Q Lazzarus
Q Lazzarus is an American singer, best known for the song Goodbye Horses , which was featured on several soundtracks .
Life
Before she appeared as a singer, Q Lazzarus worked as a taxi driver in New York City .
Her best-known title Goodbye Horses was first used in the 1988 soundtrack of Jonathan Demme's comedy The Mafiosi Bride . Three years later Demme used the play again in his next film The Silence of the Lambs . The song served as background music for a well-known scene in which a serial killer played by Ted Levine danced in front of a mirror. The success of the film made the piece better known and it was released as a single on the record label All Nations Records with the piece White Lines on the B-side .
In Demme's 1993 published and multiple Oscar-winning drama Philadelphia Q Lazzarus appeared in a small supporting role as a singer.
Goodbye Horses was later used in Clerks II , Alexandre Ajas Maniac , the Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack , the video game Skate 3, and the television series Family Guy and Nip / Tuck, among others .
In 1996, the Canadian electro pop band Psyche covered the piece and released it on their album Strange Romance .
The 2011 EP The Hunter by Kele Okereke contained a cover version of Goodbye Horses .
Web links
- Q Lazzarus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Q Lazzarus at Discogs (English)
- Q Lazzarus on MySpace
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Goodbye Horses Story at psyche-hq.de, accessed on May 13, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Q Lazzarus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |