8.9.08

Hear, Hear!

You are, it seems, what you listen to. Here are a BBC study results:

MUSICAL STYLES VERSUS PERSONALITY TRAITS

BB King
BLUES
High self-esteem, creative, outgoing, gentle and at ease

Thelonius Monk
JAZZ
High self-esteem, creative, outgoing and at ease

Nigel Kennedy
CLASSICAL MUSIC
High self-esteem, creative, introvert and at ease

Public Enemy
RAP
High self-esteem, outgoing

Aida
OPERA
High self-esteem, creative, gentle

Dolly Parton
COUNTRY AND WESTERN
Hardworking, outgoing

Linton Kwesi Johnson
REGGAE
High self-esteem, creative, not hardworking, outgoing, gentle and at ease

Rave
DANCE
Creative, outgoing, not gentle

Pete Doherty
INDIE
Low self-esteem, creative, not hard working, not gentle

Dancers
BOLLYWOOD
Creative, outgoing

Metallica
ROCK/HEAVY METAL
Low self-esteem, creative, not hard-working, not outgoing, gentle, at ease

Kylie Minogue
CHART POP
High self-esteem, not creative, hardworking, outgoing, gentle, not at ease

James Brown
SOUL
High self-esteem, creative, outgoing, gentle, at ease

Source: Heriot-Watt University

6 comments:

  1. Always thought we listened to different music at different times...does that mean we're different people at different times? I guess so...

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  2. FV:

    Two questions:

    #1- If one doesn't listen to any music, one has no personality at all?

    #2- Can I change my personality by changing the kind of music I listen?

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  3. Rock/Heavy Metal = Not hard working?

    Surveys are bull crap.

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  4. I did not wish to add anything to this post...I most certainly did not take it seriously and do not endorse it. It is rubbish.

    Mask:

    Irrespective, we react to things differently at different people. We are the same ole ....

    PS:

    1. Of course, you are then aurally-challenged.

    2. Yes, till you listen to it. Like if you listen to the flute, you can imagine you are a shepherd; if you listen to heavy metal you can think you are burdened with lotsa steel.

    Happy? :)

    SM:

    Now what can I do about the verdict on your personality? BBC se ladai karo! Waise, as they say, if you haven't worked hard enough you have to work hard.

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  5. Hours of head banging "rituals",ear shattering screams, oxygen deficient concerts, bone breaking stunts...all that monkey business not hard work??

    that really puts me back to peaceful acceptance of the lethargic masses.

    Btw, the question of why someone would actually carry out such "tedious n tiresome" surveys has always puzzled me...

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  6. Such tedious and tiresome surveys also convey a personality type.

    Monkey business is never hard work. Monkeys never complain.

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