i am very privileged that i get to play this song to tens of thousands of people a year; i have never, ever noticed anyone respond to it without the utmost reverence.
v. happy to hear she is still alive!!
― stirmonster, Sunday, 12 August 2018 05:54 (five years ago) link
Wow
― flappy bird, Monday, 13 August 2018 00:51 (five years ago) link
I do get bummed out that culturally the song is sort of a punchline or joke to certain circles of dumb ppl
:/
― rip van wanko, Monday, 13 August 2018 01:27 (five years ago) link
A moderately epic troll that when there was finally an official reissue on a 12" it was a shorter edit of the 7" version and not the sought after extended version. And as if to add insult to injury, a no doubt yawnsome remix ;-)
― Absolute Unit Delta Plus (Noel Emits), Monday, 13 August 2018 13:36 (five years ago) link
I'm guessing it was a question of getting the rights and/or the original tapes but still wound people up.
― Absolute Unit Delta Plus (Noel Emits), Monday, 13 August 2018 13:37 (five years ago) link
wait I thought the song playing while buffalo bill danced was a colin newman song?
― akm, Monday, 13 August 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
it"s Goodbye Horses during that scene but Alone and The Fall's Hip Priest are played earlier in the scene.
fwiw, I don't feel like Buffalo Bill doing a mangina dance to Goodbye Horses is a cultural joke. The scene is amazing and made more deep and strange that it's played out to that song.
― Britain's Sexiest Cow (jed_), Monday, 13 August 2018 21:44 (five years ago) link
If you wanted to do a mangina dance to Goodbye Horses (as a friend of mine and stirmonster's has) then go for it! It's not a song that requires absolute reverence, imo.
― Britain's Sexiest Cow (jed_), Monday, 13 August 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link
RIP Queen. How can one song be so powerful??
― J. Sam, Thursday, 18 August 2022 13:43 (one year ago) link
So true.
https://www.stereogum.com/2196708/goodbye-horses-singer-q-lazzarus-has-reportedly-died/news/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 August 2022 14:10 (one year ago) link
From another obit, some welcome if still sad news:
https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/25644374/diane-luckey/neptune/new-jersey/jackson-funeral-home
At the time of her death, Diane was finishing work on a feature documentary about her life and music with filmmaker and friend, Eva Aridjis. The film will be released in 2023, along with an album of songs spanning her entire musical career.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 August 2022 14:37 (one year ago) link
Wait, the video was never embedded on this thread, let's correct that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKFaGDrOfrI
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 August 2022 15:24 (one year ago) link
Oh sucks this thread got revived for this. Had no idea. RIP.
Top 10 song of the decade for me.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 18 August 2022 18:47 (one year ago) link
Oh that's a shame :(
― paolo, Thursday, 18 August 2022 20:20 (one year ago) link
woke up with this old john peel favourite in my head today. the resemblance to 'goodbye horses' has only just occurred to me. both songs from 1991 iirc?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP8bBP37eCc
bang bang machine - geek love
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Saturday, 17 September 2022 10:52 (one year ago) link
Goodbye Horses is from at least 1988 because it was on the Married to the Mob soundtrack (Demme was definitely in her corner early).
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 17 September 2022 16:53 (one year ago) link