Miley Cyrus Needs College, Says Kellie Martin

[Australis]

I've seen bits of interviews with her (Letterman etc), and she seems a lot brighter and more centered than Spears or Lohan.

 

[Jetfire]

Nothing wrong for a woman...but a 16/17 year old girl is pushing things a little.

In most societies, 16/17 years old is old enough to get married (with consent) and have sex legally with people in their own age group. She's not 12.

I'm just trying to wrap my mind around what she has done that sets her apart from any other 17 year old young woman. I mean, if you want to say all of society is fucked up and we should all be more puritanical, go ahead and make that argument, but she's not a whore, and I've never seen her act like a whore. Like it or not, as soon as these girls have the boobs, legs and hips for it, they're going to be sexualized in some way by the media, by the public, by their fans, and for the most part they're not going to mind one bit.

If you want all of your performers to wrap themselves up in turtle-necks and cotton pants there are probably a lot of great, wholesome Christian singers doing their best impression of Amy Grant to fall back on.

Seriously WTF?

 

[mredom]

"I'm not looking to be Miley f*cking Cyrus" - Taylor Momsen

Well then. The 16-year-old Gossip Girl star, who's never shied away from speaking her mind, recently told FHM UK that she loathes comparisons to another teen idol.

Both Miley Cyrus, 17, and Momsen are stars who sing and act, but Momsen fronts the dark, edgy band The Pretty Reckless and Cyrus sings lighter country-pop fare.

Comparing the two, Taylor says: "I don't care about fame. I do it because I love music. I like making records and if people like them, then we'll go along for the ride."

"I'm not dissing Miley personally. However, I do think the Disney bubblegum s*** that the world is living right now is pathetic. I thought we passed that repression."

"I don't know Miley, but we're different. To compare us because of age is silly."

Taylor isn't trying to be Miley ... but is Miley trying to be Taylor?

Although she's been trying to shed her perky 'tween image with provocative outfits and sound bytes, Cyrus rose to fame as the squeaky-clean star of Hannah Montana.

Interestingly, Momsen herself is said to have auditioned for the Hannah role. She was 7 when she starred as Cindy Lou Who in 2000's How the Grince Stole Christmas.

Momsen tells the magazine that fans should be "surprised" by her band's new album. "I mean, it's a rock record. I get that there is this blonde thing from Gossip Girl and they're expecting pop s***, but it's a rock band and its heavy. Our record is a life record."

"It confronts everything head on, death, love, drugs, sex, religion, politics."

http://www.tvfanatic.com/2010/07/taylor-momsen-im-not-miley-cyrus/

I know that what I want from my music is a 16 year old's take on "death, love, drugs, sex, religion, politics" Yeah, the 16 year old with her abundant life experiences to lend me. Could she be MORE pretentious, survey says...dingdingdingding-Not a chance!

Miley has people around her who've been down the road before, most importantly, her father. I hope she does go to college, because I'd love to see her talent mature and grow.

Taylor Momsen will be an acting and music footnote within the next two years. My opinion.

 

[Dusty Ayres]

Nothing wrong for a woman...but a 16/17 year old girl is pushing things a little.

In most societies, 16/17 years old is old enough to get married (with consent) and have sex legally with people in their own age group. She's not 12.

I'm just trying to wrap my mind around what she has done that sets her apart from any other 17 year old young woman. I mean, if you want to say all of society is fucked up and we should all be more puritanical, go ahead and make that argument, but she's not a whore, and I've never seen her act like a whore. Like it or not, as soon as these girls have the boobs, legs and hips for it, they're going to be sexualized in some way by the media, by the public, by their fans, and for the most part they're not going to mind one bit.

If you want all of your performers to wrap themselves up in turtle-necks and cotton pants there are probably a lot of great, wholesome Christian singers doing their best impression of Amy Grant to fall back on.

I've seen bits of interviews with her (Letterman etc), and she seems a lot brighter and more centered than Spears or Lohan.

What you guys just said might make me change my view on this topic-damn!

I know that what I want from my music is a 16 year old's take on "death, love, drugs, sex, religion, politics" Yeah, the 16 year old with her abundant life experiences to lend me. Could she be MORE pretentious, survey says...dingdingdingding-Not a chance!

Miley has people around her who've been down the road before, most importantly, her father. I hope she does go to college, because I'd love to see her talent mature and grow.

Taylor Momsen will be an acting and music footnote within the next two years. My opinion.

If you can do it and say it at 17, do it and say it, and Ms. Momsen is doing just that; I might even take her up on her offer and hear her album all the way through (rock records by 17-year-olds being so rare nowadays.) Don't kill the messenger just because they're young.