Go go Gossip girl. Beth Ditto is the first bird to top NME‘s annual “Cool List.” The Brit rag’s 2005 countdown placed Alex Turner at #1; the Arctic Monkey’s dropped 31 points (the science behind this is complicated). But don’t feel bad for him. Last year’s third place, Kanye West, is off the list entirely. Not cool! Despite the $1 million video and outspoken support of miscegenation? NME, you just lost all credibility. Oh, and Noel Gallagher is not pleased.
1 Beth Ditto (The Gossip)
2 Faris Rotter (The Horrors)
3 Lily Allen
4 Jarvis Cocker
5 Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
6 Kieren Webster (The View)
7 Kate Jackson (The Long Blondes)
8 Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance)
9 Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
10 Lovefoxxx (CSS)
11 Paul Simonon (The Good, The Bad & The Queen)
12 Liam Gallagher (Oasis)
13 Jamie Reynolds (Klaxons)
14 The House Of Lords (The Young Knives)
15 Tahita Bulmer (New Young Pony Club)
16 Cee-Lo (Gnarls Barkley)
17 Ryan Ross (Panic! At The Disco)
18 Carl Barat (Dirty Pretty Things)
19 Jack White (The White Stripes/The Raconteurs)
20 Jamie Frost (The Automatic)
21 Serge Pizzorno (Kasabian)
22 Eugene Hutz (Gogol Bordello)
23 Albert Hammond Jr (The Strokes)
24 Meg White (The White Stripes)
25 Jay-Z (Budweiser Select)
26 Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
27 Matt Bellamy (Muse)
28 Pete Doherty (Babyshambles)
29 Brandon Flowers (The Killers)
30 Statik
31 Richard Hawley
32 Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)
33 Vincent Vincent (Vincent Vincent & The Villains)
34 Lupe Fiasco
35 Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip)
36 Mike Patton
37 Jamie Williams (Tilly & The Wall)
38 Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream)
39 Mike Skinner (The Streets)
40 Ali Love
41 Tunde Adebimpe (TV On The Radio)
42 Mince (The Fratellis)
43 Devendra Banhart
44 Sam Duckworth (Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly)
45 Victoria Bergman (Ex-The Concretes)
46 Jackie McKeown (1990s)
47 George Barnett (These New Puritans)
48 Cat Power
49 Thorunn Antonia (Fields)
50 Amy Winehouse
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wtf is that list about anyway? who cares…
Beth Ditto eh? Okay, I suppose shes TONS of cool…
Beth Ditto eh? Okay, I suppose shes TONS of cool…
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wondered how many posts it’d take before some jerk posted a fat joke. only need to hit the post button once buddy.
yay beth ditto!
beth ditto is fucking awesome. i might be in love with her.
I was waiting for the “NME doesn’t care about black people” post, but it never came…so here it goes.
“NME doesn’t care about black people.”
Sorry, somebody HAD to.
just for the record, I’m far more excited about the people who made 26-50 than 1-25.
Beth is really great. that might be the only thing they got right. NME and pretty much england at this point are absolute shit
How are brandon flowers, ryan ross, and gerard way cooler than mike patton? I know they’re more popular, and that peeping tom isn’t as good as mr bungle or faith no more. blah blah blah indie hipster rambling, mike patton is god.
Nice subtle Jigga stab, by the way.
The Soulwax Nite Version mix of that track is BANANAS.
What? No Jack Black? Hmmm.
I love the Gossip, but I’ve pretty much missed why/how they got hyped in England/NME. Anyone want to clue me in?
I love the Gossip, but I’ve pretty much missed why/how they got hyped in England/NME. Anyone want to clue me in?
YAY Eugene Hutz!!!
It’s pretty sad when only 5 out of 50 on the “cool list” can actually write a tune. When did coolness differentiate from talent?
Lily Allen at number three – she deserves more. Beth, ‘who is she!?’, at number one – really NME!
yay karen o
yay karen o
yay karen o
sorry about the double post
my computor froze
In what possible world is Albert Hammond Jr. cooler than Keef?
I LOVE THE BETH DITTO!! I met her once at a show in Baton Rouge. The absolute nicest musician I’ve met in years; she stayed around after the show and talked to everybody that was there, signing records and just generally being cool (even though she was sick with the flu).
I’m not sure when the Goxxip got big on the island but more power to them. It may have been the righteous dance-punx of the last record, which seems more British(youth) friendly than their normal blues.
Hilarious saying Jay-Z = “Budweiser Select.”
While this list is questionable, Beth Ditto is certainly cooler than all the other people on it by leaps and bounds.
While this list is questionable, Beth Ditto is certainly cooler than all the other people on it by leaps and bounds.
While this list is questionable, Beth Ditto is certainly cooler than all the other people on it by leaps and bounds.
god you yanks never get the right end of the stick.
i’ll spell it out for you, if you don’t understand this list:
the nme is a bunch of teenagers voting on what they indiviually found cool this year.
that’s it! easy, huh?
nothing more, nothing less.
I can picture all the NME writers sitting around a table until one says: “I Got it! Let’s make a list of the cooooooolest celebrities!” “Champion Idea! Simply tell people which celebrities are cool! They will absolutely love us!”
The funny thing is it probably happened just like this.
The funnier thing is that people are now debating who should’ve been ranked higher…
i’m suprised patrick wolf didn’t make this list. NME is obsessed with wolf.
I am the only one who’s a little disturbed that Pete Doherty made the list? Because drug abuse is soooo cool.
Pete means a lot more to people than you think, obviously. I’m surprised he wasn’t higher on the list, to be honest.
Also, where is Patrick Wolf??
Seriously, the Brits no longer have any credibility when it comes to music. Idiots can’t let go of dated-as-fuck music. I never want to hear one more thing about Oasis and the steaming pile of shit that came after.
Besides, Cat Power is cooler than anyone on that list.
“Seriously, the Brits no longer have any credibility when it comes to music. Idiots can’t let go of dated-as-fuck music. I never want to hear one more thing about Oasis and the steaming pile of shit that came after.”
says the jadeed hipster
“Seriously, the Brits no longer have any credibility when it comes to music. Idiots can’t let go of dated-as-fuck music. I never want to hear one more thing about Oasis and the steaming pile of shit that came after.”
says the jaded hipster
Yur ALL stuppid.
Im cooler then every1 on that list.
Janney,
cat power’s 48, and even though chan is cool, she’s not cool enough to be cooler than herself.
seriously, panic at the disco?
pukevomitbarf
I thought the Brits disapproved of Panic?
I’m british and I luurve Panic!!! I think thats a bit of a myth to be honest. Ryan Ross is amazing I am glad he is on the list.
what the fuck? matt bellamy number 27? that is the biggest crop of shit i have read in years, he should be number 1 by a mile. no one on that list comes close, sort it out egg heads. theres no excuse for that. i demand the issue be recalled, re-printed and re-released with every person in the top 50 being a member of muse, or jack black, or dave grohl. seriously.
Paul Simonon less cool than Gerard Way? Give me a friggin’ break. The guy was in The Clash for fucks sake.
HELLO??? where the HELL is DAMON ALBARN???????? THATS what I want to know
im just glad carls higher up then pete on the list!
Lily allens 3rd tahts awsome =]
should be higer..
but hey, guess your know huh..
jamie reynolds is totally overrated. it’s all about simon taylor from klaxons! lovefoxxx should definitely be higher, and so should albert hammond jr. nme gets on my nerves.
“what the fuck? matt bellamy number 27? that is the biggest crop of shit i have read in years, he should be number 1 by a mile. no one on that list comes close, sort it out egg heads. theres no excuse for that. i demand the issue be recalled, re-printed and re-released with every person in the top 50 being a member of muse, or jack black, or dave grohl. seriously.”
wow, matt bellamy. i didn’t realise it was cool to rip off Thom Yorke’s vocals