Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (documentary and soundtrack)

[Marilyn]

This has been my most played album of the year, but I was waiting until I could see the accompanying documentary before I made a thread. For anyone UNFAMILIAR, Q Lazzarus recorded and released Goodbye Horses in the late 80s, the song appeared in 2 films by Jonathan Demme, most famously The Silence Of The Lambs, and then after a few (and I really mean only a few) further media appearances (including in another Demme film, Philadelphia), she completely fell off the map, and no one - fans, friends, former bandmates - knew where she had gone or what had happened to her.



The documentary is finally available (for rent on Prime) and if you're at all interested in Q's story or her music then it is an absolute must see. For me, having followed the mystery of her whereabouts for several years before she reappeared, to watch an entire film that is completely raw and honest about her story and whereabouts across the years was an emotional experience. Just the fact that she was even located, let alone interviewed, let alone interviewed in this kind of depth, is like a dream. The film itself is not perfectly made, but honestly who cares. I'm not Roger Ebert.

And then there's the SOUNDTRACK. It's completely absurd that 95% of the 23 tracks on the 2CD (the vinyl is nice but the tracklist is way too short to get the full picture) have never been heard before now, it's genuinely like a greatest hits collection by the most fabulous 80s/90s dance/rock hybrid artist that was never able to actually exist during that era. Here are some of my highlights:

First off we have the GORGEOUS Heaven, a cover of one of the best Talking Heads songs that featured in Philadelphia but was never officially released:



Don't Let Go, a power ballad that will blow your tits right off and is heavily reminiscent of Geffen-era Cher (the liner notes of the soundtrack even make this comparison):



Another rock stomper, A Fools Life:



The more JANGLY I See Your Eyes:



Gershwin reinvention Summertime, with a looming dark shadow:



And then we get into Q's DANCE DIVA era with the house-y My Mistake:



Frantic club banger The Time Is Right (Dare):



The cheery Fathers, Mothers, and Children Dying In The Street (how could she possibly be dismissed as uncommercial?):



I can't embed any more videos but I really could go on (Love Lust, Hellfire, Bang Bang, The Candle Goes Away...) - anyway I HIGHLY RECOMMEND both album and film. LONG LIVE QUEEN Q.

Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (Music From The Motion Picture) - Album by Q Lazzarus | Spotify

Q Lazzarus · album · 2025 · 21 songs

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[Art Decade]

Venezuelan security forces have detained several Americans in the past several months since Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military to begin attacking suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and blocking suspected sanctioned oil tankers departing the country.

The New York Times cited a U.S. official who told the news outlet that the State Department was considering designating two Americans, including one traveler from Staten Island identified as James Luckey-Lange, as wrongfully detained.

The 28-year-old is the son of the musician Diane Luckey, who performed under the stage name Q Lazzarus and is known for her 1988 single “Goodbye Horses,” which featured in the 1991 psychological thriller film The Silence of The Lambs.

The identities of the other Americans held in Venezuelan captivity have not yet been made public. Some of the detained Americans are known to be facing legitimate criminal charges, according to the Times’s source.

Venezuelan forces have detained Americans since military campaign began: report

State Department is considering designating two Americans as wrongfully detained while others face real criminal charges, according to U.S. official

www.the-independent.com