MY open letter to Miley Cyrus...

[Taverner]

Hey - hope all is well. I see that everyone is rushing to tell you what to do. How to dress, how to sing, how to dance, etc.

Seems like old times, doesn't it?

I'm sure as a pawn of the House of Maus you had many sessions where "professionals" told you the same kinds of things.

Well guess what, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO ANY OF THEM.

That's right. You're over 18 and can make your own decisions. You can tell them all to fuck off, or solicit their advice. There's the word right there: advice. That means they can try and tell you what to do until they're blue in the face and you don't have to do it.

You have enough money to take some risks, but if you take a risk make sure it's one YOU want to take, not because some focus group somewhere said something.

I'm a dad and I have a daughter, and if she were in your place I would tell her the same thing.

Remember - only Miley Cyrus can tell Miley Cyrus what to do.

Other than that, I really can't offer any advice. You see, I've never been a pop star, nor female, nor that good at dancing.

[bigwillq]

1. K and R

It's her life. For better or worse.

I love Miley, and hope she continues to make cheesy pop songs that I love so much.

[jakeXT]

3. She loves the f-word

[Mosby]

4. Miley is an easy target

Others like Kesha or RiRi can do even more outrageous things and people barely notice.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/02/rihanna-teaches-miley-cyrus-how-to-twerk-in-sexy-new-video-for-pour-it-up.html

and where was the outrage about Robin Thicke's x-rated video?

[Taverner]

5. What's wrong with sex?

[Mosby]

6. it wasn't a sex video

It was a music video. In the video thicke is fully clothed and spent the video dancing with topless women. It was hard for me to watch it and I have watched my share of porn. In porn everyone is naked but this video really bothered me and I don't know exactly why, it just seemed like the women were just props/objects.

[Taverner]

7. Then don't watch it

My question is this: did she want to make that video? If so, cool.

If not, why?

[Kaleva]

8. My open letter

Hello!

You have lots of money.

Give me some of it. A $100k would do nicely.

I thank you in advance!

Kaleva

[awoke_in_2003]

14. For $100k a year...

I will travel around with her and tell people that try to tell her what to do to fuck off. I think $100k a year is a fair price for this service

[mokawanis]

9. I don't judge her by her behavior

I judge her by her music, and her music sucks rancid cheese. Another celebrity/musician/whatever for me to ignore.

[Taverner]

10. So were the Beach Boys, and then...Pet Sounds

[nomorenomore08]

12. Pre-'Pet Sounds' Beach Boys so did not suck! "Don't Worry Baby"? "Surfer Girl"? "In My Room"?

[Taverner]

13. True - they did evolve to their genius

Their early stuff was Daddy Wilson Crapola

But a couple years in, they knew they could do it...better

[nomorenomore08]

22. 'Pet Sounds' was probably their first (and maybe only) great *album*.

I'll agree with that at least.

[Tom Ripley]

28. "Surf's Up" is pretty damn cool

[mokawanis]

23. She changed my mind on SNL

I didn't know she had a good voice. For a live performance she sounded really good.

[cristianmarie533]

21. Well said! Her "music" stinks to high heaven.

And her efforts at twerking? Pfftt...

[nomorenomore08]

11. Honestly, I kinda like this one better than Sinead's...

Nothing against Ms. O'Connor - I've always admired her gutsiness, e.g. "Fight the real enemy!" - but in her "letter" she was quite obviously viewing Miley through the prism of her own negative experiences, as a young woman in the music biz. Whereas yours is simple common sense, something that, sadly, is rather lacking in a lot of people.

[Tom Ripley]

15. She's going for a bit of an Edie Sedgwick vibe in the latest Terry Richardson photos

[Taverner]

17. Like a rolling stone?

(seriously, that song was Bob's warning to Edie)

[Tom Ripley]

29. We will definitely be in the era of diminished expectations if John Mayer writes that song...

warning her about falling under the sway of David LaChapelle.

[steve2470]

16. I think Miley has to make a decision at some point about "artistic integrity"

You may scoff and say that Miley and "artistic integrity" don't belong in the same sentence, but apparently she has some talent, as I saw in one video.

She's making a ton of money doing what's she doing. I have no idea how much of it is really "her" or her being told/asked what to do. I admit, it would be very hard to pass up millions of dollars to be true to my soul. I don't envy her, and she is so young. I wish you the best, Miley. Despite my earlier laughs at your VMA performance, you seem like a decent person overall.

[Taverner]

18. Just watch, she's reading this and does a Prog Concept album for her next

Featuring Rick Wakeman and Robert Fripp

[steve2470]

20. what is "prog concept album" ? non-snarky question nt

[Taverner]

24. Sorry, Progressive Rock, like that by Emerson Lake and Palmer or King Crimson

Long, artistically fulfilling but crowd-alienating music.

[steve2470]

25. ah ok thank you nt

[antiquie]

27. >artistic integrity

At some point, true. I see a young woman whose artistry was strictly controlled during her Disney years and she is testing her limit. I am more likely to shake my head at Rhianna.

[Iggo]

33. Depends on the crowd.

[Taverner]

34. Hey King Crimson's last studio albums could fall into the 'Metal' category

Hehe Meta Metal

[NightWatcher]

19. keep your tongue in your mouth. you look like Gene Simmons and Johnny Rotten had a baby

I got no problems with wanting to be "punk", but when Disney goes punk, you do more than just stick your tongue and grab your crotch

[Taverner]

31. She's not exactly Disney any more

[Tom Ripley]

32. It's just the flipside of Disney: From lowest common denominator "wholesomeness"...

to lowest common denominator "outrageousness"
Matriculation through the Mouse Factory

[Orsino]

26. Despite the stupidity of the slut-shaming...

...I'm not buying into the attempt to keep Cyrus' career afloat.

[magical thyme]

30. and then she did this!

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and I went from thinking she was a talentless idiot to thinking she's girl comedy genius!