What Does Your Taste in Music Say About Your Taste in Men?
By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time 5 min
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About This Quiz
Human behaviour is simultaneously terribly predictable and incredibly chaotic. Reams exist, written on the subjects of human cognition and decision making. Philosophers and scientists spent thousands of years attempting to define and explain how and why humans do what we do. Still, no one has yet accomplished this task sufficient enough to accurately predict choices as simple as which color of identical candy one will pick.
What can be said with some degree of certainty is that certain choices correlate directly with other choices. The decision to get a facial tattoo, for example, never coexists with the decision to go into investment banking. Understanding and predicting human behavior is something we have evolved to do, but rarely are the tools we use subconsciously put to use deliberately and scientifically.
Taste is one of the least predictable parts of human psychology. Rather than attempting to predict taste by watching the predictable choices one makes, seeing one creative choice seems the likelier path to predicting other decisions made with the heart. Films may say something about how one views morality. Clothes say something about one's feelings of self-worth and how they want to be seen. Music remains one of the most personal and least explicable taste choices humans make, and we believe that with some information on your tastes with regards to music, we can say what it says about your taste in men.
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Everyone has their favourite nook to relax. Where do you like to listen to music?
I listen on my couch, at home.
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Spice Girls
How do you feel about The Spice Girls?
They're completely inoffensive to me.
I was never really a fan, but they never bothered me.
I hate them and everything for which they stand.
I used to love them, but now I need new stimulation.
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How wide-ranging are your musical tastes?
I like just about everything.
I only listen to music lacking electronic elements.
There's one, underground genre of music I like, and that is all.
I love all manner of music, but I tire of it quickly and move on.
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Do you ever listen to The Beatles?
They are too cheerful for me.
No. Why? Have they dropped a new album?
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With regards to the content and style of the music to which you listen, which of these emotions dominates your playlists?
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Does Depeche Mode do it for you?
I only listen to them ironically.
I like to put them in my mixes from time to time, randomly paired.
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Which song genre do you listen to the most?
Anything works for me, if it comes as a surprise.
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Done with Duran Duran?
Sometimes I think I like them, but then I listen to a whole album of theirs ...
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How do you feel about Broadway-style musical soundtracks?
No, they're too manufactured.
I tend to overplay them and then never listen to them again.
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Is Muse your muse?
I like that one song of theirs ... What's it called?
Some of their material is fine.
I love them and all their works.
They were fine — eight years ago!
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Assuming you go to a gym, what do you listen to while you work out?
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Is One Direction one of the bands you listen to?
Of course! They're great!
No thanks! They're as authentic as a Chicken McNugget.
I can't believe you would have the temerity to even consider asking me that question.
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Through what technological device do you prefer to listen to your music?
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Does Florence and The Machine make you rage against the machine?
I have no idea who that is.
They're wonderful! The best!
I like to listen to them when I'm alone.
I like it when they come out with new stuff, but it gets old fast.
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Driving can be a bore. To what do you prefer to listen while behind the wheel?
I have a mixtape I listen to, and yes, it is a cassette tape.
Whatever music is on the radio
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Are you a fan of Dizzee Rascal?
He's adorable. Does he make music?
Not since he sold out to The Man!
I just don't "get" his music.
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What mood typically precedes you retiring to listen to music at home?
Feeling mentally tapped out
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Does Led Zeppelin go down like a lead balloon?
No, they are one of the greatest of all time!
They're a little old fashioned, don't you think?
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Can you listen to music while at work? If so, what kind do you listen to while on the job?
I just put on a streaming service's pop music channel.
I listen to world music at work.
I can't listen to music at work because my boss is a tool.
I pick something new every week!
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How often do you deliberately listen to Oasis?
Whenever possible! I still remember going to their concerts!
There are other Beatles cover bands I like better.
I avoid them at all costs.
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How tolerant are you of strangers who subject you to their loud music as they drive past you?
It depends on the music, you know?
I never notice because I'm always listening to my own music on headphones.
I like it! I've learned about new music that way.
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Is Coldplay just radio-friendly Radiohead?
No. They are distinct artists.
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How do you collect your music?
I just buy them à la carte from online mp3 stores.
I buy physical CDs when I can.
I use a streaming service.
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What instrument have you played at some point in life?
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Are you over Ed Sheeran?
Actually, I only recently started listening to him. He's pretty good.
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How do you adjust the settings of the music player you use to play your music?
I don't. I don't know better than the engineers who set up the defaults!
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Is Ellie Goulding as good as gold?
Everything she does is magical.
Yes, but I prefer her B-sides.
Sure, but I like her newer stuff.
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How do you gift music?
I give credit for online music services.
I buy my friends music on vinyl.
I make custom mix tapes for my friends, on cassette tapes, like a boss.
I buy SACDs for my friends who like music.
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How much are you willing to pay for concert tickets?
Up to 60 quid, but not a penny more.
I would rather work out a barter arrangement.
I will pay anything to see the right artist.
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Do you care about the public images of the musicians to whom you listen, or do you only care about the music?
I don't know or particularly care either way if I enjoy it.
The music and how it's made matter, but the image shouldn't.
It all matters a lot to me, though I loathe admitting it.
I've never really thought much about it, but I think the image might actually be more important than the music.
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