Miley Cyrus often gets a bad rep for being a Disney star gone wrong. She is unconventional to say the least and has been throughout the tabloids for the past couple of years. All of the gossip aside, she is an amazing performer and it seems sometimes her infamy overshadows that fact. Her voice is unique and she has an incredible ability to adapt to different genres. These are 5 performances that I think exhibit her amazing talent.
1. Miley Cyrus - Baby, I'm In The Mood For You (Live from the Tonight Show)
Miley sings this song as though it's her own. Her cover does Odetta's song justice. I also love her outfit, she chose more coverage but the pattern on the dress is wonderfully strange.
2. Happy Hippie Presents: Backyard Sessions - Look What They've Done to My Song Ma performed by Miley Cyrus & Melanie Safka
This one is my personal favorite of her Happy Hippie series. She sings along with Melanie Safka to Safka's original song. Miley has covered this song before but I think this cover is the best version. Major props to her band as well.
3. Dolly Parton's "Jolene" from the Backyard Sessions
With some of her more auto tuned songs becoming hits these days, its easy to forget that Miley Cyrus is a country singer at heart. I think this cover of "Jolene" does a great job at showing off her amazing talent at singing classic country music.
4. Wrecking Ball at the 2013 AMA Awards
First of all I love the cat theme. Second of all I feel like this song became a joke because of the ridicule of her music video, but taking the song away from the context shows how good the song actually is. For performing live, she does an amazing job at this difficult song.
5. "Adore You" from MTV Unplugged
This is my favorite song from Bangerz, and hearing it arranged in a different way was awesome. It sounds like a different song and yet I am not sure which version I prefer. She is very capable of writing emotionally charged music and I think sometimes her ability to adapt gets overlooked.
I love you Miley, keep being you.