I'm gonna make one of Angus' grand, sweeping generalisations here. Cool, and being cool, is a load of bollocks (yes, I know I sound like an old man). The sooner we-as-a-society move away from it, the better off we'll be.
I reckon one of the first cool people was James Dean. Back then, the idea of being cool was to be a rebel, and not to care what other people thought. Unfortunately, it now means following the latest fads, and often being cruel and manipulative and (ironically) constantly thinking about what other people think about you.
I think cool has been corrupted by advertisers to make us greedy, avaricious and selfish - basically they want to sell us crap. I've decided that I'd much rather be free than cool. What're your thoughts?
By the way, I've written a song about this - you can listen to it here (it's the 4th song), or go to my jamendo page (for lyrics, etc):
Saturday, 8 March 2008
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