Pretty good I typings I think. Not sure about John Lennon. I can see Jeff Mangum being my type. But why so/sx for Nick Drake, sp/sx seems more likely? I got an INTJ vibe from Ian Curtis in the movie Control, but that's just a movie.
How would you type Will Sheff (okkervil river) and Matt Berninger (the national) ?
All from the vibes I get from his biography. Nick Drake seems like he was acutely aware that he was so detached from social stigma, and would let his body fall apart (not cutting his nails, not eating, etc.) because he didn't care about himself like that. He struggled with his personal health but it seemed like he didn't personally care. When I think of someone like Elliott Smith, who was always aware of his drug addictions or suicidal tendencies, he saw it as a problem. Drake seemed uncaring about it all, all his anger and confusion was either directed at other people, or internally when he didn't understand things. In his wikipedia article, he specifically says that a safety net (college degree) is the last thing he wanted. He traveled to Morocco spontaneously with his friends. He is confusing, and I could see him as sx/so as well. I thought sx second because of his interactions with friends, he wouldn't truly push their buttons like a lot of sx doms do. Of course, I think superficially he could be seen with sp 1st or 2nd, as he was so introverted. But his introversion wasn't to protect himself from others, it was because he wasn't interested in others. He always seemed confidant.
I shouldn't have even bothered with John Lennon, he is like 10 different people. I think he is on the Fi/Te judging axis, but that's about it. If you read his letters sent, they feel a lot more like Te/Fi or Fi/Te anger, where it's all personal and why the other person is wrong, hurtful, and stupid. Still, that leaves 8 possible types and I could see him as any of them.
Debra stated in a documentary on Joy Division how Ian's favorite conversational subject, even more than books, art, films, were his feelings. He was a completely different person with his friends but when he was alone with Debra (and I assume Annik), he would just pour himself out. Otherwise, based on his actions and attitude towards people I'd say he was an IXTP, yelling at Wilson, Debra, Buzzcocks, everyone. I'm not particularly sure about Ne vs Se as the second function, I could see him as an ISFP too. This doesn't mean that he was necessarily a Fi dom, as XXTJs often only feel comfortable expressing themselves with specific people like IXFP. The event that really spoke for inferior Te was when he reached out to Debra while she was going to divorce him. He always seemed to be desperate to mend his marriage with illogical gestures, where IXTJs under stress would be more apt to open up their inner world. The more I think about it though, the more I feel Curtis is a 5w4. I'll edit it to reflect that.
Mangum has some excellent Pitchfork interviews from 1998 and 2002 where he discusses his philosophy and music. I know it goes against functions, but it was obvious he was either an INFJ or an INFP. Sometimes he shows Ni/Fe (talking about the external world), sometimes Fi/Ne (talking about his feelings and philosophy), but I accidentally see Fi/Ne as Fe sometimes, so I went with INFP. The blatantly obvious part of his interviews was his enneagram, it screamed 9w1 to me, just grabbed me by my throat and shook me.
Beringer drives me crazy, I'm not a fan but my roommate showed me a lot of the National last semester. He seems really Ni driven, some type of INXJ.
Will Sheff is definitely on the Ne/Si axis (look at the way he says something, then recalls past information). Not sure his judging axis though, I also think he is a 9.
if you said he was like an ISFP or something I would strongly disagree.
