Red Mosquito

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

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

darth_vedder wrote: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....

durdencommatyler wrote:

darth_vedder wrote: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....

durdencommatyler wrote:

darth_vedder wrote: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

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!

darth_vedder wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

darth_vedder wrote: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.

Leatherhead wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

darth_vedder wrote: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.

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

Chris_H_2 wrote:this is one of the worst choruses among all of their songs, and i adore pilate and don't mind hitchhiker

aw huh

Chris_H_2 wrote:this is one of the worst choruses among all of their songs, and i adore pilate and don't mind hitchhiker

i feel attacked.

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

Evacuation is a much better song all around, though.

durdencommatyler wrote:Evacuation is a much better song all around, though.

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

darth_vedder wrote: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.

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.

darth_vedder wrote:the last minute of Habit.

this sounds like a glorious euphemism

Chris_H_2 wrote:

darth_vedder wrote: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.

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.

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?