeping with the innovative and sociable nature of the music.

Country western fans were found to be hard-working, but introverted, fitting with the blue-collar image of country music.

The research concluded soul music lovers are a well-rounded bunch — creative, outgoing, gentle, at ease with themselves and with high self-esteem.

Rap fans are outgoing and far from gentle, while indie music lovers lack both self-esteem and the work ethic.

"Researchers have been showing for decades that fans of rock and rap are rebellious, and that fans of opera are wealthy and well-educated," North said.
He also made a link between income bracket and musical tastes, with more affluent consumers liking more exciting, punchy music while those lower down the pay scale preferring more relaxing sounds.

North said his research might have applications in commercial marketing of music.

No-one who knew me would describe me as your traditional metal-head, and this shows why.

What does anyone else think about it?

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Tango589

What does anyone else think about it?

Speaking as an ex-psychologist: don't take all this too serious.

To lend from Heisenberg: what researchers examined was not so much the "natural" music listener "as is", but people that were exposed to the researcher's methodology to raise his datapool. And that, in social sciences, often is the problematic variable.

[Dowly]

"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."

Lol, let's see. I wear almost solely black, listen metal, have pentagram hanging on my neck, but I act "normally"... Is something wrong with me? Should I see the doctor? :rotfl:

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Lol, let's see. I wear almost solely black, listen metal, have pentagram hanging on my neck, but I act "normally"... Is something wrong with me? Should I see the doctor? :rotfl:

Yes, regardless

[Tango589]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Speaking as an ex-psychologist: don't take all this too serious.

To lend from Heisenberg: what researchers examined was not so much the "natural" music listener "as is", but people that were exposed to the researcher's methodology to raise his datapool. And that, in social sciences, often is the problematic variable.

?Que?

I'm not entirely sure I agree with this bit either:

He also made a link between income bracket and musical tastes, with more affluent consumers liking more exciting, punchy music while those lower down the pay scale preferring more relaxing sounds.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Lol, let's see. I wear almost solely black, listen metal, have pentagram hanging on my neck, but I act "normally"... Is something wrong with me? Should I see the doctor? :rotfl:

Definitely not

It's a psychiatrist you need to see :rotfl:

[antikristuseke]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Lol, let's see. I wear almost solely black, listen metal, have pentagram hanging on my neck, but I act "normally"... Is something wrong with me? Should I see the doctor? :rotfl:

Same here, exept for the pentagram, guess we need to go see a barman together

[kiwi_2005]

Fans of heavy metal music are gentle, creative people who are at ease with themselves, which makes them very similar to fans of classical music.

Good to know and from my experience of the last 3 yrs having to put up with deathcore metal i would say hes correct:

Just some of the music my son listens to, these are actual names of the bands:

'Animosity',
'With Blood Comes Cleansing',
'We Came With Broken Teeth',
'Bring me the horizon',
'Anatations of an autopsy'
'I killed the Prom Queen'.

At least old school heavy metal like black sabbath you could understand the lyrics, with this Deathcore music its total screaming. But yeah hes the type of teenager that would help an old lady carry her groceries, then while at home headbanging to deathcore every spare minute he gets.

[Platapus]

So if I listen to Zamfir, I wonder what that says about me? :rotfl:

[Task Force]

I like 70s,80, early 90s Rock,metal. I like Metallica, Alice in Chains and Nirvana, Black sabboth, Sabaton (just to name a fiew). I like alot 70s,80s groups also. i realy dont like classical music to much, But I will listen to a hour of classical music before id ever listen to Rap.

PS all these modern bands have weird names.

[1480]

Bow down to the gods of metal! BTW just picked up the mew Metallica, nothing commercial about it and I think Lars is back on coke, because he got the double bass drum speed back.

Four and half pentagrams

[Jimbuna]

No substitute for the old uns

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=i0XknwXqLDo

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Platapus

So if I listen to Zamfir, I wonder what that says about me? :rotfl:

You dream of solving social disputes with a MSLR battery?

[Tango589]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

No substitute for the old uns

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=i0XknwXqLDo

An utter belter of a track!!

[HunterICX]

love the guitar part in this one

HunterICX