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Tue 27 Jan, 2004 12:19 am
Punked-up and candy-coated razor blade
(1) Punked-up: unlike Punk Rock, here "punk" has been used as a verb, but what does it mean?
(2) candy-coated razor blade
What I understood about this is "honey on the edge of a sword", right?
Context:
Consider this: Kelly made her debut on the MTV Video Music Awards singing her punked-up cover of Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach." She scored a hit with that track, and then dropped her candy-coated razor blade of a debut album, SHUT UP! With Osbournes mania in full swing, Kelly graced the covers of magazines ranging from Rolling Stone to Cosmogirl! She toured the dirtiest of dives and hugest of arenas -even playing to a crowd of one million sweaty rock fans as the opening act on Brit It Boy Robbie Williams' UK stadium tour.
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Punked-up and candy-coated razor blade
(1) Punked-up: unlike Punk Rock, here "punk" has been used as a verb, but what does it mean?
It means that a song that wasn't originally punk was done in the punk style.
(2) candy-coated razor blade
What I understood about this is "honey on the edge of a sword", right?
That's kind of what it means. You cover up something sharp and dangerous (a razor blade) with something sweet. The suggestion here is that although the album may have appeared sweet, it had a sharp edge to it under the surface.
Hi Roberta, thanks for the answer.
Does "cover" in "pucked-up cover" mean "a binding or enclosure for a book or magazine"?
No, it means that the singer is singing a song made famous by another singer.
Here, the song in question was originally released by Madonna.
Yup, Deb is right. A cover is a song someone else made famous. The word cover can be a noun, as it is used here, and a verb, as in, "John Smith covered the Joe Blow song, "Get a Life."
Quote:(2) candy-coated razor blade
Iron fist in a velvet glove.
Though it's not something I've heard or read for years.
Thank you all.
Now all has been clear, though I could not find out the definition for such a usage of "cover"in all my dictionaries in hand.
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