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):
2 comments:
Wow I never knew you felt that way Angus :P
It is interesting though how people (myself included) wear certain clothes, go to certain places, listen to certain music, because they identify with a certain group and what is represented by that group. In turn, that helps them work out who they are and where they fit into the world. And then people have different ideas about what is "cool" depending on the group they identify with.
Maybe Angus you identify with a group that wishes to question mainstream fashions and culture, or more particularly, questions people that give up their own identity so that they can better identify themselves as belonging to a particular group.
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