There is absolutely no connection between me, Emo Philips, and "emo" music!
True, before the musical genre we now know as "emo" was christened, I had -- after years of effort and months of luck -- shot the name "Emo" (with -- between 1984 and 1987 -- six appearances on Late Night with David Letterman, a half-hour Cinemax Comedy Experiment, an hour-long HBO special, and two comedy albums) irremovably into the zeitgeist;
and true, on my first comedy LP, E=MO 2 (Epic Records, 1985)
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my look is eerily, prophetically "emo" in terms of hair, clothing, and physique (beatings at the hands of others not depicted)... but no, other than that... there is absolutely no connection!