Minnelli boogie-ing down on the disco ’round with such fellow icons as Peter Allen (her first husband) and Andy Warhol (who painted the cover portrait of this album) is an indelible image of the heady mix of glitz and glamour that offered welcome relief from the news of the day. With Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Lionel Stander, Barry Primus. An egotistical saxophonist and a young lounge singer meet on VJ Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long, uphill climb. Minnelli attained what many feel was her pinnacle of popularity and artistic power at the same time that the city she sang about was hitting rock bottom? Ms. New York, New York: Directed by Martin Scorsese. New York, New York: Directed by Martin Scorsese. If there’s one artist who captures that particular moment in New York-when folks danced themselves dizzy even while the city was going bankrupt-it’s Liza Minnelli, whose classic Carnegie Hall concerts of 1979 have just been reissued in an exemplary three-CD package from Real Gone Music.Ĭan it be a coincidence that Ms. This was the last moment of pure hedonistic euphoria that stretched from before 1967’s Summer of Love to the height (or depth?) of Studio 54. In 1982, Prince told us that we should “party like it’s 1999.” It turns out that he was looking in the wrong direction: The real party had occurred in 1979. New York, New York by Liza Minnelli 1977 About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket. Liza Minnelli performing live in New York Photo: Real Gone Music Liza Minnelli - Theme from New York, New York (Live From Radio City Music Hall, 1992) LizaMinnelliVEVO 1.6M views 3 years ago What Did I Have That I Don't Have SR71GBOAC27 4.7K views 10.
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