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Oct 12, 2026 · 19 min · 5 segments
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Guitar Center drops its ban on playing "Stairway to Heaven" within the store, but the ban on playing "Wonderwall" still remains, I assume, or at least I hope.
Yeah, you sh- you shouldn't ban the Led Zeppelin music, but definitely ban that Oasis.
No one wants to hear that crap.
They're claiming anyways.
It's still in progress, but this article says Guitar Center is betting big on customers' desire for an in-person shopping experience unlike any other.
And I suppose that's why they're lifting the ban on playing "Stairway to Heaven" in the store.
Some of you might be confused like, "What do you mean playing 'Stairway to Heaven' in the store?" Well, when you walk into Guitar Center, you can sort of pick up any guitar and start playing, practicing, trying it out, and so wh- what do you get? You get people playing classic guitar riffs like "Stairway to Heaven," "Smoke on the Water," uh, "Sweet Child of Mine," "Sweet Home Alabama," "Hotel California," "My Neck, My Back, My Shu Shu and My Crack." That's a big one.
[laughs] Now, as you can imagine, uh, certain songs you hear over and over again, which annoys anybody in the store, especially the employees having to hear that over and over.
So there's always been this tongue-in-cheek joke about playing cliched songs in the Guitar Center, and Wayne's World did a little bit on it in their movie.
Do you remember? They're inside the Guitar Center and Wayne turns and sees there's a sign on the wall that says, "Please don't play 'Stairway to Heaven.'" And then he goes, "No Stairway? Denied." So, like, this running joke over there, you know, uh, are people really playing "Stairway to Heaven" in Guitar Center in twenty twenty-six? Probably not.
I don't know if any of you even remember this song.
It seems to be forgotten, sadly.
I mean, this whole we're taking away the ban on playing "Stairway to Heaven," you know, first of all, was never an actual ban.
This is all tongue-in-cheek fun.
I think Guitar Center's trying to get a, a headline to go a little viral and be shared.
It's kind of funny too, right? And if it's very funny, you know, you can capitalize on some free PR as this business is sort of struggling it seems.
It doesn't look like it's doing so good.
But apparently their numbers are better than expected.
They're getting back on track, surprisingly.
They've reported ten straight quarters of sales growth, and they generated two point six billion in annual revenue last year, which was up four percent.
So sounds like they're, uh, living on the edge and, uh, hanging by a moment here with you.
Now, the article says, uh, to capture some o- of the essence of what Guitar Center used to be, they're trying to make their stores a place to hang out for novices and pros alike.
Guitar Center drops its ban on playing "Stairway to Heaven" within the store, but the ban on playing "Wonderwall" still remains, I assume, or at least I hope.
Yeah, you sh- you shouldn't ban the Led Zeppelin music, but definitely ban that Oasis.
No one wants to hear that crap.
They're claiming anyways.
It's still in progress, but this article says Guitar Center is betting big on customers' desire for an in-person shopping experience unlike any other.
And I suppose that's why they're lifting the ban on playing "Stairway to Heaven" in the store.
Some of you might be confused like, "What do you mean playing 'Stairway to Heaven' in the store?" Well, when you walk into Guitar Center, you can sort of pick up any guitar and start playing, practicing, trying it out, and so wh- what do you get? You get people playing classic guitar riffs like "Stairway to Heaven," "Smoke on the Water," uh, "Sweet Child of Mine," "Sweet Home Alabama," "Hotel California," "My Neck, My Back, My Shu Shu and My Crack." That's a big one.
[laughs] Now, as you can imagine, uh, certain songs you hear over and over again, which annoys anybody in the store, especially the employees having to hear that over and over.
So there's always been this tongue-in-cheek joke about playing cliched songs in the Guitar Center, and Wayne's World did a little bit on it in their movie.
Do you remember? They're inside the Guitar Center and Wayne turns and sees there's a sign on the wall that says, "Please don't play 'Stairway to Heaven.'" And then he goes, "No Stairway? Denied." So, like, this running joke over there, you know, uh, are people really playing "Stairway to Heaven" in Guitar Center in twenty twenty-six? Probably not.
I don't know if any of you even remember this song.
It seems to be forgotten, sadly.
I mean, this whole we're taking away the ban on playing "Stairway to Heaven," you know, first of all, was never an actual ban.
This is all tongue-in-cheek fun.
I think Guitar Center's trying to get a, a headline to go a little viral and be shared.
It's kind of funny too, right? And if it's very funny, you know, you can capitalize on some free PR as this business is sort of struggling it seems.
It doesn't look like it's doing so good.
But apparently their numbers are better than expected.
They're getting back on track, surprisingly.
They've reported ten straight quarters of sales growth, and they generated two point six billion in annual revenue last year, which was up four percent.
So sounds like they're, uh, living on the edge and, uh, hanging by a moment here with you.
Now, the article says, uh, to capture some o- of the essence of what Guitar Center used to be, they're trying to make their stores a place to hang out for novices and pros alike.
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