by Steve Pick
Hey, if you've ever wanted solid evidence of the way IQ tests are designed to ally yourself with specific cultural norms, check out this music intelligence test. It's quick and easy to take, probably a lot easier than your SAT's, but I pretty much guarantee there will be a couple questions that will make you scream at your computer that you couldn't possibly care less about the answer. And, I guarantee that the ones you scream about will be different from the ones I screamed about or the ones that any other random person will scream about. Post your scores in the comments. We want to hear from you.
I love top ten lists when they're really creative, and this examination of ten titanically loony love song lyrics makes the top ten of my fave top ten lists of all time.
It almost wouldn't be a link list if we didn't point you in the direction of Carrie Brownstein's blog over at NPR, Monitor Mix. She's at South By Southwest this week, as is Euclid owner Joe Schwab. We're thinking they're probably seeing different bands, but you never know.
I thought I was the only fan who truly loved the album Earthling by David Bowie, but it turns out that for at least one thoughtful young person, there's more to the last decade plus of the Thin White Duke than many people have discovered.
Joe Schwab and I share a great love for the long lost game show "I've Got a Secret," but I had no idea the show was so hip as to have brought John Cale on board as a guest back before he was in the Velvet Underground. Watch this clip and marvel:
Thursday, March 13, 2008
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4 comments:
Oh jeez! I did better on my Chinese mid-term than the musical intelligence test (though, unlike my mid-term, this test did not make me want to simultaneously throw up and cry). Results below...
Your final score was 102/180
Birthday Party DJ (73-108 points)
You are a rabid consumer of music. You get a rush every time you hear something new but remain faithful to those artists you love. Your music collection represents who you are and what you care about and your home may even bear the tell-tale signs of your affections – posters, old band t-shirts and the odd music biography. But you aren't a completist, you know what you like and make sure you have it. Simple as that. To expand your repertoire, perhaps there are some genres that you'd benefit from giving a little more attention to – perhaps now is the time to hear something new or get hold of that missing album from your collection.
i only missed 5 questions. i'm a "mix tape master" but i forgot to copy the entry from the page...
- Jack
Your final score was 108/180
Also a Birthday Party DJ, but just one off of the next highest.
I missed a few that I had narrowed down to two and then guessed wrong (the Bjork one, Frankie Goes To Hollywood one, Basement Jaxx one).
Anyways, being only 18 years old, I'm happy with that result. Haha.
I only missed the questions on Ryan Adams, Monterey, and Coldplay. (Yellow Pages! I have a new respect for them.) That makes me a "Musical Magician." I am now ready to join '70s disco band Enchantment.
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