List of people left alive who are cool?

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
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Struggling to think of a woman who’s cool.

without even thinking about it, Helen Mirren

Struggling to think of a woman young 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.

Surely this IS the thread for Chuck Norris*

*Jokes...When Chuck does Long division there are never any remainders...

James Newell Osterberg Jr? Hmmm maybe not...
Iggy Pop then.

Cool is the opposite of warm, it means always having some control and never being entirely caught in the moment, not getting too engaged and wound up in situations, standing back a bit, not losing it, opposite of passionate and enthusiastic, not a wally, having self-awareness without being self conscious. Not being creepy or needy. Cat not dog. Not needing validation from others. Not giving everything away about yourself. Perhaps risking it, but not looking stupid. That sort of thing.

It's not everything. Lots of brilliant people are the opposite of cool. On the above basis Billie Eilish probably actually is pretty cool. Pains me to say it but Keith Richards probably is cool whereas Mick Jagger isn't and never was (Keith declined a CBE, Jagger accepted a knighthood, instant lifetime cool disqualification not that after "Let's Work" one was necessary). So Jonny Marr - comes across as a good(ish, I've a problem with privately educating your kids, paying to give them advantages over mine) lad but is too much of an enthusiast to be cool.

Slightly more up to date: J Hus is probably cool (I only know the music); Stormzy probably isn't...

It goes without saying that anyone who's thought it through to this extent is the opposite of cool. I could go on. In fact I might after I've done a bit of work.

Cool is the opposite of warm, it means always having some control and never being entirely caught in the moment, not getting too engaged and wound up in situations, standing back a bit [etc]

Completely agree. I think most of us (*cough* nearing middle age men) are caught up in the idea of being 'cool'. Certainly in my formative years there was little else that was important. But younguns these days don't seem so wrapped up in being cool. Being inclusive, having fun and expressing your individuality gets a lot more credence. And that's a good thing.

I therefore put it to you that the notion of 'cool' is actually the uncool preserve of irrelevant almost-middle-aged men.

I therefore put it to you that the notion of ‘cool’ is actually the uncool preserve of irrelevant almost-middle-aged men.

Honestly; the last time I think I gave any thought to who was cool, I think I was 10 and at that point was also heavily invested into knowing whether my friends new shoes meant they could run faster than me.

I therefore put it to you that the notion of ‘cool’ is actually the uncool preserve of irrelevant almost-middle-aged men.

A convincing argument and summary.

Thread closed

Rick Astley.

Mani.

Marcus Rashford.

Judi Dench.

Peter Capaldi.

Shazia Mirza.

Helen Mirren.

Mick Jones.

Aziz Ibrahim.

Rob Halford.

Don Letts.

Miriam Margolyes.

Bill Nighy.

Charlie Watts.

Wilko Johnson.

Julie Walters.

Samuel L Jackson

Travolta, possibly

Travolta? The wig wearing, closeted Scientologist?
Nah.

See also Johnny Marr - bad dye job.

No one cool was ever named on a list of cool people.

Steve Earle, or is that just surprising!!

With celebrities, it's impossible to know what they're really like (c.f. Mel Gibson), but I was always impressed with how Warren Beatty reacted to a comedy ambush by Garry Macdonald. I think a lot of Hollywood people would have thrown a tantrum over having their time wasted.

Bob Mould

Tim Burgess

Shirley Manson

Brian Cox

Steve Earle, or is that just surprising!!

I appreciate that you and I are the two Steve Earle fans on the forum, but I don't think he's cool, in fact, I can imagine he's a bit of a knob, and the fact that he's the common denominator in his seven(?) failed marriages suggests that too.

Pretty sure I saw John Robb on the beach in Arnside last night, I reckon he could count as cool just about. 🙂

I'm not sure about this 'young people don't care about being cool' stuff - surely having lots of followers on tiktok is the height of cool these days and lots of youngsters seem to be pretty obsessed with that.

I'm glad no one thinks John Lydon is cool any more.

Ewan Mcgregor.

Don Letts.

With some friends, we met him after a gig a few years ago, he definitely wasn't cool, but something else beginning with C.

Kristin Scott Thomas.

Steve McQueen was cool. Possibly the definition of cool in his time, same with James Dean and Debbie Harry.

Now though, it's fleeting. Iconic celebrities seem to be manufactured and have a short shelf life. I'm not sure I could name one person in film or music that is young and could be classed as cool.

But then I am old and work in IT.

Jeff Goldblum

Kylie

Daveed Diggs

I’m not sure I could name one person in film or music that is young and could be classed as cool.

I consulted with a child and these are the correct answers.

Jesus! this thread couldn't display how old and out of touch with modern day culture STW`ers really are!

I’m not sure about this ‘young people don’t care about being cool’ stuff – surely having lots of followers on tiktok is the height of cool these days and lots of youngsters seem to be pretty obsessed with that.

I think I'm trying to draw a distinction between being cool and being popular. Most people enjoy the latter but perhaps they get there in a different way by being genuine, inclusive, accepting and less self-conscious. Maybe.

Or, to put it another way, it doesn't seem necessary to be aloof, distant and uncaring (AKA 'cool') to have friends in 2021.

That singer from Savages, she's cool.

Jesus! this thread couldn’t display how old and out of touch with modern day culture STW`ers really are!

You do realise most folk are taking the piss (or is that not cool these days)?

George Greenough

Legendary surfer, inventor and film maker.

Cuts his own hair using a bowl over his head, has only worn shoes twice in his life and now lives in a pyramid.

trailwagger
Free Member
Jesus! this thread couldn’t display how old and out of touch with modern day culture STW`ers really are!

or they've read the OP, is reading not cool these days?

Rumer
Sade
Anna Nalick
Tina Arena
The Hoff
The two guys from CHiPS (still showing nightly on ForcesTV) - well they were when I was 10
Daley Thompson
Edit: Laird Hamilton

Marcus Rashford is pretty cool. And Dawn Butler. And Gareth Southgate.

The Hoff

Oh yeah.

I was going to say Lenny Kravitz isn't cool. But he is , if you compare him to 'Call me Dave' Cameron. Probably

Iconic celebrities seem to be manufactured and have a short shelf life.

Yeah like Beyonce who's only been around since 1990. Or Missy Elliott who started a girl group in 1991.

Back to older white dudes - Jeremy Jones is pretty damn cool. Travis Rice not so much.