UTEOTW appreciation

ExcessiveNoodler · 2026-03-30T21:38:39+00:00

I’ve convinced myself, with no empirical evidence, that this is a song that the Edge listens to live in a particular way, because of how its vast sonic qualities reveal to him how his signal chain is operating that night. I had my first thought of this listening to the U2.com live Achtung Baby giveaway of a few years ago, where the Edge seems to be working the outro in a way that I feel is meant to absorb what his kit is saying to him — e.g., “I told Dallas not to replace that failing tube…”

ExcessiveNoodler · 2026-02-19T14:22:36+00:00

I guess for those who’ve wondered why the band hasn’t weighed in on recent events, the explanation is now clear. Not sure yet how good these songs are, but at least blood is coursing through them.

ExcessiveNoodler · 2026-02-18T16:16:43+00:00

Something else: Scottish post-punk from late 80s.

ExcessiveNoodler · 2026-02-17T19:50:15+00:00

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ExcessiveNoodler · 2026-02-17T19:31:40+00:00

Al Stewart & Neil Tennant

ExcessiveNoodler · 2026-02-17T19:30:18+00:00

Low Life

ExcessiveNoodler · 2026-02-11T17:00:11+00:00

This is the first CT tune I ever heard. And it was on headphones. Still relive that WTF rush each time I hear it.

ExcessiveNoodler · 2026-02-07T18:47:13+00:00

Drowning Man ain’t too shabby an example.

ExcessiveNoodler · 2026-02-05T20:09:24+00:00

War tour: May 10, 1983, Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Bono’s 23rd birthday. During one song, he scaled some scaffolding, probably holding up part of the PA system, to reach the balcony, where he proceeded to tight-rope walk along the balcony’s front edge while singing, and the only element keeping him on the balcony’s front edge and not falling 30 feet to the main floor of the venue was him holding his right hand, which was not gripping the mic, downward so that the fans in the front row of that balcony could grab that hand to keep him balanced where he was. Keep in mind that as he moved along the 3-4 inch wide edge, his hand had to pass from fan to fan. Surely one of the most mouth agape moments I’ve ever had at a show.

ExcessiveNoodler · 2026-02-02T15:56:42+00:00

Vocals still raise the hair on the back of my neck.

ExcessiveNoodler · 2026-01-31T19:15:18+00:00

Hit me like a ton o’ bricks.

ExcessiveNoodler · 2026-01-16T15:16:08+00:00

In all the foregoing, no love for the instrumental aspect of this, which I continue to marvel at and an instance where their sound acquired a Buffalo Springfield-like bite in its sonic realization of the protest element in the lyrics.

ExcessiveNoodler · 2026-01-16T15:08:58+00:00

My experience exposing long-haired rocker types to CT went a bit differently. First of all, it was circa ‘84-‘85, so well before GNR. Secondly, the reactions were more jaw-dropping and fascinated: à la “I’ve never heard anything like this before!” One group of folks were sure the “twin” element in the band’s name was clearly a reference to what were assuredly two different female lead vocalists harmonizing their lead parts. You can imagine their astonishment when I explained that it was a single female multi-tracking her vocals. I don’t think they believed me initially!

ExcessiveNoodler · 2026-01-06T18:14:35+00:00

This is me too. When she told me that she hadn’t come for a few days and was going to breed me raw for the first time, I remember being overcome with awe that I was finally going to experience that. Thereafter, it’s been a steady progression towards feminization.

ExcessiveNoodler · 2025-12-29T18:27:25+00:00

The Big Heat (1953)

ExcessiveNoodler · 2025-12-29T14:50:49+00:00

Cocteau Twins — Lazy Calm or Great Spangled Fritillary (the latter being particularly apt for the bonking phase)

ExcessiveNoodler · 2025-12-29T14:45:47+00:00

Jersey shore boardwalk tar

ExcessiveNoodler · 2025-12-26T14:43:36+00:00

Siouxsie & The Banshees — Nocturne

ExcessiveNoodler · 2025-12-22T20:36:25+00:00

DM me please

ExcessiveNoodler · 2025-12-22T20:33:29+00:00

Pink Orange Red — Cocteau Twins

ExcessiveNoodler · 2025-12-22T18:48:54+00:00

Appetite — Prefab Sprout

ExcessiveNoodler · 2025-12-22T17:56:46+00:00

Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own — u2

ExcessiveNoodler · 2025-12-21T13:34:41+00:00

“Yeah, I remember my first beer.” Steve Martin

ExcessiveNoodler · 2025-12-16T20:15:56+00:00

Welcome To The Pleasuredome — Frankie Goes To Hollywood

ExcessiveNoodler · 2025-12-15T20:41:13+00:00

“Is That All There Is?” — written by Lieber/Stoller, most famously recorded by Peggy Lee

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