Coolest Songs Ever

[danthepoetman]

Oh! yes! you're absolutely right, Prospero! The Miles of the mid 50's, with John Coltrane, Red Garland, Philly Joe Jones and Phil Chambers, or the new quatuors and quintets of the early 60's was the "coolest" period, cooler than the "cool" jazz.

[Stavros]

Is cool the mastery of emotions through the appearance of indifference, or a cover for existential panic and anxiety?

We Real Cool

The Pool Players.
Seven at the Golden Shovel.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.



Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)

[Prospero]

Interesting verse Stavros... thanks

[JenniferParisHusband]

Gotta be "Stolen Car", for me anyway. Always like the way Sting is descriptive in his songs.

http://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube...earch/sting%2B

[nysprod]

The Bangles "Get The Girl"

[Prospero]

For all the girls.... the incomparable Chet Baker

[EvaCassini]

"I'm Impressed" by They Might Be Giants.
Lovely tune and beat. Great to listen to while running hard on the treadmill!
"Impressive" under-tonal lyrical meanings. Mainly about the "Powerful and Shifty" G W Bush and also about how leaders can bend their finger and things go as they want for them at whim... UNTIL ...DUN DUN DUN...the people finally revolt and become free of tyranny! The video is also very tale-telling of the under tones and also the video is beautifully crafted "paper-stop-motion animation!"

And of coarse, Linnell's voice is so soothing and inflects the tone.

[Quiet Reflections]

Not the coolest ever but still very cool to me. Its about stopping drug use and moving past that phase of life and that holds great meaning for me

[Quiet Reflections]

To me this is the coolest song ever........well my favorite anyway