Sex, Drugs, & Rock'n'Rol

[David Casseres]

On 8/19/06, Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Heh heh. Ian Dury was who I immediately thought of but of course he sang, as
> you correctly quoted, 'Sex and drugs and rock and roll' - the crucial extra
> first 'and' there.
>
> Good question, whoever's wife asked that!

My wife.  Yeah, the extra syllable may work when sung, but it screws
up the rhythm of the slogan.  One friend of mine suggests multiple
origins, but points out that verifying such a theory would rely on
that ultimate unreliable narrator, the Brain on Drugs.