Like someone to blame
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Ok, those of you who have been following my personal dissection of the new DVD under the thread "Upon Further Review...Elevation DVD...Truth In Labeling?" will appreciate this...
Originally, I thought the bonocam shots were from 6/5 or 6/6...but I now realize this is NOT so...for CERTAIN! Here's why:
*At 1 minute 15 seconds into the actual start of the concert (just as bono starts to bow his head towards the ground and while the Elevation prelude is still playing on the PA system) the view from the bonocam is of a less than enthusiastic late 20's-early 30's guy in a white golf style shirt along the VERY FRONT RAIL right in front of Bono's microphone. Between 1 minute 16 seconds and 1 minute 17 seconds the next shot is from an actual camera BEHIND Bono, and you see a COMPLETELY different cast of characters!!! Completely different! Than, between 1 minute 18 seconds and 1 minute 19 seconds you can see that same guy in the white golf shirt again as the DVD picks up the bonocam shot as Bono moves from having his head bowed and looks towards the heavens. However, as soon as the band hits the very first note of Elevation and as the DVD changes into color...Presto...the guy in the white golf shirt and all the people who were around him are mysteriously gone...and in their place are the people from the EARLIER shot from behind Bono at 1 minute 16-17 seconds...i.e. the people I hung out in the GA line with ALL day on 6/5!!!
*There are NO CAMERAS in the "pit" between the stage and the front rail of the heart. NONE! On both 6/5 and 6/6 there were at LEAST two camera's AND an assistant to the cameramen positioned in front of Edge and Adam. I remember them all too well as they obstructed my view at times during 6/5! From the bonocam shot at the beginning of the DVD in black and white and more prominently in the "easter egg" bonocam of the complete version of "Elevation" which appears in color there are NO CAMERAS in this area...unlike both 6/5 and 6/6!
*Signs. Signs were not allowed in the heart on 6/6...yet signs are clearly visible in the heart via bonocam.
*I BELIEVE, and stress BELIEVE, that I can see our beloved sulawesigirl holding up her "You Never Lost The Job" sign in approx. the second row in front of Edge. I say BELIEVE, because even when still framed it is impossible to read the sign clearly but sula confirmed to me that yes, she did hold a sign up as Bono took the stage on 6/9 and that yes, she was in the second row in front of Edge. Possibly not as convincing as some of the other evidence but I'm quite sure this is her! FYI: Sula wasn't at the 6/5 or 6/6 show, only 6/9!
*Sound. This may be less obvious to most but I believe this is yet ANOTHER example of bonocam being from 6/9! The sound on the DVD is in either Dolby PCM or Dolby Digital Surrond. However, when the bonocam "easter egg" is accessed on the DVD the sound is very distant and monotone...it is actually the sound that eminates from Bono's earpiece!!! In other words, I believe that had bonocam INDEED been from 6/5 or 6/6 it would have been in either PCM or Dolby Digital Surrond...but since all the sound recording equipment critical for the DVD had been sent packing...well it only makes sense that this explains that "distant, monotone" sound that can be heard.
*Faces in the heart. Again, this is clearly visible within the easter egg of bonocam. Everyone in the heart is COMPLETELY different from both 6/5 and 6/6 as shown on the full length concert...and that guy in the white golf shirt is BACK this time for the entire song.
This, to me, is all convincing evidence that bonocam is indeed from the 6/9 show...which validates public comments by Willie Williams that Bono only wore it for 6/9!
Of course, this clever editing drives me whacko and I despise it...but that is a COMPLETELY different thread now isn't it!
[This message has been edited by Like someone to blame (edited 11-28-2001).]
Originally, I thought the bonocam shots were from 6/5 or 6/6...but I now realize this is NOT so...for CERTAIN! Here's why:
*At 1 minute 15 seconds into the actual start of the concert (just as bono starts to bow his head towards the ground and while the Elevation prelude is still playing on the PA system) the view from the bonocam is of a less than enthusiastic late 20's-early 30's guy in a white golf style shirt along the VERY FRONT RAIL right in front of Bono's microphone. Between 1 minute 16 seconds and 1 minute 17 seconds the next shot is from an actual camera BEHIND Bono, and you see a COMPLETELY different cast of characters!!! Completely different! Than, between 1 minute 18 seconds and 1 minute 19 seconds you can see that same guy in the white golf shirt again as the DVD picks up the bonocam shot as Bono moves from having his head bowed and looks towards the heavens. However, as soon as the band hits the very first note of Elevation and as the DVD changes into color...Presto...the guy in the white golf shirt and all the people who were around him are mysteriously gone...and in their place are the people from the EARLIER shot from behind Bono at 1 minute 16-17 seconds...i.e. the people I hung out in the GA line with ALL day on 6/5!!!
*There are NO CAMERAS in the "pit" between the stage and the front rail of the heart. NONE! On both 6/5 and 6/6 there were at LEAST two camera's AND an assistant to the cameramen positioned in front of Edge and Adam. I remember them all too well as they obstructed my view at times during 6/5! From the bonocam shot at the beginning of the DVD in black and white and more prominently in the "easter egg" bonocam of the complete version of "Elevation" which appears in color there are NO CAMERAS in this area...unlike both 6/5 and 6/6!
*Signs. Signs were not allowed in the heart on 6/6...yet signs are clearly visible in the heart via bonocam.
*I BELIEVE, and stress BELIEVE, that I can see our beloved sulawesigirl holding up her "You Never Lost The Job" sign in approx. the second row in front of Edge. I say BELIEVE, because even when still framed it is impossible to read the sign clearly but sula confirmed to me that yes, she did hold a sign up as Bono took the stage on 6/9 and that yes, she was in the second row in front of Edge. Possibly not as convincing as some of the other evidence but I'm quite sure this is her! FYI: Sula wasn't at the 6/5 or 6/6 show, only 6/9!
*Sound. This may be less obvious to most but I believe this is yet ANOTHER example of bonocam being from 6/9! The sound on the DVD is in either Dolby PCM or Dolby Digital Surrond. However, when the bonocam "easter egg" is accessed on the DVD the sound is very distant and monotone...it is actually the sound that eminates from Bono's earpiece!!! In other words, I believe that had bonocam INDEED been from 6/5 or 6/6 it would have been in either PCM or Dolby Digital Surrond...but since all the sound recording equipment critical for the DVD had been sent packing...well it only makes sense that this explains that "distant, monotone" sound that can be heard.
*Faces in the heart. Again, this is clearly visible within the easter egg of bonocam. Everyone in the heart is COMPLETELY different from both 6/5 and 6/6 as shown on the full length concert...and that guy in the white golf shirt is BACK this time for the entire song.
This, to me, is all convincing evidence that bonocam is indeed from the 6/9 show...which validates public comments by Willie Williams that Bono only wore it for 6/9!
Of course, this clever editing drives me whacko and I despise it...but that is a COMPLETELY different thread now isn't it!
[This message has been edited by Like someone to blame (edited 11-28-2001).]