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“Researchers were able to identify 43 of the 45 songs played within the recorded spectrograms.”

Researchers then compared Swift’s show to that of Metallica’s at SoFi. The heavy metal band performed on Aug. 25 and Aug. 27 at the stadium. The band “had the weakest signals in terms of the strongest magnitude from each concert,” Tepp said.

“Metal fans like to headbang a lot, so they’re not necessarily bouncing,” Tepp added. “It might just be that the ways in which they move don’t create as strong of a signal.”

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[–] manucode@feddit.de 128 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Bouncing around is probably not feasible for Metallica fans. Their mobility aids are gonna be a real hindrance.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Haha, leave my walker out of this! It probably has something to do with pop music having insanely heavy bass, while metal does not.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The article claims it's the fans, not the music.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Metal fans don't tend to be as bouncy as pop fans. At least not up/down jumping bouncy

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago

True, especially old-ass Metallica fans like me

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

It can be two things 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 40 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Dear God, they're going seismic

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The Swifties are a force not to be trifled with. Let us hope they never join forces with the BeyHive or the country will be lost to them.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

God help us all if they join forces with the K-Pop Stans...

[–] Graphy@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Swifties go harder than metal fans, confirmed.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 34 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Metallica hasn't really been heavy in like twenty years.

[–] bahbah23@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You misspelled "thirty years".

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago

Shhh let me keep some of my youth intact

[–] Pickle_Jr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

St. Anger was a banger and I refuse to pretend it's not 😤

[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago

The only thing banger was that Lars banged on that god awful snare

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

It's more that what has defined 'metal' has moved far away from it was in the 80s.

Which isn't really surprising considering how much what defined 'rock' had changed between the 50s and the 80s.

[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Also, this is the west coast we're talking about. They don't go hard in general. :P

Seriously, though, I felt like a wallflower on the east coast and then a Tasmanian Devil on the west coast, when my own behavior didn't really change. The energy is different!

Edit: I was referring specifically to my experience at metal concerts, but now that I think about it, also in general.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

Huh, I wonder what they would find if someone played Queen's we will rock you.

[–] apex32@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

The “Eras” tour heads to Santa Clara in Northern California on Friday, and continues with six shows in Los Angeles next month to cap off her US tour run.

L.A. is going to be in ruins by May!

[–] wellee@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That must confuse all the ground dwelling creatures lol

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

That's a bit too loud. Eh?

[–] DriftinGrifter@lemmy.blahaj.zone -4 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] Summzashi@lemmy.one 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He was hardly the first. This is extremely common during large events.

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I mean, physics.

[–] wellee@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] DriftinGrifter@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] wellee@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Ah okay, never heard of him. My first thought was Travis Barker, but that seemed too oddly specific, rather than just naming the band lol

[–] HWK_290@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Or the UK band Travis

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Travis Barker probably achieves this all on his own, anyway.