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):

<img src="http://www.wehavepictures.com/yep.jpg">

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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