Music Choice Reveals Your Personality

Reuters

[meow]

the university conducted a study to come up with this? our biased media could have told them all they wanted.

[r9etb]

From what I can tell, if you like music, you can't be conservative.

What a crock.

[DallasMike]

According to this I'm supposed to be politically liberal. I think not.

[chiefqc]

And if you believe this article, you're dumber than a rock.

[zlala]

When you ask that cute stranger what kind of music he or she likes, you'll know if the two of you will hit it off

My husband and I don't typically like the same kind of music. Guess we'd better divorce. Considering this came from liberal land UT, I'll take it for what it's worth.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

So, people who like Blues music are liberal and people who like country music are conservative...?

Someone should have told this to the late great Republican strategist--and blues musician--Lee Atwater and liberal Ditsy Chick Nathalie Maines.

[Wonder Warthog]

"According to this I'm supposed to be politically liberal. I think not."

Let's see, I like blues, jazz, classical, folk, country and religious music....and my politics are somewhere to the right of Attila the Hun and/or Genghis Khan.

Methinks this "research" is just a tad questionable.

[CanisMajor2002]

UT-Austin needs to make some payroll cuts.

• If you like blues, jazz, classical, or folk music... ...then you are intelligent, tolerant, and politically liberal.
• If you like country or religious music... ...then you are cheerful, outgoing, reliable, and conventional.
• If you like alternative or heavy metal music... ...then you are physically active and a curious risk-taker.
• If you like rap/hip-hop or and dance music... ...then you are outgoing and agreeable and generally eschew conservative ideals.

The qualities aren't even mutually exclusive. If I like J.S. Bach, Rich Mullins, 10-years-ago Metallica (St. Anger bores me, but I digress), and Linkin Park, does that make me an intelligent, conventional, physically active and outgoing person, or am I a outgoing risk-taking liberal? (mutter) This is worthless :)

[tomahawk]

I'm a metal head and a serious right-winger. Balderdash.

[ClearCase_guy]

Isn't this just a step removed from the old, "Oh, you black people can all tap dance, right?"

[dead]

I like polka music and random tapping.

[Sloth]

What a steaming pile.

[willieroe]

Earlier thread from June on this study.

[sphinx]

From what I can tell, if you like music, you can't be conservative.

Well, there's still bagpipes, military bands, opera, and show tunes.

All of which I like, along with classical.

[theFIRMbss]

What does it mean if
once or twice in your life you
bought music like this?

[Skooz]

Nonsense. Nothing gets me going like the Blues (the real Blues, not modern day lounge-lizard "Blues"). But wait, I also love Gospel, CCM and sometimes I like to Rock.

According to the article, I'm a conservative, liberal, tolerant, conventional, risk-taking, intelligent, cheerful, reliable FREAKING SCHIZOID!!!

[camle]

i've never know a heavy metal fan who was "active".

but I don't see Rock and Roll listed here.

the word "Baloney" comes to mind...

[r9etb]

I went to a Devo concert once -- it was great.

[stevio]

Yea right, my wife loved country music and was way liberal when we meet. Now she's gotten into jazz and might be even more conservative than me on some issues.

[WKB]

What if you like the 1960 oldies?
Where does that put you?