Canadian-American singer songwriter, 鈥檚 new retrospective Vibrate: The Best Of contains what one would expect of the title, 17 of Wainwright鈥檚 finest. There's also one new song that holds an interesting story.
The song, Liza and Me, tells a tale of the repair between Wainwright and 鈥檚 daughter, Liza Minelli.
He incurred Minelli鈥檚 wrath when, smitten with a recording of Garlands鈥� iconic . Wainwright decided to replicate it complete with a 40-piece orchestra. It was a song by song facsimile to the extent of sitting on the edge of the stage while singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" as Garland did.
NPR Music has much more on , his song to Liza is below.
http://youtu.be/1Sm7jPLANFg
The story possibly has a happy ending.
In an, Wainwright said that although Minelli was initially upset with the tribute, Wainright "has heard through the grapevine that she has changed her tune,鈥� adding, 鈥淎nything to do with her mother is a double-edged sword. I think I won her over, but I鈥檓 not quite sure.鈥�
Rufus Wainwright shared a few stories on Weekend Edition Saturday, the .
