Minnelli's first film appearance was at the age of three in the final scene of the 1949 musical In the Good Old Summertime, starring her mother and Van Johnson. Minnelli started performing at age 16, in 1963, in an Off-Broadway revival of the musical Best Foot Forward, for which she received good notices. The next year, her mother invited Minnelli to perform with her at the London Palladium. The audience loved her, launching her musical career. She returned to Broadway at 19, and won a 1965 Tony Award for Flora the Red Menace. Minnelli would also receive Tony Awards for The Act in 1978 and a special Tony in 1974. She was nominated in 1984 for The Rink but lost to her costar, Chita Rivera.
The film The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), in which Minnelli starred as a love-seeking teenage misfit, garnered the young actress her first Academy Award nomination. In 1972, Minnelli won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Sally Bowles in the movie version of Cabaret, along with Joel Grey who won an Oscar reprising his role from the original Broadway production (that of the Emcee).
Minnelli has the distinction of being one of the few Academy Award winners whose parents are both Academy Award nominees. She has also won an Emmy Award for the 1972 TV special Liza with a Z. Minnelli received a 1990 Grammy Legend Award. She received Golden Globe Awards for Cabaret and for the TV movie A Time to Live.
Minnelli, like her mother, is known for her powerful vocal style, as in her trademark songs "Cabaret" and "Theme from New York, New York". Minnelli's original version of the latter, for the film in which she was a co-star with Robert DeNiro, preceded Frank Sinatra's successful cover version (for his Trilogy album), by two years.
After her performance as leading lady to Dudley Moore in 1981's Arthur, Minnelli made fewer, and fewer successful, film appearances.
She returned to Broadway in 1997, taking over the title role in the musical Victor/Victoria, replacing Julie Andrews. In his review, New York Times critic Ben Brantley commented, "her every stage appearance is perceived as a victory of show-business stamina over psychic frailty... She asks for love so nakedly and earnestly, it seems downright vicious not to respond."
Following her 2002 wedding to David Gest, Minnelli and Gest signed with the American cable network VH1 to star in their own reality series, but production of the series was cancelled at the last minute.
In 2004 and 2005 she appeared as a recurring guest star on the critically acclaimed TV sitcom Arrested Development as the lover of sexually and socially awkward Buster Bluth.
On January 1, 2006, she sang "New York, New York" at the second inauguration of New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Other famous performances were at the 1978 Studio 54 party honoring New York City's revival, at which a guest was Mayor Ed Koch; the reopening of the Statue of Liberty on July 4, 1986; and at a 2001 New York Mets baseball game that was the metro area's first major sporting event after the September 11 attacks.
In 2013, she guest-starred on the NBC musical drama Smash, where she performed the number A Love Letter From the Times. She also reprised her role in the fourth season of Arrested Development.
I Gotcha
Liza Minnelli Lyrics
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You thought I didn't see ya
Now, didn't ya, ahh-ha-hah
You tried to sneak by me now
Didn't ya, ahh-ha-hah
Now give me what you promised to me
Give it to me, come on
That you quit your girlfriend
That I'd be the next one
To move on i-in
You promised me
It would be just us two
And I'd be the only one
Kissin' on you-ou
Now kiss me
Hold it a long time, hold it
Oh don't turn me loose now
Hold it, a little bit longer
Now hold it, come on hold it
Hold it, hold it, hold it
Don't be greedy now, get back
You made me a promise
And you're gonna stick to it
You should'na promised
If you wasn't gonna do it
You saw me and ran
In another direction
I'll teach you to play
With my affection
Now give it here
You never shoulda promised to me
Give it here
Don't hold back now, give it here
Don't say nothin'
Just give it here, come on
Give it, give it, give it, give it
Come on, give it to me
Wow!
In Liza Minnelli's song "I Gotcha", the singer confronts her lover who had broken his promise to be with her exclusively. She aggressively demands he fulfill his promise while also revealing that she knows he's been sneaking around. The repeated refrain of "I gotcha" emphasizes her power over him and her knowledge of his deceitful behavior.
The lyrics also contain a sense of sexual longing as she demands that he kiss her and hold it for a long time. This further emphasizes her control over him and her desire to not let him go. Additionally, the line "I'll teach you to play with my affection" suggests a sense of anger and the desire for revenge.
Overall, the lyrics of "I Gotcha" convey a sense of power and desire for control over a relationship. The singer demands that her lover fulfill his promises, while also displaying a sexual desire for him.
Line by Line Meaning
I gotcha, ahh-ha-hah
I caught you, and I'm laughing about it
You thought I didn't see ya
Now, didn't ya, ahh-ha-hah
You tried to sneak by me, but I saw you and now I'm laughing about it
You tried to sneak by me now
Didn't ya, ahh-ha-hah
You attempted to get away from me unnoticed, but I saw you and now I'm laughing about it
Now give me what you promised to me
Give it to me, come on
You made me a promise, now it's time to deliver on it
You promised me the day
That you quit your girlfriend
That I'd be the next one
To move on i-in
You promised me
It would be just us two
And I'd be the only one
Kissin' on you-ou
You made a promise to me that when you broke up with your girlfriend, we would be together and I'd be the only one kissing you
Now kiss me
Hold it a long time, hold it
Oh don't turn me loose now
Hold it, a little bit longer
Now hold it, come on hold it
Hold it, hold it, hold it
Don't be greedy now, get back
Now that we're together, kiss me and hold it for a while. Don't let go yet, hold onto this moment a bit longer. Don't be greedy and try to get away from me
You made me a promise
And you're gonna stick to it
You should'na promised
If you wasn't gonna do it
You saw me and ran
In another direction
I'll teach you to play
With my affection
You made me a promise and you better keep it. If you didn't intend to keep it, you shouldn't have made it in the first place. I saw you trying to get away from me, and now I'm going to teach you a lesson not to mess with my feelings
Now give it here
You never shoulda promised to me
Give it here
Don't hold back now, give it here
Don't say nothin'
Just give it here, come on
Give it, give it, give it, give it
Come on, give it to me
Wow!
Give me what you promised. You shouldn't have made me the promise if you weren't going to fulfill it. Don't hold back now, give me what I deserve. Don't say anything, just give it to me. Give it to me now, quickly! Wow, that was intense!
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Lupe Fiasco, Pharrell Williams
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