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Argue about the definition of cool if you like. Dictionary defines it as 'fashionable and attractive,' but I'm not sure that's entirely correct. 'Cool' for me isn't just about clothes, it's an attitude. Can you be ugly and cool? 😄 Can you be over 50 and cool? Can you scrape in the cool line if you're ugly and unfashionable but are funny or musical? Anyway here's two to get ya started. Submit your choices for discussion. 🙌
Jude Law
Lenny Kravitz
Jonny Depp
Joe Cocker
Paul Weller
I'm not dead, so me.
Kimi Raikkonen.
Is Jonny Depp really still cool? He kind of peaked just at/after the first Pirates of the Caribbean film, but then the whole divorce thing came along...
George Clooney though... Seems to still be cool, maybe Brad Pitt as well although both were kind of at their peak at the first Oceans.. film and Clooney lost a few points when he sold his Lake Como house. But then he gained several by marrying a human rights lawyer and directing some good films.
But then he gained several by marrying a human rights lawyer and directing some good films.
Then pissed all that away when he did the Warburtons and Nespresso ads
Nick Cave.
Then pissed all that away when he did the Warburtons and Nespresso ads
I think bonus cool points for the Warburton ads, shows he can laugh at himself.
Iggy Pop, David Attenborough, Sean Bean
Struggling to think of a woman who's cool.
Henry Winkler
Sir Ranaulph Finnes
The ol' Lenny Kravitz obsession! At least someone in the world still thinks of him 😆
Kim Deal.
Tom Waits and Nick Cave.
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jekkyl
Full MemberStruggling to think of a woman who’s cool.
without even thinking about it, Helen Mirren
Struggling to think of a
womanyoung person who’s cool.
Fixed for this thread of fogies.
Clint Eastwood
+1 Kim Deal and add Tina Weymouth.
Bryan Cranston
Rachel Atherton. She's cool. Also a far better mountainbiker than I could ever be.
Steve Peat.
Greg James.
Struggling to think of a woman who’s cool.
Mary Beard.
Jonny Depp
The proven wife beater? I think we can probably do better than that
Debbie Harry
Tracey Hannah after that video getting the bloke to sing his way down the mountain.
Struggling to think of a woman who’s cool.
Diana Rigg was, but she's dead now.
Tony Iommi
Ian MacKaye
Chuck D
Sophie Raworth
Sophia Loren (STW approved as she picked pizza oven for her luxury on DID)
Lzzy Hale
Lael Wilcox
Maxine peake
Struggling to think of a woman who’s cool.
+ Beyonce, Rihanna, Billie Eilish. Just for starters
Johnny ****ing Marr
And he gets cooler as his former band-mate plumbs the further depths of absolute bell-endery
Toyah and Fripp
Dave Grohl
Not sure I can agree with Totah and Fripp after it seemed to drift into exhibitionism.
Lael Wilcox is a good shout, Jenny Tough and Lee Craigee as well. Or maybe I'm mistaking cool with trail blazing.
+ Beyonce, Rihanna, Billie Eilish. Just for starters
They were never cool, just fabricated popstars in 20 years time they will be famous for being famous and their music forgotten.
Clint Eastwood
To add a bit age, gender and racial diversity - Dina Asher-Smith
Dave Grohl
You mean Barry Gibb, those new songs are brilliant.
Henry Rollins
Dictionary defines it as ‘fashionable and attractive,’
Hmm, in my opinion cool is not synonymous with either fashion or attractiveness (if that means good looking - whatever that is).
Cool is style not fashion.
Keith Richards is still alive, is he still cool?
Michal (sp?) Hussein
Joni Mitchell
Jenny Holzer
Brian Eno
David Byrne
Danny DeVito
Ooh, just thought. Nile Rogers.
Nile Rogers is a good shout.
Clint Eastwood
Yeah the grumpy old Trump supporter who made some decent action films decades ago is sooooooo much cooler than iconic pop stars, you got me.
It's funny isn't it on the supposedly oh-so-woke Guardian reader STW people's idea of what's cool is still largely old white men.