Burning Man 2007 - Piano Flinging Trebuchet

[ChuffChuffWoo]

Nufin wring wiv jap hybridz - just dont tozz piano wilst drivin and youd be ok!

[97Mw2cheats]

At the end I heard a guy say only in America

[MrSaturnmoon]

Down with the pianos! 8~D So crazy!

[HighwaySage]

If folks have a piano they'd like to toss - What's the problem? Let them toss it. It's their piano, new, old - who cares? People do more damage texting while driving, crashing their trendy Japanese hybrids into innocent pedestrians, motorcyclists, bicyclists , and other motorists. Where's the outrage about THAT?

Toss more pianos - Text and talk less while driving.

Probably shouldn't text while tossing pianos either, come to think of it.

[coffeebuzzz]

Put it on wheels and you'll throw the piano twice as far.

[Crystal0mask]

I have an old piano I dont want, I would love to do that to it. XD

[7JDH7NL7]

Search youtube - Rich english guy trebuchet

[Pinoyako11705]

...and people still wonder why we haven't found a cure for cancer yet.

[Benpurple4]

america is shithousen. stupid trollbait

[Ifailcausido]

american fun at it's best...

[cloudhopper99]

way cool!

[RadiusX7]

hey i was gonna play that

[SeaIify]

Only in Great Fucking Gringolandia!

[hoyle1911]

Woah, the hippies actually built something functional. Normally I wouldn't trust them to microwave popcorn.

[Agent7x7]

I want to see a junk piano dropped from an airplane from 30,000 feet. That would be EPIC!

[kiojose]

they think this is fun. i think is boring.

[wielkijol]

"Only in Great F_CKing America!" haha this is the worst Trebuchet i had ever seen!

[CtlBrandon]

rich english guy and his trebuchet

[560287144602817]

that was more than 40ft. if your a natural dumbass commenting will just make things worse for you

[dudesaucemckee]

Epic fail.... the piano only went like 40 feet...ROFL!

[dirtydogvideo]

ok fellas....now who is the party pooper that decided NOT to light the piano on fire for the hurl?..lol!

[Azeralas]

while the world may be angry at us for our political views and loathe us for our love of war...

they cant deny our love for cool stuff. Will a trebuchet solve our economic problems...no. Will it solve the problems in the middle east...no. But who cares these guys are HURLING pianos! God I love this country!

[pentherapy]

@Azeralas Why is everything that happens to occur in America supposedly the fucking FRUIT OF AMERICA? Why can you people never just display a little bit of modesty for once, or consider something to be a product of the whole human race instead of just one single country? I mean, do you really think anyone, ANYONE, looks at the stuff that goes on in Burning Man and thinks "OH YEAH THAT'S AMERICAN BY AMERICANS FOR AMERICANS?" It's supposed to transcend such boundries. Show a little dignity.

[HunterMann]

I was there(with another film crew). Yes it was cool, but far from original. We rigged a piano & catapult back in 1991 for an episode of Northern Exposure. We actually built several sizes and then it was all edited together. Many great memories from that classic TV show.

[iheartpoison]

i just typed in piano smash and this came up! HOLA!

[AUTOBLOOD]

Wahaha ONLY IN GREAT F*ING AMERICA!!!!

[horacewayne]

you haters are a bunch of dorks....and boring.....go to BM and have the time of your life!!!

[yannoche]

Hi, It's sad breaking piano for the fun of seeing them flying. I thought Burning Man was about finding new ways to preserve Earth and its ressources.

[jduffm]

Hi yannoche. We don't know the state of the piano. Perhaps it is simply a "prop", a shell made for art's sake. We don't know from where the piano came or where its remains are going. Perhaps the broken pieces will be used in an art piece and this is simply the means to a vision. If we look a bit further, maybe we will see art in a different way. To understand what BM is about check out the site and read the Mission Statement and Ten Principles. Most people misinterpret the meaning of BM. Peace.

[yannoche]

Hello Jeff,

Thanks for presenting this with this point of view.

I wish the best for BM in finding ways to improve our relationship with Earth and hope like you that creations can still rise among destructed ... well pianos!

[cloverstreet]

There is no shortage of crappy piano's that are not worth fixing up in the world. There are lots of old pianos that are worth fixing, but most people don't. Instead, they buy new pianos that will not be worth fixing in 20-30 years. I am a piano teacher and destroyed my first piano at BM this year. I intend to bring a piano to destroy every year now. These horrible pianos are a big reason why people get frustrated and quit. I say fling em' or burn em' or both!

[AUTOBLOOD]

Well DUH! But its also about finding new ways of recycling!

[callestropp]

this is the attitude that brought you down you overconsuming morons.

[frankbrcdpw]

we did in 2006

[cannonfodder9]

they should have set the piano on fire first...

[FlyBikes089]

lol

[cZ14XpE]

Greatfull !

[Eklypz]

dangit! I miss everything, oh well there is always next year. bet that was fun to clean up that moop ! :D

[D14m0ndh4l0]

riiiiiiiiight, may I ask why? And what is the point of the festival? From people's comments I gather its not a nice place to go... so my questions are basically why?

[ingramsmarius]

Well I've gone and it's awesome, mind you I'm a computer engineer and going there each year is a true escape... it's one of the few places you can unplug yourself from any problems you have, work, family, etc...

Don't trash it just because you don't like it.

If you don't like it just don't go.

[D14m0ndh4l0]

I haven't said I don't like it, I have never been or even heard of it until I saw this video. I was asking what it was about, which you still failed to answer.

[joe66pak]

I found that pretty stupid, sorry.

[jduffm]

Don't know if he'll be there flinging pianos again this year... I took this video on Sunday before the temple burn.

[daprofessor06]

Is there going to be another trebuchet flinging something again this year? damn, missed the piano, anyone know what day this was?

[andreibf]

Ist this festival for hookers and crack heads?

[jduffm]

Yes it is! It's awful, please don't go! 4 people died there last year!

[drtune]

True - I've been for the last seven years running and every time it's the worst experience of my life. I hate it, and dread it coming round every year.

[ingramsmarius]

blah blah blah... just don't go... ppl like you should not go.

Let those that enjoy that craziness go.

Be happy and let others enjoy their life the way they want.

You don't have the right to judge or criticize the way others lives their life.

[max269]

HA HA HA first time i saw the title of thsi video i'm like, "a piano flinging a trebuchet?!"

[Tolae]

lmao

[vincel]

pff, bad range :(

[MP5maniac8U]

piano:"i believe i can fly"

[775564]

y is it always a piano...y not lauch like a bed suite or a car...or an arab

[sppe769]

ya'll could've gave me that piano!

[sppe769]

I'm serious!! That is a waste of time. Why would you throw pianos up in the air so they can fall to the ground into small little pieces. I find it stupid and not so much of entertainment. And do you know how much they are worth? Thats money being thrown away. Well I guess some of you people are saying "it ain't my piano so I don't care what happens to it". Well fine. I shouldn't care either.