Sex, Drugs, & Rock'n'Roll

Joe Allonby joeallonby at gmail.com
Tue Aug 22 21:29:35 CDT 2006


The phrase predates the Ian Dury song by years. I remember thinking the song
was cool when I first heard it because it used the familiar phrase, but
kinda couched it in a disco beat.

On 8/18/06, Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> No name?
>
> IAN DURY
> Aug 1977
> Stiff
> 7", 7" Orange
> Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll/Razzle In My Pocket (BUY 17)
> http://www.iandury.co.uk/discfrm.html
>
> 2006/8/19, David Casseres <david.casseres at gmail.com>:
> > So, my wife posed the question, "Who first said 'Sex, Drugs, and
> Rock'n'Roll'?"
> >
> > I thought it would be easy, but Google has failed me and so has
> > Wikipedia -- which says it was the title of a song by some no-name
> > band in 1977.  That's way too recent.
> >
> > So I turn to the PeeList, ultimate collective authority.  Please?
> >
>
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