| Suguler |
06-02-2010 04:18 AM |
Bowie, at Sov's age, was high as a kite. Elton John, at over twice Sov's age, threw venomous, volcanic tantrums which made hers look like sighs.
And on the subject of immaturity, let's not forget Michael Jackson.
Compared to many of her contemporaries (Winehouse, Molko, etc), Sov is actually very well behaved.
Lady Sovereign is a much more complex individual than many give her credit for. "Arrogant" "selfish" people don't have a history of depression self-harm.
Creative artists like Sovereign are often somewhat chaotic people. Conservative minds are more stable but they don't come up with anything original or unique. Some music critics have stated they hope Sovereign does not mellow.
Most fascinating is Sov's inarticulacy around other people in contrast to the articulacy of her lyrics. Its in her songs she is able to fully communicate. She's self-taught, self-made, a lazy person does not and could not make themselves as Sov has done.
She's the antithesis of the tarty manufactured pop princesses who dominate the charts.
Having grown up in a rough neighbourhood, and then having become used to being attacked in the media for existing, Sovereign has adopted a defensive attitude.
Why should she listen to people who have labelled her a chav? There's a thinly veiled insinuation that people from her background should not be allowed to make music (the media much prefer that a posh person like Lily Allen pretend to be working class than have the real thing).
IMHO It is naive to think Sovereign could have fitted in with this set of HMs. She was too different to the others; human beings form into groups based on similarity. Had she made the effort to fit in, she would have still have been put up for eviction, she would only have been delaying the inevitable.
She collaborates with many other musicians and plays on a football team, so she clearly is not averse to being a team player. However she is self-made and tends to do everything herself, so a communal environment is totally unnatural to her. She's a loner to some extent, making it an uphill effort to connect with other people. She's not a social animal, so I am a little confused as to how she is supposed to magically turn into one.
In my experience people with social skills tend to look down on those who are less socially adept, as if we are all supposed to be able to do the whole "social" thing.
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