While I may agree with some of the things the original poster wrote, I have to defend the ATYCLB album and the Elevation tour that promoted it. 'All That....' was a necessaryalbum to make and a much-needed change from 'Pop' [although I love that album] in the same vein that 'Achtung Baby'/'Zooropa' was a welcome change from the 'Joshua Tree'/'Rattle and Hum' sound and image was. What my fellow hard core fans always fail to realize when they express their disallusionment is that our favorite band got a third chance at respectability, from both press and public, in the third decade of thier career. 'All That...' gave U2 the kind of relevance that equalled or sometimes even crushed the Joshua era. The 'All That.../Elevation era even brought certain people I know, who tuned out after the Unforgettable Fire tour ended in '85, coming back in '00 as quadruple the fans they ever were. What i'm trying to say is that shouldn't we be at least happy for our four heroes that they got another chance especially after the beating they took for 'Pop' and the Popmart tour? Even if some of you didn't like the music on ATYCLB? And what other band could one say that has nine lives like a cat?