It was originally released as a stiff records single on 26 august 1977 How often have you encountered the phrase “sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll” throughout your life Most music fans’ and pop culture enthusiasts’ earliest encounter with it goes back to ian dury and the blockheads’ 1977 song, but was this phrase ian’s original creation While he undoubtedly played a significant role in […] How many times have you heard/seen/read that phrase in your lifetime I think the first time i was exposed to it came in the form of this ian.
‘sex an’ drugs an’ rock’n’roll’ quickly became a catchphrase that grew bigger than the song itself “ian was brilliant at coming up with titles which could be slogans. Sex & drugs & rock & roll With andy serkis, tom hughes, clifford samuel, joseph kennedy ‘sex, drugs and rock’ just doesn’t flow that well This stilted triplet would later be polished up in a 1971 piece in the spectator, opining, “not for nothing is the youth culture characterized by sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll”
Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll—that holy trinity of hedonism—is a more timeless trio than you’d think The first identified use of the phrase as we know it was in a 1969 life magazine piece.
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