Piano Balls

[Tomm]

although its difficult enough to ride a bike on one wheel let alone jump from one handrail to another ten feet apart , catch my drift?

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That's impossible though :lol: (10ft)

It would just be so stupidly hard that even if it was possible, it'd take you a life-time to learn it. And what's the point when you can just mime it?

[Extreme_biker0]

I bet it's quite easy with practice. Just imagine doing it. Piece of piss. I reckon it's real, there are some really talented people out there and a lot can be achieved with a life of dedication.

[JT!]

I can't belive people are still saying it's not real :lol: , there was a trials vid on one of these type of sites, and lots of comments on the site said it was fake. Was it? No. Is this, no.

[echobikes]

I can't belive people are still saying it's not real  :lol: , there was a trials vid on one of these type of sites, and lots of comments on the site said it was fake. Was it? No. Is this, no.

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Fair point... Here though people are putting forward some reasonable explanations for thinking it isn't real. And that makes their opinion valid for them I think.

The major difference with the trials vid (which i was thinking of earlier whilst reading this but forgot to mention) was that people there were going 'lollolololol you can see the crane pulling him up with string by the belt lololololol fakexor' or whatever. No (constructive) argument let alone shadow of the crane B)

[JT!]

Fair point... Here though people are putting forward some reasonable explanations for thinking it isn't real. And that makes their opinion valid for them I think.

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Not realy any good reasons as to why it's fake. I mean why would he go up on stage and do this in front of dozens of poeple if he wasn't doing it for real. The person who hired him wouldn't have let him do it if it wasn't real. Why would he do it himself if it wasnt real.

I bet if you started doing that, and kept practising for 2 years anyone could do it. It's just juggling 5 balls (which i can nearly do) downwards, and being acurate.

Plus it was on a program called 30 seconds of fame or something, and they wouldn't allow fake / desiving (sp?) acts.

Edited May 16, 2005 by JT!

[Tomm]

Right. Firstly, I stand by the first thing I said about how the notes don't match up. They don't. Simple as that. If you watch it closely enough and play the piano at all, you will be able to stop loads of obvious instances. A very obvious example is at the end where he's playing Yankee Doddle Dandy and he's jiving about, dancing from left to right, when the tune doesn't change where it is on the keyboard at all.

And if all that isn't enough for you, there is one instance about 75% of the way through it where he drops the ball and there is no sound. Well, if there is a sound, it's not the same kind of sound as the others. Definitely something up there.

Still sticking by your guns eh? Well: Each ball bounces on the ground. The duration of each bounce (The time that each ball is touching the ground) is obviously the same for each ball. So explain how he plays some long notes and some short notes?

:lol:

It's part of the act. Doesn't matter if it's fake or not. He's a magician right? Their job is to fake stuff. Still good to watch. So what's the problem?

[Mr Dave]

LMAO,

some people are seriously gulable :mellow:

think ul find too at the end where he goes fast, most of the balls arnt doing nething, there just relying on the fact it wil be so fast for anyone to notice

[club_card]

thhere's a street performer here that does that whilst tap dancing, not with a piano but on the floor, tis proper amazing!! :S he bounces the balls then starts tap dancing making a tune, so i don't se why this wouldn't be possible :mellow: