Kevmaster wrote:I can sum up any of these generalizations with 1 word: Bullshit.
The music you listen to does not have to resemble your character in any way.
Does it have to? No. Everyone's different in a lot of ways, and to say that every person will listen to music that reflects them is simply erroneous.
However, I have a more apt question. Does it TEND to? Yes. The point isn't that everyone who listens to x is always like statement y, it's that if you listen to statement x and enjoy it greatly, statement y is a lot more likely to define you. Will it be off from time to time? Yes, hell, I'd say it's off on about 30% of cases, but there's always a margin for error in anything that deals with personality.
No study like this (the kind that involves making assumptions about large numbers of people) is ever going to be completely right about everyone because (derp derp) everyone is different.
PS The "indie makes you an emo kid" thing is something I've actually thought for a while now. It sounds like Emo for people who feel they're too old to listen to emo.