by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Miley Cyrus’ career is in a curious place. She’s doing all these covers as if she’s struggling to figure out What’s Next. I would suggest that this struggle comes from her voice — she has a pop-rock voice so it’s tough for her to pull off a hard rock song.
There are a number of different ways she could go. One is bank back into the adult contemporary crap that we have to suffer through right now or she could push ahead into harder rock. It seems if she decides to take the latter course that she should team up with Butch Vig of “Heart Shaped Box” fame and the band Garbage. I could definitely see Ms. Cyrus as a successor to Shirley Manson. But Ms. Cyrus would have to choose her songs carefully.
And, yet, who am I kidding. It definitely seems as though there are some macro trends at work that indicate rock is dead and never coming back for any reason. So, it’s not like anyone — even Ms. Cyrus — could produce good music and get any popular attention.
Oh well. I would note, however, that Ms. Cyrus is smoking hot. I still don’t understand what’s going on with her mentally, though. She’s so out there that I always thought it was some sort of act. But she continues to act so bonkers on a consistent basis that I’m beginning to think that’s really who she is. Which is…interesting.
