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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,724
    Dr. Delight wrote:
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  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,378
    Top ten song for me. Love it. "Heavy" Pearl Jam is some of my favorite PJ. "Shitty" early Soundgarden songs are my preferred ones so maybe that's why I love Habit. Someone mentioned Ed and Liam Finn doing it at PJ20, one of the best moments of the weekend!
    DiRtyFranK38 wrote:
    i wish pj did more very heavy shit
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    Agreed!
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    Speaking as someone who pahks his cah at the gahden.

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  • pearljam133
    pearljam133 Posts: 202
    The thing is, I love Blood and Spin The Black Circle. They're heavier songs but I dig them. Habit just sounds too loose and amateur-ish. Its like they didn't put much thought into it.
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,724
    pearljam133 wrote:
    The thing is, I love Blood and Spin The Black Circle. They're heavier songs but I dig them. Habit just sounds too loose and amateur-ish. Its like they didn't put much thought into it.
    no worries!!!they put thought at Ole and Supersonic!!!!
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  • pearljam133
    pearljam133 Posts: 202
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    pearljam133 wrote:
    The thing is, I love Blood and Spin The Black Circle. They're heavier songs but I dig them. Habit just sounds too loose and amateur-ish. Its like they didn't put much thought into it.
    no worries!!!they put thought at Ole and Supersonic!!!!
    :lol::lol:
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    10/12/2013 - Buffalo, NY
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 255
    Personally I love habit (esp pinkpop 2000 version).

    They should def play more, would be good as an opener just to blow away any cobwebs.

    'Just to see what all the fuss is about' ;)
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  • papa_pearls_jam.pj20
    papa_pearls_jam.pj20 Chicago USA Posts: 2,142
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    pearljam133 wrote:
    The thing is, I love Blood and Spin The Black Circle. They're heavier songs but I dig them. Habit just sounds too loose and amateur-ish. Its like they didn't put much thought into it.
    no worries!!!they put thought at Ole and Supersonic!!!!
    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
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  • CharlieP
    CharlieP Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 1,035
    I totally hear you.
    It's the only PJ song I never really liked. Due to the same reasons you mention

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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    Jerome230 wrote:
    (maybe the closest thing the entire No Code album had for a solo?)


    Isn't Red Mosquito kind of one big solo?
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  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    fucking love HABIT
    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
  • PH20
    PH20 Posts: 466
    PureandEasy wrote:
    fucking love HABIT

    Agree!
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  • pearljam133
    pearljam133 Posts: 202
    CharlieP wrote:
    I totally hear you.
    It's the only PJ song I never really liked. Due to the same reasons you mention
    Nice to hear I'm not the only one
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    5/9/2010 - Cleveland, OH
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    10/12/2013 - Buffalo, NY
  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    I like it bunches.
    And I think it balances out No Code perfectly.

    Is it not Mike Watt influenced? ...Speaking as a child of the 70s vs. 90s? :mrgreen:
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  • Come Back in Black
    Come Back in Black Posts: 659
    The song would of been fine if it was a B-side. Like Ole. As it is... its one of the few songs I don't care for on the albums. Evacuation is coming to mind as the other least favorite.
  • CharlieP
    CharlieP Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 1,035
    Strangely enough No code is my favourite PJ album.
    But Habit has just always felt a little off center for me.
    That said, I praise the album for its much varied stuff but Habit still never really did anything for me....

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  • CharlieP
    CharlieP Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 1,035
    Habit, Olé and Sweet Lew.
    Never really dug those.
    But those are the only 3 songs I can think of....how many other bands have bad songs you can count on one hand after 10 albums?? :shock:

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  • FrankY59
    FrankY59 Posts: 1,052
    jumbojet wrote:

    It is OK to be teenager and form opinions. I will not try to preach you or anytg, just bear in mind that your horizons can change widely as you age.
    I remember when I was a teenager; seeing Paul Simon, Boy in the Bubble album on the top of the lists and buying it only to hate it. I didnt get it at that time but years later, I was going out my mind with it. These kind of things happen as you go through life.
    One day, you may wanna revisit this song. It is just brilliant, as the entire PJ catalogue.

    Sooo Dissident and Glorified G still has a chance to grow on me even after 20 years?!?! i hope so, it is annoying having to skip those songs when they come on my player.
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,126
    Habit kicks ass. You Sir, do not.
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  • Driftin'Along
    Driftin'Along Posts: 1,403
    At the beginning of my No Code experience I didn't really have much love for Habit either. I remember taking the disc to a guitar lesson so I could learn how to play something from the album (hoping to learn Off He Goes) but my teacher picked out Habit. He explained some things about the song that I would never have picked up on otherwise that made me respect it. For example, the altered tuning, changed key for the solo (my teacher was impressed because during the first verse he claimed to already know what the solo would sound like and was completely wrong). He also commented on the drums being amazing. Needless to say, from that day on I had a new respect for the song. Also to mirror what some others here have said, the lyrics and message of the song are great.
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