Yeah, that's a little odd. "Punk" though is one of the least well-defined genres, IMO. In my experience, it's largely used to exclude stuff a self-recognized punk fan doesn't like. "Green Day? What crap...they're not punk."
Indie: Low self-esteem, creative, not hard working, not gentle They had to do a study to figure this out. Just go to a Modest Mouse/Arcade Fire/Death Cab For Cutie/The Decemberists show.
Yeah, the word has been co-opted recently to mean something it definitely wasn't for me -- Punk is: Buzzcocks, Dead Milkmen, Blackflag, Ramones, etc.
Hehe. I have a friend who would disagree violently with you on Dead Milkmen and Black Flag. Pretty much every time I ask a punk fan which bands are seminal to the genre, I get a different list. IMO, the best punk band ever was the Violent Femmes. Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, Clash, Ramones are all great too.
I read an article the other day that was pretty critical of the standard personality test in the first place. Yeah, here it is.
Yeah, I generally think of them as art rock. But again...I don't really worry about the "punk" label. Good music is good music, no matter what it's called.
Agreed. Looking at the list from Minstrel's articles I would say the music you listen to is based more on your mood then personality altogether with. I wouldn't ever describe myself as someone who has "High self-esteem, creative, outgoing, gentle and at ease" personality, but I love Blues, Jazz and Funk music. But when I'm feeling particularly depressed, or unmotivated, I found I prefer to listen to 'Indie' or Rock music, because it fits my mood better, "Low self-esteem, creative, not hard-working, not outgoing, not gentle, at ease." I used to think music could change my mood, but most of the time my mood picks what music I listen to.
According to the article, I am outgoing and introverted, have high self-esteem and low self-esteem, am creative and not creative, hardworking and not hardworking, at ease and not at ease.
While I cannot attest to the value of personality tests, I'm pretty sure the study was going by primary/favourite genre, not every genre you listen to. If you have no primary genre you listen to, it probably doesn't apply to you.
since I worship the RHCP and had no idea where to put them in those categories... I'm gonna go ahead and just assume I'm outgoing though.. being how 80% of the categories had that as a choice.
