Pevenseagull
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- Jul 20, 2003
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Not cool, cool, cool, not cool but brilliant and very cool.
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Favourite Bands who are deemed 'not cool'
- Thread starter *Gullsworth*
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Not cool, cool, cool, not cool but brilliant and very cool.
Pevenseagull
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- Jul 20, 2003
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Hang on....
Stato
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- Dec 21, 2011
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I'd go:
Joni - Can be brilliant, started out cool, got bogged down by involvement with jazz - Jazz can be cool, but is never cool for a pop star;
Blockheads - Ultra Cool with Dury, Cool making FGTH records for Trevor Horn, generally still cool unless Phil Jupitus is involved;
Suede - As cool as you can be coming from Haywards Heath. Music was overrated. Anderson's Bowie obsession got a bit wearing;
Japan - Cool. Sylvian's Bowie obsession got a bit wearing;
Associates - So cool that Morrissey wrote a song about one of them. McKenzie's Bowie obsession may have got wearing had they been around for longer.
When I was 12 or 13 I got into Bruce Springsteen and was ribbed mercilessly for it. People only thought of him in terms of Born in the USA and they misunderstood that anyway. I heard Darkness On The Edge of Town album at my Uncle's house and was hooked. Remains in my top 5 albums of all time. Still a massive fan to this day. He's regarded as a bit cooler these days.
I also liked Alice Cooper around the same age. Can't stand his stuff now though.
I also liked Alice Cooper around the same age. Can't stand his stuff now though.
Peter Grummit
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10CC. My favourite band when I was 10,11,12,13.
When punk came along they were seriously uncool. More recently, their innovative and clever songs have been much more widely recognised as important.
PG
When punk came along they were seriously uncool. More recently, their innovative and clever songs have been much more widely recognised as important.
PG
TWOCHOICEStom
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Blink-182. Never been cool. Never even really been good.
Still love them.
Still love them.
Peter Grummit
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Thanks for posting that, totally brilliant and cringeworthy at the same time.
1973 - Uncool
"Fashion" - Uncool
Music geeks - Uncool
Guitar playing - Totally cool
(see also The Eagles of that era)
PG
Peter Grummit
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Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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BS will never be considered cool, and I've never listened to him, but I devoured his recent autobiography, a fascinating insight into an amazing musical craftsman with unparalleled drive and passion. As I say, the music not my thing, but respect to the man for what he has achieved.
I think he is regarded as pretty cool these days.
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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Only by university physics students, otherwise no.
Well Eddie Vedder, Neil Young, Johnny Depp, and a rash of other musicians think he's cool enough to take to the stage with.
Weststander
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The Associates were super cool, unique and much loved. Brilliant at times during their all too short time.
Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Always thought that he was VERY odd and his music was shite/twee, each to their own though.
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Always thought that he was VERY odd and his music was shite/twee, each to their own though. He was very popular at the time but I thought it was just Grannies who liked him
According to a recent documentary he was the British Billy Joel, I thought I had been vindicated, seemingly not ..............
Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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I have no idea how anyone came to that conclusion, I cannot see any similarity at all, can you? As to Gilbert O'Sullivan I was half jesting, he was very big at the time. I just never got a man being dressed like a schoolboy in shorts and a silly pudding bowl haircut, maybe I should check his bank balance against mine though for a reason
pearl
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I loved Party Fears Two. I bought the single even though my record player was at my mum's. I used to carry it with me and play it at friends places. I was also obsessed with Joy Division even though my flat mate at the time described them as 'Music to slash your wrists to' .... I was a bit of a shoe gazing art student back then
How about Shoreham's own Leo Sayer. By no means a favourite of mine as the thread suggests but certainly uncool and I do appreciate the quality of the songs on his first two albums, "Silverbird" and "Just a Boy". He even referenced some local Shoreham landmarks in his song "The Bells of St Mary's" (St Mary's church and The Lady Jane pub, (now The Waterside Inn). That song's been removed from Youtube so instead i'll give you this sample from the same album
https://youtu.be/0Rwy14Bcqj8
https://youtu.be/0Rwy14Bcqj8
BRIGHT ON Q
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- Jul 5, 2003
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You are in for a treat!