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Originally Posted by Solitaire1
In the video for "Thriller," Michael Jackson demonstrated an effective use of music as a weapon against zombies. If music is effective in this manner, it would provide many possibilities in the field of zombie defense. Let's say that zombies are attracted by heavy metal, and are repelled by disco. It would be possible to drive the zombies away by the judicious use of speakers to send them away.
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Zombies do react to sounds, but only because sounds will lead them to prey. This is especially true with music, as they will hear the singer's voice and likely investigate, since human voices = food source. Even instrumental music would stand a good chance at attracting zombies, expecially if some remnant of memory tells them that humans tend to gather where there is music. After long exposure to continuous music, however, the zombies would likely tune it out as environmental noise. On the other hand, some may be in a continuous hunting mode as they vainly search for a singer who isn't there.
I suspect that no music would repel the undead, though. Taste in music is lost when taste for flesh is acquired. The best way to use music for your own personal survival would be to crank up the volume to lure the zombies to go one way and then sneak off in a different direction.