Music that makes you feel cool

Listening to Sharp Dressed Man on headphones while walking always turns my walk into a strut. This is despite the fact that I am definitely not a Sharp Dressed Man.

Ladytron would make me feel cool circa 2000

Railroad Jerk – “Rollerkoaster”

https://youtu.be/RmRZbdyDkWE

Blonde Redhead – “I Don’t Want U”

https://youtu.be/fngVDIBJVdc

Boredoms. Clash.

Non-controps here but fucking unassailable imo.

The Berlin-Detroit solar system of Carl Craig / Planet E, Drexciya / UR, Alec Empire / DHR / Geist, Tresor, etc was the coolest constellation I ever wanted to be part of (and I tried)- but I dunno if that stuff ever made me “feel cool” - in many ways it made me feel the opposite, and that was the point. Cool kids are generally awful people.

As a bureaucrat dad who’s just turned 40 the fact that I got to shoot the shit with Alec Empire while he was still wearing silver face paint outside of CBGB, and that Carl Craig bothered to listen to my demo - I did okay.

Anyway another outfit that makes me feel fucking super fucking cool - Girl Band, especially “Law Man” and the bodies in my garage cover.

White Light, White Heat, the song itself, original version. And yes it makes me swagger. Though not like Oasis. Referring of course to the u.k.indie "landfill" thread. Love it whenever that thread pops up.

Omg I totally forgot about Law Man by Girl Band. That track kills, man! Thanks for the reminder. Gonna go dig it up right now.

UNDER MY GARAGE

I know that’s two different tracks but listening to Girl Band really loud definitely answers this thread

Fuck yeah!! That track kicks my ass completely. There's a pretty swell live take on YT also. I was going crazy trying to recall who they remind me of, it's Boston's own Girls, Daved Hilds' old band. Particularly, reminds me of their fantastic single "Jeffery, I Hear You". Which I believe came out on Pere Ubu's label, Hearthan or Hearpen or wth it's called. Anyway, great art punk racket all around. I wish more contemporary rock bands went down that road. I mean that(Girl Hand track) is more obnoxiously noisy than most any Sonic Youth, for example.

Girl Band obviously. Damned auto-incorrect. Lol.

Though a girl hand is nice too. 😊

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5xziMBpf0Q

yo la tengo "ballad of red buckets"

DJ Shadow, This Time I'm Going to Try it My Way
Terry Callier, Ordinary Joe

super stupid

^word

As a bureaucrat dad who’s just turned 40 the fact that I got to shoot the shit with Alec Empire while he was still wearing silver face paint outside of CBGB, and that Carl Craig bothered to listen to my demo - I did okay

these are both v cool btw

the bureaucrat dad part or being in my forties part

I think bureaucrats are cool ^^;;

The Boys Are Back In Town makes me feel cool

Totally!! I blare that silby

New Kingdom

“Green Onions”

Jerry Lee Live at the Star Club, 1964

Fugazi, "Life and Limb"

mobb deep - murda muzik
prodigy - "genesis" + "three" feat. Cormega
Roc Marciano - Marcberg

Idris Muhammed's Turn this Mutha Out.

Pixies - Subbacultcha

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Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

I think Raw Power was pretty much created for this

Plays Pretty For Baby

Huggy Bear always makes me feel cool because it holds up in every way imaginable
And sad because not a lot of current bands followed their lead
And old

I wonder if there's a difference between feeling cool and cool experiences?

Anyway, Tindersticks were my first thought (even though if you listen closely to the lyrics, Staples is often not *cool*).

Certainly, around the second album they had an influence on what I thought was cool.

Johnny Bristol 'I wouldn't change a thing'

return of the mack
wanna be a baller
bette davis eyes

The Fall - Lay of the Labd.

Jesus & Mary Chain - Sidewalking

yes

Groovy funk and soul songs usually make me feel really cool like say:

Bill Withers - Who is he and what is he to you?
Marlena Shaw - Woman of the ghetto
George Mcrae - I get lifted

Portishead - Glorybox

Aaron Neville - Hercules
Outkast - Spottieottiedopaliscious

cosign withers, mccrae and neville

oh and return of the mack obvs

Return of the Mack will never be uncool. I went to youtube and searched for “return of the mack dance” and it proved my point; dance classes with middle-aged, overweight women, drunk white girls, a quinceañera party, dadbod dork alone in his room dancing to this song all looked cool doing it.

I was relistening to the classic three early albums by Siouxsie and the Banshees (Kaleidoscope - Juju - Kiss in the Dreamhouse), I think it's a very cool brand of post-punk/gothic. I don't really know which song to highlight though.

Euro free improv like The Thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vWHNwmzf1o

my cool post-punk/goth song is Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Talk About The Weather
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zceGhlEVBQU

I walked into a bar the other day and return of the Mack was playing. Apparently the bar paid some guys to do a playlist - good taste !

I beseech anyone to add Construcao by Chico Buarque to their 'walking down the street' playlist.

x-posts

Early Portishead was a good call.

When the levee breaks

"London Town" by Man Like Me

"All Good FM" by Famous Eno

"Very Special" from Money Jungle

Duke Ellington on the piano/on anything is the epitome of elegant Old Kool, he's one of the best!

Early Suede

Heart - crazy on you

velvet underground

since I was about 12 and first heard them

almost 20 years ago, but...

Air - Moon Safari
Koop - Waltz For Koop
Röyksopp - Melody A.M.
Nicola Conte - Bossa Per Due
Thievery Corporation - The Richest Man in Babylon
Arkestra One - S/T

T-Rex

yes

Marvin Gaye- Trouble Man

Good one

Bohannon - cut loose

t-rex otm

Curtis Mayfield's "Superfly" soundtrack
various Tangerine Dream

Sha Na Na - Rama Lama Ding Dong
Dionne Farris - I Know
Gordon Lightfoot - Early Morning Rain
Fastball - The Way

Ugk - international players anthem
Pretenders - precious
Heart - crazy on you
Xtina - ain’t no other man
Crimson and clover
Mostly any moloko

Edge of seventeen