Is there a Connection Between Me—Emo Philips—and “Emo” Music?

The startling answer is: no. 

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)

irrepluckably into the zeitgeist;

and true,

on my first comedy LP, E=MO ² (Epic Records, 1985)

my look is eerily -- prophetically? -- "emo"

in terms of hair, clothing, and physique

(beatings at the envious hands of others not depicted)...

but no,

other than that...

there is absolutely no connection.