Wayne's World joke was screwed up for 30 years

[@thebeardsgarage]

I think it’s almost funnier because you always hear people in Guitar Center trying to play it and fucking it up. The clerk knew what Wayne was trying to do.

[@Mike-Almighty]

Yeah I worked there 5 years. No one plays shit.

[@spudwickthrockmorton2112]

Guitar Center is basically the AutoZone of musical instruments

[@hell_march6652]

To be fair half those guitars are out of tune anyway. There are plenty of people who can play but can't tune by ear.

[@defectiveparts8604]

​@@hell_march6652A lot of people tune by ear, but can't play an out of tune guitar. Still a skill issue. Get Gud.

[@Mike-Almighty]

@@jacobthomas1344 also be your own research remember guitar center has 30 day return policy I would buy stuff try it to learn and return after I made a song or I felt it was boring.

[@RedEyePergo]

Meanwhile Freddy Mercury gave them the thumbs up on his death bed to play Bohemian Rhapsody because he thought the scene was hilarious

[@vaelxn]

that's the difference between a cool dude and a greedy record label

[@M1tjakaramazov]

You can always tell a person's true self in how they react to people making fun of them.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

​@@vaelxnThing is, I don't think it's just the label. Led Zeppelin are VERY picky about their music being used. I remember that being a big topic when Immigrant Song was in the Thor Ragnarok trailer and movie. Which is why it's baffling that they allowed it in Shrek 2. Maybe Page, Plant, and Jones can recognise true cinema.

[@grassdungeon8433]

if he’s about to die he doesn’t care bc he’s not getting the money

[@reeferrick2635]

@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep i mean both of those movie's production companies could definitely shell out that cash so maybe that played a part

[@noth9617]

The piano store we recently purchased ours at had "no renditions of fur elise allowed in this store, thankyou" and i thought of this 😂

[@ebayerr]

Beethoven - Für Elise

[@Sephiroth144]

Maybe you should've belted up Stairway to Heaven (for piano)...

[@chrislair6832]

But that's like the only song. I can even somewhat play LOL.

[@legend7951]

@@chrislair6832 That's why lol, imagine how many times the store employees have to hear it

[@danilejai7801]

I feel personally attacked by this

[@Oli69.420]

It’s funnier with the fucked up version too, that songs so overplayed that the messed up notes still being thought of as Stairway by the guy is the best unintentional punchline i’ve put together yet.

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

Lamo

[@pete7164]

The REAL punchline is that Wayne doesn't argue with the guy

[@blackmagemasher4031]

@@pete7164 Store obviously tired of your shit telling you to stop... Even in the 90's they banned people from stores. I just assume he didn't want to push too many buttons on a date

[@theactualcanadian8300]

Imagine Zeppelin thinking 2 seconds of that song is worth $100000 lmao

[@-desertpackrat]

Fr 😂 it's literally their most boring song and only used as a joke or for super beginners on guitar because even a baby could play such a simple tune. When your song is the one babies learn to first play guitar, I wouldn't be proud of that song.

[@MovieSoCrass]

@@-desertpackrat it’s a shame you’re not a baby. Then maybe you could play the song. Instead, you’re just acting like one, sharing your frustrations of inadequacy publicly lmao

[@Braindeadlobotomite]

​@@-desertpackrati didn't realize simplicity makes a song bad

[@SpongeBobaFett]

I doubt Zeppelin had much of a say in it. Record labels are notoriously greedy and knew that was arguably their most famous song

[@theskv21]

It’s also a very close ripoff from another song by a folk artist so maybe the money is better spent there lol

[@OrionGuards]

It costs 100 thousand dollars to play this song… for *two seconds*

[@khululyp]

Same for Beatles songs, filthy rich ppl but still want it all.

[@donovanbrady1541]

Dummies I get to play the whole thing for free!! Lmao

[@beebobox]

They make sure dirty filthy corpos dont get shit for free. Are you defending corps?

[@lmproductions6075]

I got that reference.

[@ysgcentral]

It's the labels that own their likeness

[@markkelly4077]

The studio literally said "No stairway, denied"

[@JETZcorp]

Underrated comment

[@markkelly4077]

@@JETZcorp I think so too ngl

[@Smecksee]

Nostalgic profile pic. :)

[@kingnative]

Its way funnier after they fuck up stairway to heaven and he points to the sign

[@BarbarisII]

Yeah got 'em lol

[@koboldsage9112]

Yeah i think thats even funnier

[@NoeOfPortland]

​@@BarbarisIITina kotek governor of Oregon has proven that women, do not belong in government as men do acts that women cannot ever be a part of, Men scream at each other "faugets" cuz women have A NATURAL REACTION to it, women will keep doing it for thousands of years in the future cuz WOMEN HAVE A NATURAL REACTION to it, since Portland has proven time & time again to be too much that government TINA KOTEK tries to delete all the evil(sociopathic & psychopathic behaviors)shyt Portland PD & the district attorney been up 2 the BLACKs just wanna leave cuz it's so rayzest, Portland system here is unbelievable just ask these TRUSTED PORTLAND journalist that are just so FOND of me, they tell will EVERY1 how they feel about me when they take a glance at me😃but WILL NEVER lift a finger to help

[@Bidwellz9]

How is it funnier? It ruins the joke because he’s not playing stairway to heaven…so why did you stop him from playing

[@bolson42]

@@Bidwellz9 The joke is that so many unskilled guitar players come into stores trying to play it, so even when playing random bs notes the clerk still knows they’re trying to play stairway because only someone with that little experience would try to play a song like that and mess up so bad

[@steellemonstudios]

I’m glad someone confirmed this. I saw this in the theater as a kid and remember that they played Stairway, not the mangled version that was released on VHS.

[@dcsmooth]

The entire song would have cost $24,150,000. Adjusted for inflation, that would be a $52M+ song today!

[@intergalacticolive]

that’s a shitty move on Led Zeppelin’s part. they can be pretty greedy

[@PeperonyChease]

That is not how any of this works

[@solarpower26]

Bohemian Rhapsody way more expensive than Stairway To Heaven 😂. But, Freddie gave them a thumbs up before he died

[@gcfko]

$100,000 for a minor chord arpeggio, that's crazy

[@travistreadway3180]

Nah bro just call them notes so it’s even more simple so it comes off more dumb they charged them for this

[@sIimepoop]

@@travistreadway3180”notes” is a much broader term. minor chord arpeggio perfectly describes the progression and let’s you know just how few notes were played.

[@strangelyukrainian7314]

They did explicitly say what the intended song was after all, so there’s not really any getting around saying you weren’t playing their song unfortunately. Still kind of a d*ck move though, but I feel like Warner probably had a lot more to do with it than the band itself

[@Spengleman2]

@@travistreadway3180notes can be very specific and unique to certain songs, this particular set of notes (climbing minor arpeggio) is one of the most basic note patterns and probably used in 20% of all songs ever made (or some equally staggering number)

[@cronialpaler]

​@@travistreadway3180 to what Spenglemen2 commented, basically, it's an even more shallow issue because it's a common musical progression being claimed legally for themselves. It's like someone legally challenging the Zebra stripes on a Zebra.

[@grantgosselin7813]

I remember watching this as a kid and being like " what the hell that wasn't stairway." Thank you for explaining the insanity in a small part of my brain

[@storkksoundmedia7778]

Me too!!!

[@NoeOfPortland]

​@@storkksoundmedia7778Tina kotek governor of Oregon has proven that women, do not belong in government as men do acts that women cannot ever be a part of, Men scream at each other "faugets" cuz women have A NATURAL REACTION to it, women will keep doing it for thousands of years in the future cuz WOMEN HAVE A NATURAL REACTION to it, since Portland has proven time & time again to be too much that government TINA KOTEK tries to delete all the evil(sociopathic & psychopathic behaviors)shyt Portland PD & the district attorney been up 2 the BLACKs just wanna leave cuz it's so rayzest, Portland system here is unbelievable just ask these TRUSTED PORTLAND journalist that are just so FOND of me, they tell will EVERY1 how they feel about me when they take a glance at me😃but WILL NEVER lift a finger to help

[@niche9015]

Same!

[@southcity3777]

I remember going to music stores as a kid and hearing people sound that bad playing so the joke made perfect sense to me as it was

[@JWSmythe]

I only ever saw Wayne's World in the theater, and it was right then. I was confused at the beginning of this video. Like "they played it right when I saw it."

[@LogicalNiko]

To be honest Zeppelin would have never won a 3 note claim of use. I’m sure it just wasn’t worth the cost to find out.

[@loon1994]

To me, the issue is the reference to stairway to heaven in conjunction with the chords is admitting that the music is a copyrighted song, and those two facts together likely make a strong case for compensation being required

[@LogicalNiko]

@@loon1994 reference to a material is not one of the tests in Federal Copyright law. The Supreme Court has rules that only 4 factors are to be examined by a court. The nature of the work (is it for criticism or journalism, is it parody, etc). The Purpose of the work (educational, transformative, was something added to the work by its use in this case). The amount of the work (does the amount copies represent the “heart” of the work). The impact on the original work (does this borrowing substantially reduce the market for the original work). Making reference to the name or band of a work is explicitly not under copyright. It could be argued under Trademark (if one exists) but that was not an official logo and references to a product without the office trademark are not covered under trademark law.

[@julianbrelsford]

@LogicalNiko I'd call this tiny clip "fair use", but I'm not a lawyer so what the heck do I know?

[@ChristopherSibert]

Would they have won the claim? Hmm... really makes me wonder...

[@NoeOfPortland]

​@@6079SmithW-lr5zxTina kotek governor of Oregon has proven that women, do not belong in government as men do acts that women cannot ever be a part of, Men scream at each other "faugets" cuz women have A NATURAL REACTION to it, women will keep doing it for thousands of years in the future cuz WOMEN HAVE A NATURAL REACTION to it, since Portland has proven time & time again to be too much that government TINA KOTEK tries to delete all the evil(sociopathic & psychopathic behaviors)shyt Portland PD & the district attorney been up 2 the BLACKs just wanna leave cuz it's so rayzest, Portland system here is unbelievable just ask these TRUSTED PORTLAND journalist that are just so FOND of me, they tell will EVERY1 how they feel about me when they take a glance at me😃but WILL NEVER lift a finger to help

[@jkevinparker]

YES! I was so surprised to hear the actual notes to Stairway in the 4K version I bought. 😂 Because I’ve seen this movie on VHS at least 100 times. 😅

[@earthgazertx]

Sounds like the beginning notes to "sweet child of mine" but in a minor key

[@mrblooper1994]

I thought the same lol

[@illwind]

I think it's funnier the first way, the guy heard Wayne playing a bunch of random notes but thought it was stairway to heaven and pointed to the sign 😂

[@Erika-ko4gb]

No Stairway, denied!

[@brianknapp6215]

_"I mean Led Zeppelin didn't write tunes that anybody liked- they left that to the Bee Gees."_

[@MargoIndigo]

“no stairway? DENIED???”

[@KenobiStark1]

I’ve always been like “what the fuck was Wayne doing” at that part haha

[@ArcherSuh4721]

Other ridiculous incidents with Led Zeppelin and the movies: Phantom of the Paradise (1974). The villain of the film was a music producer named Swan and his record label was originally called Swansong Records until Led Zeppelin threatened to sue because they had a song with the same name, even though the term "swan song" (the last song a singer performs at a show) had been in use for decades by that point. So the filmmakers had to reedit the film and change it to "Death Records." Bad Lieutenant (1992). Threatening to sue because a song used in the film had a riff too close to Kashmir. The song was recorded exclusively for the movie and there were no plans to release a soundtrack album. The movie had already come out on home video so the VHS version has the song but the DVD has the song removed.

[@senixprime]

My parents had a coffee shop when I was a kid, and while the stage wasn't particularly high, it had no stairway to get onto it. They, of course, took this opportunity to put a "No Stairway" sign up, which they actually got to jokingly point out once when a performer was taking requests.

[@dsch1znit]

I always assumed he was either checking the tune or screwing up stairway, which was still just as funny.

[@rrett44556]

I swear I've never seen that without them, playing the actual stairway. I've probably seen that movie 100 times.

[@squidsec3029]

Same here if I get what you mean

[@heathertaylor8904]

There was a time I watched it damn near every day. Could probably quote it verbatim still 😅

[@mosalacommodore6993]

Same. I've seen it a million times an always heard the correct version.

[@GrizzlyTank]

It’s the Mandela effect…

[@RunstarHomer]

​@@GrizzlyTankstop

[@PhrozenCPU]

I remember watching all the Wayne's World's in theater and watching the first one on VHS, always made me thing I was crazy.

[@EpicWinNoob]

I mean, part of why the joke exists is because of guitar stores having a lot of people thinking "oh yeah, I'm that guy* and poorly play the song because of them all overestimating their skill

[@MisterIncog]

It doesn’t matter how good you are. Just don’t play Stairway to heaven. Or Nothing else matters, or Smells like teen spirit, or Smoke on the water, or Sweet Home Alabama, or Wonderwall, Or Seven Nations Army. I most likely forgot a couple.

[@Div1ne_1]

​@moesdes Or any of the good songs got it no wonder guitar shop dickheads are the most miserable bunch around 😂 I've went in to guitar center hungover as a Skunk with more enthusiasm than their floor manager

[@piranhaplantX]

While this might be true in some case. It mostly comes down to fatigue. They've probably heard the startup and/or iconic guitar parts of these songs so many times they're just sick of it. Kind of like people who work at fast good and get lunch for free probably don't care to eat at their own chain if they can help it.

[@mrjozo-pr6ih]

....not even, it is about principle ....

[@justsayin._.]

Never saw the movie, n I agree. Feels like the dude made a fuss over the joke for nothing

[@mjohnson2807]

Imagine charging an absurd amount for a 2 second joke

[@Lars_Hermsen]

The worst part is that I’ve seen people trying to defend it in pretty much every conversation like this because the large corporations that hurriedly bought the shares the second the artist(s) died don’t have enough money already

[@Jennifermcintyre]

The big difference… Freddy mercury was stoked to have them use Bohemian Rhapsody in the movie and had a huge resurgence of popularity. Led Zeppelin were piss ants and got NOTHING. NOT THE 100k nor popularity

[@Malali16]

They didn't need the popularity lmao

[@ZexenXhaos]

​@@Malali16 The point is that Freddie was a class act, Zeppelin ripped off most of their music

[@Yukapa13]

@@Malali16wrong depending on your age Wayne’s world was your introduction to bohemian Rhapsody. Stairway to heaven could have reached out the same way. Just like Taylor swift bringing kids to the football games

[@JesusFriedChrist]

**Pissants

[@buckfutter99]

@@ZexenXhaoswho did the rip their music from?

[@me-myself-i787]

The funny thing is, he literally just played an A Minor arpeggio, which wouldn't even be copyrightable.

[@jerryatricks1]

Ironically, most of his audience has probably never seen Wayne's World.

[@phillips2683]

Daddy “what’s a Zeppelin”?

[@paulp1a]

Thats the 1st thing i noticed back when i saw the movie in the theatre but it doesnt matter. It was hillarious because anyone who spent time in a sam ash or guitar center knew every kid starting out on guitar would be sitting by the amps playing this😂

[@Schmino]

This always confused the hell out of me since I only watched it on VHS 😅

[@reallyfurious]

Me too. I got the joke but I could never understand how the notes he was playing related to the song and how the clerk immediately knew he was playing that particular song. It's a good joke and it still kinda worked but it was also very confusing.

[@Osama_Zyn_Laden]

What's even funnier is They stole the song in the first place.😂😂😂

[@sheshotjfk8375]

No they didn't. That claim was total BS. You ever listen to the song they supposedly stole it from? Sounds nothing like Stairway to Heaven.

[@Osama_Zyn_Laden]

@@sheshotjfk8375 I thought they got sued?

[@sheshotjfk8375]

@@Osama_Zyn_Laden Just because the get sued doesn't mean you did anything wrong.

[@robgronotte1]

​@@sheshotjfk8375the beginning of Taurus sounds a lot like it.

[@sheshotjfk8375]

@@robgronotte1 There is certainly a similarity, but it's not exactly the same, but even if it was, what people fail to understand is that you cannot own a copyright on a song. If you write a song, anyone can play that song, anyone can copy that song, anyone can make their own version of that song, anyone can use any part of that song to make a new song, and they can sell their recording of whatever they create with it and keep all the money. You have no rights to the song other than to the recording of you playing the song. THAT is what you can copyright, the recording of you playing the music, nothing else. Except for the lyrics in WRITEN form, that you can copyright and nobody else can print it, but they can sing the lyrics, you can only own a copyright on lyrics in written form, not spoken or sang. People don't understand copyright law, even if Led Zep did "rip them off", it was completely legal. People don't understand that.

[@RatFacedJasper]

Thank you for a concise production that didn't pester me to subscribe.

[@QuizWriterMark]

I always knew there was something up with this! Was too young to see it in the cinema at the time and only saw the VHS version. Thanks for confirming ☺️

[@kevinpalmer4137]

I don't think they even would have needed a license...

[@ChaosFang]

No you're actually allowed to play less than 10 seconds of copyright without licensing

[@_Gromm_]

​@@ChaosFangnot how that works

[@leland4207]

u can’t just use a bands music for a big production without permission. bc ur making money off of something they put work in. 🤦‍♂️

[@001variation]

@@ChaosFang A quick, 2 second google search will tell you that’s a common myth. Fair use requires more than “I didn’t play the song for that long”

[@jamesdagmond]

​@@ChaosFang Not in a commercial movie release you can't. Movies aren't KZbin.

[@The_Mimewar]

I wonder if the band Taurus had any say, since Page stole much of the riff from them

[@NEGUY603]

I mean it's led f-ing zeppelin 😂

[@devanworkman8745]

Lol, the court sided with Zeppelin. You can't steal a common chord progression, the only thing Zeppelin "ripped off" was lyrics mostly on their first two albums, but they never took anything instrumentally.

[@ledgaming6489]

The band wasn’t even the one suing

[@BamBam_TYM]

@@devanworkman8745yet they can charge someone for using seconds of that progression?

[@gwanael34]

@@clangboomsteamSo referencing something is copyright now ?

[@the1only467]

So did they have to pay Warner Brothers for the 2 seconds when they released it in 4k?

[@skaterdave03]

That's what I figured he'd speak to, but nope.

[@NoeOfPortland]

​@@skaterdave03Tina kotek governor of Oregon has proven that women, do not belong in government as men do acts that women cannot ever be a part of, Men scream at each other "faugets" cuz women have A NATURAL REACTION to it, women will keep doing it for thousands of years in the future cuz WOMEN HAVE A NATURAL REACTION to it, since Portland has proven time & time again to be too much that government TINA KOTEK tries to delete all the evil(sociopathic & psychopathic behaviors)shyt Portland PD & the district attorney been up 2 the BLACKs just wanna leave cuz it's so rayzest, Portland system here is unbelievable just ask these TRUSTED PORTLAND journalist that are just so FOND of me, they tell will EVERY1 how they feel about me when they take a glance at me😃but WILL NEVER lift a finger to help

[@dundermifflinity]

Irrelevant information, video over. 😂

[@nategibbons172]

This is one of the first, did you know videos I did not know. Thanks. I remember in middle school going to the theaters and watching this.

[@timvanboening9432]

That was Cassel’s Music on Maclay in San Fernando, CA. That sign was actually on their wall prior to the movie. My brother used to get his guitar strings from there in the 80s when we lived close by. By the time I was old enough to play electric guitar, I got a checkered strap from there just before we moved.

[@adolfilyichmarx9589]

Theres something poetic about Led Zeppelin using previously written blues melodies and lyrics without credit to line their pockets and yet they wont let paramount use 2 seconds of a song.

[@BigStankyFish]

Today I'm learning there's a 4k version of my favorite movie. Let's freaking go

[@Calyptus187]

Let's go where?

[@tylerhart4766]

To be fair, that is one of the most recognizable 2 seconds of music in modern history, lol.

[@ivo8150]

never heard it

[@EvyTallWoman]

That doesn't quite mean it should cost $100,000

[@dsandoval9396]

​@@EvyTallWoman pretty sure OP was being facetious.

[@tylerhart4766]

@@EvyTallWoman it should actually cost what people are willing to spend, or what they want to use their song. The band made the absolutely horrible decision to sell "long time since rock and roll" to some car company in the early 2000s, and it completely ruined the song for everyone. Songs are also sold to Hollywood in differently priced section. If you want the chorus of a popular song, you're paying out the nose. If you want the main verse with no vocals, that's far less. In TV shows especially, the song will cut off before someone starts to sing.

[@angryhairpeice]

They stole it.

[@SixtySixHundred-1982]

I've wondered about this for years! Thanks for the explanation!

[@epicmage82]

😂😂😂 You can't charge someone for playing literally 4 notes.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

yes, but you can threaten them with legal action, which is usually enough to get people to back off. Especially when a movie studio is trying to make money.

[@daSEGAfanatic]

While charging for 2 seconds is dumb, Even 29 years ago $100,000 is pocket change for Paramount.

[@HookerHeels]

Yeah, but the rich stay rich by not spending it.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Paramount would have sooner cut the joke completely than to pay $100K for three notes, considering the majority of the budget went to licensing other music for the soundtrack, like Bohemian Rhapsody.

[@ClaytonOHara]

you don’t understand how movies are made

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

@@ClaytonOHara My conclusion also.

[@boshboshbosh1]

Who gives a fuck wanting 100k for 2 seconds of your song is the definition of thinking too highly of yourself. What a joke 😂

[@laurakirwan999]

I thought the shop assistant spotted that Wayne was about to try and stopped before he could even start

[@robmack519]

I think its funnier having him mess it up, and the employee still calls him on it

[@TiredOldDad1]

THANK YOU! I saw it in the theaters and could never figure out why they changed it!

[@detcdrummond]

Thank you! I have literally wondered about this all this time. Every time Wayne’s World is mentioned in conversation I have thought about it. 👍

[@eddiem4268]

Side note, it always bugged me that when they do the reveal for the white Stratocaster, the lady (I forget her name) is listing unique qualities of it and just starts listing generic guitar components

[@MrJohnnyb25]

Oh you mean the 64 Fender Stratocaster in classic white with triple single coil pickups and a whammy bar? Personally I’d I'd raise the bridge, file down the nut, and take the buzz out of the low "E."

[@Astraeus..]

If that bugged you then you didn't remotely understand her character or what she was trying to accomplish the whole time....

[@darkwolfe6986]

I've always wondered about how store clerk knew what he was playing 😅 Sucks people have to be so damn greedy tho 😤

[@Malali16]

Greedy??😂😂

[@nixthelatter]

I always wondered why they didn't actually have him play the song! Stoked I lived to hear this one addressed!

[@chrisbluma7942]

I ALWAYS wondered why the notes were so wrong. Thank you!

[@saksonsoaps7000]

THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THIS!!! I’ve been puzzling over that part of the movie for as long as I can remember. I distinctly recall, even at the ripe old age of 14, thinking “that’s not Stairway to Heaven..”

[@marctraynor8547]

I’ve always been confused about that part, thanks for clearing it up! Lol

[@directorzakkattakk]

I always thought that was just the joke to have him not even play the stairway but the clerk still enforcing it brutally.

[@Vonlicktenstien]

Man thanks for clearing this up for me

[@Arcadia1701]

Omg you’ve changed my life. I ALWAYS didn’t get how that sounded like stairway to heaven in that joke.. I literally thought I was the only one who did t think it sounded anything like the song! Phew

[@mikecassell8953]

That always bothered me too but I didn’t know the story or reasoning behind it. Thanks for the video!

[@DOSdaze]

This scene always gaslit me into thinking I didn’t know the song. Thank you for the explanation.

[@76DownShot]

I remember this... and when I saw the VHS it was changed and I never knew why until now. Mind blown.

[@flaigus]

I have always wondered this. When ever I watched it I’d think that’s not Stairway am I missing a part of the joke. This explains it. Thank you

[@Ozzpot]

Oh wow, I've wondered about this for about 30 years. I didn't see it at the cinema, probably just bought the home video, and it's always confused me that the few notes he played don't seem to be any recognisable part of Stairway. Thanks for clearing that up! 😊

[@ColinRichardson]

This explains so much.. Thank you.

[@darraghmcconn]

This always fucked with me 😂 Thank you sir for clearing that up

[@AdamusPrime76]

That always bothered me and I’m glad you did a video. I thought I was going crazy because I swore the notes were correct when I saw it in the theater.

[@sinemi3]

Thank you!! I could never place the notes!! 😂😂😂

[@fajam00m00]

Thanks for clearing this up. I watched Wayne’s World for the first time around a year ago and was annoyed that that was supposed to be Stairway. It made it look like Wayne was a poser.

[@jerrythealien93]

Damn it's crazy how owning your media outright is a good thing. Cool post! Thanks for sharing

[@johndamper2934]

SOME music stores take this shit way too seriously 😂 I've seen people kicked out, cussed out, refused service, all because of a Wayne's world joke 😂

[@ReanimatorsMutilations]

No. The Wayne's world joke is based on them already doing it

[@markmiller3961]

I thought I was crazy all this time! I swore I heard the original notes in the theater and never heard it again.. thanks for clarifying this dude!

[@86eastbay]

I was literally JUST thinking about this song and the riff and sign this morning 🤯🤯🤯

[@kgot7436]

WMG said “no stairway, denied!”

[@jordancarpenter676]

I agree with @thebeardsgarage! Anyone in a guitar store has heard people mess this up, horribly at times.

[@captbeuford4867]

Yes I did notice that. And it has bothered me for YEARS. Thank you for explaining this because I didn't know WHY it was wrong. I just knew it was and it bothered me

[@pumpkinheadghoul]

I always thought that was screwed up. When that movie came out I had been playing guitar for 16 year and of course knew how to play Stairway to Heaven, and every time we saw that scene and Always shook my head.

[@albratgaming2348]

I think it would have been better to record mike Myers saying "not paying for that.."

[@JonBlackstone]

The moral of the story? Paramount Pictures was unwilling to spend a tiny fraction of the enormous profits earned by this film. Hollywood sucks even more today.

[@RToCastro]

This is at a place called "Cassell's Music" which is a local music shop I still support to this day! It's in Sylmar and they still have teh guitar and the sign too! go support!!!

[@ksullivan89]

I always wondered about this. Thanks.

[@ScottDaddyMac]

I used to go to that store, Cassell's Music, for lessons in the early 80s. That sign was there even then lol. I miss going there.

[@gregs4400]

I've always wondered! As a teenage guitarist watching this movie for the first time, i instantly thought..."hmm, those aren't the notes - i don't get it" it all makes sense now ha

[@I_like_turtles_67]

An elder checking in. Saw both one and two in the theater. Good times.

[@DQSpider]

I saw Wayne's World in the theaters and this change always bugged the crap out of me. I'm glad they finaly changed it back

[@donaldgilbreath4200]

That's cool. I never noticed, even though I saw the theatrical version and the vhs.

[@zacksrandomprojects9698]

The original song was 8 minutes long so that's $24,000,000 to play the whole song. 😂

[@GordonKnight-x3m]

Oh, my god, I'm so glad you brought this out to be public knowledge, What's Wayne's World?

[@dirusj4006]

Well that explains a lot... lots of musicians in my family and we all where confused by that at the time.

[@darrenpm9604]

The same happened to WKRP in Cincinnati. When the series was released on DVD, they had to go back and negotiate with all the artists whose music was featured in the show. So some songs were replaced the same way. The Eagles and Pink Floyd were asking for too much.

[@Norville_-Shaggy-_Rogers--]

Did they know about The FAIR USE POLICY which allows anyone to use parts of a song as long as it's under a certain amount of time

[@Wannagobackto1980]

I always wondered that. I thought the same as you. I was saying to myself, thats a bad take on it Wayne!! Thanks for clearing that up.

[@josephsfields]

.Had to be a bunch of lawyers involved in on that issue. I remember at time thinking that riff was not recognizable as STH.

[@VaxisD]

i always thought of it as a forth wall break joke, like the clerk represents warner music so his playing was censored cause of it

[@bv_1293]

This movie molded my entire life. I've probably seen it 400 times. But I've never seen a version where Mike actually plays the right notes

[@yetanotheruser1989]

I think it makes it funnier tbh. It's been played wrong on various levels by many people in that guitar store.. it's a natural reaction of the clerk to stop anything that even sounds remotely like STH. Wayne was maybe gonna play something else, or maybe the strings were out of tune.. but the reaction from the clerk, and the sign on the wall still prompted the WTF reaction from Wayne.

[@foreignwarren7361]

I think they got as possibly close to the correct chords without infringement😂

[@MrLtia1234]

Watched this for years and years and didn't know this! I always thought the joke was he was playing it really badly.

[@rotkev]

Oh, the precious Stairway to Heaven that most people had heard 50,000 times by then.

[@jt7250]

The copyright issue for any secondary market (video, TV broadcast, or syndication) is moronic. Especially in the era of knowing whatever movie/TV show the music is used in will go to video or be replayed on TV. So anything since maybe the 80s, and for sure the 90s should be as it originally was - and copyrights holders have no claim on it.

[@matthewbarratt1040]

Damn, lol I always thought the wrong song was the joke😂😂😂😂😂😂. I never noticed it until Blu ray