Do aspies gravitate towards metal? (the music genre)

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So let me guess. You like metal and want responses from people who are into it.

Yeah, I like it, but no. I would just have made a topic for that. but I wanted to see if others noticed any kind of correlation

If you have actually noticed such a correlation, you might should ask yourself if that apparent correlation might be because of the crowd you hang out with instead of something that would apply in general.

From what I've seen, few people really step too far outside of the music they grew up with or the popular music in their area. If there are any 60+ year olds here, I would be absolutely astounded if they had any appreciation for metal.

I think there is correlation with AS and NOT following that trend if anything.

I listen to girly techno music most of the time. And I'm a 21 year old straight dude. So yeah...

I liked metal when I was younger, but I think that was mostly because my friends liked metal and rock and whatnot. In middle school/etc, the "punk" type kids were more nice to me than others, so I adapted to fit their group somewhat, I guess. Then as I got more socially isolated for various reasons (some in my control and some out) my musical tastes grew in a vacuum and I ended up in the end mostly liking girly techno music and Japanese music. I still like power metal, and will once in a blue moon throw on 80s metal or Ozzy, but for the most part I don't like metal much. Oh, what else. I also like pop punk I used to make fun of people for liking in middle school and high school, too. Why not. What's someone gonna do about me listening to "Ocean Avenue?" Nothing, that's what.

Also, before real social pressure regarding music, as a little kid, my parents for whatever reason only let us listen to oldies and religious music (I belonged to a Fundie Baptist Church as a kid.) My favorite "oldies" though were mostly R&B and 70s funk type stuff, and not so much rock really. However, as a kid, I absolutely adored 90s eurodance, but I couldn't listen to any of it because of my parents (but hippie songs about free love and drugs were cool and of totally Christian character .) So as I got internet, I found 90s eurodance and stuff, and just downloaded and listened the hell out of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzu-W7fl88U I LOVE songs like that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYR7-51eZRk
But yeah, most of the time, I'd rather listen to something like that over metal. I don't like being reminded how terrible and nasty the world is and like my music to be an escape. Here's the song my username is from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzsdza2iyvE. Here's a metal cover of it from the Japanese artist Sugizo, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkPuSm12GnM, quite good I'd say. I like lots of foreign music in general, I've been on a Russian pop kick for quite a while now.

But yeah, my take on your question, I didn't get to watch your video yet, though. (I hate videos because I'd rather just read stuff, since I'm probably hyperlexic.)

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Watched your video. Eh, so we're in agreement I guess about the social side of it. As far as musical talent and tastes, who knows. You're probably more likely to find people with Aspergers in like...classical music or something, over metal. I personally don't find it the most complex artistic music ever myself, but hey, whatever floats your boat.

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I also listen to Michelle Branch and Vanessa Carlton now, too. Just saying. This shows the scope of how much not being around others to influence my musical tastes has affected me. I'll just hear a song in isolation and be like "Wow, I like it."

I have yet to see any evidence for this, every I've seen provides evidence to the contrary.

I think that Aspies do tend to gravitate towards metal because it has that outspoken and eccentric nature, other genre's lack those two necessary qualities. As a metal fan myself, i tend to avoid the likes of mainstream chart music and the X Factor because they just annoy me.

Metal is one of my favourites! While it started with THE BLACK MAGES in 2008 given an interest in Final Fantasy soundtrack music, I believe my taste for metal builds from my love for battle themes in video games from a young age, ie. Pokémon, Mario RPG.

Love for Rock + Love for Battle Themes + Love for Disney Villain Themes = Love for Metal

Do you not realize that that age group originated the genre? It came about in the 60s and 70s

My dad listened to Black Sabbath and stuff when he was younger. Now he listens to Abba and The Carpenters. for srs.

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He's 55 years old. So he grew up when the music was coming about.

My children do.

Teehee

For what it's worth, I grew up in the 60s and have heard plenty of it. There was some that was okay, but for the most part the regular rock was far superior.

In the 60s, much of the hard rock was kind of monotonous and too loud. These days, it is all that and worse.

Most of the people I grew up with seem to have switched to Country and Western.

I'm 58. These days I'm most likely to listen to Pink Martini, Hayley Westenra, Diana Krall, Enya, Henry Mancini, Julie London, the Medieval Baebes, Nancy LaMott, Philip Glass, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Sarah Brightman, Suzanne Ciani, Astrud Gilberto, Jimmy Buffet, R Carlos Nakai, Harry Nilsson, Mark Lindsay, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Perry Como, Simon and Garfunkel, or various classical music depending on my mood at the time. (I suspect that I'm kind of difficult to stereotype.)

Those are good artists, though.