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[Swingin' Ryan]

Has anybody seen this? Number One...the guy from the Artic Monkeys...are you fucking kidding?

Brandon Flowers two places ahead of Bob Dylan? Baffling.

10 points to the guy from The Towers of London though, I don't think I've ever heard his band but on the strength of his bit, they're my new favourite one. 90 percent of the entrants turn up to the photo shoot looking like they've fallen off the pages of My Space and answer the little blurb questions with shit like "My definition of cool?...whatever you want it to be."

The guy from Towers of London is wearing a white vest with "Fuck Cool" written on it, Aviator shades and says his first memory of something cool is "the first time he looked in the mirror". Thank God someone making music still has a sense of humour.

I'm going to make it my life's mission to get on that cool list and say something vaguely interesting.

Originally Posted by Swingin' Ryan

I'm going to make it my life's mission to get on that cool list and say something vaguely interesting.

i don't think i'd take much more than putting a hamster in your mouth and saying it tasted like chicken (without actually having eaten the animal, but for the sake of publicity, we can say otherwise).

[Voodoo Chile]

Yeah i'm with you there bud, it's fuckin stupid, Artic Monkeys turn up for 10 mins and already NME put them number 1! look at the fuckin state of the guy! that's cool? i hate the whole "you're cool if you're uncool" shit, I mean i get were they're coming from but at least make a fuckin effort! i'd sooner look thru it and see a big fuck off piciture of Jimmy Page in his sparking wizards outfit! back then rock n' roll stars where sumthin to aspire to and idolise and we get stuck with fuckin geek boy!

[Swingin' Ryan]

Originally Posted by pop-notmyface

i don't think i'd take much more than putting a hamster in your mouth and saying it tasted like chicken (without actually having eaten the animal, but for the sake of publicity, we can say otherwise).

Judging by this list, all you have to do is be in a band (or have been in a band at some point in your life, even if you've only been in a band for about 2 weeks), and wear a polo shirt.

Originally Posted by Voodoo Chile

i hate the whole "you're cool if you're uncool" shit, I mean i get were they're coming from but at least make a fuckin effort! i'd sooner look thru it and see a big fuck off piciture of Jimmy Page in his sparking wizards outfit! back then rock n' roll stars where sumthin to aspire to and idolise

Exactly!

[Jan Deal]

Towers of London are poo.

I wasn't surprised in the slightest that "Arctic Monkeys lead singer man" was a number 1, NME have been creaming their pants over them even more than they did about the Libertines. Shame that none of the Arctic Monkeys have a personality like Pete or Carl.

Marks off for having Damon Albarn anywhere near a cool list, least of all placing him at 12.

acutally. that's true. as long as you're down with the fasion trend and the indie sound, you'll be alright for a while. but i can assure, some of these will not be in that list in the future, but Bob Dylan will remain for sure. it takes more than looking fashionable and saying something cool.

[Skacel]

a 'cool list' just sums up nme magazine

[HummerOfIntenseEvil]

Originally Posted by Skacel

a 'cool list' just sums up nme magazine

Exactly.

It's fucking playground stuff.

Towers Of London - they're shit, but it takes some guts to have a band where every member looks like Vim Fuego from Bad News. And they were SUPPOSED to be a joke.....

[Larsen B]

Originally Posted by Skacel

a 'cool list' just sums up nme magazine

Sounds like you take it even more seriously than them. I think NME should at least keep it consistently contemporary. That geriatric Dylan shouldn't be anywhere nearer a cool list than that Artic Monkey should be.