Double your pleasure, double your fun.

• About
• Send a Tip
• Archive

((This list was published in Staten Island’s AWE today along with some other great pieces from other DAPSTERS and other talented members of the Staten Island community. When Published in AWE the editor thought it would be best to publish it without it’s jokes…. Here’s my comedic list (NOW WITH JOKES!) BTW the photo of me in AWE was shot by Mike Shane))

When I think music, when I think art, when I think revolutionary, only one name comes to mind. Miley Cyrus. The teen aged pop princess with her simple sound and poetic message has changed my life and I would suppose many lives over the last year. Here sadly is only but a sample of her genius…Miley Cyrus, we speak your name.

Number 1: “Everything you do matters in some way” – from “Wake Up America”

Simple yet elegant, her message may not be entirely clear… “in some way”, but Miley’s unshakable faith in that fact that we all do indeed matter and our actions matter, are the reservoir from which this bit of poetic truth arises.

Number 2: “Cram it all down my throat, stomach so full that I wish I could choke” – from “Simple Song”

The song beautifully titled “Simple Song” is a tome or better yet a journal entry that’s author is crying out for peace of mind, from unscrupulous paparazzi and media coverage. She is saying simply and loudly to America, please stop cramming things down my throat.

Number 3: “Suddenly my cell phone’s blowing up with your ringtone” – from “Goodbye”

The song “Goodbye” is about the post breakup depression, in which both parties of the previous relationship yearn and reach out for the other in times of weakness. Her rhyming of “Phone” with “ringtone” is so well executed that I doubt even the bard of avon (William Shakespeare) would have done a better job.

Number 4: “Tired being told what to do, so unfair, so uncool” – from “Breakout”

“Breakout” is about the yearning of students for the school day to conclude. The tedious act of waiting for the clock to strike three pm, but I think in this lyric Miley ‘s intentions are transcending their literal meaning. My reading is that she is tired of the corporate world (as controlled by the uppermost 1%) misappropriating and manipulating all of America’s wealth for their own financial gain. I agree with Miley this is certainly and unequivocally “uncool.”

Number 5: “It’s all up in my face, I need to push it away, somebody push it away” – from “Simple Song”

This again is from the afore mentioned “Simple Song,” The last line in this lyric is rather telling; “somebody push it away.” This is a clear cry for help. She is saying that her problem of nonexistent privacy (to which we all deserve) is no longer in her power to remedy. She needs help from us.

Number 6: “Global warming, going green, I don’t know what this all means” – from “Wake Up America”

In this lyric from the incendiary song “Wake up America” Miley is saying, hey folks we needn’t bother ourselves with trivial things such as facts or science, we need only to feel what is right and wrong, from our gut.

Number 7: “Your friends, they’re jerks, when you act like them, just know it hurts” – from “ 7 Things”

This lyric calls to mind the work of another young artist from recent history. The incomparable Avril Levine, who’s hit “Complicated” which also examined the theme put forth by Miley here: Male sociality as it effects the adult heterosexual relationship. The final line here “just know it hurts” I believe is directed to all men listening. I proudly say to Ms. Cyrus, I did not know, but now I do. Many thanks.

Number 8: “Every time you’re near, trouble disappears, under ground” – from “Full Circle”

One might think this lyric is about Miley’s affection for a male suitor. But alas that would be the wrong interpretation. Miley here is playfully talking about her love of evolutionary theory and science. Her meaning of “underground” is meant to be taken literally, for she is referring to the importance of the Earth worm, a subject Charles Darwin himself was so interested in he devoted an entire text to it. If you don’t agree with me, then let the title of the song “Full Circle” be the last bit of evidence I will expose on the matter.

Number 9: “A creepy little, sneaky little, fly on the wall” – from “Fly on the Wall”

Again the uneducated Miley fan might think this is yet another reference to the paparazzi, but it indeed is yet another reference to Miley’s love of the insect world.

Number 10: “I’m not a mind reader, but I’m reading the signs” – from “See You Again”

Here what Miley is saying is: I know how to read. Believe it or not, I can read.

Tags: amazing, awesome, excellent