|
|
Post by Ball Ox on Jun 27, 2006 8:06:41 GMT
Don Henley, Jim Morrison, Jeff Buckley
please add further names...
|
|
pagey
Joe Brolly
Posts: 102
|
Post by pagey on Jun 27, 2006 8:19:31 GMT
Mine would be Jim Morrison, Axl Rose, Bruce Springsteen
|
|
|
|
Post by whyohwhy on Jun 27, 2006 10:20:33 GMT
Phil Lynott is Mr. Cool.
|
|
|
|
Post by whyohwhy on Jun 27, 2006 14:51:29 GMT
Shane McGowan for his utter disregard for his own teeth (and health),
Iggy Pop
|
|
|
|
Post by tommymoore on Jun 27, 2006 14:58:54 GMT
Shane McGowan isn't cool, he's an alcoholic idiot who has destroyed his talent by crazy levels of drinking for the last 25 years or so.
|
|
|
|
Post by whyohwhy on Jun 27, 2006 15:04:27 GMT
Shane McGowan isn't cool, he's an alcoholic idiot who has destroyed his talent by crazy levels of drinking for the last 25 years or so. you could say the same for jim morrison and axl rose |
|
|
|
Post by iamthelaw on Jun 27, 2006 22:28:30 GMT
Freddie Mercury
(I don't care, I think he's class)
(& smite to anyone who thought "now that explains a lot")
Does Johnny Cash count, or is he the coolest country star ever?
|
|
|
|
Post by jimmyhillschin on Jun 28, 2006 7:37:07 GMT
Keith Richards (even after his recent fall out of a tree).
Ritchie Blackmore purely because of his outrageous arrogance
More to follow...
|
|
|
|
Post by Ball Ox on Jun 28, 2006 7:47:23 GMT
Elvis???
|
|
|
|
Post by Ball Ox on Jun 28, 2006 7:51:04 GMT
Freddie Mercury (I don't care, I think he's class) (& smite to anyone who thought "now that explains a lot") Does Johnny Cash count, or is he the coolest country star ever? Thats a new thread law lad. Im with you in principle but not on this thread. Could also fit into coolest American ever... after me |
|
|
|
Post by jimmyhillschin on Jun 28, 2006 8:13:37 GMT
Johnny Cash would have to qualify as on of the Coolest Rock Stars Ever. He had the "soul" of a rock and roll star
Another few:
Lou Reed
David Crosby (although he did lose the plot later on in life)
Steve Marriot - Mod Icon
Paul Weller - Modfather
|
|
|
|
Post by therock67 on Jun 28, 2006 8:15:40 GMT
Shane McGowan isn't cool, he's an alcoholic idiot who has destroyed his talent by crazy levels of drinking for the last 25 years or so. Jim Morrison, Phil Lynott and Jeff Buckley are dead because of their excesses. Iggy Pop, Axl Rose are infamous abusers of drugs and alcohol. Why single out MacGowan for mention? Still performing, still writing songs. He may be an alcoholic but he's no idiot. |
|
|
|
Post by therock67 on Jun 28, 2006 8:19:13 GMT
In an Irish context I'd like to suggest Fearghal McKee. Loads of enigma about that man and anyone who burns a Sunday Independent on stage is alright by me.
|
|
|
|
Post by Ball Ox on Jun 28, 2006 8:21:43 GMT
Shane McGowan isn't cool, he's an alcoholic idiot who has destroyed his talent by crazy levels of drinking for the last 25 years or so. Jim Morrison, Phil Lynott and Jeff Buckley are dead because of their excesses. Iggy Pop, Axl Rose are infamous abusers of drugs and alcohol. Why single out MacGowan for mention? Still performing, still writing songs. He may be an alcoholic but he's no idiot. I dont get your point rocky? Are Jime Morrison etc more rock and roll because they are dead, or are you saying Axl Rose etc were more clever?  ? Yours Confuesd Rangers |
|
|
|
Post by jimmyhillschin on Jun 28, 2006 8:22:10 GMT
Rory Gallagher was cool, great music, loved the gargle but wasn't as over the top as some aforementioned rock stars.(Even though he died of pneumonia after getting a liver transplant)
|
|
|
|
Post by therock67 on Jun 28, 2006 8:29:10 GMT
Jim Morrison, Phil Lynott and Jeff Buckley are dead because of their excesses. Iggy Pop, Axl Rose are infamous abusers of drugs and alcohol. Why single out MacGowan for mention? Still performing, still writing songs. He may be an alcoholic but he's no idiot. I dont get your point rocky? Are Jime Morrison etc more rock and roll because they are dead, or are you saying Axl Rose etc were more clever? ? Yours Confuesd Rangers I'm pointing out that tommymoore reckons that Shane MacGowan isn't cool because he's an alcoholic yet half the guys named so far died because of drugs and alcohol so I reckon he has something else against MacGowan or else double standards. |
|
|
|
Post by Ball Ox on Jun 28, 2006 8:48:57 GMT
OK. I dont rate him as a cool rock star. He's just a mess on stage, and he hasnt really shown that spark of genius that we have seen from Jim Mojo, Philo and Buckeres (I would not class Axl Rose as a cool rock star - no moments of ingenuity). So id like to clarify, they must have shown in their careers a consistent period of genius.
|
|
|
|
Post by jimmyhillschin on Jun 28, 2006 9:12:23 GMT
What would a constant period of geunis be? 1 year, 2 years, 1 month? How long does it have to be? |
|
|
|
Post by Ball Ox on Jun 28, 2006 9:51:07 GMT
How long is a piece of string??
|
|
|
|
Post by jimmyhillschin on Jun 28, 2006 10:07:52 GMT
As long as u make it
|
|
|
|
Post by tommymoore on Jun 28, 2006 12:43:30 GMT
The only thing I have against McGowan is that he wasted his talent. He may still be performing and writing songs but he had the talent to go a lot further than he did. Bye all accounts his latest performances are an absolute joke. He turns up hammered, hours late at times and you can hardly make out the songs he's singing. He had the world at his feet when he was with the Pogues in the 80s and wasted it all. That's why I referred to him as an idiot.
|
|
|
|
Post by therock67 on Jun 28, 2006 13:04:42 GMT
At least he's still alive. Why don't you have a go at Morrison or Buckley (dubious circumstances) or Lynnot? Did they not waste their talent?
I've yet to be disappointed by a MacGowan gig (Popes or Pogues) and I wonder if you've been? It might be an immature attitude to alcohol abuse but I don't want a clean-shaven, good looking, well-behaved man singing Fairytale of New York on the 23rd December. I want a drunken mess to be perfectly honest.
Also there is a common viewpoint out there that his work since the Pogues is of an inferior quality. That's a load of crap. Humbug has quoted some lyrics from The Crock of Gold on the lyrics thread that are as witty and biting as ever. Some of the songs on The Snake are exceptional - particularly the re-released version with Hanuted and You're the One. I'm off to the Lyrics thread to post some of the words.
|
|
|
|
Post by Ball Ox on Jun 28, 2006 15:14:51 GMT
Jimmy Hendrix, Eamonn Dunphy
|
|
|
|
Post by whyohwhy on Jun 28, 2006 15:50:55 GMT
Strange that no one has mentioned Mick Jagger yet, is he classifed as not cool now because he's still running around and is an embarressment?
|
|
|
|
Post by tommymoore on Jun 28, 2006 15:52:38 GMT
No never been to a Pogues gig but one of my mates was at his concert in Limerick a few years back and another was at one in the Oymypia last year and they both said the same thing, absolute thrash. If your looking for a drunken mess to sing fairytale of New York then you've got the right man in McGowan.
|
|
?