Song of the Moment: Habit

[fishbob]

i have NOT seen enough live footage with Jack, that was awesome

[darth_vedder]

so dct hates this song? even the last 2 minutes or so? say it ain't so joe.

[epilogue]

so dct hates this song? even the last 2 minutes or so? say it ain't so joe.

Look, speaking as a child of the 90s....

[darth_vedder]

so dct hates this song? even the last 2 minutes or so? say it ain't so joe.

Look, speaking as a child of the 90s....

[Leatherhead]

so dct hates this song? even the last 2 minutes or so? say it ain't so joe.

Look, speaking as a child of the 90s....

Why does this bother so many people so much? Because it's a nod/wink to the Mike Watt song? Because maybe Pearl Jam was a "child of the 90's? Because maybe the character in the song is a child of the 90's? I don't know, but what's the big deal? It sounds kinda cool to me. /shrug

[darth_vedder]

I can see why people don't like the first part of the song. It's a little clunky and the vocals are pretty rough. I like it all, but can see where people are turned off by it. The back half of the song though is like Pearl Jam at their best. That ending. Wow!

[epilogue]

so dct hates this song? even the last 2 minutes or so? say it ain't so joe.

Look, speaking as a child of the 90s....

That's the exact face I make every time Habit comes on.

[epilogue]

so dct hates this song? even the last 2 minutes or so? say it ain't so joe.

Look, speaking as a child of the 90s....

Why does this bother so many people so much? Because it's a nod/wink to the Mike Watt song? Because maybe Pearl Jam was a "child of the 90's? Because maybe the character in the song is a child of the 90's? I don't know, but what's the big deal? It sounds kinda cool to me. /shrug

It doesn't bother me, really. I think it's a dumb reference and the song wouldn't be worse without it, but I don't actively hate that it's there. It's just stupid. I think there's also something cringy about the delivery of the line, too. But again, nothing that would ruin the song for me if it was a song I liked.

[Chris_H_2]

this is one of the worst choruses among all of their songs, and i adore pilate and don't mind hitchhiker

[epilogue]

this is one of the worst choruses among all of their songs, and i adore pilate and don't mind hitchhiker

aw huh

[dad]

this is one of the worst choruses among all of their songs, and i adore pilate and don't mind hitchhiker

i feel attacked.

[darth_vedder]

the chorus isn't as bad as E-vac-U-A-shun. there i said it, preemptive fuck off.

[epilogue]

Evacuation is a much better song all around, though.

[darth_vedder]

Evacuation is a much better song all around, though.

Evacuation doesn't have Jack Irons. Nothing in Evacuation touches the last minute of Habit.

[Leatherhead]

the chorus isn't as bad as E-vac-U-A-shun. there i said it, preemptive fuck off.

Evacuation is better than Habit, and I love Habit.

[darth_vedder]

I've actually come around to Evacuation over the years. Used to hate it, now it's pretty good, but not my favorite on Binaural.

[Chris_H_2]

the last minute of Habit.

this sounds like a glorious euphemism

[darth_vedder]

the last minute of Habit.

this sounds like a glorious euphemism

true, but i do like the first half (better than evacuation), the ending is where it's at though.

[PHATJ]

Habit and Evacuation are both great. I love the Evacuation chorus and the outro on Habit is spectacular. Oddly, it took me a long time to come around to a favorable opinion on both songs, but now I’ve been a big fan for many years. Damn, everything is getting old.

[Matters]

The only bad thing about this song is that damn fade out starts too early. I could listen to them jam on this for 10 more minutes. It borrows from Big Green Country but Habit is even better.

Is there a thread for worst Pearl Jam fade outs?