Suddenly, the party was urgently alive, in need of immediate dancing to address the excitement: that raw, fuzzy opening riff, shockingly playful; that delirious, furious, propulsive energy, with whamming drums, blistering guitar, staccato lyrical hilarity, and a piano snaking around in the distance.
Afrobeat and Talking Heads-y rhythms collide with Echo and the Bunnymen-like grandeur in songs that elementally and emotionally address life's excitement, fear and (especially) fragility and transience.
In fact, there is a warm note to the story he has to tell and frequent generous acknowledgements to the researchers and thinkers whose ideas he addresses, and the excitement begins to build from the first chapters.
But come election time, reporters and politicians and pundits go mad with excitement, and address a mountain of deeply serious matters in an utterly trivial way.
"Oh, Valera, look who we are seated with," the woman exclaimed in excitement and then addressed me, "We read your stuff all the time, and we've seen you on TV".
Woodall spoke of her excitement to be addressing the fashion problems of men for the first time, a personal highlight being that "it gives men permission to take an interest in clothes and their appearance".
While many publications expressed excitement creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker would address white nationalism on the popular show, others doubted the cartoon comedy would handle it well.
And recently, a creative and inspirational campaign to house 100,000 of the most hurting homeless persons in America has instilled excitement into our approach to addressing homelessness.
The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder said that there was great excitement as Mr Modi arrived and addressed his supporters.
James Martin, a British technology expert, author and prognosticator who viewed mankind's onrushing future with alarm and excitement and used his considerable fortune to address his concerns, died on June 24 near his home in Bermuda.
