Four 6 (1992). John Cage /consensual and accurate impressions/

Cover of Sonic Youth

Barking up the wrong tree:

Study 2 showed that (a) observers were able to form consensual and accurate impressions on the basis of targets' music preferences, (b) music preferences were related to targets' personalities, (c) the specific cues that observers used tended to be the ones that were valid, and (d) music preferences reveal information that is different from that obtained in other zero-acquaintance contexts.

I like the earlier works by John Cage more than the later ones although I also like Four⁶ as performed by Sonic Youth. Personality-wise, maybe I'm progressive but not radical yet open-minded. Or not.

Four⁶ lyrics here.

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