Courtney Love, one of the most controversial women in music, recently spilled to her fans how she felt about some of the biggest names in music at her NYC performance on Sept. 9, US Weekly reports, and as could be expected, it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows.
"I liked Miley, frankly," Love told the audience in between songs at the Dream Downtown. "I'm gonna be honest, Katy Perry bores the [bleep] out of me. She's a nice girl, she just really bores me. You know, that hillbilly Miley Cyrus is sort of punk in a weird sex way."
As for Cyrus's VMAs performance partner, Robin Thicke, Love said, "Can someone inform me who Alan Thicke's son is? Like what? Wasn't [he on] 'Charles in Charge'? That's like Jared Leto trying to convince me he's a rock star."
Following her show, Love elaborated on her comments to the New York Times' Page Six: "[Perry] bores me. [Miley] was at least kind of punk rock, you know? It was openly sexual...like dark and hillbilly and [bleeped] up."
Indeed, Cyrus's new persona is not only adult and shocking to those familiar with her past as a child entertainer, but highly sexualized as well. Though the ex-Disney princess has left her "Hannah Montana" and Hollywood Records past behind, she's still caught in the riptide of her latest image overhaul, raising eyebrows for her outlandish VMAs performance and new music videos for her singles "We Can't Stop" and "Wrecking Ball," which it seems no one can stop talking about.
Fans and critics alike argue over whether or not Cyrus's new image is really a reflection of her or if she is merely exploiting elements for shock value, though it's possibly a combination of both as, at just 20-years old, she is still young and exploring who she is.
Everyone from concerned parents to Love have given their views on Cyrus, who is set to release her new album, "Bangerz," on Oct. 4, which Cyrus describes as a collection of "dirty south hip-hop," a dramatic departure from her earlier work.
As for Thicke, he's created his own share of controversy with "Blurred Lines," the lyrical contents of which proving offensive to many, including those who feel the song encourages the sexual degradation of women. Pop star Cyndi Lauper even expressed her concern over Thicke and Cyrus's duet performance of the song at the VMAs.
"[Miley's] in a song that literally says that the blurred lines allowed you to - when a woman says no, she means yes - and that's frightful because that's date rape," Lauper said in a recent interview with radio station GOLD104.3
And then there's Perry, who despite her often sexy image, has maintained a fairly cutesy and highly marketable persona, her music never straying far from formula nor pushing the boundaries of pop. Her latest single, "Roar," is a catchy, feel-good anthem, and it's easy to see why opinionated Courtney Love doesn't find it none too impressive, despite its success on the Billboard charts.
