three motherfuckin' godfathers of punk
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Saturday, 18 March 2017 17:29 (seven years ago) link
English musician Pete Townshend has been referred to as the "Godfather of Punk"
― new noise, Saturday, 18 March 2017 17:37 (seven years ago) link
Has Garth Brooks actually been referred to as the Godfather of Country? That's weird.
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 March 2017 17:38 (seven years ago) link
hard to look past Adolfo Constanzo
― Pengest & Corsa (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 18 March 2017 17:38 (seven years ago) link
he's more like the creepy Uncle of country
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Saturday, 18 March 2017 17:38 (seven years ago) link
Godfather of Mat
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Saturday, 18 March 2017 17:39 (seven years ago) link
Lotta godfathers of punk mostly worthless
― The night before all about day (darraghmac), Saturday, 18 March 2017 17:40 (seven years ago) link
The 'godfather of punk' dies at 78. Alan Vega, one half of punk duo Suicide, has died at the age of 78
― new noise, Saturday, 18 March 2017 17:41 (seven years ago) link
godfather of weed seems a challengeable claim
― mark s, Saturday, 18 March 2017 17:43 (seven years ago) link
And another--could probably turn up at least 15 or 20 in a search.
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140204-they-knew-the-godfather-of-punk
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 March 2017 17:44 (seven years ago) link
See alsoGod the FatherGodmother (disambiguation)List of people considered father or mother of a field
― samovars are trying to steep (wins), Saturday, 18 March 2017 17:45 (seven years ago) link
in a sense there is no one who is not the godfather pf punk
― mark s, Saturday, 18 March 2017 17:45 (seven years ago) link
Fine artMore information: Subject, Father/mother ...Subject Father/mother ReasonCowboy sculpture Frederic Remington[1] Created first bronze cowboy sculpture in 1895Close
― samovars are trying to steep (wins), Saturday, 18 March 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
voting for the Avenging Disco Godfather
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Saturday, 18 March 2017 17:47 (seven years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorific_nicknames_in_popular_music
it's curious what the criteria is for who gets to be a godfather, who is just a father etc (two ppl who are just God w/noqualification- Clapton and Todd Rudgren)
Sun of Art is the best one imo.
― soref, Saturday, 18 March 2017 18:10 (seven years ago) link
so all you need for that article is one terrible journalist using an epithet and there you go, Adele is the Queen of Soul
― Pengest & Corsa (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 18 March 2017 18:16 (seven years ago) link
quite an accomplishment for Bruce Lee to become the Godfather of Karate without doing karate
― Brad C., Saturday, 18 March 2017 18:18 (seven years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51J%2BomSuDcL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
― mark s, Saturday, 18 March 2017 18:22 (seven years ago) link
I remember reading through that honorific nicknames list a couple of years ago and noting the number of Mexican madonnas (which isn't all that surprising really)
― samovars are trying to steep (wins), Saturday, 18 March 2017 18:29 (seven years ago) link
whether "Motor City Madman" should be counted as an honorific is the sort of shit i would get into fights over if i was depressed enough to be a Wikipedia editor
― Pengest & Corsa (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 18 March 2017 18:47 (seven years ago) link
Ray quickly earned the nicknames "Mr. Emotion", "The Nabob of Sob", and "The Prince of Wails",[5] and several others.[13]
― samovars are trying to steep (wins), Saturday, 18 March 2017 18:49 (seven years ago) link
my dad used to tell me about seeing Johnnie Ray in a completely packed out Wolverhampton Civic Hall
― Pengest & Corsa (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 18 March 2017 18:55 (seven years ago) link
I first came across the nickname "the nabob of sob" in energy flash (talking about the Ray sample in that portishead song) and thought it was something Reynolds came up with
― samovars are trying to steep (wins), Saturday, 18 March 2017 18:57 (seven years ago) link
thought snoop was the doggfather
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 March 2017 19:16 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link
Birth, School, Work, Death
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 00:06 (seven years ago) link
James Brown was not a very admirable human being, but damn, he's the Godfather of Soul and he's unfuckwithable.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 00:11 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 30 March 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link