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Oceans · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:11 am

Does anyone know who Eddie wrote "Habit" about? Layne Staley possibly?

dimejinky99 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:13 am

More about the general specific to borrow a phrase. heroin was and still is a problem in Seattle apparently.

StoneIrons · **Joined:** Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:20 am **Posts:** 762

I thought I read somewhere that Ed wrote it about himself after he took up smoking.

Lips · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:01 pm

i always thought it was about mike. i'm probably wrong.

jimbojones1138 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:08 pm

for some reason i always thought that came out around the time/was somewhat inspired by his sessions with mike watt... prolly wrong though...

borrowed the "speaking as a child of the..." line from watt's against the 70s.... and they even performed habit during mike's ringspiel gigs

HBK · **Posted:** Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:01 pm

such a great song....when was the last time this was performed live?

The pinkpop 2000 version rocks if only because of the superior sound quality from the video

Too Big a Man Too Say · **Posted:** Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:08 pm

Lips wrote:

i always thought it was about mike. i'm probably wrong.

Oceans · **Posted:** Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:33 am

It's such an underrated song. The ending of it, that last jam at the tail end just kills it!

That Mike Watt story I think has been mentioned before. I think you are right about it. Thanks.

Juvenal · **Posted:** Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:47 am

This is one of my favourite PJ songs atm.

adamdude · **Posted:** Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:30 am

Too Big a Man Too Say wrote:

Lips wrote:

i always thought it was about mike. i'm probably wrong.

Lips · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:39 pm

HBK wrote:

such a great song....when was the last time this was performed live?

11/28/2005

HBK · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:52 pm

Lips wrote:

HBK wrote:

such a great song....when was the last time this was performed live?

11/28/2005

almost 4 years...too long!

Lips · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:34 pm

HBK wrote:

Lips wrote:

HBK wrote:

such a great song....when was the last time this was performed live?

11/28/2005

almost 4 years...too long!

i agree. this song should be brought back into rotation!

Angus · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:06 pm

is it really since 2005? I think I saw it at 3 of my 6 2005 shows; Not sure about that. I loved it every time. Such a shame they started playing that crap of the last album above songs like Habit.

Lips · **Posted:** Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:57 am

Angus wrote:

is it really since 2005? I think I saw it at 3 of my 6 2005 shows; Not sure about that. I loved it every time. Such a shame they started playing that crap of the last album above songs like Habit.

pearljam.com says 2005, but it could be wrong. :lol:

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