The human embodiment of cool

unhappys10

So in this world of fake nobody "celebrities" who are famous for no apparently good reason whatsoever, who, alive or dead, is too cool for school?

Taking into account we don't know these people and we can only go by the persona they project to the world.

My number one would have to be David Bowie, just oozed charisma and coolness. Something almost extra human about him, almost like you wouldn't be surprised to hear he was an alien from another planet.

mcsean2163

Coolness to me is about generally restraining emotions, keeping ones head, dressed well, having great moves, comfortable alone and having great come backs.

I love Bowie but wouldn't see him as cool, due to some of his expressiveness.

James Dean smoking a cigarette, Martin sheen in badlands and Mickey Rourke in rumble fish. Cool. Jimi Hendrix is nearly cool but again his hippie/ drug stuff means he's not cool.

corner of hells

David Attenborough.

fits

Jacinda Ardern. Cool head.

JupiterKid

Bowie certainly exuded pure coolness - always a step or two ahead of the rest in terms of his image and music. The master of re-invention.

Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music - a contemporary of Bowie, always cool and sublime.

Patti Smith, the “godmother” of punk - always did her own thing, seemed to eschew chart success in terms of her music. Never compromised. That image of her on the cover of her 1975 Horses album is iconic and was very ahead of its time.

Debbie Harry of Blondie - in the limelight in the late 70s/early 80s but seemed to be able to keep her private life just that - private. Sassy. Stunning looking in her prime and had a touch of class.

Grace Jones - another utterly original musician who did her own thing and was part of the 1970s/1980s zeitgeist of cool.

The Eurythmics - Annie Lennox in particular. Her androgynous look in the Sweet Dreams video in 1983 helped define the look of that decade. Incredible soulful voice and one half of the finest pop act of the 80s.

Andy Warhol - Pop artist extraordainre working out of New York in the 1960s and 1970s. Probably rather overrated, but growing up he seemed a pretty cool individual.

Honorable mentions to:
Tom Waits
Lou Reed
Portishead
Alison Goldfrapp
Bob Dylan
Kraftwerk
Leonard Cohen
Kate Bush

iamstop

Jimi Hendrix
George Clinton
Dennis Coffey
Bootsy Collins
Betty Davis
John Coltrane
DJ Shadow
DJ Craze
DJ Numark
Skratch Bastid

riclad

You are not cool if you are famous just for being on social media, instagram,or making a sex video
etc
You are cool if you make interesting creative work whether its art,music ,video, writing ,making games .
trolling,insulting random people on facebook ,etc is not cool,
being on facebook is not cool.
Bowie was cool because he was constantly changing ,making new music,
it was not always good but it was different from most other singers.
i dont follow anyone on tik tok,
but there are people who are really creative and funny there ,
and there are people on there who are amazing dancers or comedians .
TIK TOK is very popular because it provides video and audio tools that can be used by anyone to make amazing videos that are entertaining .
I Think lady gaga is cool because she is talented and she keeps making
new music ,
she is original ,she is not trying to copy anyone else or just follow the latest trend .a talented singer or writer will create works that still
will be listened too in 10 or 20 years .
how many singers have 1 or 2 hit songs and then just disappear .
i don,t see taylor swift or beyonce making ads for apple or coke
because they are not sell outs .

Tuco88

Denzel Washington, Paul Newman and Steve McQueen.

Matthew McConaughey is another guy who is naturally slick imo.

ExMachina1000

Silvio Berlusconi .

unhappys10

mcsean2163 wrote: »

I think you may need to define coolness a bit better.

Coolness is about generally restraining emotions, keeping ones head, dressed well, having great moves, comfortable alone and having great come backs.

I love Bowie but wouldn't see him as cool always due to some of his expressiveness.

James Dean smoking a cigarette, Martin sheen in badlands and Mickey Rourke in rumble fish. Cool. Jimi Hendrix is nearly cool but again his hippie/ drug stuff means he's not cool.

If you need coolness defined, you're not it.

Church on Tuesday

Andrea Pirlo.

Class personified. Lads could learn a thing or two.

unhappys10

Harvey Keitel is another one along with Robert Duvall.
Robert Redford also I think.
Prince for sure.

nullzero

ExMachina1000 wrote: »

Silvio Berlusconi .

Bunga bunga.

ExMachina1000

nullzero wrote: »

Bunga bunga.

The good old days

Rothko

Miles Davis or Jimi Hendrix.

Rothko

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

Andrea Pirlo.

Class personified. Lads could learn a thing or two.

That penalty against England never gets old.

Christopher Walker, Morgan Freeman or Samuel L Jackson.

Badly Drunk Boy

riclad wrote: »

i don,t see taylor swift or beyonce making ads for apple or coke
because they are not sell outs .

I just did a quick google.Taylor Swift has done a few ads for Diet Coke, and Beyoncé did one for Pepsi.

Not cool...

Capt'n Midnight

Ötzi the Iceman

adocholiday

I always thought Tom Waits was the personification of cool in this video

https://youtu.be/C49H3aWdiK8

Montage of Feck

Steve McQueen

The Tetrarch

John F Kennedy
Lester Piggott
Steve McQueen
Nelson Mandela
Yul Brenner
James Coburn
Kate Bush
Audrey Hepburn

David Lynch

iamstop

Madlib
Fela Kuti
Bob Dylan
Angela Davis
Al Pachino
Steve Irwin
Albert Einstein

saabsaab

Humphrey Bogart


Micheal Martin or Jack Lynch many Corkmen

horseofstone

River Phoenix

horseofstone

Matt Dillon

horseofstone

Matt Dillon

unhappys10

iamstop wrote: »

Madlib
Fela Kuti
Bob Dylan
Angela Davis
Al Pachino
Steve Irwin
Albert Einstein

Steve Irwin is a great one!

Fr_Dougal

Gavin Lamb Murphy

BrianBoru00

The Fonz

Gruffalux

Just to add some women to the mix, although I agree with lots of the aforementioned esp people like Tom Waits. Jeff Bridges if he has not been mentioned..It is funny though how we think first of men when it comes to cool.
Chrissie Hynes.
Nina Simone.
Ruthie Foster.
Alison Moyet.
Tilda Swinton.
Judi Dench.
Helen Mirren.
Joanna Lumley.
Maria Doyle Kennedy is a person I have long thought of as cool
Aayan Hirsi Ali.
Camilla Paglia.
Loads more.

Dj Stiggie

mcsean2163 wrote: »

Jimi Hendrix is nearly cool but again his hippie/ drug stuff means he's not cool.

Hey, get a load of the narc!

markjbloggs

Wim Hof is cool !

veetwin

Had the pleasure of meeting Leonard Cohen once. A gentleman to his fingertips. He had played a legendary gig in Kilmainham Castle a few years previously and we discussed how the gig had received cult status. He had just come off a long haul flight and was impeccably dressed in a 3 piece suit. That's even before his song writing is considered..

The Fonz. No, I'm not a slavish fan of "Happy Days" (will go straight over 95% of most boardsies' heads):

Fonzie

Take this scene from "Pulp Fiction" with Samuel L Jackson: (if you declare yourself a film buff and still have'nt watched this movie, then you're nont a film buff)

Oh, and Samuel L Jackson too is the huma emboidemnt of cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvy4YH9--Vw

horseofstone

Michelle Pfeiffer

IvySlayer

Jeff Goldblum

Julia Roberts:

Her role as Sonny Burnett's (Sonny Crockett believes he's a druglord) GF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtL4U3oZhA0

Ipso

Noel Edmunds

JupiterKid

In terms of actors, Steve McQueen is certainly up there.

Kate Blanchett
Hellen Mirren - like a fine wine, she got better and better with age
Morgan Freeman
James Dean
Sidney Poitier
Lauren Bacall

saabsaab

Joanna Lumley (Purdey)

Diana Rigg (Mrs Peel)

unhappys10

Can't quote 2 people as on mobile but how could I have forgotten Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer?!

Kristen Scott Thomas
Pheobe Waller Bridge
Pierce Brosnan
Idris Elba
January Jones
Ryan Gosling
Daniel Craig
Vin Diesel
Sylvester Stallone

Last but not far from least, Sean Connery.

Greyfox

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Oh, and Samuel L Jackson too is the huma emboidemnt of cool.

Thanks to Pulp fiction he is the coolest man on the planet. The thing is when hes in a weak film he still gets a pass due to how cool he was in
Pulp fiction

Fuascailteoir

Ian Brown, always had the swagger

i_surge

riclad wrote: »

You are not cool if you are famous just for being on social media, instagram,or making a sex video
etc
You are cool if you make interesting creative work whether its art,music ,video, writing ,making games .
trolling,insulting random people on facebook ,etc is not cool,
being on facebook is not cool.
Bowie was cool because he was constantly changing ,making new music,
it was not always good but it was different from most other singers.
i dont follow anyone on tik tok,
but there are people who are really creative and funny there ,
and there are people on there who are amazing dancers or comedians .
TIK TOK is very popular because it provides video and audio tools that can be used by anyone to make amazing videos that are entertaining .
I Think lady gaga is cool because she is talented and she keeps making
new music ,
she is original ,she is not trying to copy anyone else or just follow the latest trend .a talented singer or writer will create works that still
will be listened too in 10 or 20 years .
how many singers have 1 or 2 hit songs and then just disappear .
i don,t see taylor swift or beyonce making ads for apple or coke
because they are not sell outs .

Lady gaga, definition of a try hard.

There needs to be an effortless nonchalance to it.

Onshuh

Leonard Cohen.

horseofstone

Ronnie o sullivan, Sharon Stone

Bobblehats

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Roisin Murphy...

Bobblehats

Nita Strauss.