We should all play the forbidden riff at once. They can't stop all of us. GUITAR PLAYERS! If you want the best guitar lessons in the universe, here you go: guitarsupersystem.com Check out all the gear in this video: bit.ly/MIWsnamm19

@JKOOLDK

4 жыл бұрын

That’s right! Let’s all stick together

@drewlawson7803

4 жыл бұрын

Is it safe to assume that Stairway to Heaven is banned at all guitar stores?

@mikehart6193

4 жыл бұрын

Dragon Lettuce apparently the guitar stores by me didn't ban it, because my friend said he plays stairway all the time in stores and they LET HIM PLAY IT!!!

@mborel

4 жыл бұрын

Link isn't working for me.

@chriscoughs5774

4 жыл бұрын

The link is broken.

The real fear is starting to play stairway, nobody stopping you and then you realise you've never learned more than the first two bars because you've never made it further into the song...

@KShiro-xb7sj

4 жыл бұрын

yoyoninjaman been there, never have I ever felt more exposed

@rumblehat4357

4 жыл бұрын

I know the whole thing and I don't care.

@german_shepherd_dog9169

4 жыл бұрын

That’s cool bro, you must get all the ladies

@rumblehat4357

4 жыл бұрын

Brandon Dorcas nah, I’m just a simple man trying to make his way in the universe.

@Schlotskers

4 жыл бұрын

@@rumblehat4357 Ah so maybe your name should actually be Humble Rat? Haha just kidding I just had to cuz it was there. I just didnt see the point in telling him how you dont care that's all. Have a good day

i want 30 people dressed as led zeppelin members to storm a guitar store and all play stairway to heaven

@aleph6091

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@KronoriumKid2210

3 жыл бұрын

Lead?

@sexypigeonlover4631

3 жыл бұрын

@@KronoriumKid2210 oof, edit time

@titpisser

3 жыл бұрын

Fk those satanists

@sexypigeonlover4631

3 жыл бұрын

@@titpisser they werent satanists

I learned how to play the entire song including solo back when I was about 16. It took me about a year to get it down and the local music store owner would always ask me to play it when I came in. He was an instructor too so it was his way of forcing me to practice. I stopped by about 5 years ago when I was in town to say Hi. He looked at me and said "well good afternoon and damn you are getting old. You know what to do, right?" and pointed the tester amp stacks. I'm 45 now and haven't lived in my home town since I was 19. He still makes me practice the solo!

@totallynotsteve4035

Ай бұрын

W owner and W story good bless man

The sound during 4:36-5:11 is out of this world. 😍

@BIGBABYHAIR

Жыл бұрын

3:48 is so beautiful too

@RTU130

Жыл бұрын

ye

@emanueltoma8945

Жыл бұрын

And how exactly is he doing this????

@M19TMS

Жыл бұрын

@@emanueltoma8945 delay pedal I thibk

@biknjak

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like Hearts of Space music. I could listen to that for hours....

When you're not a Guitar person, so you read the comments to get the joke.

@jorgemurillo8051

4 жыл бұрын

Still don't get it

@burntrice3781

4 жыл бұрын

When u r a guitar person but still don't get the joke 🙃

@honooryu5374

4 жыл бұрын

Hey sup

@codemans22

4 жыл бұрын

@@burntrice3781 haha yeah I never been stopped

@unluckysoviet

4 жыл бұрын

Basically if you don’t play the entire song “Stairway to heaven” it’s bad luck, the song is 7 minutes long

*starts to Play stairway* Rifften guard: By the order of the Jarl stop right there.

@Damonator

4 жыл бұрын

*"By order of the Jarl-"

@turtlemanfromgatherspond6382

4 жыл бұрын

@@Damonator thank you

@chemikalfluffy

4 жыл бұрын

Riff-ten update: he edited in my suggestion, hell yeah

@darkloom3919

4 жыл бұрын

I love this crossover

@LukeSmith-lz2po

4 жыл бұрын

Yessssssssss

All of the Forbidden Rifts: 1:24 3:13 8:40 11:15 12:41

@northover5023

Жыл бұрын

Lol thanks

@JoeWrigley

Жыл бұрын

Hero

@bosse-1760

Жыл бұрын

why is it forbidden?

@colinbanning9416

Жыл бұрын

@@bosse-1760 Stairway's opening is based on a few very simple hand positions and a very simple picking pattern. It's popular enough that it's often a song that someone will learn early on and feel really good about, so much so that when they go to a guitar shop and try out expensive gear you KNOW they aren't going to be buying, they'd go to it cause they could do it well and it just got overplayed. That being said, in it's current context, it's more of an agreed upon joke than anything. There's a dozen iconic, popular riffs that I can name that are simple and amongst the first a burgeoning guitar player would learn. Come As You Are probably started replacing the song that you heard way too much of at a guitar shop around 1991. Enter Sandman, if you were a little more metal. But the 'No Stairway' joke is iconic to the point where it is very likely that a couple of the 'No Stairway' guys in this video have never heard someone start Stairway in a guitar shop unironically. That's how oversaturated this joke is. Guitar store guys just know they're not supposed to allow it, and guitar players are natural little shits.

@bosse-1760

Жыл бұрын

@@colinbanning9416 When I started to learn Sweet child O mine my dad was on me saying I had to stop playing that intro because He had heard it too much. So I understand that feeling of something being played too much.

Electro Harmonix is just GOD TIER. The pedals are so nice, Tyler almost forgot he had a skit to do.

@STV-H4H

9 ай бұрын

That’s funny to see in print. When I was a teenager in 1980 or so, I was able to buy the Electro Harmonix Little big muff because it was NOT popular with the masses of day. I WANTED the MXR Distortion Plus, but it was too expensive. So I bought the Muff for $35 or something, all my friends said it was shit. Funny how all these years later it’s a fucking solid block of pure gold if you can find even a beat up original one, much less a shiny mint condition version. They even re released them, I think it was after Cobain got big. I wish I still had mine.

@amiosa35

8 ай бұрын

I almost forgot I was a person

@charleskollin1221

5 ай бұрын

Yes they are. I have always been a fan of the Roland Boss series pedals. Especially their flanger, and stereo chorus.

"Hey man, I'm going to play this riff on camera. Stop me when I do. Gotta make this look legit!"

@smithers38

4 жыл бұрын

Legendary comment

@PazzV27

4 жыл бұрын

Literally what everyone else is thinking!

@cliff2197

4 жыл бұрын

Ikr haha but still fun to watch

@djskizmarkey

4 жыл бұрын

@@cliff2197 you need a life

@TipeONegatyve

4 жыл бұрын

It's obviously a joke. He's not trying to make it look legit.

This was back in the good old days when you could still go out and do stuff like this

@wrongwayup8217

4 жыл бұрын

Lmfao

@MisterJokestar

4 жыл бұрын

Dang...

@itsakenthang

4 жыл бұрын

😰😰😰😰😰

@DutchDiederik

4 жыл бұрын

Damn.

@lizthebettvaldivia4309

4 жыл бұрын

Pre quarantine kinda things

I am fascinater by these guitar nerds. How knowledgable they are but then also how serious they are about the forbidden riff. And the first one, how quick he notices it...

That electro harmonix clip was so cool. Those sounds were so amazing

Okay, this is a real clever way to get someone to watch a video they otherwise wouldn't be at all interested in.

@NHogben

4 жыл бұрын

Prax Zimmerman 100%. Why am I here!?

@sauciforyl2209

4 жыл бұрын

this was top comment and the title was the only reason i went to watch it😭

@Jorgenaut

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not even a music enthusiast and clicked it 😂 I dont even know!

@breadmast3r488

4 жыл бұрын

T h e f o r b I d d e n r i f f

@ordinarytoaster8550

4 жыл бұрын

Ofc you won’t be interested if you don’t know anything about rock music or guitars smh

For those wondering why it's "the Forbidden Riff", it's because it's real easy to learn and is generally the most overplayed riff when trying merchandise at guitar stores, to the point where the store owners have said "Don't do that."

@sheenadees2701

Жыл бұрын

Thank you I just asked about it and iron man riff

@clintcarlson7097

Жыл бұрын

Not true. It comes from a scene in Wayne's World.

@FerretJohn

Жыл бұрын

@@clintcarlson7097 The policy came before Wayne's World

@darrenj.griffiths9507

Жыл бұрын

I might and go and do just that. Guitar stores around here are really small though so I think i'd just get horrible looks lol

@henma1

Жыл бұрын

@@FerretJohn The story goes that the riff was banned in two major guitar stores in Canada, which is what inspired the gag in Wayne's World, but I think the prevalence of the ban stemmed as a running inside joke because of the movie gag.

I don't play guitar, but that omc-16e was just beautiful and sounded great to me. I might have to start taking lessons.

I'm not a musician, let alone a guitar player, but I still watched the entire video. Well done, good sir.

I can't play Stairway? "Not here" Alright, then here's Wonderwall. "Get out"

@Bastene360Solid

4 жыл бұрын

biblical

@Shannonbarnesdr1

4 жыл бұрын

lmao rofl !! :-D

@kiroo4638

4 жыл бұрын

Why is it banned?

@luciel3893

4 жыл бұрын

@@kiroo4638 Because every guitarist in the history of ever knows how to play that riff. It's among one of the first beginners learn. So now imagine you have to hear hundreds of guitarists every day. After a few weeks, you'll have heard that opening riff more times than Jimmy Page himself.

@kiroo4638

4 жыл бұрын

@@luciel3893 I see, thanks dude

“I’ll let you play if you buy it” *plays stairway* (Taking guitar off him) “sorry not for sale”

@canem2k

3 жыл бұрын

Nice one

@mattiasmeimre

2 жыл бұрын

They are literally losing customers over childish nonsense. You should be able to play whatever you want.

@zann8027

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattiasmeimre stfu

@hugomartinez6519

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattiasmeimre you actually thought that you're not allowed to play stairway to heaven?

@mattiasmeimre

2 жыл бұрын

@@hugomartinez6519 Nope, but these people are acting weird as hell.

I loveeeeee that Martin 16e at the end. What a beautiful sounding guitar. Definitely on my list now!

all of this is very entertaining, i'm curious if he's ever been introduced to either Simon the magpie or Sam from look mum no computer, both men do really incredibly interested and entertaining things with sound equipment that would make this epic.

*start playing stairway to heaven* Salesman: We dont do that here

@TomiePL

4 жыл бұрын

Why? Im from Poland and cant understand this...

@anwarawad5868

4 жыл бұрын

KamayPL to be honest we don’t have a definite answer either some people say the song says demonic messages when in reverse but idk

@williamjacobs1312

4 жыл бұрын

@@TomiePL In America, almost every beginner guitarist learns the song and tries to show it off at music stores when they test guitars and amps. Workers hear it so often that many stores have banned Stairway to Heaven and Smoke on the Water.

@mateusmakrov

3 жыл бұрын

@@williamjacobs1312 is like legião urbana here in brazil

@stopglobalswarming

3 жыл бұрын

William Jacobs pay the workers and play it anyway

Why is this in my recommended And why did I watch the whole thing even though I don’t play guitar?

@connorfitzzz

4 жыл бұрын

Eve K. If you find it interesting then why not try to start playing guitar?

@Scorpionutt

4 жыл бұрын

me too i think im gonna buy a guitar this weekend

@lolicon453

4 жыл бұрын

I listen to RichaadEB for anime and video game covers in guitar And other channels in piano

@El_iE

4 жыл бұрын

I thought I was alone

@alexcolon8153

4 жыл бұрын

Ditto

Those acoustic guitars are awesome!!! 😍

What a great sound, that Electro-Harmonix stuff!

I play "Stairway" at home, often. My girlfriend loves it. Her boyfriend really likes it too.

@jordaneasterling8254

2 жыл бұрын

@@900unmade7 r/whoosh

@Prodtroy

2 жыл бұрын

Hold up

@khi-

2 жыл бұрын

The only way this makes sense is if yall are poly or if this is a joke lmao

@shadowyyCFH

2 жыл бұрын

@@khi- tf is poly

@khi-

2 жыл бұрын

@@shadowyyCFH Polyamourus is when you and your partner are together, but yall are also together with a 3rd person

"No stairway" "No problem man" *plays wonderwall

@cheatsykoopa98

4 жыл бұрын

"no wonderwall" "fine" *plays back in black

@cosmolautaro

4 жыл бұрын

"no back in black" "alright alright" *plays smoke on the water

@cheatsykoopa98

4 жыл бұрын

"no smoke on the water" "ok then" *plays sweet child o mine

@urmumschesthair347

4 жыл бұрын

“no smoke on the water” “cool” *plays thunderstruck*

@cheatsykoopa98

4 жыл бұрын

@@urmumschesthair347 thunderstruck isnt so bad, I havent seen a lot of people play it because they never try to pick the intro and end up messing it up and giving up

You are a brave man

Only seeing this now and the timing of Starway in each booth is just so perfect! XD

I came to KZread tonight to watch a video about fixing my truck. Now I'm about 30 minutes into researching the history of the "Forbidden Riff". You win again YT.

@TheMorton21

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant😆

@t-yoonit

3 жыл бұрын

I was supposed to be loading my truck a half hour ago and yet I'm still sitting in my pickup staring at my empty tank trailer watching this shit.

@pooty024

3 жыл бұрын

I came looking for reviews for mppt solar chargers.... ohhh look ... shiny shit!!!!

@georgedjmatrix4229

3 жыл бұрын

at least you wont have trouble finding some jams while you Figure out how to fix your truck.

@chipixie

3 жыл бұрын

Been there!

This is such a clever marketing strategy. It keeps people watching, anticipating the forbidden riff, while you get shown loads of awesome gear. And then the satisfaction of seeing the reaction. Perfect!

@truffleshuffl

Жыл бұрын

And that’s why he is loved by the “community” I was trying to figure out how this guy played claptons guitar and this is exactly the conclusion I came too when I looked at his top vids. Highly stages set ups, recreated phone calls. The dudes in the advertising business simple as that.

@Ozloz

Жыл бұрын

I mean, it is a pretty popular method. You put the most interesting thing in the title, then it makes them watch everything else as well

@loganleslie9814

Жыл бұрын

Totally dude

@Ettrix

Жыл бұрын

This was probably the pitch for the video, and to each guitar stall owner

@doejon9424

Жыл бұрын

It's fishy how *every* single employee acted the exact same. Like it was semi - choreographed. Also, Fade to Black is another "eye rolling forbidden riff".. which he is seen playing & nobody bats an eye. Fishy.

A great video, and a great laugh. My warmest regards from Dean in Australia.

Love it that all manufacturer reps go with the fun ❤ What a great industry

They may not like "Stairway To Heaven", but I´m sure they cannot resist to the charm of "Smoke On The Water" played on the low E-string!

@nathanielglaze4810

Жыл бұрын

This is what I was expecting when I clicked on this video. All I heard through middle school was every friend learning to play guitar, playing “smoke on the water” over and over again.

@glennhecker4422

Жыл бұрын

Ah, yes.. the (in)famous "wrong key, wrong/incomplete chord progression" version. I've heard it a number of times, and I don't even work in a music store!

@alonzogarbanzo

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, or the fuzz riff from "Satisfaction" starting on the tonic note.

@Jon14141

11 ай бұрын

Lmao :DD

@alexismedor6182

11 ай бұрын

@@nathanielglaze4810 I'm that guy.

Riff starts Employee: *STOP. YOU’VE VIOLATED THE LAW.*

@royal00anders

4 жыл бұрын

Crayator?

@Dovah22

4 жыл бұрын

No matter the circumstance that Oblivion meme NEVER gets old.

@spencernelson1580

4 жыл бұрын

@@royal00anders Skyrim.

@Megacooler96_

4 жыл бұрын

NOW PAY WITH YOUR BLOOD.

@classymonkey_

4 жыл бұрын

@@spencernelson1580 It's from oblivion not skyrim

3:46 I absolutely love that sound and pedal!

Those Electro Harmonix boxes are a Dream!! Wow! So sweet!! So did you love that Taylor builders edition!?

Led Zeppelin's, "Stairway to Heaven" came out in 1971. It was so loved that everyone wanted to play it. It was played so often in guitar stores that within a few months (as I recall) it was forever banned. The guitar store employees were quite tired of hearing it. It looks like I have to address the, "NO, IT WAS WAYNE'S WORLD" punks who are obviously suffering from the Dunning-Kruger effect. I'm in my 60's. I was there. Stairway to Heaven came out in 1971. I was in high-school at the time. Wayne's World came out in 1992. My best friend and I were into playing guitars. As something to do, we would cruise the music stores. Everyone was blown away when Stairway came out. It was a really great tune. People who knew how to play it would go to these places to show off. A number of students would bring their guitars into their classrooms at high-school and play it, until it got weird. The first couple times we saw this happen at the music stores it was pretty cool. Then it became a joke, "ya think when we get to Guitar Showcase, someone's going to play Stairway to Heaven, ha ha?" "Ya, probably". It finally became annoying. It got to the point where we would see a music store employee go to a guy and politely explain that they hear that song so frequently that it's really getting on their nerves, so could they please not play that song. This is what made me crack-up to see it on Wayne's World, because it made me remember the whole thing. Of course a lot of young people heard about it on Wayne's World for the first time and made the assumption that they now know everything.

@stormdude4206

3 жыл бұрын

So that’s the forbidden rift??????

@lizardofoz8289

3 жыл бұрын

I understand now, thanks

@ianpark823

3 жыл бұрын

stairway to heaven*

@trumanburbank6899

3 жыл бұрын

@@ianpark823 I edited my comment for more specificity. Thank you.

@ReineckeF0x

3 жыл бұрын

Wow i am not playing the guitar so you teached me WHY the F* hell it is forbidden to play THIS song thx dude

Everyone who doesn’t know what the forbidden riff it’s one of the most overplayed riffs in guitar history Which is stairway to heaven by Led Zeppelin and guitar store workers hear it about 90 times a day. Thx for all the likes

@whippyshave4514

4 жыл бұрын

Enter sandman is the most overplayed riff, I cant even listen to the song anymore

@PsychoSiKS

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was smoke on the water or sweet child of mine...or sweet home Alabama. All those should be banned as well.

@imagirraffe187

4 жыл бұрын

whippy shave that’s another one

@ronaldcox8551

4 жыл бұрын

The forbidden riff isn't just one song.

@ronnieo9571

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry, they get no sympathy from me. None.

Holy crap I love that grand canyon. The sound! Melts into tranquilty

@Squeaks-ii

Жыл бұрын

@NiecgramMeMusic-Is-Win-Page ?

the way he looked at the camera every time 😂😂😂

@graffitiredd4709

Жыл бұрын

Jim from the Office 🤣🤣

So it's like playing Fur Elise on the piano. Most novice pianists know the beginning but rarely the entire thing, and people will hate you if you try.

@_P3NGU1N_

4 жыл бұрын

Jose L. Louis pretty much lmao

@theaberrantdon

4 жыл бұрын

I go the other direction. I just play happy birthday, but I know that whole fucking shit!

@bonelesschicken4122

4 жыл бұрын

The first song I learned to play on piano was difficult as heck, I skipped beginner completely starting piano. 😂

@darkcontingency

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t know any songs on the piano except for the beginning of Fur Elise, Despacito, Get Ready, and Megalovania

@jaspercardol

4 жыл бұрын

On piano it would definitely be “River Flows in You” by Yiruma. This gets played everywhere haha

Really want to see a video of Jimmy Page going to guitar stores and playing stairway and watching them try to tell him that he can’t play it.

@Screaming_Sloth

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Someone needs to make it so.

@Enzo.M

4 жыл бұрын

I was just about to type the exact same thing!

@llla_german_ewoklll6413

4 жыл бұрын

Hail Kekistan! Hail Fuckface McFagatron!

@EmR1001

4 жыл бұрын

Yes like actually yes😂😂😂

@mazerflow3854

4 жыл бұрын

But he is the one that came up with the riff

That’s pretty funny! The look on his face when he’s stopped cracks me up🤙🏼

10:24 Amazing guitar riff.

@lilspider162

3 ай бұрын

is this from a song?? need 2 kno

@reflect916

3 ай бұрын

@@lilspider162 Same. I don't know but I am interested.

-Stairway to heavem Guitar store: No -Highway to hell Guitar store: Yes

@cb-99

4 жыл бұрын

Guitar stores are part of the Satanic church confirmed.

@kerryhoward804

4 жыл бұрын

That's a very good point!

@dangzali

4 жыл бұрын

Why? I dont get it why stairway is forbid?

@pelegbennon5271

4 жыл бұрын

@@dangzali nobody gets it

@mrlee-tu4wr

4 жыл бұрын

Stairway is a satanic song when. reversed

Let's be honest, you just wanted to see people's reactions. 😏 1:24 "Ohh..." 3:12 "Oh yeah, no. None of that in here." 8:40 "No Stairway. Not here." 11:16 "Get out!" 12:42 "Oh dude. Sssh!! No, play something else." You're welcome. 😉

@milans9631

3 жыл бұрын

Why dont they want that he plays stairway?

@bleedingpassions

3 жыл бұрын

@@milans9631 Stairway is a forbidden riff unfortunately

@ricardorc494

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks xd

@kingcobra8840

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@watvat8

2 жыл бұрын

That second dude turned into a turkey

This right here has that sound to 3:25 especially that last part when it just feds into that dark creepy sound god damn.

I love his camera gaze when they prevent him from playing the fobidden riff🤣

“We’re shooting a video, when I play stairway will you tell me to stop?”

@KevinMartinez-xp9lt

4 жыл бұрын

I really hope people realize how funny this comment actually is.😭

@theunclean243

4 жыл бұрын

Truth

@robertgammett8718

4 жыл бұрын

Literally nobody will stop you from playing a good song, nobody

@zacharymarch6326

4 жыл бұрын

The making of this video.

@fuckingrunge252

4 жыл бұрын

the forbidden comment

I used to play it at music stores when I was being ignored. Works EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

@Batya-Grace

2 жыл бұрын

I’m not a guitar player so, not familiar with the forbidden riff. I love stairway to Heaven. Can you explain the forbidden riff and the reasons behind it?

@flipstick4

2 жыл бұрын

@@Batya-Grace Don't misunderstand, I like it too, but for some reason there is a stigma attached to it, or it's just been so overplayed that most musicians don't want to hear it,

@ManUtd503

2 жыл бұрын

@@Batya-Grace likely from being overplayed. Imagine how many kids going into guitar stores in the 90s playing that riff.

@flipstick4

2 жыл бұрын

@John Fischer I reckon that's true, I forgot about that movie, but if you've ever worked in a music store and had to listen to one riff played by everyone over and over, most of the time badly, it would create that same response. It's the same response I got when I did it. Smoke On The Water is another one.

@ManUtd503

2 жыл бұрын

@John Fischer Wayne’s world caused it to be over played so technically we are both right.

I love how he throws them off actually playing nicely and then whips the riff out

I love the pedal sound effects.

Me: >starts to play Stairway To Heaven Guitarists: *"So you've chosen death"*

@ivanfadilla1476

4 жыл бұрын

Lol, i'll dying to see thi comment

@weewoo341

4 жыл бұрын

what's wrong with Stairway to heaven ? I feel stupid but accept, i really dont understand

@KelvJason

4 жыл бұрын

Now I just wanna learn guitar to piss ppl off 🤣🤣 ppl are so stupid

@TheHuskyK9

4 жыл бұрын

@@weewoo341 I don't know either, I'm a drummer and the start of Stairway to Heaven is the only song I can play on a guitar lol

@sharinngan5084

4 жыл бұрын

Shawrex It’s a joke from a movie, also it does get annoying to some guitarists since it’s the riff that everybody knows and they get annoyed hearing it. It’s stupid ik but it is what it is I guess

The first guy stopped him 😂 he smiled like what is he doing

@kylel8605

3 жыл бұрын

I love how people feel entitled to tell people what they can and can't play as if they dictate their lives. Lucky they don't get shot

@titoniciasg.t.dasilva7115

3 жыл бұрын

Dude it's all staged...

@joelpocalips

3 жыл бұрын

@@titoniciasg.t.dasilva7115 that's what I thought lol but I wasn't there so I cant say

@titoniciasg.t.dasilva7115

3 жыл бұрын

@@joelpocalips bro they are not actors it's clear they acting🤣 plus ppl are not gonna go up to you and say "oh dont play that"... specially if they tryna sell u something

@joelpocalips

3 жыл бұрын

@@titoniciasg.t.dasilva7115 Haha like I said. I wasn't there. But I would say that you are right though. Seems like he went up to them before he started filming at the booths and ask them to do this.

Cool video and nice chops

I'd love to hang out with this dude. killer instructor, damn good musician, and all around chill dude. ❤

Guy: *Plays stairway.* Guitar store employee: So you have chosen, death!

@abigailchipman8732

4 жыл бұрын

they were out of cake ;)

@sleeperthoee

4 жыл бұрын

It’s treason, then

@BaldMancTwat

4 жыл бұрын

Why are you using a random, comma?

@Abc86aik

4 жыл бұрын

It's treason then, aaaaaaaaarrrrrrghh

@FcItsSpartan

4 жыл бұрын

fuzzy apple pie that comma is in the most incorrect place in that sentence

This guy: **plays stairway to heaven for 1 milisecond** guitar players: we don’t do that here

@allenrazo7085

4 жыл бұрын

Do you know the song at 2:58?

@colehelms3366

4 жыл бұрын

Allen Razo one ?

@allenrazo7085

4 жыл бұрын

Cole Helms huh wym? I was asking if you know what that song was at that time in the video

@c26ra70

4 жыл бұрын

Allen Razo no it’s called one by Metallica

@allenrazo7085

4 жыл бұрын

C26RA ohhh okay my bad thanks!

Nice work with the gag, man! Those sales people did a pretty decent job with their acting.

You are a gifted player. May the lord bless thee🎉🎉🎉

Im gonna make a guitar store were the only riff u can play is stairway to heaven...

@RickMason-yj7pv

3 жыл бұрын

Even if you've never played guitar in your life.

@rubaietahamed

3 жыл бұрын

@@RickMason-yj7pv so tru

@thetechguyz8645

3 жыл бұрын

First you have to learn how to spell it.

@northstars9639

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@lotti9298

3 жыл бұрын

Hell ya

“Hey when I play this riff. Act like I just offended everyone you love.”

@benjamingardiner5408

4 жыл бұрын

Yep thats what I thought was happening

@prestonwiseman9871

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@harveypotter8749

4 жыл бұрын

your fun at partys i bet

@benlynes5053

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a joke chill...

@benjamingardiner5408

4 жыл бұрын

@@benlynes5053 umm is anyone not chill You good?

This video cracked me up so much. There are some amazing sounding guitars and effects in this video, and in my teenage years I was asked a couple times not to play Stairway to Heaven lol.

I knew what the "Forbidden Riff" was even before I started watching. I don't play but my cousin and nephew do. I made my nephew learn Stairway. Very funny bit. You got me to watch the whole video. Thanks.

@valeriejoseph4227

9 ай бұрын

I am a rock chick from the 70's. Love Stairway. Especially since I grew up in the era of "Freebird" which I loathe. It will always be on or near the top of greatest rock songs of all time. Also one of the reasons that "Wayne's World" was so freakin funny the first time I saw it.

Every time he plays the forbidden riff: 1:24 3:13 8:41 11:17 12:42

@xavierlacasse58

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@TestSubject-vv1kn

3 жыл бұрын

Why is it forbidden? I don't understand, can someone explain it to me?

@albertomaldonado3675

3 жыл бұрын

Test Subject 7103 I think because of copyright. Another band claim Led Zeppelin copies there riff on one of their songs. They were disputing this in court.

@graygrayhehe

3 жыл бұрын

I actually think when you play some of the song backwards, there is satanic messages

@albertomaldonado3675

3 жыл бұрын

Grayson Yausie Naw my friend, that’s not it xd

Starts Riff: Guitar Store Employees everywhere: Imma have to stop you right there chief

@reinaldoriosiii3636

4 жыл бұрын

Dont play guitar at all so whats the forbidden riff

@thenarwhalking5604

4 жыл бұрын

@@reinaldoriosiii3636 The intro of Stairway to Heaven. The "No Stairway" bit comes from Wayne's world I believe.

@0623kaboom

4 жыл бұрын

tbh let them play it .. with the caveat that if they dont do it justice in the sales persons eyes it will add 20% to the cost of each item spereately and at the end as a whole as well ... then if they got the brass ones will they play it ;)

@Dovah22

4 жыл бұрын

Reinaldo Rios III amature guitarist here, the forbidden riff is a term used for easy to learn riffs that people will play constantly at guitar stores. They include Stairway to Heaven, Smoke on the Water, Sweet child O’ Mine, or Seven Nation Army to list a few examples. Personally i have no issue with people learning the songs these riffs are from, but if your going to a guitar store have some common sense on what you play.

A chamfer is the sloped or angled edges or corners of a part design. It is an antonym of the fillet. Instead of having a curved shape, a chamfer is straight and has a sharp angle.

Should be called: “How to get any guitar store employee to touch your hand”

@frenchfries8594

4 жыл бұрын

Imma find all the cute guitar store employees then 😤

@daviddick1784

4 жыл бұрын

@@alicebenaly2677 I would have changed it

@musesesesese

4 жыл бұрын

@@frenchfries8594 u forgot 1337 in your name

@vio7s223

4 жыл бұрын

Squrle - genius

I would've thought Smoke On the Water was worse, personally.

@schranzuslongus1

4 жыл бұрын

"No Stairway! -Denied!" Wayne's World (1992) Now you know, Bro 😉

@Boss_Tanaka

4 жыл бұрын

Breaking Brad I call this cheating

@erichollly723

4 жыл бұрын

Yes agreed that would defenenrtly get old quick. Especially if the dude cant play

@nobodysreview6137

4 жыл бұрын

At least smoke on the water riff sounds badass, Stairaway Too Heaven is a good song but that riff by itself just aint gonna work and we have heard it 2 death

@odd9747

4 жыл бұрын

@@schranzuslongus1 Wayne's World had the joke because it was an actual thing.

I really miss my Sholz Rockman saturation pre-amp from back in the day. Tightest, most refined, best sounding destortion ever!

4:48 that mood is hauntingly beautiful.

Here’s a thought, what if jimmy page himself walked in there and started to play stairway to heaven? Do you think they’d stop him, or let him keep playing?

@jklmopqtstuvwxyz5349

3 жыл бұрын

That’s Jimmy Page though. And he’s not going to even go there.

@majudaem

3 жыл бұрын

No

@iliketowatch.

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. You just blew my mind.

@TheLichy1234

3 жыл бұрын

When Stanley Jordan tell him move out.

@ArtworksbyNet

3 жыл бұрын

I've been to that convention 3 times and have seen Slash in one of them. Famous musicians were paid to appear in NAMM.

0-3-5 is the real forbidden riff

@o.w.sproductions1873

4 жыл бұрын

Every kid with a first act guitar shoved away in their closet can play that riff🤣

@AmanThakur-sn3cg

4 жыл бұрын

I can hear this comment.

@ozzaaditya5591

4 жыл бұрын

I can hear this comment

@stolenname94

4 жыл бұрын

I can taste this comment

@apost0167

4 жыл бұрын

@@stolenname94 Does it taste like smoke?

i love how hes going around playing the forbidden guitar riff while wearing a tshirt with THE jazz lick on it

Love this!

All these guys stopping him from playing Stairway to Heaven, like he’s trying to summon a demon or something.

@abednegosantoso7154

3 жыл бұрын

american fear of demon? nah i think not man 🤣🤣

@NoTraceOfSense

3 жыл бұрын

Some of those religious Flat-Earther folks might think they are. but really they’ve just heard it 1000 times and they’re tired or they’re doing it for the yoke

@vittolostoriografo4058

3 жыл бұрын

@@abednegosantoso7154 Americans have fear of communism. 🤣🤣🤣

@leonardothefabulous3490

3 жыл бұрын

And they all did it at almost the same exact note-with the same attitude and hand movement!!

@VanatruFreyr

3 жыл бұрын

@@vittolostoriografo4058 and universal healthcare

Imagine practicing learning everything about guitar and getting a job at a guitar shop or something and teaching people about the pedals and guitars to only get trolled and hear stairway to heaven for the 432nd time

@jameshenderson4094

4 жыл бұрын

Basically it's a guitarist version of Rick roll?

@angermanager2116

4 жыл бұрын

*nd

@Karl_Drogo55

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was gonna be Smoke on The Water lol..

@virikan3518

4 жыл бұрын

I read this a as hairway to steaven 👁 👄 👁

@geometricart7851

3 жыл бұрын

kinda like having someone send you a link to "kzread.info/dash/bejne/loWrltlyh8q-k7Q.html" except I can actually listen to it the 432nd time. Kinda odd I know.

6:20 i actually love that sound

4:56 that sounds like the 432 htz frequency music on KZread… very awesome.

Jimmy Page: * Walks in, plays Stairway * Worker: Not even you

@aungsan8985

4 жыл бұрын

Should be the best comment so far

@tragic7923

4 жыл бұрын

Almost died

@elcapitanyandel

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@fortunatoofamontillado1059

4 жыл бұрын

the sign reads " unless you are Jimmy Page!!"

@thezosokid

4 жыл бұрын

Jimmy smiles and snaps his fingers. Suddenly Peter Grant shows up and Stairway gets played.

Someone played Stairway at my school as part of the pre-show to the concert and all the guitarists looked at each other and said "He played the forbidden song" 😂

@thegr8lebowski

4 жыл бұрын

OMG my guitar teacher in high school did the same thing with the school band. They fucking killed it tho

@hadenharper3641

4 жыл бұрын

why’s it forbidden? i’m new to physically playing the guitar instead of just listening

@daddydustin6233

4 жыл бұрын

@@hadenharper3641 stairway to heaven is just told to be forbidden, because it's so perfect, and should be left the way it is

@a354simpsonsrock3

4 жыл бұрын

Miata

@justaguyonline3142

4 жыл бұрын

@@hadenharper3641 1) watch Wayne's world in the guitar shop for that movie it says "no stairway to heaven 2) it's played alot... Like ALOT Edit: once upon a time I played it in front of my friend he actually said" ah... I see you've been banned from a few guitar shops"

Does the riff from 5:05 come from any specific song? It sounds amazing 🤩

That Grand Canyon pedal sounds amazing.

I dont play guitar but the fact that they dont want anyone to play stairway makes me want to see you do it all that more.

@mikeschoonebeek8959

2 жыл бұрын

Haha facts🤣👌

@HERB-.

2 жыл бұрын

Kentucky joe nice chompers mate

@andrewsinclair7159

2 жыл бұрын

@@HERB-. "Nice teeth, bro. How much you want for em?"

@bananaoranganus5754

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure why is cuz people played it to much and it got annoying idk if that's true tho

@mattatm3227

2 жыл бұрын

I once started to play it as a friend left the room as a joke but my right hand instinctively passed my left to ✋ stop myself

Anyone else think “the forbidden riff” was smoke on the water? 😂

@cherrysmoke33

4 жыл бұрын

I think all the dislikes are bc of that

@alcard666

4 жыл бұрын

Totally

@sortehuse

4 жыл бұрын

I thought forbidden riff was "Smoke on the Water" or "Ziggy Stardust"

@Lopfff

4 жыл бұрын

Smoke on the Water was my second choice, but I knew it was gonna be Stairway

@royfr8136

4 жыл бұрын

Millenials. Haven't you heard of Waynes World?

Keep up the good fight!

That tri-parallel mixer is so cool holy shit 🤯

*plays forbidden riff* Smoke on the water: Am I a joke to you?

@jackwatson9728

4 жыл бұрын

Joey Parker this is funny

@keionchase2144

4 жыл бұрын

PLEASE SOMEONE explain???

@andylikesdiamondsmd8393

4 жыл бұрын

I may be wrong but that's the start to stairway to heaven brothas

@guidobruzzone7585

4 жыл бұрын

Joey Parker thought it would be this

@tombeerens7940

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it would be smoke on the water

i was tricked into watching a 13 minute long stream of advertisements

@cellophage5855

4 жыл бұрын

A.rahman JT you watched a clickbait video and you’re upset. Did you learn about how the pedals could contribute to your playing? Brands do some good things on th... never mind

@nbaezzy2099

4 жыл бұрын

Every KZread video ever

@adrianmedina2271

4 жыл бұрын

A.rahman JT you, my sir, saved me 13 minutes

@dananem2792

4 жыл бұрын

I never even saw 1 ad

@theBrosDurham

4 жыл бұрын

At least they weren't Bloomberg ads

Well played

The Electro-Harmonix was amazing!!!

The vendors stops his hand like he's an alcoholic reaching for the bottle

@niggaziggy9905

4 жыл бұрын

Wittinggg why did he stop it?

@danw4237

4 жыл бұрын

@@niggaziggy9905 "No Stairway... Denied!"

@Dash62g

4 жыл бұрын

They're just looking out for his well being.

@rebelution7036

4 жыл бұрын

Elevator to Hell....

@grey_blue2513

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

This is honostly really smooth advertisement though, not even a criticism, you are keeping people hooked with the stairway to heaven gag while also teaching us a lot about these products

@seattlesauce

4 жыл бұрын

Funny that's the first thing I thought of too. And it's definitely good for advertising and that's why all those vendors and store owners play along with it. Obviously they're not actually going to tell him to stop playing like that so quick, but they play along and act the part because it's a good hook in. And yeah not a dig at all. Props to him.

@thezryah9448

4 жыл бұрын

Advertising is Win

@havokgaming9670

4 жыл бұрын

Jokes on him, I kept skipping until he started the riff

@CosmicOwlChild

4 жыл бұрын

How it should be done lol

@bradleystevens9833

4 жыл бұрын

Son of a bitch...

Oh, damn that light blue Les Paul look alike is freakin sweet. I want it right now. 🤘🤘🤘🤘

I usually don't watch ads, but this one enjoyed so much

What can I say man,,,,,,,,,no one wants to climb stairs anymore. How about a remake. Escalator to heaven?

@kappacat

2 жыл бұрын

Ascension to Afterlife

@thedoomslayer2468

2 жыл бұрын

Uber to Sky Daddy’s house

@fusingghost8186

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedoomslayer2468 we got the name

@kaphizmey6229

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedoomslayer2468 i signed in just to like this comment

@physicsman1270

2 жыл бұрын

oh legend boomerang thrower is here

*starts playing stairway to heaven* -guard: "stop! you violated the law!"

@V2ULTRAKill

4 жыл бұрын

Pay the fine or serve your sentence!!

@zakguitar2359

4 жыл бұрын

BREAKING THE LAW !!

@darkwizard2651

4 жыл бұрын

THEN PAY WITH YOUR BLOOD!!!

@Sir_Pumpington_Of_Dumpenshire

4 жыл бұрын

Y is it 4bidden

@MrMOGHammer

4 жыл бұрын

Then switch to Breaking The Law by Judast Priest and impress everyone.

i love the face you make when they shut it down LOL!!!!

4:36 that's "it never ends" from BMTH, right? Live in exclusive performance at Yahoo! Music?? that sounds like it 👌🏼