MUSICIAN WITH MOST UNIMPEACHABLE LEVEL OF COOL

[Phillycat]

Poll question: MUSICIAN WITH MOST UNIMPEACHABLE LEVEL OF COOL

I think this one is pretty self-explanatory. Highest level of cool factor, vote! NO, you don't get an "other" choice! What do you think this is, a democracy? Damn!

[underpants]

1. The Hung one

[Phillycat]

2. We're not talking about you, here, we're talking about musicians!

:evilgrin:

[Richardo]

7. .

[underpants]

9. Oh I thought you meant all ARTISTS

;-) :spank::bounce:

[no name no slogan]

8. You mean Iggy Pop?

See photo on this page (WARNING: nudity-- not work safe).

[LoZoccolo]

3. Liam Gallagher n/t

[Phillycat]

5. Oh, for heaven's sake.

:P

[GumboYaYa]

4. Major Omission - Miles Davis,

Miles gets my vote.

[Phillycat]

6. You know, I don't think of Miles as cool in the way I mean

He's obviously amazing, and a genius, and awesome. But cool in the Charlie Parker, Coltrane mold...it's a different thing. Obviously very subjective. :)

[Shakespeare]

10. Other - Chrissie Hynde.

And Waits is a tie for first.

[Phillycat]

11. I voted for Tom Waits!

And yes, Chrissie Hynde is wicked cool. :)

[warrens]

12. Where's John Cale?

It just doesn't get any cooler than John Cale. Hell, he produced the first Stooges, Patti Smith, Squeeze, Modern Lovers and so many more, that should do it by itself. Not to mention his work with John Cage, Lamonte Young, Velvet Underground, Eno, Twyla Tharp, ad infinitum.

And still rocking hard in his 60s.

[Phillycat]

15. John Cale is extremely cool.

Forgive me! They only give me ten slots! :cry:

[puerco-bellies]

13. Anybody ever hear of Miles Davis? (Late post)

"Birth of the Cool" I'm not that in to jazz, but this guy must be mentioned in a Cool Musicians thread.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_of_the_Cool

Edited because someone acknowledged Miles while I was posting.

[Phillycat]

16. As I said above...he's awesome!

Forgive me! :cry:

[XNASA]

14. Bryan Ferry

[Phillycat]

17. God, that is a cool picture.

Ten slots, dammit! Ten! :D

[WCGreen]

18. Here Here.....

And Bruce.....

[Phillycat]

19. Springsteen or Cockburn?

Both extremely cool.

[Loge23]

33. You can come over anytime!

Two of my favorites right there.

[Phillycat]

34. Be right there!

Got any pretzels?

[Loge23]

35. Got pretzels!

We can reminisce about the '86 WS. I have the tapes!

[WCGreen]

77. Springsteen.....

But Cockburn does the sense of cool proud....

[johnnie]

30. I just saw some shows on dvd of Roxy Music not long ago

It had one show with Eno and another one after he split. It was some pretty good stuff.

He also had some Sparks shows. It was a pretty "artsy" evening. :toast:

[Burma Jones]

20. Cash

[Phillycat]

21. That may be the best picture ever.

:thumbsup:

[Initech]

26. Damn straight!

[sendero]

40. You know Johnny's cool..

... he even puts the nuts on his bird like a real man :)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

22. Trane baby!

Trane!

[Phillycat]

23. Yuh.

I can't believe Charlie Parker hasn't gotten a vote, though. I mean, who was cooler than Bird?

[Tikki]

24. Tom Petty.........n/t

[Phillycat]

25. Can a guy with hair that bad be unimpeachably cool?

He's pretty cool, though, you're right. :D

[Skelington]

27. Van Morrison......INTO THE MYSTIC. beyond the "poll"(pun intended).

[Phillycat]

28. I thought about Van the Man

But then he did "Brown Eyed Girl" and, as much as I love that song, there is just nothing cool about that. :D

[Stevendsmith]

29. No Miles Davis? (n/t)

[Jim Warren]

31. Right O

No Miles Davis, no birth of cool.

[Phillycat]

32. I'm sorry!

:cry:

[zauberflote]

36. John Lennon

There was no one cooler in the 70s when he was living in NY.
And though I love Van Morrison, part of his appeal is he's the opposite of cool.

[Phillycat]

37. Lennon was cool

But then there were periods of his career where he was so very UNcool, you know? Which is part of the appeal for him. :)

[doc03]

38. Where the hell is Willie Nelson?

[Phillycat]

39. ONLY. TEN. SLOTS.

:cry:

[MadHound]

41. What, no Miles? What about Monk? Or Garcia? C'mon now

:evilgrin:

Yes, I know you only had ten slots, I'm just being a smarmy bastard. Perhaps you need to set this up as a three part poll, two prelims and a final runoff:shrug:

[Phillycat]

43. I did that years ago with the BEST MOVIE EVER voting.

There was no poll function then. We narrowed it down through a full week of preliminary rounds, and then did the finals on a Friday. If I remember correctly, Citizen Kane won, but close runner-ups were Seven Samurai, Vertigo, and The Godfather. It was fun! If we had archives available, I'd pull it up for you.

[ET Awful]

42. Any list of "cool" is not complete without Miles Davis

Now HE was the epitome of cool.

[Phillycat]

44. Oh, for god's sake.

:D

[ET Awful]

45. Just to be fair, I hadn't read everyone else's replies before I posted

otherwise I would've kept my mouth . . . keyboard . . . shut :P

Sorry :)

[Phillycat]

47. Heh.

S'okay. :hi:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

46. No Miles Davis? No John Lennon?

:wtf:

You can't have a list of the "unimpeachable" without Miles and John. Seriously.

I'm boycotting this biased poll.... :eyes:

:P :P :P

:hi:

[Phillycat]

48. I'VE HAD IT WITH YOU PEOPLE! NOW LOOK!

I am sorry! The man is a genius! I love him! His contribution to music is invaluable! He's fantastic and wonderful and I'm thinking about being him for Halloween! But THIS:





IS NOT COOL! In fact, the entire 1980's, until he passed, was NOT COOL FOR MILES DAVIS! I used the word UNIMPEACHABLE for a reason!

Damn! :D

[WritingIsMyReligion]

50. Oh, bah.

That's the epitome of ridiculous--which is entirely cool. There would BE no cool without Miles, and 'Trane, and Bird. Miles is cool BEYOND cool.

:P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P

[Phillycat]

53. You...I...but...DAMMIT!

:D

[WritingIsMyReligion]

54. Hah.

Gotcha.

:P

[democracyindanger]

49. Hey, where's Miles Davis?

:P

[Phillycat]

51. I wish I was dead.

:cry:

[tigereye]

55. it's ok Jane

see, you need a jazz one and a pop/rock one. That would make it all better. ;)


then you could add Monk, Miles, and Mingus. Weird, all those m's!
Great concept, BTW.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

57. Don't forget Bill Evans!

One of the best crack/heroin addicts ever!

:P

[tigereye]

70. I didn't know about his addiction

somehow I missed that one. I evidently need to get out my giant jazz tome and read some more!

However, "everybody digs Bill Evans"

:hi:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

73. Indeed they do.

:D

Evans was a massive heroine addict, then a crackhead, IIRC. He died of pneumonia induced by psychoactive drugs and liver failure--not surprising in the least.

But was he ever brilliant! And not just in a musical sense--some of his writings on music and jazz and the piano were astoundingly profound.

:hi:

[tigereye]

74. a lot of those folks sadly, were addicted to heroin and other

substances. Interesting juxtaposition between art, talent and the need to enhance those qualities or dampen them with drugs/alcohol/what have you.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

75. Yes, indeedy.

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[WritingIsMyReligion]

52. !

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Droopy]

56. I'm sure they are or were all fine people

But I don't get into any of them.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

58. If Miles Davis was up there, THEN would you be into this poll?

I thought so.

:silly:

:P

[Droopy]

60. Nope

Miles was too damn slow for my taste. Now put Zack Wylde up there and he might get my vote.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

62. *horrified gasp*

*clutches Kind of Blue to chest*

You DIDN'T!

:wow::wow:

:grr:

Don't worry, Miles, we'll just go on....Ignore these uneducated FReeps.... :eyes:

:P :P :P :P :P

:hi:

[Droopy]

63. lol!

If I have insomnia I listen to Miles. Works every time. :D

[WritingIsMyReligion]

64. WhatEVer.

:eyes:

:P

[reyd reid reed]

59. Heh...seems to me that the hands-down winner didn't even make the poll

But I'm not doing to mention any names

M.D.

or say anything else that might make you want to run screaming from the lounge,

like suggesting any initials (M.D.)

because that could be considered indelicate and impolite

or mention that his name is synonymous with 'cool', even when he's Not mentioned by name

because my mother always told me I should play nice.

:D

[WritingIsMyReligion]

61. I think I love you.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[taterguy]

65. Mike D from the Beastie Boys?

Never been very good at picking up subtle hints

[Phillycat]

66. SEE POST 48 DAMMIT.

:D

I'm going home now! You people suck! Kisses!

[kwassa]

67. I won't mention any names, either, but ...

[WritingIsMyReligion]

68. A picture's worth a thousand words.

;)

:rofl:

[Phillycat]

69. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, I can't stop laughing over here. SEE POST 48 AND GOODNIGHT! :D

[indigo32]

71. I'd love to contribute

but this thread is killing me I'm laughing so hard.
Wheres Miles? :*

[WritingIsMyReligion]

72. That's what about 15 of us also want to know.

:silly:

[Spirochete]

76. WHAT??? No Tiny Tim?

[SeattleGirl]

78. Johnny Cash!

Most definitely, Johnny Cash!

[MrScorpio]

79. Miles Davis = Cool

It's in my Funk and Wagnalls

[Starbucks Anarchist]

80. Miles Davis!

[foxtrotter]

81. Well, since Paul Westerberg isn't on the list...

I guess I'll have to go with Johnny Cash.