14 DAY TRIAL // A few days ago, a new duet surfaced online, featuring none other than Disney star Miley Cyrus and Poison frontman Bret Michaels. Despite the age difference between the two, they chose a love song for their collaboration and, suffice it to say, many were not happy with it. Be that as it may, Michaels has no intention of apologizing for something that he clearly did not do, he says for Us Magazine.
As per the rocker’s words, he recorded the song as a solo many years ago and did not have any intention of asking Miley to sing on it. However, since she was working on a remake of one of his older songs and they were in the same studio, Michaels played “Nothing to Lose” to her and she was so ecstatic that she insisted on making it a duet. Moreover, there’s nothing wrong with the song and people are blowing things out of proportion for nothing.
“‘It’s blown out of proportion,’ insists the father of two girls (Raine, 9, and Jorja, 4). The Rock of Love star and Poison frontman explains that he wrote the song ‘a couple years ago,’ and had recorded it solo without Cyrus. But the Hannah Montana star wanted to remake his gritty classic ‘Every Rose Has Its Thorn’ for her next album, with the elder rocker as her producer. When the teen phenom recorded ‘Rose’ in a New York studio with her mother Tisch standing by, Michaels played them ‘Nothing to Lose’ during a break,” Us Magazine writes after sitting down with the rocker.
“‘[Miley’s] like, This is an incredible song, it’s beautiful. Maybe I could [do] some stuff to it, some harmonies,’ Michaels recounts. ‘I said, That’d be killer!’ The next thing they knew, the unlikely pair were recording ‘Nothing’ together. ‘She was excited that she didn’t have to follow any rules,’ he says of their impromptu jam session. What about, you know, that ‘slowly get undressed’ stuff? ‘I never sat down and said, Look at the content. Look at the lyrical content,’ Michaels admits,” the publication goes on to say.
Nevertheless, even if people are making too much of something as inoffensive as a duet, and granted Michaels did not realize the lyrics he was having a 17-year-old girl sing, perhaps both should have taken extra measures before launching the duet online, some continue to say. No doubt about it, the song is indeed a great one and the duet exceptional: just that the choice of lyrics is odd to say the least.