Who are the coolest people over 50?

badabing106

Who are they?

Surreptitious

Eskimos.

COVID

Surreptitious wrote: »

Eskimos.

They've fifty words for bollocks.

Degag

Clint Eastwood.

Your Face

Abraham Lincoln

ohnonotgmail

Keanu Reeves

Neames

Morrissey

jmlad2020

Eamon Ryan.

The Dude

Louis Friend

Will Smith, Kylie Minogue, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen

Dr. Bre

Tom Jones

sligojoek

Willie Nelson

AllForIt

Louis Friend wrote: »

Will Smith, Kylie Minogue, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen

Not the richest, the coolest.

JupiterKid

Dave Fanning

worded

JupiterKid wrote: »

Dave Fanning

https://fanningsessions.wordpress.com/category/fab50/

iamstop

Arnie, Sam L. Jackson, Slash, Tina Turner, Sade, George Clinton

Realt Dearg Sec

Noam chomsky

YFlyer

WIBBS.

khalessi

Brad Pitt, Sam Elliot, Willie Nelson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Robert Downey Jnr, Helena Bonham Carter, Winona Ryder, Michelle Yeoh, Emma Thompson, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton

Strumms

The Coen Brothers... Joel and Ethan

Pcgamer

Stone Cold Steve Austin. Hard to believe hes 56.

Dunfyy

Hitler

Sup08

Lenny Kravits

Airyfairy12

Dolly Parton, Grace Slick, Stevie nicks, Debbie Harry, Bjork, Bernadette Devlin, Joanna Lumley, Helena Bonham Carter

Philipx

Me

Pinch Flat

Daniel O'Donnell

logically

Watched Deep Impact over the Christmas holiday.

The biggest "impact" on me (see what I did there) was realising that I wouldn't have been included in the cave lottery as an over 50. I remember watching that when it came out as a mere 30 something and thinking "yeah, good call not giving a place to over the hill 50 year olds". This time watching I was highly insulted by being considered past it. Those damn Hollywood types.

pgj2015

Tim Westwood.

biko

You OP.

doublejobbing 2

pgj2015 wrote: »

Tim Westwood.

:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

This has to be one of the funniest interviews done. In 2000. When he was 42.

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/nov/01/features11.g22

looksee

Define cool.

Riddle101

Steve Buscemi

Benicetomonty

Dylan.

gmisk

doublejobbing 2 wrote: »

:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

This has to be one of the funniest interviews done. In 2000. When he was 42.

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/nov/01/features11.g22

He really likes using the word....man....so down with da kids

doublejobbing 2

In answer to the OP, anybody from the Madchester/ Britpop scene really.

Shaun Ryder
Bez
Ian Brown
Noel Gallagher
Liam Gallagher isn't quite 50 yet but it's hard to think of a more stylish geezer.


This lot show it's quite possible to wear football casual style wear (shoes. trackie tops) and 80s/ 90's inspired style in your 50's without looking remotely like you're impersonating a present day teenager.

I watched the Wu Tang documentary there lately. Most n their 50's by now and the younger rappers would look even more embarrassing than they currently do stood next to them.

If you told me when I was 14 that there would be men in their 50's who could still look "with it" I'd have laughed at you. Certainly I would have thought back then that, say, Paul McCartney, had more the vibe of an old man than someone of the age he was then currently has (Ian Brown, the Happy Mondays lads)

People don't age like they used to.

pgj2015

doublejobbing 2 wrote: »

:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

This has to be one of the funniest interviews done. In 2000. When he was 42.

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/nov/01/features11.g22

So what if he is white playing music to a mainly black audience, so was Eminem.

if I was 63 and as heavily involved in hip hop, having all the best rappers in hip hop on my radio show etc and looking as young as he does, I would be happy.

Some Yoke

Pope Francis

PGE1970

Eanna Ni Lamhna

Marty Morrissey

doublejobbing 2

pgj2015 wrote: »

So what if he is white playing music to a mainly black audience, so was Eminem.

if I was 63 and as heavily involved in hip hop, having all the best rappers in hip hop on my radio show etc and looking as young as he does, I would be happy.

To be fair Eminem didn't heavily accent himself/ pretend he was black. Particularly in his music. He may use more "black" terms, just about, words like dogg and things like that, than someone from a trailer park in Montana, but only really because he grew up in a black area. It isn't as if he is adopting it deliberately.

Westwood is highly entertaining to listen to, and he does seem to be highly respected by the US artists he promoted way back when, but he is a complete toolbox.

fryup

if we're talking all time.....

Paul Newman & Steve McQueen

sub zero

pgj2015

doublejobbing 2 wrote: »

To be fair Eminem didn't heavily accent himself/ pretend he was black. Particularly in his music. He may use more "black" terms, just about, words like dogg and things like that, than someone from a trailer park in Montana, but only really because he grew up in a black area. It isn't as if he is adopting it deliberately.

Westwood is highly entertaining to listen to, and he does seem to be highly respected by the US artists he promoted way back when, but he is a complete toolbox.

it wouldnt work if he acted like an everyday 63 year old British white man. he looks about 20 years younger as well.

Real Life

Jeff Goldblum

Igotadose

Tina Turner

Feisar

YFlyer wrote: »

WIBBS.

I don't think he's that old.

doublejobbing 2

pgj2015 wrote: »

it wouldnt work if he acted like an everyday 63 year old British white man. he looks about 20 years younger as well.

It wouldn't work. And, agreed, I hope I look that young when I'm 62.

But he does still sound like a knob. Of course, the alternative would be to retire, and why would he do that. It keeps the money coming in, and people in the music business don't generally retire (particularly promoters/ DJ's as it isn't as physical as world touring jumping all over stage like Mick Jagger)

I do find it a bit mad that so many of the big dance DJ's, Oakenfold, Cox, Morales, they are all pushing 60 by now.

I think if you told me when I was raving at 17 that eventually a 60 year old man would credibly play gigs to yoked up teenagers in nightclubs I would have laughed at you.

But like I said, ageing isn't at the rate it used to be.

Day Lewin

Judi Dench, Helen Mirren, Charlotte Rampling, Maggie Smith.

pgj2015

doublejobbing 2 wrote: »

It wouldn't work. And, agreed, I hope I look that young when I'm 62.

But he does still sound like a knob. Of course, the alternative would be to retire, and why would he do that. It keeps the money coming in, and people in the music business don't generally retire (particularly promoters/ DJ's as it isn't as physical as world touring jumping all over stage like Mick Jagger)

I do find it a bit mad that so many of the big dance DJ's, Oakenfold, Cox, Morales, they are all pushing 60 by now.

I think if you told me when I was raving at 17 that eventually a 60 year old man would credibly play gigs to yoked up teenagers in nightclubs I would have laughed at you.

But like I said, ageing isn't at the rate it used to be.

I agree in ways like look at Eminem, looks very young for 48. It is likely that staying in the music business is what is keeping westwood young looking. Not everyone looks younger than they are, if Eminem was drinking and taking drugs after every gig id say he would look older than his age, you need to eat right and take care of yourself, a lot of people don't and they look older than they are.

OldRio

George Cooney, Pierce Brosnan, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits Daniel Craig and Nick Cave.
All have 'cool' in abundance and in different ways.

Sam Hain

fryup wrote: »

if we're talking all time.....

Paul Newman & Steve McQueen

sub zero

Steve McQueeen died aged 50. Don't think the 6 months being that age he was too happy, but yeah he was probably still cool.

foxy farmer

The 3 Fonsies!

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

GMSA

Bob Geldof, Bono, Glen Hansard