Is Roy Orbison the godfather of Emo?

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Because "Crying" is pretty fucking emo.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Monday, 20 June 2005 23:36 (twenty years ago)

He's too ugly. So're the Promise Ring tho so maybe he qualifies.

― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Monday, 20 June 2005 23:39 (twenty years ago)

How else do you explain the glasses?

― Jena (JenaP), Monday, 20 June 2005 23:42 (twenty years ago)

"He's too ugly."

And how is that un-emo?

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Monday, 20 June 2005 23:43 (twenty years ago)

Guy Picciotto

― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Monday, 20 June 2005 23:47 (twenty years ago)

http://www.xsteadfastx.de/images/interviews/stilllife2.jpg

"Mercy"

― donut e-goo (donut), Monday, 20 June 2005 23:56 (twenty years ago)

why is that the picture that always comes up when someone starts an emo thread?

― chris andrews (fraew), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 00:09 (twenty years ago)

Why shouldn't it be?

― donut e-goo (donut), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 00:10 (twenty years ago)

Roy Orbison isn't the Godfather of EMO.

It's Eric Carmen.

"ALL BY MYSELF"

― Michael Costello (MichaelCostello1), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 00:20 (twenty years ago)

THIS THREAD MAKES JOHNNIE RAY CRY

http://www.gocontinental.com/photos/ray_johnny1p.jpg

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 00:25 (twenty years ago)

how the hell do you put Pictures in your threads?

Someone please tell me.

― Michael Costello (MichaelCostello1), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 00:28 (twenty years ago)

type "i" followed by the http address.

eg: ihttp://www.wehavepictures.com/yep.gif

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 00:31 (twenty years ago)

alternately (in case you think it's a big pic):

― donut e-goo (donut), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 00:37 (twenty years ago)

Heino is the Godfather of Emo!

http://www.fiese-scheitel.de/fiese-scheitel3.data/Komponenten/Bilder/Promis2/Heino%20Seite.jpg

― Jena (JenaP), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 00:42 (twenty years ago)

http://www.geopaix.com/caruso/pagliacci.jpg
Ridi, Pagliaccio, sul tuo amore in franto!

― j.lu (j.lu), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 00:48 (twenty years ago)

If Neil Young Is "The Godfather Of Grunge," then who is the "Godfather Of Emo"?

― a banana (alanbanana), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 02:27 (twenty years ago)

Brian Eno did complete a Roy Orbison track a few years after he died, so maybe he was indeed honoring his godfather.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 11:56 (twenty years ago)

Roy Orbison is the Godfather of GOTH.

― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 02:12 (twenty years ago)

why is that the picture that always comes up when someone starts an emo thread?

cause they are to emo, what britny fox is to hair-metal?!?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 04:23 (twenty years ago)

Fuck no. He's the godfather of a genre that doesn't exist yet.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 04:58 (twenty years ago)

fuck, if you're gonna say Roy (Roy's great) then let's just say Matt Munro or someone, or Sinatra--or as above, Johnny Ray. for all I care it's the Carpenters or Dan Fogelberg.

― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)

twenty years pass...

90th birthday today. Dave the Spazz is doing a tribute now on WFMU, not sure if it'll be the rest of the show.

― the long version with the trombone solo (WmC), Friday, 24 April 2026 02:26 (one month ago)

who IS the godfather of emo

― z_tbd, Friday, 24 April 2026 04:45 (one month ago)

Crazy how ILX has posters older than Orbison when he died and that Orbison looked 82, not 52.

― boners for bombs (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 April 2026 09:24 (one month ago)

probably, in all seriousness:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Cry_-_Johnnie_Ray.jpg

― . (jamiesummerz), Friday, 24 April 2026 09:25 (one month ago)

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