Alright you old potheads...........

[Deb]

How many drug or alcohol references can you name in this song...............

30 Days In The Hole ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z87qc4QdfOk

LOL, first one: 'chicago green' = weed

[steveo777]

None
I didn't do Mr. Big, but I did a lot of pot!

[yulog]

"30 days in the hole" = standard amount of time to detox and go thru a 12 step program back when this was written(rounded up from 28 days)
Could also be referencing a 30 day stint in jail

[No Surprize]

"30 days in the hole" = standard amount of time to detox and go thru a 12 step program back when this was written(rounded up from 28 days)
Could also be referencing a 30 day stint in jail

Hey, I resemble that comment!

[Peartree12249]

Black Lebanese & Black Nepalese = hash

[Michigan Girl]

Newcastle Brown=Heineken
Durban poison= some kind of weedy drug
greasy whore=ho ...
Rollin on the dance floor=rollin a fattie ...(no surprize )

[Michigan Girl]

I have never heard of it before, but that Durban Poison has a pretty darn good rating.

Gotta Love Humble Pie ...only the best!!

[SF-Dano]

Always thought that Newcastle Brown refferred to just that........Newcastle Brown

But since the lyric goes on to describe "SMACK you down", it most likely is talking about Heroin.

[Deb]

I have never heard of it before, but that Durban Poison has a pretty darn good rating.

Gotta Love Humble Pie ...only the best!!

LOL, Peartree, LLL, MG! Atta girls!

And I agree MG, I looooove the 70s stuff. One of the MAIN reasons I dig the BIGs, they are all verrry influenced by the 70s blues/rock/soul groove. I remember a radio interviewer in a recent EM interview that commented about hearing from people how you can pretty much throw any song from the 70s at them and they will be able to just start jamming......

I googled it to see what the "seeds and dust" line was. I wasn't sure if it was "seeds and dust that you got busted on" or "buzzed on". LOL and found this guys take on it......song quotes in parenthesis.

"Thirty Days in the Hole": an AWESOME lament about getting busted for possession of popular and widely used drugs with only less than trivial evidence. Perhaps the best rock song ever?! Here are my thoughts on the definitions and translations:

"Chicago Green": weed. "RED Lebanese": really fine trippy hash.
"A Dirty room": one full of evidence that can get you busted; especially if you ALSO possess a "silver coke spoon."
"Gimme my release -- come on": What you beg the cops to do after a less than righteous bust for nothing but seeds, crumbs and dust.
"Black Nepalese": Nepalese hash mixed with Opium.
"SOME SEEDS AND DUST that you got buzzed on": pretty trivial evidence.
"Newcastle Brown": now famous, but in the early 70s it was an obscure local brand -- but "brown" and "smack" can also mean heroin.
"Take a greasy whore": a slippery/slick/sneaky/conniving woman with no morals; who'd set you up for a bust when you're not paying attention.
"Durban Poison": a very potent strain of Sativa from South Africa.
"ONLY SEEDS AND DUST that you got buzzed on": STILL pretty trivial evidence.