Coolest musicians

[katie_sane]

I still say Keith Richards is the coolest cat in the cave.

[Foxy]

Andrew Eldritch....totally cool...

[DrCowbell]

Bono

Eddie Vedder

Kurt Cobain

Elvis Costello

Paul Weller

Joe Strummer

Pete Townshend

Lou Reed

Thurston Moore

Deborah Harry

I guess I look at cool as being some parts disaffected grunge and some parts disaffected neo-punk. Ha!

*Oh my God Franz Ferdinand are definitely cool...don't know about singling out Alex Kapranos but yeah, they are cool for sure!

Edited February 7, 2006 by Guest
my egregious oversight of Franz Ferdinand

[SoulGirl]

jumping off the Severn Bridge with weights tied to your ankles,

not that i'm naive enough to deny that this could have happened, i just want to point out that this is still officially speculation.

[blind-fitter]

Fair point.

Who knows what really became of Ritchie? If he has successfully staged his own fake suicide so that he could escape from the spotlight of fame and its attendant torments of substance-addiction, mental illness, self-mutilation, etc. and forge a new, better life for himself on a commune in Goa (or wherever), managing all the while to retain his anonymity, then he certainly is one cool customer. He has also boosted his cool status (in my eyes) by distancing himself from the increasingly dire output of his former band-mates......but I digress.

Meanwhile, Dr Cowbell....I read your latest list with interest. I wouldn't argue with most of your suggestions (well ok, I might)....but Bono?BONO??!! He employs a stylist, for pity's sake!....we know this because he recently dragged a former stylist through court and sued her ass off, because she had the audacity to sell one of his cast-offs (which she claimed she had been gifted) on EBay or something.

Genuinely Cool People Do Not Employ Stylists.

For a hundred other reasons Bono is, was and never will be cool, try however hard he might. (Trying too hard is another giveaway of "uncoolness")

I don't know alot about Eddie Vedder, but he never struck me as remotely cool either. A sort of "uncool" alternative to Cobain....??

[Foxy]

I've always thought Paul Weller was pretty cool...

[blind-fitter]

Weller has certainly had his moments.

He "tried too hard" during his Style Council days (what an embarrassment....) and had a spell early on in his "solo career" when he streaked his hair, grew a dodgy 'tache and , frankly, resembled Paul Calf.

I'm sure these were merely "lapses in cool".

As time goes on Weller's cool quotient seems to just go on rising...

[Bella]

Joe Walsh is one cool cat

[Tenacious_Peaches]

^ Look, it's Bella! I think she's cool.

[Elvish]

The coolest ever, IMO:

[Levis]

I vote for Freddie Mercury.

[daslied]

Plus: in what parallel universe can Ian Anderson be considered cool??!

Anybody who writes lines like this is cool enough for me:

Bending the minutes the hours ever turning

on that old gold story of mercy:

desperate breathing, tongue nipple-teasing.

Your fast river flowing your northern fire fed.

Come, black satin dancer, come softly to bed.

And this:

Ale-spew, puddle-brew boys, throw it up clean.

Coke and Bacardi colours them green.

And this:

Proposition, deal. Flying button feel. Testicle testing.

Wallet ever-bulging. Dressed to the left, divulging

the wrinkles of his years.

Wedding-bell induced fears.

Shedding bell-end tears in the pocket of her resistance.

International assistance flowing generous and full

to his never-ready tool.

[blind-fitter]

Whatever floats your boat, Das....

[daslied]

I appreciate your cool attitude toward my predilection for lyrics about nipples.

[blind-fitter]

I appreciate your cool attitude toward my predilection for lyrics about nipples.

Listen, Das. I don't know what your game is. But if you're attempting, in your subtle way, to lure me unsuspecting into your cess-pool of filth, then you're going about it the right way, ok?

[Sweet Jane 61]

My vote would have to be Eric Clapton. He just is cool. He works with musicians from blues to country to rock and he just loves doing what he does. How cool is that?

[_Laurie_]

My vote would have to be Eric Clapton. He just is cool. He works with musicians from blues to country to rock and he just loves doing what he does. How cool is that?

I Totally Agree! :guitar:

[daslied]

Listen, Das. I don't know what your game is. But if you're attempting, in your subtle way, to lure me unsuspecting into your cess-pool of filth, then you're going about it the right way, ok?

I have no game, nor am I possessed of much subtlety. But I'll keep at it.

[Tenacious_Peaches]

Listen, Das. I don't know what your game is. But if you're attempting, in your subtle way, to lure me unsuspecting into your cess-pool of filth, then you're going about it the right way, ok?

[Uncle Joe]

That's why I love it here.

[_Laurie_]

Me too.

[Sweet Jane 61]

I use to be sweet and innocent until I found SF...thank goodness I found you all!!

[Uncle Joe]

Aren't you glad you saw the light?

[Batman]

I think I understand your point, but your logic is inconsistent.There was a time when Kurt used to be pretty cool, for some of the reasons you suggest. But if Keith used to be cool, but has now "blotted his 'cool' copybook", so can no longer be considered "cool", then surely the same could be said for Kurt....

Plus: in what parallel universe can Ian Anderson be considered cool??!

First off, Ian Anderson is cool because in concert, he seemed like he was going nuts. People who go nuts are cool.

Anyways, I was just trying to appease people when I said "I'm sure Keith Richards was cool in the 70's" because honestly, I don't think Keith Richards was that cool to begin with.

[bazooka]

****** The Old School of Cool ******

* Mose Allison. Other folks learned how

to be Cool from Mose Allison.

* The late Roy Orbison. Maybe it was

the shades. Just Cool, unconditionally Cool.

* Fats Domino. Happy, funny and Cool.

* B.B. King. His shows always give

you your money's worth, and that's

definitely Cool.