U2 Rock's Pittsburgh's Face Off (DVD)
Vertigo Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
22 October 2005
Format: NTSC (720 x 480)
Bitrate: 8.000 Mbps
Audio: AC3
Source: MiniDV master
Converted to DVD by: The Octagon
Interactive Menu: Yes
Chapter Divisions: Between songs
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Video = 9
Audio = 9

October 22, 2005.  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Mellon Arena.
1. Menu
2. City of Blinding Lights
3. Vertigo/Rock and Roll Nigger (snippet)
4. Elevation
5. I Will Follow
6. The Electric Co.
7. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For/In A Little While (snippet)
8. Beautiful Day
9. Miracle Drug
10. Sometimes You Cant Make It On Your Own
11. Love and Peace or Else
12. Sunday Bloody Sunday
13. Bullet the Blue Sky/When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet)/Please (snippet)/The Hands That Built America (snippet)
14. Bono Speaks (colored bars)
15. Bono Speaks (video included)
16. Miss Sarajevo/Human Rights Video
17. Pride (In the Name of Love)
18. Where the Streets Have No Name
19. Bono Speaks/One Campaign
20. One/Ol' Man River (snippet)
21. The First Time
22. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
23. Party Girl
24. With or Without You
25. All Because of You
26. Yahweh
27. 40
November 19, 2005.  Atlanta, Georgia.  Phillips Arena.  Camera 7 Line Cuts (pro-shot)
1. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of (0:00 - 0:38)
2. Bad (0:38 - 7:08, small cut at 3:51)
 

NOTE: This DVD contains footage shot by a single camera located in the stands straight away from the stage.  The quality of both the video and audio is excellent.  The taper is far enough removed from the stage that true closeups are not possible.  Some relative closeups are included -- mostly when band members come out onto the ellipse -- but the majority of the footage is wide-angle.  The camera remains very still throughout the recording, which suggests that a tripod was used.  The video contains black bars on the top and bottom of the screen.  These are reminiscent of the bars that are visible when you watch a widescreen (16 x 9 aspect ratio) DVD on a traditional 4x3 screen.  However, the aspect ratio of this DVD is only 4 x 3.  There picture disappears and colored bars are shown across the screen for almost a minute after "Bullet the Blue Sky" (67:30 through 68:26).  The audio continues to play during this time, save for a brief fade out/fade in between "Bullet" and Bono's speech before "Miss Sarajevo".  The colored bars appear again at the beginning of "40" and last from 125:25 through 126:05.  Again, the audio continues to play during this period.

The bonus clips consist of pro-shot footage apparently intercepted from one of the band's cameras at the November 19, 2005 concert in Atlanta, Georgia.  The camera is located slightly above the stage on the left side (The Edge's side).  The audio is not soundboard, as you voices of fans can occasionally be heard.  For exzmple, listen for a guy saying "Oh man!" at 4:36 as "Bad'" segues into "People Have the Power".  "Bad" is not complete, but most of the song is included.

Evidently The Octagon is not a big fan of Kyle Orton, the Chicago Bears starting quarterback for much of the 2005 season.  The menu for the Atlanta pro-shot bonus clips contain a screen capture from CBS' broadcast of the September 25, 2005 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Chicago Bear.  The screenshot is of a graphic showing the statistics of the two starting quarterback, Orton and the Bengals Carson Palmer.  A big red arrow points towards Orton's horrific stats: Quarterback Rating of 1.0, 42 Passing Yards, and a Touchdown to Interception Ration of 0/5.  That must be one of the worst lines in the history of the NFL.  But I have no idea what it has to do with U2's performance in Atlanta.  The music that plays during this menu is John Lennon's "Instant Karma".  Notable lyrics include "You better get yourself together.  Pretty soon you're gonna be dead."