Posted on 03/06/2009 6:28:36 AM PST by yankeedame
By Morelli
CalTech grad student named Virgil Griffith has conducted an interesting (albeit somewhat unscientific) study relating music preferences with SAT scores. While SAT scores are criticized for not accurately determining intelligence, the results show that the “smartest” students’ favorite musician is Beethoven, with an average SAT score of 1371, and at the other end of the spectrum is Lil’ Wayne, with an average score of 889.
Other bands at the top of the scale are Counting Crows, Radiohead, and Sufjan Stevens. Check out the full image of the results after the jump:
Surprisingly, no style of music stands out above the rest, but rather most bands fit within the 1000 to 1150 score range. Another question is whether music can be legitimately associated with smarts.
Does intelligence choose the band? Or does music define how smart we become? Where do your favorite bands appear? Do you think that music can make you dumb?
There were drums?
[puberty was hitting around that time...I got distracted]
[LOL!]
Long live Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert and The Midnight Special.
Oh Lord, I haven’t thought of them for years.
Oh, yeah.
But all I can think of right now is...what was I thinking????? Maybe I wasn't...
There were no illegal chemicals involved in my lifestyle but something else must have been really, really wrong ;0)
Well drat. I like and listen to music of almost every genre. It depends on my mood or what mood I want to be in. In my youth, I was the same with women, so may be it’s just brain damage. ;>) Bipolar?
They had a funny yet incomprehensible name.
We’ll let ya slide based on that....:)
AC/DC
It’s true if they listen to Kenny G.
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http://www.richardthompson-music.com/audiodownloads.asp
http://www.till.com/blog/archives/2005/03/i_agree_with_ri.html
Pat Metheny ripped Kenny G after he overdubbed himself onto a few Louis Armstrong tracks (kind of like Natalie Cole did with Nat).
Richard Thompson then wrote a song I link to above. An absolute scream, have seen him perform it live, what a hoot.
Kenny G is to jazz as Barry Manilow is to rock ‘n’ roll.
Oh yes, I am a big Metheny fan, so I am well aware of what he said.
And I’ve never heard Pat say a bad thing about anyone before that.
But he was right on regarding Mr. Gorelick.
www.christianhardrock.net
Become a genius!
That's an insult to Barry Manilow.
Guess I will take the bridge of sighs!!!
I don’t see Dee Dee Sharpe and Bobby Rydell, what’s up with that? (Off the chart to the right of Beethoven?)
Or the Trashmen
The Swinging Blue Jeans?
Wait until he has Jay-Z, Lil’ Wayne, and Fiddy Cent on consecutive Wednesday night concerts at the White House, er People’s House.
The Kids Aren't Alright
Yep, it's a Teenage Wasteland, all right.
And I'm a huge Beethoven fan. So, I'll not discuss my other predictions here. :D
...the "smartest" students' favorite musician is Beethoven, with an average SAT score of 1371, and at the other end of the spectrum is Lil' Wayne, with an average score of 889. Other bands at the top of the scale are Counting Crows, Radiohead, and Sufjan Stevens... Surprisingly, no style of music stands out above the rest, but rather most bands fit within the 1000 to 1150 score range.This "writer" puts "smartest" in quote marks, which is "stupid" and "moronic". This "study" basically has no conclusion, other than, "no style of music relates to higher SAT scores" and most band preferences correspond to average. Wow, who knew?
the chart only goes to 1436 ;)
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Posted on 03/06/2009 9:11:28 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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