Since its founding in 1998, prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor has been awarded to famous American comedians like Whoopi Goldberg, Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, and, most recently, Kevin Hart. В 2016 году актёр Bill Murray, который играл главную роль в фильмах Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day, присутствовал на церемонии. Некоторые не могли предположить, насколько превосходной была исполнительница Miley Cyrus, когда она открыла вечеринку исполнением песни Frank Sinatra «My Way».
Miley’s version, similar to Sinatra’s 1969 classic, starts with a grand piano in the background, a waltz-like tempo with pop-icon vocal runs, and clever asides between words. Miley entered the stage with tears in his eyes and Bill Murray, who was sitting in the audience, gave her a standing ovation.
“Bill did it his way”, was the conclusion of Miley’s modified words on her cover. Когда Миley сказала, “So am I!”, грохот электрических гитар внезапно разорвал спокойный тон песни. Her pianist, who looked suspiciously like unknown Matt Lucas, responded by dancing wildly and adding synths to Miley’s rock arrangement.
Люди, которые никогда раньше не видели Miley в ее сексуальном bodycon-наряде из серебряных шариков, могут быть ошеломлены этим экстравагантным выступлением. She has accumulated more than 7.7 million views for her performance of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here,” her three-year cover of Blondie’s “Heart Of Glass” on YouTube, 24 million views for her duet with Metallica on “Nothing Else Matters,” and 180 million views for her three-year cover of Blondie’s “Heart Of Glass” on YouTube. Благодаря более чем тремя миллионами просмотров на YouTube, «My Way» продолжает Miley’s trend of rock cover songs that are better than the originals.
