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Post by Wrecking Ball on Apr 11, 2011 21:33:15 GMT -5
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Post by Wrecking Ball on Apr 30, 2011 17:55:47 GMT -5
Still waiting for her Landslide cover but heres her cover of smells like teen spirit by Nirvana. She did 3 covers on tour, a stevie cover, a Joan Jett cover and the Nirvana cover
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Post by slimjim on Apr 30, 2011 18:26:41 GMT -5
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Post by Wrecking Ball on Apr 30, 2011 18:54:57 GMT -5
The climb. aww the dream catcher up on the big screen like the tattoo she got for her family when her parents were getting divorced :(
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Post by Wrecking Ball on May 1, 2011 10:25:56 GMT -5
They lowered a lot of the songs an octave but that was a really good choice. girl rock that low octave. she sounds so good, shes come a long way :O
My Heart Beats for Love:
Take Me Along
Every Rose(she cried through half of the song :'( :'( :'( )
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Post by Wrecking Ball on May 1, 2011 10:26:11 GMT -5
and Landslide. :O She sounds really close to Stevie in this :O :O :O :O :O
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Post by Wrecking Ball on May 23, 2011 11:31:48 GMT -5
she added stay because so many fans requested that she perform it:
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Post by Wrecking Ball on Jul 3, 2011 13:00:50 GMT -5
According to Ryan Seacrest she's starting to work on this noe that her Gypsy Heart tour is over. I hope it has a Rock vibe just like her tour. I loved her covers of landslide and on melenchonly road!!
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Post by Peaches. [Ch, r. is] on Jul 3, 2011 13:04:36 GMT -5
Hopefully it takes the amazing half of CBT and cuts out the other half which was completely trash
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Post by AP on Jul 3, 2011 13:13:58 GMT -5
This makes me so happy!! I hope she doesn't wait too long. People will begin to forget about her...She just needs more solid pop music.
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Post by Wrecking Ball on Jul 3, 2011 13:49:42 GMT -5
I think she's starting on this right away, she's been writing with dr. Luke and Rock Mafia for months, and was working with Desmond Child before she went on tour too.
What she needs to do is stop refusing to have anything to do with the American media. That's why she didn't tour here. I know they're very cruel to her and they deserve to for her to ignore them, but she needs them if she wants to do well here. She also has to stop hiding and avoiding the paps in LA. Even paps that she use to get along with her say they won't take her picture when they do see her because they don't want to set her off...
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Post by Wrecking Ball on Jul 3, 2011 16:26:12 GMT -5
Hopefully it takes the amazing half of CBT and cuts out the other half which was completely trash I hope it's less dance pop then cbt. She needs to play to her strengths, if she's not gonna do full out rock, then it has to pop-rock. Her best vocals on her tour were the rock covers and the ballads from cbt, as well as obssessed. And she didnt even dance on her tour so I don't know why she would would continue with dance pop.
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Post by Wrecking Ball on Jul 4, 2011 15:08:31 GMT -5
finally found a good quality video of Miley singing On Melancholy Hill for her best friend Jen and her fiance Ryan. Jen has been dancing for miley since she was 12. She was one of the back up dancers in the first episode of Hannah Montana that they ever shot. Miley needs to sing more songs like this.
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Post by Wrecking Ball on Sept 3, 2011 18:18:45 GMT -5
Miley stated on twitter this week that she is NOT working on an album. She has been recording and writing with RM, dr. Luke and John Shanks just for the love of music. She's also still writing lots of songs for others, RM tweeted thus today: RT @antonina_Armato: @mileycyrus is gonna come in and write some smashes with rock_Mafia for other artists... She's Brilliant!! I guess she likes being behind the scenes right now.
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Post by Wrecking Ball on Sept 6, 2011 16:49:52 GMT -5
Is Miley Cyrus just another spoiled starlet going off the rails? Joe Yogerst thinks not, and spoke to her about being stalked by the paparazzi, playing Demi Moore’s teenage daughter, and her dark sense of humour. Call it coincidence, but sometimes life has a strange way of sending messages. Recently I undertook a pilgrimage to the Hollywood Bowl to see Dolly Parton in concert. Halfway through the gig, the country icon interrupted her songfest to talk about her god-daughter Miley Cyrus. “She’s a good girl. She’ll get through this just fine,” Parton said, suggesting that we should all remember what it was like to be young, impetuous and a little bit wild. There was no way for me to know that, just a few weeks later, I would be discussing that very topic with Cyrus herself. Parton was referring to Cyrus’ public and often tumultuous attempt to morph from the child star of Disney Channel’s runaway hit TV Series Hannah Montana into a young adult actor and singer. While not in the same league as those of Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, Cyrus’ early adult career has been fraught with controversy. There was Annie Leibovitz’s Vanity Fair photo shoot in which the then 15-year-old Cyrus appeared to be wrapped in only a bed sheet. Racy photos were hacked from her e-mail account and circulated on the web. Celebrity gossipmongers TMZ released a video showing Cyrus smoking from a bong. Thought she hit back saying it contained a legal substance, the footage was scandalous enough for her father, country star Billy Ray Cyrus (of “Achy Breaky Heart” fame), to scold her publicly. Critics say her concert outfits and music videos are too risqué. And even on and on it goes – all minor stuff in the annals of showbiz scandal, but shocking for those raised on goody-two-shoes Hannah Montana. Gossip aside, what sets the 18-year-old apart from so many starlets of her generation is that she has talent. In addition to her television and film performances, when it comes to a song she can hold her own. Cyrus can also shift records; she’s had top-40 hits in at least a dozen countries and is the youngest artist of all time to chalk up four number-one albums in just three years. With the “Queen of Country Music” as a godmother and a singing legend for a father, Cyrus – who was born and raised in Nashville – is descended from country-and-western royalty. Her birth name was Destiny Hope, but that didn’t stick. According to family legend, she grinned so much as a baby that people started calling her Smiley, later shortened to Miley. Another family table holds that she caught the showbiz bug at age eight, when she saw a stage performance of the music Mamma Mia! in Toronto. What is known for sure is that Cyrus was a virtual unknown in 2006, when she auditioned for a daytime TV series about a young California girl with a double life as a pop star and schoolgirl. Despite her lack of acting experience, Cyrus’ country twang and down-home charm made her a natural for the role. A moder take on The Prince and the Pauper, Hannah Montana became the biggest hit in Disney Channel’s history, and made Cyrus as internationally famous as previous Disney creations Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. By 2007 she was on the concert circuit, touring first as her alter ego Montana, and then under her own name. But the teenage hormones were kicking in and Cyrus was growing up, evolving from the little girl – who had basically done whatever the Disney brass had asked of her – into a teenager with attitude and ideas about the direction her career should travel. While music remains her forte, Cyrus has two movies – LOL: Laughing Out Loud and So Undercover – set for release this year, and she has made it known that she wants to expand her acting career beyond the “singing girl next door” role that has dominated her path thus far. With Parton’s words still ringing in my ears, I settled in to interview Cyrus about her roller-coaster life and work. After seven years in Los Angeles, are you a Southern or California girl these days? I’m not a big fan of LA, I’ve got to be honest. I like being able to work here, but any chance to go back home [to Tennessee], I love it. People really take life for granted in California. It makes me sad sometimes. So I have to give myself that reality check every once in a while and go back home. Everyone [in LA] is so busy and everyone is trying to be better than the other person, and everyone has got so much going on. Nashville life is just so laid back and people enjoy every second of life that they have. Do you miss Hannah Montana?No [laughs]. I miss the family vibe, but I don’t miss the routine at all. I was so bored doing the same thing every day. It’s a lot easier not being on a show, to live my life a little bit and do some of the others thing that I want to do, I don’t have to be back at a certain time. You’re not worrying about a cast schedule or what the producers are going to think. I’m so grateful that I was able to be on that show, but even my little sister, who’s 11, wants to go into acting. I just say, “Just wait, dude.” Because the way you’re going to be when you’re my age and the way you are right now are so different. Don’t put yourself in a situation where people re going to think of you as only one thing. You’re going to change a lot. It interferes with your growing up if you’re not strong enough and you’re not sure who you want to be. I’m glad I’m not a character any more and able to be me. During the run of Hannah Montana, did you ever fantasies that you had a secret life as an ordinary schoolgirl, like your character Miley Stewart?There were times, for sure, when I thought that – it would be amazing. There are some artists who get a chance to do that sort of thing – people who have such a different personality when they go onstage and when they take time off – and that’s kind of what I’m doing right now. But there were times during Hannah Montana when I wanted that, for sure. What sort of things would you have done if you could have had that secret life?People lose a lot of respect for other human beings when they find out you’re famous, because they’ve never experienced it. I’m with my boyfriend, for instance, and we’re walking around. We’re sure that no-one is taking our picture. We are sure of it. No one has followed us. No is here. And than, a few hours later, it’s life, “Miley Cyrus Alert.” She was seen with Liam in public, they were kissing and hugging, and you’re like, “What the hell? I didn’t see anybody taking our photograph that day.” I think that’s what I would have enjoyed most – just being able to be in public and not feel like I’m being watched. You know, my dad and me, we’re pretty good with fans. We don’t mind taking pictures if they ask. But when they don’t ask, that’s a whole different level of weird. The Gypsy Heart Tour was earlier this year, and you went to cool places in South America and Australia. When you’re on tour like that, do you have time to be an ordinary tourist?
I make sure of that. I’ve wanted to go on tour for a while, get back on the road. But I did this tour mainly becaus e I wanted to travel, I love to travel. I made it so that we had a show and then two days off, a show and then two days off. I got to enjoy places a lot. It was funny [because] some places were out of control and I couldn’t walk around. But other countries were really respectful and [people] wanted me to know that they wanted me to have a good time in their country. There are some places I’d really like to go back to and see more of, but be a little more incognito. What are some of the spots that really stuck out from the tour?I’m in love with Argentina. I would not mind staying there for a while because I had the best time in Argentina. We went out and just walked around one night and found some food, but not with a tour guide. Let’s find what’s fun, let’s meet cool local people. And the hotel we stayed at, I’ve never seen anything like it. It was so beautiful. Australia was one of my favourites too. My boyfriend is Australian, so getting to go there and perform for his family and friends was insane and really important. It was a really cool bonding experience.You played to huge audiences in Australia – more than 25,000 people in several places.Even though I’d never been there before, my albums have always been really successful in Australia. It’s one of the places that my albums kind of blow up, and my singles. It looks really good when your boyfriend is from there. It’s like, “Hey, I sold this place out.” That makes you feel pretty awesome.You’ve been making movies lately. Tell us about So Undercover and LOL: Laughing Out Loud.There are things I do for me, and there are things I do for the fans, and So Undercover was something I really wanted to do for the fans. It’s the kind of comedy that they’re used to seeing on my show. It’s more for the 13-, 14-, 15-, 16-year-old crowd. LOL: Laughing Out Loud is still for the younger kids, but we did it independently and we shot it with Demi Moore and me. I t’s more like real life. It’s a really cool story about a mom and a daughter, and the girl becoming a teenager and the mom going through a midlife crisis, and how a lot of things that they are going through are actually the same. It’s funny how life kind of works like that.
Does Demi Moore make a great mom?She was an awesome mom. In this movie she was so much like the way she is with her own daughters. She’s so amazing. She’s been in the industry since she was my age and has gone through a ton of stuff. She’s taking her time and gone away to raise her kids, and come back and shown you can still have a real life and be in this industry. Every day I would learn from her. Hopefully I can take what she did to the next step.You don’t have any other movies fixed up right now, do you?I’m in the middle of going back and forth on a couple of films and trying to figure out what I really want to do. Right now I just want to focus on the sort of movies that I would rush to go see. There have been a few films that have been brought to me that have been interesting, but nothing is definite. I just want a really good game plan right now. This is when I’m going to work and this is when I’m going to be off, that sort of thing. Hopefully, by the end of this year I’ll be working on something.Do you want to do serious drama?What I watch and the movies I like to do… I’ve got kind of a weird, dark sense of humour, really dry humour, so I would love to do more comedies, but not the comedies that people have seen me in. More kind of dry, that kind of style, independently shot, but also some laugh-out-loud funny stuff and drama as well. When you become a character, you want to make sure that it’s a part you want to open up and explore for yourself. So I think the next few things…there’s a comedy that I’m working on now and something a little darker. I have two teenage daughters, about six years apart. Both follow your career after Hannah Montana. That suggests that you appeal to a broader base than many think.People have very mixed opinions on me; I’m a great role model, or I’m completely inappropriate for anyone under 13 and I am controversial. I don’t know how I became this. There was this magazine article the other day, showing all the younger celebrities. I was the Girl Next Door or whatever, and I fell under the category of Good Girl Gone Bad. And I was like, “What the hell, man?” I stay in the house pretty much every day. I don’t go out. I’ve had same boyfriend for two years. So I think there are two very different reviews. I think the ones who do look up to me as a role model… I think it’s because I’m so real. If they tell you that I haven’t tried this or haven’t experimented with that, they’re lying. And I’ll never do that because personally I can’t, because there will be some proof on the internet. It’s weird…two complete extremes. I’m not some crazy lady who’s gone off the deep end, because I definitely haven’t. I just always try to be real. Every 18-year-old explores sexuality and experiments and tries things. For me there’s no reason to change that. You have to be true to yourself. [Veteran rocker] Joan Jett has been in my life over the past year and has taught me a lot about that. She got locked down for talking about sexy and drugs or whatever. They were life, “How dare a woman say that. How dare a girl come out admit those things,” when every other girl her age was doing the same thing. She just went on stage and sang about it. My last album, Can’t Be Tamed, was such a statement for women everywhere. The song “Liberty Walk“, I wrote it about abuse and women but put down. I think the last album is what made the older fans follow me. Who I am now is very different from who I was when I was 11. I had to grow up extremely quick. When you live in LA you see a lot. You are exposed to a lot more than people in other places. That’s just LA, especially in show business.Is there anything that people don’t know about you that might surprise them?I think people who meet me, especially if you come into my space where I live – it’s weird describing myself this way – I think it’s kind of how simple my life is. I’m really driven, obviously, I’ve always been that way, but my life is just really mellow, and I like hanging out. I think if they walked into where I live, they’d realise how the [public] perception of me is so different from who I really am. My dad is Native American, so I spend 90 percent of my time outside, going on hikes. That’s my lifestyle right now. The press seems to think that I’m trying to make this big turn and become a bad girl, and really I’m trying to be more connected with the Earth, more connected with myself and figure out who I am, try to understand the world a little more. I’m not doing this for anyone else but me. I just had this talk a few nights ago with my mum – just about looking at life in a completely different way. I ’ve obviously been very blessed, but with every blessing there’s a curse. I’m very content with where my life is right now. People would be shocked to know that I’m very thankful for what I have, but my career is not my main priority, it’s not my life anymore. I really just want to enjoy life and explore nature and become who I am to the fullest.
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Post by Eqbk on Sept 6, 2011 19:22:46 GMT -5
:o That's the best I've ever seen her look. She looks amazing! The article doesn't seem to mention any future plans for music. Guess it's not in her immediate plans, which is a shame. Hopefully she'll think about music soon, it'll be interesting to see what direction she takes now that she's at a new label. Hopefully it will be a sort of progression from CBT since I love that album. And lol her father being a legend.
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Post by franklin on Sept 6, 2011 19:27:59 GMT -5
Her face looks beautiful, everything else...no. Sad to not hear about any upcoming music, I need new Miley in my life :'(
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Post by Wrecking Ball on Sept 6, 2011 21:50:02 GMT -5
:o That's the best I've ever seen her look. She looks amazing! The article doesn't seem to mention any future plans for music. Guess it's not in her immediate plans, which is a shame. Hopefully she'll think about music soon, it'll be interesting to see what direction she takes now that she's at a new label. Hopefully it will be a sort of progression from CBT since I love that album. And lol her father being a legend. I wanna hear about new music too :'(. She has bee recording a lot but says that she's doing it just for her and for fun and won't be releasing an album any time soon :(. Shen writing a lot for others tho. I think she's still with Hollywood records. I would like to see her do more pop rock or country. Since she's taking a break anyways it would make sense to try and break into the genre then
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Post by Eqbk on Sept 6, 2011 22:58:36 GMT -5
:o That's the best I've ever seen her look. She looks amazing! The article doesn't seem to mention any future plans for music. Guess it's not in her immediate plans, which is a shame. Hopefully she'll think about music soon, it'll be interesting to see what direction she takes now that she's at a new label. Hopefully it will be a sort of progression from CBT since I love that album. And lol her father being a legend. I wanna hear about new music too :'(. She has bee recording a lot but says that she's doing it just for her and for fun and won't be releasing an album any time soon :(. Shen writing a lot for others tho. I think she's still with Hollywood records. I would like to see her do more pop rock or country. Since she's taking a break anyways it would make sense to try and break into the genre then As long as she sticks to pop and doesn't go too radically away from it, I'll be satisfied. The great thing about the pop genre is that it blends well w/ so many other genres. I hope she doesn't completely turn away from pop b/c she really doesn't have to. She can still do rock and pop, it doesn't have to be one or the other. And if she's really adamant about heading more towards rock, she could always put a few tracks that are less pop as album tracks for fans and have pop/rock singles for the general public. I would prefer she build from the direction she had in CBT, but, again, as long as she continues to do pop in some substantial capacity, I'll be happy. She's put out some great pop songs in her career, I'd hate for her to just completely abandon a genre she does so well.
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Post by Wrecking Ball on Sept 21, 2011 14:03:08 GMT -5
Miley and Johnzo West of Caliana recently recorded a song together RT @caliana4life: yes, @mileycyrus and i just recorded a song w @johnshanks1. heres a sample of their music, I'd call it rock, maybe even country calianaband.blogspot.com/I think its going to be released soon because this person has sources with him miley's team and always is posting news. Plus Miley, Johnzo and her friend have been dropping hints about it RT @mileyopolis new miley music content comin verrry soon. not single/album, but somethin elssssse. hehehe<3 be lookin out in late october early november. 16 hours ago I don't think we will be getting an album any time soon :( It seems like her team is fighting with Hollywood Records because Rock Mafia said that Miley has material recorded and ready to release and told fans on twitter that were asking for new music to take it up with Hollywood Records :(.
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Post by Wrecking Ball on Oct 16, 2011 13:08:48 GMT -5
Looks like Miley maybe looking for a new label. Her producers(RM, Paul David Hager and John Shanks) continue to call Hollywood Records out on twitter, stating that they will not let her release music and that she has an album ready to release. Last week, Miley did a showcase in San Fransisco for an indie distribution label. I wouldn't be shocked if she buys out her contract with HWR.
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Post by Wrecking Ball on Oct 26, 2011 10:30:10 GMT -5
lol shes gonna get so much crap for this but so excited:
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Post by Wrecking Ball on Dec 10, 2011 14:48:35 GMT -5
She sounds so amazing on Lonesome. She seriously needs to release a country album. She has a video for this coming out soon too.
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Post by Wrecking Ball on Dec 29, 2011 9:48:05 GMT -5
So excited. I hope its more rock or country: MileyCyrus @alvosevero I want 2012 to be about happiness. Only doing projects that bring me joy & make me proud! I hope it's filled with alot of music!
MileyCyrus @teammileyny yes movies will be released but I am soooo excited for the NEW projects 2012 has in store for me =]]]
MileyCyrus @adljupdates thank you lovey! That was my priority for 2011 & ending it with CNN heroes was so amazing! Ready to start working again =]]]
MileyCyrus @oxmileylovexo What if I said I hope to get back in the studio this year :)
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Post by Au$tin on Dec 29, 2011 11:26:38 GMT -5
Quit with the covers already. I want original music!
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Post by Wrecking Ball on Dec 30, 2011 16:41:34 GMT -5
Quit with the covers already. I want original music! me too! part of the problem though is shes been fighting with HWR over the type of music they want her to record, but I mean there other acts weren't exactly the successes Miley can be this year so hopefully whatever going on will get worked out. She dmed one of the fans she is following on twitter and told them she wants to focus on music in 2012
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Post by Wrecking Ball on Jan 8, 2012 23:04:12 GMT -5
Miley's music video for Lonesome will premiere on MTV the week of the 25th. this is from someone on twitter who has the video and has sources with miley's team; The video is set in an old abandoned house. It focuses mostly on the music's lyrics and miley's singing. There is no central plot. Most of the video is different shots of the house, some shots of insutrement playing, and then Miley and Johnzo West(her friend who did back up vocals on the track, he performed the climb with her at Trevor Live), sitting in the home's living room/recording studio playing guitar and singing. There is no extensive wardrobe, either. Miley sits in ripped up jeans and basic black top upon a stool where she sits the whole video
Also definitely think we will be getting an album this year, shes been dropping hints like crazy. but she keeps saying its only going to be music that shes happy with and that shes proud of. So I doubt it will be pop and I doubt will be much of a hit :/
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Post by Wrecking Ball on Jan 9, 2012 20:18:32 GMT -5
LOL trailer
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Post by Wrecking Ball on Jan 23, 2012 12:05:02 GMT -5
Lonesome Music video and some reviews of the cover:www.bostonherald.com/blogs/entertainment/guestlisted/index.php/2012/01/23/miley-cyrus-does-dylan/Those who don’t like the idea pop stars doing the rock-era’s greatest songwriter’s tunes can stuff it, says Dylan. “My assignment (from the Dylan camp) was not to be a snob; it was to be creative and to let everybody do it who wants to do it,” said producer Jeff Ayeroff, who also put together Amnesty’s John Lennon tribute album. “There is no judgment here. We wanted to hear what people could deliver.” Still…. I’d recommend listening, but not watching the video. The sight of Miley’s painted face singing “You’re Going to Make Me Lonesome When You Go” is just to weird — even if the tune the best country ballad of this young decade.buzzworthy.mtv.com/2012/01/23/miley-cyrus-bob-dylan-youre-gonna-make-me-lonesome-when-you-go-video/Miley Cyrus covered Bob Dylan's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go," and, people, do not laugh as I am completely serious when I muster all of my renown and critical authority (and put my rock-solid reputation as a SERIOUS MUSIC WRITER on the line here) to declare that Miley's cover should absolutely be taken seriously. Miley's cover is part of the Bob Dylan compilation Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International, a four-disc collection that honors Amnesty International's 50th anniversary and pays tribute to Bob Dylan, featuring artists like Ke$ha (who covered "Don't Think Twice It's Alright"), Adele, Pete Townshend, The Airborne Toxic Event and more. (See, we knew Miley was a role model.) The accompanying video, which was released today and features guitarist Johnzo West, is a muted, pensive affair that focuses far more on the song's sentiment than on Miley the headline-maker. It's the polar opposite of flashy Miley affairs like "Can't Be Tamed" or "Party In The USA." (If anything proves that Miley's growing up as a woman and as an artist, covering Dylan -- and doing it quite well -- is it.) Old-school Bob Dylan fans are probably too busy completing the entire 33⅓ series on their first-gen Kindles or contemplating organic milk to read this, so I probably only have you, Miley fans, to convince that Miley's Dylan cover is worth several listens, and I probably don't have to. Miley covers "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" with all of the mournfulness and dusty sentiment that the classic Dylan song requires, pouring her heart into the track and giving the legend his due instead of simply covering the track and moving on. (It's hard to top the Shawn Colvin version, but Miley comes dangerously close.)
It takes not only guts but cojones the size of wrecking balls to cover Bob Dylan, and Miley rose to the occasion and not only proved that she's capable of genres beyond pop but that she thrives vocally in a folk/ country environment. I'm now waiting impatiently for that country album, Milers.www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-dylan-amnesty-20120122,0,5360246.story "The edict Ayeroff got from Dylan's camp upon opening his song trove for the benefit of Amnesty International couldn't have been clearer. "My assignment was not to be a snob; it was to be creative and to let everybody do it who wants to do it," said Ayeroff, who also shepherded the John Lennon tribute album. "There is no judgment here. We wanted to hear what people could deliver. Miley has spent a lot of time dealing with gay issues, she's young, she has a voice and is coming into her own as a young adult. She's actually very bright, very articulate…. And her godmother is Dolly Parton — you can take it from there.""
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