It's interesting that some (like me, and it seems like, you) want music to invoke calm while working, while others want to be energized, or even made to be a bit tense. I wouldn't be surprised if there were a reasonably simple neurochemical explanation. Pounding, building music makes uses one change, calming music makes another, and who needs what depends on your existing chemistry.
Ha, really? I skipped through that video 30 seconds at a time, and it was just noise and someone hitting some random (sounding) keys on a piano to me. Totally distracting.
Funny how different people's tastes are. I wonder where they come from.
For comparison, here's[1] a song I love to listen to while coding, mostly after about 1:45 but especially at the 3:20 mark.
(Also my first listen). The piano repeats exactly the same 4 clusters over and over. I wouldn't call that random. It's soothing to me after giving it 60 sec in the background.
Skipping ahead 30 sec at a time is definitely a sign you don't like something. What are you hoping to find at the end? :)
Anyway, you're right. Artistic taste is personal. Sometimes I think the majority of our judgment is more about avoiding turn-offs than really feeling something new.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDTovW5Pb2w