I went on a little U2 kick right around the time this album came out. Owned it on CD, but mostly listened on my iPod. "Beautiful Day" was a song basically written for an iPod, right? Why was U2 so prominent in the iPod space? No one will ever know. But I like this album as a whole well enough. It ain't "the Joshua Tree," but I kinda don't blame them for playing it a little safe after the whole "Pop" débâcle. They had to compete with Coldplay. Speaking of "Pop," I saw U2 on that tour at a stadium in South Carolina with Krista Loheed and Brian Crane. It was fun! I don't really care about seeing another stadium show, but it was hard not to appreciate the effect of that many people singing along to a song like "With or Without You." Glad I went, though still pissed we arrived too late to see Rage Against the Machine open. I'd seen 'em twice before, but at a stadium in South Carolina? That must've been something.