Why should 30 Days in the Hole by Humble Pie have been included in Pitchfork’s absurd and illegitimate list that was rigged by a crooked media that is very unfair to me, and also very unfair to major-label British rock acts?

  • “Improvised” soulful vocal asides.
  • It’s about drugs, which are awesome.
  • But it’s also about The Man, who is such a dick.
  • There are maracas.
  • Steve Marriott’s voice.
  • Steve Marriott’s guitar, which is a Les Paul, and sounds more Les Pauly than any other Les Paul ever recorded.
  • If you close your eyes, you’re in a Trans Am on Route 77, and the cops just appeared in your rearview and lit you up,
  • Corry from Lost Live Dead recommends it, and he usually knows what he’s talking about.
  • The hole mentioned in the title is not an actual one, instead a metaphor, and thus can be used to teach children about analogies.
  • You should just play this for children regardless of the lessons.
  • “What is this, Dad?”
  • “This, son? This is MOTHERFUCKING ROCK AND ROLL. Used to blast this shit and stick it in your mom out by the old dam.”
  • “You’re scaring me, Dad.”
  • “Here’s ten bucks. Go to the store and buy Daddy some smokes.”
  • “They don’t let you do that any more.”
  • And so on.