"United Breaks Guitars"

[Razorguns]

hahahaha! That video is so funny and the song is so catchy!!

r

CTV.ca | Halifax band uses viral video to fight United Airlines

TORONTO -- When Halifax's Dave Carroll got off his United Airlines flight last spring and discovered his $3,500 custom-made guitar was severely damaged -- allegedly by overzealous luggage handlers -- at first he was mad.

When the airline's customer service team gave him the runaround and refused to address his complaints to his satisfaction, he was incensed.

But in typically Canadian fashion, the songwriter decided to be the nice guy, shrug off his anger, and instead wrote a song about his experience.

As of Wednesday evening, that song, "United Breaks Guitars," was the most popular music video on YouTube with about 150,000 views, and to his shock, his phone rang and rang and rang all day, with calls from across the continent.

 

[puddlemonkey]

I use to love going down to the bagwell when I worked in PDX. Those dudes would launch bags a good 30ft trying to get it into the correct bag cart instead of just walking them over.

 

[Mr. dB]

Anyone who puts a guitar in a regular case in checked luggage is an idiot.

 

[Razorguns]

Anyone who puts a guitar in a regular case in checked luggage is an idiot.

what do u suggest for musicians whi dont have expense accounts?]

r

 

[puddlemonkey]

what do u suggest for musicians whi dont have expense accounts?]

r

stay home

 

[Mr. dB]

what do u suggest for musicians whi dont have expense accounts?]

r

But you can afford to do fly dates?

If you can't afford a flight case, then pack the case with bubble wrap, put it in a box, then put that in another box. The same as if you were shipping it.

 

[Razorguns]

But you can afford to do fly dates?

If you can't afford a flight case, then pack the case with bubble wrap, put it in a box, then put that in another box. The same as if you were shipping it.

Who packs a guitar or music equipment in a box when flying??? Ths is not ups. They have insurance you pay extra for on a ticket and they also claim they won't take your stuff and smash it against walls. So when they do, they're responsibnle. Says right on the ticket.

That's like sayingt, to avoid cops harassing you, never leave home.

r

 

[Mr. dB]

Who packs a guitar or music equipment in a box when flying??? Ths is not ups. They have insurance you pay extra for on a ticket and they also claim they won't take your stuff and smash it against walls. So when they do, they're responsibnle. Says right on the ticket.

That's like sayingt, to avoid cops harassing you, never leave home.

r

But you KNOW they're going to fuck it up. If you NEED the guitar, in working condition, when you arrive, then no amount of insurance is going to change the fact that it's broken and you'll have to make other arrangements for the gig. It's been that way for decades without change, so it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone by now. If you go in with that in mind and protect yourself, you'll be better off. If you just blithely expect things to go well, you'll be disappointed.

No one double-boxes their guitars for an airline flight, that may be true, but if you don't have a flight case it's the ONLY way that you'll stand a chance of arriving with the guitar in one piece.

Really, if you can't afford a flight case, you can't afford to take fly dates. Can you afford a broken guitar, and a year's worth of red tape before you get the $$$$ to replace it?

 

[Razorguns]

But you KNOW they're going to fuck it up. If you NEED the guitar, in working condition, when you arrive, then no amount of insurance is going to change the fact that it's broken and you'll have to make other arrangements for the gig. It's been that way for decades without change, so it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone by now. If you go in with that in mind and protect yourself, you'll be better off. If you just blithely expect things to go well, you'll be disappointed.

No one double-boxes their guitars for an airline flight, that may be true, but if you don't have a flight case it's the ONLY way that you'll stand a chance of arriving with the guitar in one piece.

Really, if you can't afford a flight case, you can't afford to take fly dates. Can you afford a broken guitar, and a year's worth of red tape before you get the $$$$ to replace it?

If you ever die from a car crash - remind me to tell you that you should've bought a truck. Since u didn't, and spent thousands on alcohol instead, you clearly don't care about your body. Funny how it gets applied back atcha huh?! lol

r

 

[Mr. dB]

Apples and oranges.