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.
Where Is The Love
Liza Minnelli Lyrics
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Where is the love (where is the love)
Where is the love (where is the love)
Where is the love (where is the love)
Where is the love (where is the love)
Where is the love you said you'd give to me
Soon as you were free, will it ever be, where is the love
You told me that you didn't lo-ove her
And you were gonna say goodbye-ye-ye
But if you really didn't mea-ean it
Why did you have to lie, where is the love
[Chorus]
Where is the love you said was mine all mine
Till the end of time, was it just a lie, Where is the love
If you had had a sudden change of heart
I wish that you would tell me so-o-o
Don't leave me hangin' on to promises
You've got to let me know
Where is the love
Oh how I wish I'd never meet you
I guess it must have been my fa-a-ate
To fall in love with someone else's love
All I can do is wait
Oh where is the love, where is the love
Where is the love, where is the love
Where is the love
Liza Minnelli's song "Where is the Love" is a heart-wrenching ballad that speaks to the feelings of pain and betrayal experienced by someone who has been let down by someone they once loved. In this song, the central theme revolves around the question of where the love promised by the person who made the singer fall in love with them has gone.
The song's chorus asks repeatedly "Where is the love?" in a tone that underscores the desperation of the singer as they try to come to terms with the fact that the love they expected to receive has not materialized. The lyrics also reflect the anger and confusion that can arise after a love affair has ended, especially when the person who left the singer has broken promises and lied.
In the second verse, the lyrics continue to explore the idea that promises were made but ultimately betrayed. The singer wonders if the love they received was ever genuine, or whether it was just a lie. The singer also expresses the desire for honesty and communication from the one who left, so that they can finally move on and find the answers they need.
Overall, the song captures the pain and heartache of a failed love affair, and the feeling of helplessness that can come from being deceived by someone you once trusted.
Line by Line Meaning
Where is the love (where is the love)
Liza Minnelli is repeating her question 'Where is the love' multiple times to emphasize her confusion and uncertainty about the love that was promised to her.
Where is the love you said you'd give to me
Soon as you were free, will it ever be, where is the love
Liza Minnelli is asking where the love that was promised to her by someone who was unavailable has gone. She's questioning whether it ever existed.
You told me that you didn't lo-ove her
And you were gonna say goodbye-ye-ye
But if you really didn't mea-ean it
Why did you have to lie, where is the love
Liza Minnelli is accusing her partner of lying about their feelings for another person and questioning why they would do so. She's seeking answers for his behavior.
Where is the love you said was mine all mine
Till the end of time, was it just a lie, Where is the love
Liza Minnelli is questioning the sincerity of the promises made by her partner. She's trying to understand if they were ever genuine and if their love will ever last.
If you had had a sudden change of heart
I wish that you would tell me so-o-o
Don't leave me hangin' on to promises
You've got to let me know
Where is the love
Liza Minnelli is pleading with her partner to be honest with her about his feelings for her. She doesn't want to be left in the dark, hanging on to empty promises.
Oh how I wish I'd never meet you
I guess it must have been my fa-a-ate
To fall in love with someone else's love
All I can do is wait
Liza Minnelli is regretting falling in love with someone who was already in love with someone else. She feels helpless and can't do anything but wait for an answer.
Oh where is the love, where is the love
Where is the love, where is the love
Where is the love
Liza Minnelli is repeating her question 'Where is the love' one more time, emphasizing the need for an answer and resolution to her confusion and heartache.
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Written by: Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
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