How A Legendary 70s Rock Band Created A Song So EPIC, It Scarred Them For Life | Professor of Rock
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- The story of Led Zeppelin’s rock masterpiece, Kashmir from their 70s double album Physical Graffiti. How Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham all came together to create metaphysical song that scared Page and brought Plant to tears.
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In the Professor of Rock community we’ve talked about the media’s propensity for labeling & classifying an artist, or a band, to a specific genre of music. We get it…. Putting a piece of music into a category helps to market, or sell music as a product…yet many bands absolutely despise being pigeonholed.
Led Zeppelin, for example, has for the most part, been classified as ‘heavy metal.’ Along with Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin have been called the FIRST heavy metal band.
The truth is, the 4 members of Zeppelin HATED being labeled a 'heavy metal act.'
In a stereotypical sense, Led Zeppelin was the quintessential rock band. They have the magnetic front man in Robert Plant. The virtuosic lead guitarist in Jimmy Page. The quiet genius bassist in John Paul Jones…and the wild, audacious drummer in John “Bonzo" Bonham.
It’s truly a blueprint for what a rock band is all about. But, what separated Zeppelin from being stereotypical was their cosmic force and mystery. They were provocative, without being gimmicky
Powerful without being blusterous. Artsy without being pretentious
Of all the classic songs Zeppelin recorded between 1968 and 1980, arguably their most original, mystical, and most progressive track for me is” Kashmir"…the epic third cut on side 2 from the amazing double LP Physical Graffiti, released in ’75. It was “Kashmir” that best exemplified the eminence of Zeppelin’s exceptional chemistry.
In 1973, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page were trekking through the Sahara Desert of Morocco- driving from Goulimine to Tantan.
Their destination was the Folklore Festival in Marrakech. They were traveling down a dilapidated, single-lane road, that seemed to go on forever.
The trip across that endless, arid, wasteland brought on the so-called highway hypnosis for Robert Plant, and inspired the creation of a song about a mythical journey that was originally titled “Driving to Kashmir.”
Although the lyrics that Robert Plant wrote for “Driving to Kashmir” had nothing to do with Kashmir, and he was a continent away when the spirit moved him, there was something about that “Kashmir” that triggered his musings. For those who don’t know, Kashmir is a lush section of the northern Himalayan mountain region on the northwest border of India and Pakistan. - บันเทิง
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Poll: Led Zeppelin... What are your picks for best album and song for this EPIC band?
Physical, 6th record in and, even with the older material, it encompasses everything that was and is great about LZ. Achilles Last Stand or In The Light ftw.
1. Kashmir
2. Since I've Been Loving You
3. No Quarter
4. Achillies Last Stand
5. Immigrant Song
6. Dazed And Confused
7. Whole Lotta Love
8. Ramble On
9. Nobody's Fault But Mine
10. Four Sticks
Houses of the Holy was always the album that resonated with me the most as a teen. Physical Graffiti was a close second. Boogie with Stu, I was always getting yelled at for playing it too loud. 🙄
Their debut is my favourite album by them, but the best song is extremely difficult to decide. I can’t decide a favourite song, but I wanna mention No Quarter and Dazed and Confused. (but they have SO MANY other incredible songs!)
song: Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin II) Best Plant vocals.
album: Led Zeppelin IV (obviously)
Kashmir is not a song , its an ethereal journey through musical mastery.
Well said!
It's an experience.
I never knew how GOOD Kashmir could be
until I saw them in concert,
1979 @ Knebworth,
the 2nd show.
As an American teenager of those times,
sadly,
I had gotten burnt out on hearing Kashmire played waaaay too much on the radio.
I had also heard the record played extremely loud with very good speakers - A LOT.
Too much, really...
(Or so I thought at the time...)
I THOUGHT I knew what it would sound like played live...
Boy, was I WRONG!!!
Hearing it live,
was truly a cosmic,
extremely moving,
experience.
First of all-
They played it so tight!
2nd - they managed to SWIRL the music thru the open air concert!
SWIRLING MUSIC !!!!
OUTDOORS !!!!!
I was so surprised-
It literally BLEW ME AWAY !!
(which is not easy to do, btw)
I remember feeling like I was being swept up into the air with that swirl, and I was IN Kashmir!
Of course, the volume of their music helped too!!
I could FEEL the music traveling thru my muscles, and resting nicely into my musical soul, making a permanent place for this very song to live with me throughout my life.
I feel privileged to have been able to experience it.
The volume REALLY matters with this song.
I later read that the police got complaints for noise from as far as 7 miles away!!!
SEVEN MILES!!! HA!!
Yes.
Very believable!!!
Love that!!
But they way they played it live, that doesn't translate on to vinyl.
It only sort of comes thru on the video of that concert,
but not fully.
However, I really LOVE listening & watching that concert on You Tube!!
It instantly takes me back.
Kashmire-
a glorious adventure
within the adventure.
Changed me forever.
I couldn't agree more!!!! Between my grandmother's world travels and Led Zeppelin songs I have been wanting to travel to some of these places since I was a child!
Kashmir is the same chords for 30 minutes. Lol. Why does everyone like this song so much? I'm not hating, I like Zeppelin. Well, mostly the songs they covered of early 1900s blues players are their best songs. To me anyhow.
In '69 I went to a Three Dog Night concert in Seattle, they had a backup band called,
Led Zeppelin, had never heard of them. Needless to say, the backup band blew them away, they yielded the stage to Led Zeppelin for most of the night. Never been to a better concert in my life. It was magic.
Great story!!! Love to see more detail
Wow, what an awesome story. I fell in love with Three Dog Night in my younger years 💕,,,,, they were in a league of their own 👍
You're a very lucky person!
Wow!! What a story!
I was there too..paul revere and the raiders also performed..it started early too..daylight out when both of these were playing..dont remember what time zep played?
That's The Daze!
The older I get, the more appreciate what these lads did at such a young age. To create something so powerful and timeless. It’s just as haunting and enchanting today as it was when it was first heard back in the day
Was in a car accident at 18 and after forced to stay with my grandparents while healing. The healing process involved a lot of sleeping, and one day I woke up to Kashmir on the radio. It was not a normal wake up, it was magical. Kashmir has long been one of my favorite songs (from any artist/band).
I just posted a similar experience!! Waking up very young to Kashmir was like waking up to another reality! Great way to be introduced to THAT song!!
I was playing my LZ albums and my daughter, at the age of 12 at the time, became instantly obsessed with the band. At that age, 12, she turned to me and said, “I know now why you say the music you listened to when you were a teenager was so much better than the stuff they make today. Their music speaks to me and makes me feel things that the music I normally listen to just doesn’t”.
It amazed me that at 12yrs old LZ had such an effect on her AND she was mature enough to described exactly how it made her feel.
It ended costing me an absolute fortune in T-shirt’s etc but I got to re-live through her how I felt when I first heard them.
I grew up on Led Zeppelin and I still think that there is a huge wealth of great music to tap into in the present day, you just have to look a little harder. Take a look into Ichika Nito, Polyphia, Chon, Animals as Leaders, or any of the "new guard" of guitarists. There will never be another Led Zeppelin, but there is so much going on now worth hearing.
Checkout Greta Van Fleet. The closest to LZ any modern band can come.
Fantastic job of breaking down all the parts of an incredible song. Thank you.
You my friend have a very astute daughter.
Money well spent…..
I never considered, "Led Zeppelin", heavy metal. Actually they were in a league of their own because "Led Zeppelin" had a lot of Soul, a Lot of Soul!
They were maybe classified as "heavy metal" for about 10 minutes in the 70s.
Hard Blues ?
THEY STOLE TOO MUCH TURNED ME OFF TO THEM. I'M A HEEPSTER LIKED A LOT OF LESSOR KNOWN GROUPS.
LOOK UP ASH RA TEMPLE SONG AMBOSS.
I think they would have definitely gone heavy metal if they pushed into the 80's, with examples being Aerosmith, AC/DC, and Kiss. They were hard rock, but transformed themselves into heavy metal to fit into musical trends within the industry.
@ Ruthie Little I agree..They were a unbelievably versatile musician's label them what you want they were amazing. An no band in my opinion will EVER touch them
We had a party the day Physical Graffiti was released and aired on the radio. We were all mesmerized by the songs. My personal favorite that day was Ten Years Gone. But everyone loved the guitar riffs in Kashmir. Led Zeppelin in my opinion is the greatest rock band in history.
You have a +1
Ten Years Gone. . Is of thr favorite in our home.
Ten Years Gone is a GREAT song.
also, check out the cover with the Black Crowes featuring Jimmy Page.
Agreed. Physical is the best Zep album and Ten Years Gone is probably my favorite song from this masterpiece.
Physical graffiti is such a great and powerful album, every song is great it's as if it's a greatest hits album
Page’s piercing guitar riff, Bonhams mesmerising rhythm, Jones’s haunting orchestral electric piano, and Plant’s wise and maybe weathered vocal, it’s timeless, genreless, brilliant.
Ii first heard L Z in the early Covid lockdown. I had heard about LZ when I was in high-school in the '60s but never heard their music. Very straight laced family. So, at the tender age of 76, I heard this for the first time. I was stunned. I had to remind myself several times to breathe. Since then I've become a LZ junkie..
Great story! Once you dive deep, you realize how diverse their sound was......glad you have had the chance to know their music.
Good for you! If you haven't yet, listen to the albums "Led Zeppelin II" and "In through the Out Door".
@@Pulse992 at a page and plant concert I needed to use the bathroom and they were playing in through the out door...well I couldn't resist entering the bathroom through the out door laughing...yes I do believe I was high😂
Never too old to fall in love with LZep 💞
Listen to Led Zeppelin through headphones. Sound will come from multiple directions and then you'll really get a clear picture of how far ahead of their time they really were
Listening to Kashmir is like watching the flame of a campfire it's mesmerizing 🔥🔥
👍
THISSSSS⬆️⬆️⬆️🙌🏻
Well said
Let me ask everyone this. Has there ever been a band of four so in tune with each other as Led Zeppelin? Four guys that just clicked to a magnitude never before seen or ever will be duplicated. Each a grand master of their role, never over shining the others. Just brutal perfection through and through.
.
Finally found somebody of my thinking, I do think that upon hearing Rush and Yes have similar technical proficiency but my first thoughts were only Zeppelin and right as a quartet, noone came near except probably early Queen.
For me, I would say The Who. Listen to Live at Leeds and tell me I'm wrong. Or Pink Floyd at their peak. But sure, Led Zeppelin had what you described in spades, and all the way through their careers to boot.
Having been born in the mid 1960s, I grew up with a wide variety of music. I could happily listen to a classic rock station all day, but my current favorite band, in my opinion, ticks a few of the boxes you and Adam mentioned.
I don’t think I have ever fan-girl-ed about a band as much since my college days when I really got in to Pink Floyd.
The band I’m very excited to have concert tickets for is a young band out of Canada by the name of The Dead South. At first glance, it is common to try and pigeon hole them as a particular genre based on the instrument lineup of acoustic guitar, mandolin, cello, and banjo. When they started playing together at least one or two of the members considered themselves diehard heavy metal fans.
If you listen to a few of their songs you’ll find that each musician gets a chance to shine with their instrument.
The comments section of their videos usually have several comments from people saying things like “I’m usually a heavy metal fan, but…” or “I don’t usually like country/bluegrass music, but…”
I could listen to their House of Blues set on repeat all day. Time will tell if they will have what it takes to … well, stand the test or time.
For the first part, I think Ten Years After is an example of a four piece band perfectly in tune with each other. However Alvin did over shine the others eventually, though I feel that was pushed by the management aswel who wanted to commercialize Alvin's status as a guitar player.
I agree!!!
I'm a Led Head, always been. I considered them Hard Rock, but never metal. They did it first, in so many ways. Always will be a major influence on music.
They were, are and WILL ALWAYS BE the ultimate rock band…
Best dam band in the land
Ultimate copycats
Love Zep but they did build their band off the backs of blues artists' material. Floyd are the real ultimate band.
They were close . But that titled goes to Van Halen with Roth.
GOD bless 🙏🏻✝️🇺🇸!!!!!
Let’s Go Brandon!!!!!
Best rock cover band ever.
I am 63 years old and I still listen to Kashmir at least once a week. Your summation of the effect of this song is perfect. I could never put it into words, but I've never been able to get that song out of my mind.
A few years older than you and it still moves me as the first day I had heard it! Seniors are the original rockers.
almost 62, here…i’ve got the Complete Led Zeppelin Collection downloaded on itunes, and bluetooth it to the stereo in my jeep…using new school tech to get my old school on…!😎 it’s the only music i play while out driving…i’m in my jeep a lot, so i probably hear Kashmir at least every other day…i own 4 Jimmy Page guitars…a Les Paul #1, Les Paul #2, a Les Paul Black Beauty, and a Jimmi Page Fender “Dragon” Telecaster…i’ve probably played Stairway, one of the first songs i ever learned to play when i was 12, over 20-30,000 times…i’m a fan of the band…lol!😂
I'm 68 and I still listen to it all the time, too.
Same here. Every time I hear that song, time stops and I get lost in the sound of that phenomenal music. What a master piece.
I remember reading all about Jason Bonham's fears and overwhelming anxiety about playing with Plant n Page when the tours were being considered back then. Jason was so afraid he could never do his fathers work justice enough to go thru with it and later reading Plants and Pages loving approval for how incredible Jason was it brought tears to my eyes back then.
Jason was the bomb at the Kennedy Center Honors Led Zeppelin gig, and got to see him with his Led Zeppelin Experience…the first time I SAW JBLZE, they opened for Heart…JBLZE was AWESOME…! what was really special to me was when Heart came out and for 2/3 of their own show absolutely kicked ass with their own music, then for the final 1/3 of the concert, has Jason come back out, and play drums as Heart played several Zep songs…as you may know, Heart is the only band that are officially blessed by Led Zeppelin to play their songs…
@@tee8584 I've seen Heart 6 times thru the years and just like a Fine wine or a Dry Aged Ribeye those Women Only got SOOOO Much Better. Theres only 2 bands I Deeply Regret not being able see live and of course Zepplin w Bonzo himself I also never had the Privilege of seeing them with Jason the other Band is Pearl Jam when 10 was released I was MIND BLOWN I couldn't Stop listening to that Album they Mesmerized the Hell outta me So yea I've never been Blessed to see either Live. Living with regrets has No Place never did never will in my life So those
@@tee8584 So yea I'll Freely admit to ya that I'm kinda Jealous of you seeing them live. Please feel free to Rub it in my face using Words I can Realistically Visualize watching it Vicariously Thru You. LOL
@@crzyking6821 I saw Page/ Plant in 1998 in Indy and even though it obviously wasn't Zeppelin it was a great show. Standing a few feet away from Jimmy Page while he played the Song Remains the Same and later played the middle break in HowManyMoreTimes with a cello bow was just about as good as it gets for a Zeppelin freak born too late to see the real deal. It was like Beatlemania in that arena. Loudest , craziest crowd I've ever seen.
I like Pearl Jam but preferred the Vitalogy album and the stuff after. I thought they evolved into something original and unique from the other bands from that scene . My wife is a huge fan from day one so I got us tickets to their show in Cincinnati , during which they paid tribute to the fans killed in 79 at the Who concert at the same venue. I can tell you sincerely that they are one killer live band who really know how to put on a rock and roll show. I expected a good show but I seriously underestimated that band's live act. Vedder drank 2 fifths of wine and got pretty ripped ( as did I) and had a good time . They played for hours , until the PRICK promotor turned on the house lights so they would stop ! I don't know if it still is , but at one time the entire concert was on TH-cam @ Pearl Jam live in Cincinnati 2006 Full Show. It's worth checking out if you like them
My favorite Led Zeppelin song. Period. The song builds tension with its competing 3/4 and 4/4 rhythms, and when they come together on the 24th beat (8 bars of 3 and 6 bars of 4), we are wound up like a spring waiting to release that tension, which the crashing descent powerfully provides. Awesome song.
Big time. The tension is so think they needed to give the listener a few breaks.
That's not what's happening. Its 3/4 and 4/4 at the same time - not consecutive bars.
Ugh. 🤦🏼♂️
Just sounds like sex building towards...the natural culmination. Led Zeppelin was often described as "Cock Rock."
Being a teenager in the ‘70’s? Thank you God. I was 12 when this album came out, and it is definitely in my top 10 of all-time greatests. But man, were we spoilt for choice back then.
Yes! Growing up in the seventies was great!
I was 13 but it was the same. Great music then and still is
I was 13 but it was the same. Great music then and still is
Wasn't that a great time??? I missed it all, except the Beatles, bc we had to fight the fuqing dictator who shitted our country.
indeed they were the times of our lives :) the absolute best music was created during that decade. the last 3 of the 60's and all the 70's, even through that disco crap rock n roll kicked ass in the 70s
The first time I heard “Kashmir” was a cosmic and life-changing experience. It solidified the band as one of the all-time greats, free of convention and incredibly original.
I have to admit, the first time I heard Kashmir, it made me think of James Bond, and thought it would be a great intro song for a James Bind movie.
In any case, although I still like Stairway to Heaven, I still believe Kashmir is a much better song, musically, vocally, etc. And that is taking nothing away from how great and timeless Stairway to Heaven still is.
Find if you can, the version from MTV Unplugged.
I felt like that with Kashmir, and with Tocatta by ELP.
For me it mimics a buzz of sorts. Takes you to another place. Very few songs can pull that off.
@@floydvaughn836 lollipop for dessert we have
Achilles' Last Stand gives me the same vibe. Hyperbole is never sufficient to describe Zeppelin. No other band in rock history has come close to the uniqueness and power of their music.
Totally agree, Pink Floyd was another of those bands.
Jimmy Page says Achilles is his favorite song to play live.
@@tomthelen8069 Yes! Stylistically Floyd set the bar impossibly high.
My love for Led Zeppelin and Robert Plant was just more than EVERYTHING. My husband even had long curly hair, but his eyes were green. My children have the curls too.
Led Zeppelin is most definitely the greatest band of all time!
No one can even come close to being THAT good. It took an orchestra to imitate them.
I never thought of ZEP as heavy metal. Definitely just ROCK.
Blues-Based Hard Rock
That's because they were the first to do it. Lot has changed since then.
To me, they're the kings of metal.
Agree. Black Sabbath was heavy metal back then. Pages' riffs were bluesy. Bonham's drumming was rock to hard rock. Metal they weren't.
how much heavier do you want a metal to be than Led(/Lead) ? ;)
Ok, here we go... My friends talked me into doing mushrooms and taking a hike in the mountains. We put them in a big mac, ate, and started walking. Rob who had done this before took us to this grassy patch that was so covered in tall trees that it barely let the sun light through. We all sat in different places and we could hear all the sounds of nature. I'm a city boy, so this was pretty amazing already. He sits a small cassette player on a rock and turns on the music. One of the songs was Cashmere. As I lay back on the cold soft grass and marvel at the colorful autumn leaves I hear this echoing drum beat. It sounds like a giant walking. The strings and guitars were swirling around me putting me in a trance. I thought I must have been a indigenous person in a past life. I took off my shoes and shirt and walked around the area touching everything. Man I was tripping! Haha. Every time I hear Cashmere I think of that hike.
Kashmir is still one of my favorite songs…….that song takes me to places I never want to leave!!!!
What can you say ? They are the original and greatest gods of rock. Timeless, the music still hits the spot just as sweet as it did the first time I heard them.
I remember seeing my 16 year old nephew wearing a Led Zeppelin shirt and explaining how much he loved their music. The timeless element and how their music shall always be relevant is incredible.
My husband and I when we first heard Physical Graffiti, we both thought Kashmir was the best Led Z song EVER!! Got to see them at the Forum just weeks after the album release. Kashmir live was INCREDIBLE!!
Its been one of my favorites since it first came out! I've been listening since then. I'm 73. This band is part of my generation!👍 ❤
The greatest band ever. And I say that despite my deep love of the Beatles. But there’s just something about Zep that is transcendental. This song grips me like no other song before or after it. I love singing stairway but the haunting rhythm, vocals, and drive of this song has never been duplicated. Not even close.
Physical graffiti is my "if I could only have one album on a deserted island" album. Truly magical in it's entirety.
Good call. Same here.
Likewise.
I am 54 y.o. and I cannot count how many times I have expressed the same statement! Good on ya!
I always liked "Trampled underfoot" as with "Kasmir" the two best songs on the album in my opinion.
Same
The first time I heard Kashmir, I was mesmerized. The rhythm and cadence of the song against the drumbeat was the most ethereal combination I had ever heard. Kashmir, for me, is the ultimate Led Zeppelin song.
When I was a teenager in the 80s I delivered local newspapers on a bicycle and my boom box was always playing Led Zeppelin pretty damn loud, so I’m sure I turned my neighborhood onto Zeppelin wether they liked it or not👍🏼
Zeppelin, no one like them. Classic creativity throughout all their albums. I turned 70 this year. I miss the 60-70's classics.
They were in a genre of their own. No one will ever do that again ✌️
RUSH
I second that!
The drums in this song is unreal. My favorite song on physical graffiti is probably “in my time of dying.” That song is so intense and has some of my favorite drumming from Bonham as well
Ten Years Gone
his drumming is so much and just enough all at once...
I've never been so haunted by the chord variations in 'Rain Song' then any other I've ever heard. Especially the unplugged version. Kashmir comes a close second.
Led Zeppelin was my favorite group as a rascal teenager! Born in 60'. The mesmerizing affect of Kashmir was amazing when first heard!! Went to a video of Zeppelin at the university, when 19, with a slightly older girl that started a powerful love affair. Fond memories based on Led Zeppelin"s amazing music!
I held my father's hand as he took his last breath listening to this song. It means so much to me.
I hope my wife will do the same when my time comes and my journey begins.
I’m sitting here with tears running down my cheeks thinking of my now short life. My husband had promised me the same thing but he died four years ago. I guess I’ll have to somehow get someone else to ‘play me out’. ❤️
Wow, that’s very powerful. Sorry about you dad.
Hell of a song to hear as your last on this rock...damn good choice by your father.
I would do that for you if at all possible.
Part of the soundtrack of my life! Led Zeppelin playing in the background as I grew up from an obnoxious kid into a father and family man. I’m a grandfather now and I still put on Kashmir late at night and in my mind I stare at the stars, wandering under those snowy mountain peaks and dusty desert roads.
It's definitely one of those epic songs that takes you to another dimension. Thanks for sharing.
Man, what a beautiful post!
Beautiful post indeed 🙏🧚
@@ProfessorofRock I have been a LZ fan since I was 14 in 1969. They are my favorite band of all time. I saw them 8 times in 7 years from 1970 - 1977.
My vote for the most powerful LZ song live is "Kashmir." Their 1977 performance of Kashmir is their best imo. It was transcendent. Jimmy played White Summer before kicking into Kashmir in 1977. Jimmy literally stood up from the stool he was sitting on, and kicked the stool back as the band launched into Kashmir.
The most powerful official audio *recording* of Kashmir is from the 2007 O2 concert. The audio recording of that 2007 performance, for me, most approaches the power and intensity of the song I experienced in 1977.
The intro "Dawn at the Great Pyramid" is the perfect intro to Kashmir, from the Kashmir: Symphonic Led Zeppelin release.
Robert's wife Maureen, was from India, bty.
Back to 1975, and the release of PG. Kashmir, as it was mixed and recorded for PG, for me, was not impressive. It was not powerful. I was 19 year old at the time, and the words to the song did not bowl me over.
But after experiencing the song live in 1977, Kashmir was and still is my favorite LZ song. But only the live O2 recording. I never listen to the studio version of Kashmir. After hearing it live, the studio version is just weak to me. I'd rather hear the O2 version or not at all.
I feel the same way about most of the songs from HOTH. I never listen to that album either. BUT, many songs from HOTH are my most favorite LZ songs.... LIVE. Like TSRTS, No Quarter, and OTHAFA.
One last thing, it bugged me that you showed a picture of Plant with the Kashmir and LZ spelled out, but with the spelling of Led Zeppelin as "Led Zepplin...." 😀
John Bonham was so raw, so real; he blew me away when I saw "The Song Remains The Same". His passion was so deep he had to throw away the sticks and play the drums with his hands. It was visceral.
The No Quarter version is my favorite. Many years ago I went up on a high mountain here in Northern Norway on a warm summer day, I sat down on the top of the mountain and it was so majestic I felt I could see just about the entire world from there. I smoked a nice hashish joint and listen to that version, and it was by far the most spiritually intense thing I've ever experienced. The song is just the absolute cleanser for mind and soul.
Led Zeppelin in the 8 track, headphones on every night going to sleep for almost a year. Listening to Led Zeppelin is like being in a dream, another world! So mystical, ethereal alluring. They were amazing
I listened to "The Rain Song" & "Ten Years Gone" EVERY night for years!!
I FOUND A RECORD CLUB OF AMERICA ORDER FORM WITH EIGHT TRACK AS OPTION.
The BEST rock and roll song of all-time. It’s the perfect song. Rich, dense, melodic, lyrically ethereal and instrumentally brilliant. It has everything. This is a masterpiece that doesn’t get enough credit for how insanely great it is. It’s hands down Zeppelin’s best song in the catalog and it absolutely holds up today, and I would argue, more powerful now, than ever. 👍🏾👏🏾
I would say that Kashmir transcends rock. It's a sublime work of musical art, beyond genres and classifications.
Well said.
Out on the Tiles is pretty good too.
@Gary Snow It was the Golden Age of rock music my friend, the early 70s were to rock like the Renaissance was to painting and sculpting.
@@maxgonzalez214 totally
Kashmir is incredible sounding song, creates a scene of intrigue.
Kashmir was my introduction to Led Zeppelin when I was 12. They've been my favorite band since 75 and Kashmir has always been my favorite song of all time.
“I am a traveler of both time and space….to be where I have been.” Kashmir is my favorite Zeppelin song!! I am so happy to see you cover it! It seems most people favor Stairway, which is a great song, but hey, all LZ songs are great. But Kashmir, so very much an experience on another level!!
The entire album is a masterpiece! I'm partial to The Rover, Ten Years Gone, and Down By the Seaside, as well. You know you did good, when someone listens to an album, and thinks MAN, this is something!!!- until they put Physical Graffiti on next, and forget all about it, lol.
The beat and riff are just hypnotic. 30 seconds in, and you really are moving through Kashmir
MONSTER song
I absolutely love the immigrant song!
The first time I ever heard it was while I was on a carnival ride. It was being blasted through huge speakers while we went round and round in sort of roller coaster cars. It was incredible. You couldn’t even hear yourself yell or scream it was so loud lol. It’s burned into my memory as one of the best times of my life. The years of my my life from turning 15 to the summer just after I turned 17 were the best ever. I was old enough to run amok but young enough to not have any real responsibilities. It was the early 80’s and British bands were re-invading America. I lived in California but still had my English accent plus I was a straight A student without really trying because of the education I received back in England. Combine that with playing several sports and being rather good looking. All that adds up to me enjoying life like most people only fantasise about lol.
I will forever hold those times in my memories of growing up and they truly shaped the man I became.
It was a great time to be alive and I took full advantage of everything I could. I’m still friends with the guy that was my best friend way back then. Music played a huge epic role in the lives of all of us who came of age back then. No cell phones, no internet, no social media, there will never be a time like that again. I could head out the front door of my house on a Saturday morning and the only thing I was told was “be home by dark” lol. Totally free and unaccountable to anyone lol. Summertime was even better because I would be gone all day and as long as sometime in the evening I called home to say where I was spending the night I was good to go.
Kids today have no idea what freedom is. If a parent doesn’t know exactly where their child is every second they are considered bad parents. Kids are given cell phones so they are reachable every second of their lives. Gone are the days of roaming free with your friends, exploring your world and creating bonds that last a lifetime. Now its just Instagram lives pretending to be something they aren’t. If I could turn back time and give today’s youth a taste of that time I definitely would.
To memories. Cheers all.
Turning 50 this year, find myself drawn to Zeppelin’s music more and more, really enjoying rediscovering Jimmy’s guitar work and the band.
This song was in DADGAD tuning on guitar, which was something Jimmy Page picked up from British Celtic/Folk guitarist Davey Graham. It's amazing how that influence ended up in a rock anthem.
Didn't you hear the professor? 👂 it was in DADGAFD...on a 7-string guitar, of course
@martindanielthomas the footage shows a 6. Maybe a Freudian slip. I wasn't in the studio with Page, but most historians agree it was DADGAD. DADGAFD probably would do a lot of the same things, just a different take, so it would be interesting to hear.
The drums for me, is what sets this song apart. I wait for it....every time. The rest is just accompaniment. RIP Bonzo
Yes BONZO was in a class all by himself
When the song is presented to me, regardless of the circumstance, I have no choice but to listen and wait for the double cymbal crash near the end.
Bonham is great! But so is Plant.
There is something about their music that makes me reflect on my own life. And enjoy the importance of living.
as my life cycles, each cycle begins with Stairway to Heaven and each cycle ends with No Quarter. From their live album The Song Remains the Same. Led Zepplin are the Alpha and the Omega.
That sounds like a verse of a great rock song itself.
I stayed in Kashmir for a month on a houseboat in 1983. Great time - like an Eden.
When this album came out, I was in college. When I was home for the summer, after working my summer job, I would come home, lay on the couch and listen to the whole Physical Graffiti album in the headphones. I did this many times. I found Kashmir uplifting. And every song on that album is a gem. To this day, it is one of my all-time favorite albums. I do have to say my favorite on that album, though, is Ten Years Gone.
A TRUE TRUE MASTERPIECE, IT BLOWS ME AWAY INTO ANOTHER REALM!
I was born the day i absorbed this song. It seemed like it came from my own ancient and living soul. RIP Led Zep.
While I've been a Zeppelin fan since the early seventies, this album was the one that cemented my feelings for the band. I bought this album my junior year of high school when it came out in 1975, it took a bit of my hard earned part time work cash at around $12 or $13. Kashmir, for me, is their best song hands down.
I was a senior that year. Though kashmir was my favored trip song, Custard Pie, sick again, Trampled under foot, black country woman and boogie with stu were all there as another favorite. Me, I can't listen to them anymore...not that I don't enjoy them, but it takes weeks to get them out of my head. If I do, it opens a door to the demonic and dope......I just can't do that in good conscience.
It's my favourite album of all time. It just has more to offer than II and IV. I agree that Kashmir is their best song.
Vernon, you know of what you speak....
That was a fortune in those days!!!
One of life’s sadnesses that I was just a little too young to see them live … they are graceful on Kashmir as they invite you on the journey of their beautiful minds and melodies…. timeless. ❤
The song gets into your soul and lifts your spirits
In my time of dying was my favorite song on that album. Bonham's playing the drums is incredible to listen to. There is a reason why they gave it up after he died.
The 2007 live performance with Jason on the drums is just majestic. It moves me no matter how many times I hear it.
The Unledded performance was something, too. That drummer was great. th-cam.com/video/9vbeilE0UrQ/w-d-xo.html
Of all the versions I've heard, that performance is head and shoulders above the rest to me. I get goose bumps whenever I play it!
I was real impressed by Plant in that performance. He was fantastic, I didn't think he could still bring it at that age...man was I wrong.
Yeah. The celebration day version is really great. They brought it home one last time and cemented their reputation with a performance to remember. But i think robert was right to lay it to rest there.
@@dommccaffry3802 The performance was tight. th-cam.com/video/PD-MdiUm1_Y/w-d-xo.html
One of the most amazing musical experiences ever.
Dear Professor, I had the Ultimate Privledge of hearing Kashmir performed Live on 06 Feb, 1975! at the Montreal Forum, 2 weeks before the Album Physical Graffiti was released! Hearing the Album brought the Show all back to me! Yeah, they really are that F%#kn' Good!
When I started to appreciate Led Zeppelin on my own instead of listening with my Dad, Kashmir was my re-entry point and it remains my favorite song of all time.
IMO their most progressive song is another masterpiece, Achilles Last Stand. Jimmy said it is his most difficult song to play.
LZ has so many masterpieces it is crazy! Of course, Kashmir, Achilles Last Stand and Stairway To Heaven stand out because of epicness, length and mystery, but tons of songs can be defined as favourites.
My favourite song of all time is Rock and Roll, and The Rover is Led Zeppelin in a nutshell, maybe the most Zeppelinean song of them all.
They are the GOAT.
One listen to Achilles and you can see/hear the birth of Metallica.
some bands did create a masterpiece. most just didn't.
zeppelin, on the other hand, created multiple.
kashmir. achilles last stand. since I've been loving you. stairway to heaven. some might count in whole lotta love or dazed & confused on that list as well.
for me, over the hills and far away is 'zeppelin in a nutshell'. it contains a folk music style acoustic intro, a harmonic percussion style, a great main guitar riff and lovely lyrics. and the live versions are served with an outstandig guitar solo, hectic but loose.
@@the_rover1 Yes, it is another great example of Led Zep in a nutshell. Amazing song!
I am right there with you on "The Rover!"!!!!
This is hands down, the best Zeppelin song ever. If I am having a bad day, it can turn it right around. It just happened again yesterday.
For me... That opening rhythm just opens your head space to something you just can't fathom. It's like OMG here we go... the most mesmerising sound ever!
Nice. As soon as that song starts, it's like diving into a pool of mystical sound and that never ending tension of the beat keeps the music in the perfect place. Kashmir is just such a musical achievement.
I hate when people try to categorize Led Zeppelin as "Heavy Metal" or that they started it, Black Sabbath, yes! Led Zeppelin no! I don't even consider Deep Purple as Heavy Metal. Heavy or Hard Rock, yes. Zep is too much rooted in Blues, especially the early albums, to be metal. And their whole portfolio was so diverse. Love Kashmir! My favorite Album is is the first Led Zeppelin, think of how monumental the material on this album is! Turning this folk song "Babe, I'm gonna leave you" from the acoustic into this building force of emotion and driving guitar and drums and then back again. It's like an emotional roller coaster ride! I love Plants vocals through that entire album.
Agree. To me Led Zeppelin was always folk music.
They were just like first band to have pop hits that were that heavy for songs like whole lotta love. But so many of their songs weren’t heavy. Even in same song sometimes from light to heavy.
I used to hate that categorisation also. I kinda think it's more of a compliment now. You just can't put them in any bag, they are in a league of their own, perhaps they invented heavy metal? Although heavy metal is very different today. They came, saw listened, stole, borrowed, invented, and conquered. I don't think there ever will be comparison to them.
Metal is blues rooted. And Zep is metal. Sorry.
Led Zeppelin is very influential but no Metal indeed.
I see them more as Hard Rock, and Proto Metal at most.
When I was five, an older cousin would bring his Led Zeppelin records to our house. We'd go down to the basement and listen to them for hours. this was how I became a fan from a young age.
This song came on when I was bad tripping off 7 hits of acid. It was one of those most profound moments off my life, i felt so small. It was humbling. That happened over 15 years ago. I still think about.
Living in the county with mom n dad, 15 yrs old, riding with friends, pot smoke so thick you could hardly see each other, listening to Led Zeppelin in the 8 track in a tricked out metallic purple 56 chevy and loving every minute of it!! I fell in love with them hard n have remained a rock n roller every since.. This was so informative.. Thank you for this indepth look into the band.. ⭐🎶⭐🎸⭐🎵⭐🎤⭐!!
Kashmir causes such an intense, visceral reaction in my psyche every time I hear it, I am only ever able to listen to it in small doses -- never over and over again like some other songs. In fact, it's one of the few songs I can actually remember all the details of the moment I heard it for the first time: where I was, time of day, what I was doing etc. I stopped dead in my tracks, immobile. Changed forever. Nothing has ever come close for me, musically.
“Kashmir” is my second favorite Led Zep song. My favorite has been, and remains “When The Levee Breaks”. As far as their best album, it’s either 2 or 4. I’m partial to 4 cuz of “WtLB” but “Whole Lotta Love” “Ramble On” “Thank You” all rock.
Outstanding choices, however...
Check out... "Achilles last stand" Dude the PRESENCE of LZ was slowly eroding by the time that album came out, but I had a friend who was obsessed with that particular song from the album, dude! I developed the EAR for that song and let me tell you the insane insanity of Bonzos drumming in that song proved to me that he must of had alien DNA, not only he's "four sticks" drumming, but the Cat is also QUAD DOUBLE BASE DRUMMING❗!❗! Dude give "Achilles his last STANDing (Ovation) a hero, warrior in his-history, that's for sure! 👊😉
2 is amazing
Definitely two of the all-time great tracks from led Zeppelin.
Over the Hills and Far Away
I saw the Houses of the Holy tour and had tickets for the Phys.Graffitti show when Robert Plant broke his leg. But Jimmy Page playing a very long solo with a violin bow to Dazed and Confused changed my life. What a great first concert. At 66 Physical Graffitti is my cd player still.
When the Levee Breaks is the most epic part of the Zeppelin catalogue.
This song is always used as a “yardstick” for other bands. Usually the best song from another band is thought of, by me, as their “Kashmir”. Stairway gets all of the press, but I think Kashmir is the quintessential Zeppelin track.
Yes, I've said many times that people always used to say Stairway was their best, but Robert Plant once said it was Kashmir. Since then, Kashmir has been the "yardstick" as you put it.
Ten years gone for me. Kashmir gets repetitive and boring after a while.
@@Cactusfruitsquisher “Different Strokes For Different Folks.” Or to each their own.
For me its always been Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid. This band has so many hits its like trying to hit a moving target. Each to their own. I hope we can all agree that LZ was the best band ever(except for Tenacious D :P).
I still remember the first time I heard "Kashmir" was on a Saturday Morning on KMET-FM :The Mighty Met" in L.A. They were an AOR (Album Oriented Rock) station that loved to play clips off of albums, especially newly released Albums. Physical Graffiti had just come out and many FM rock stations were playing songs off of it. Bought the Album soon after.
The thumbnail says. "Greatest band ever without a top 20 hit". You could have stopped at Greatest Band Ever
Scott Martin,
And Zeppelin never released any singles in the UK. Peter Grant stopped Atlantic from pressing Whole Lotta Love as a UK single in 1970.
Trampled Underfoot was pressed into a single in 1975 but these were very limited in copies and meant purely for radio stations.
That was about it.
@@foureyedchick Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Pink Floyd.
dont be silly, the beatles are and always will be.
@@MrKeefrichards Pop.
@@zodiac6968 yes!!!👍👍👍
Totally agree! A mystical journey through a haunting soundtrack. Led Zep's 4 band members were all master musicians in their own right & their music stands the test of time 100%. Rock Gods one & all.
That 2007 performance is outstanding. This song has always been in my top 5.
Ya see kids, before there was autotune , there were these sorcerers that created music
Ha ha! I love it.
Excellent invocation of a time of true musical and vocal talent raw talent👍
Kind of ironic that you refer to them as sorcerers seeing as how Jimmy Page is a black magician, and follower of Aleister Crowley, who inserted Satanism into their music.
Lmfao!!
@Gene Franciski God’s what?
Kashmir has been my most favorite rock song since I was a child in the 70's. Still give me chills of pleasure every time I here it. Will never get tired of hearing it.
I was headed West out of Lubbock Texas on 114, just past Reese airbase one night, driving home alone, and that song came on the radio.
I'd never been into Zeppelin in the slightest, but something about the darkness, the empty, scrubby, mesquite riddled countryside, and the white lines in my headlights coming at me down the middle of the road created a moment with that song. 35 years later, I still haven't forgotten it. There's something special about Kashmir alright.
This is a symphony in one movement. It becomes even more majestic when played by a full symphony orchestra. One of my all time favorites. :)
Led Zeppelin is a living proof that ‘top-charts’ are irrelevant
As are the RRHOF
Certainly as far as singles charts as they are one of if not the epitome of the foremost of
Album Oriented Rock.
Their fans bought their albums rather than singles.
The truth is by the standards of Classic rock radio formats -
Which definitely revolve around AOR -
They would have a number of the most played tracks ever -
Indeed probably more than any other artist. ✌️
Charts, and Hall of Fame's are a joke.
@@HubertofLiege Even though they didn't need it for their place in Rock and Roll History, it meant something to me that Anne and Nancy Wilson/Heart got their due as a rare Female lead Rock band that Rocked as hard as Zeppelin or any legendary bands of the 70's.
Yes they are irrelevant because Led Zep hated putting out singles. They put out very few. They wanted their fans to buy the whole album. As a result Led Zep sold more albums than they did singles, and more albums than any other band.
They had a lot of eclectic influences, which showed up in their music. That's what I've come to appreciate about them as I get older.
For sure. I feel the same. Not many artists you can say that about.
What’s eclectic about it, it’s basically African American musical
@@beyourself2444 and folk (Battle of Evermore, Gallows Pole, Fantasy (misty mountain), Eastern (kashmir) etc etc etc
@@beyourself2444 I was told by an older Jewish friend of mine that the main riff of Kashmir is very similar to an old Jewish prayer/song.
Really, they started off by blatantly ripping off old blues (respectfully in their view), made themselves into something unique. "Kashmir" transcends so many genres, sounds like some producer brilliantly programmed some great samples together but the song is clearly the product of the four band members.
Kashmir has been a battlefield since 1947 between India & Pakistan.. war torn ,mountainous & arid landscape... and yet for Zep to come up with this majestic, mystical & mesmerizing classic is just genius...(i hate when other genre's, especially rap, sample it & put it into their music... it's a totally different sound altogether)
This song and "Going to California" are my 2 Led Zep favorites. They defined 70s rock to me!
Those four incredibly talented guys banding together is the reality beyond dreams. It's something so powerful, prolific and sophisticated that it transcends many fantasies.
Yet, here we are; the lucky generations that get to experience their music. I myself, feel blessed. :)
When I was in my teens I didn’t care what I got for my birthday or Christmas as long as the latest Zeppelin album was there. I would sit in the living room with my headphones on flipping the record over and over listening to every detail. I can hear when music is played well and knew there was something different and special about the band but as a non musician I didn’t know exactly what it was.
Recently I heard a TH-cam presenter give an enlightened explanation. He said that in many bands the drummer and the bassist sync with each other but in Zeppelin Bonham and Page cue on each other. There are many bands I love but never more than Zeppelin.
Kashmir is my favorite Zeppelin song. I have been a Zeppelin fan since I was a little kid. I bought their first album when I was 7years old. I only played it when I was alone at home, lest my parents were to take the album away from me.
Kashmir is unquestionably their greatest song. Whenever I need to be picked up, if my PTSD is getting to me, or my intractable migraine is pounding my head, I put on Kashmir to overkill my senses.
I love the song, love it.
Recently watched the video filmed at The Kennedy Centre honouring Led Zeppelin. The band 'Heart' performed Stairway To Heaven with a full choir & orchestra & John Bonam's son Jason on drums OMG they totally nailed it, like they were channelling Led Zeppelin. A brilliant & flawless performance that blew the boys away! I urge every Led Zep fan to check it out...
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I concur. Anyone who can get through that with dry eyes must be a little inside.
Agreed, love it!
'NO QUARTER' was the song that spooked me the most when I heard it for the first time...
Jimmy says it’s his favorite song ! I loved playing Jimmy’s style and was lucky to work with Terry Manning and when Perry Baggs my best friend died Jimmy consoled me ! I’m forever in awe !
Pages favourite song to play at least, is Archilles last stand
The band seemed to just really love playing that was hard to do in those times soo many tour dates so much extra fun. the double cymbal crashes still give me chills no band will ever be the same in the way they explored and perfected music
JUST THE WORDS LED ZEPPELIN SAY IT ALL. NUMBER 1 IN MUSIC OF ALL TIME , AND OF COURSE THE BAND MEMBERS , THERE WON'T EVER AGAIN BE A GROUP OR BAND THAT COULD COME ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THE GREATEST GREATS OF ZEPPELIN. KASHMIR IS A ONE OF A KIND EXPERIENCE. MY YOUNGEST SON AT THE AGE OF 4-5 YRS. OLD , SAID "KASHMIR IS THE BEST SONG OF ZEPPELINS" . I WAS LITERALLY TAKING PSYADELICS THEN PLAYED KASHMIR. , I HAD ALWAYS BEEN TRANSFORMED BY THE SONG , BUT KNEW THERE WAS A TRIP TO BE TAKING WITH IT , & I ALSO KNEW THAT I COULDN'T POSSIBLY HAVE A BAD TRIP TO THAT SONG. I WAS CORRECT.....IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING TIMES IN MY LIFE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS & ALL OF UR VIDEOS.
Kashmir was to Fast Times at Ridgemont High as Bohemian Rhapsody was to Wayne's World
Hagar's tune played a better driving part than Kashmir i believe
Although the reference that sets it in motion is incorrect.
Absolutely agree.
@@dukecraig2402 true but probably intentional and meant as a joke
@@rezalbb ha. I’ve never made it all the way through this guy’s videos so I missed that. Wonder if the scene was already shot before the attempt to get the rights failed. Maybe it just turned out to be a happy accident since it was so like that character to screw up the advice he got.
I remember hearing a small part of the end of it on the radio in 1975. I was in 9th grade at the time. It was THE most amazing thing I had ever heard and I had no idea what it was. Realize, disco was on the rage and radio, where I lived, very rarely played Led Zeppelin. It was virtually unheard of to hear them on the radio. The small part of the song I had heard haunted me relentlessly for some time. It was quite a while (I actually have no idea how long) before I found out what it was and I finally heard the whole song. It has been in my possession ever since.
I have gotten lost within their music, no need for drugs or alcohol. The high from the music has no limits. The dances within my soul leaves a buring desire to swim, and bathe in every note. To feel every color and fiber of each instrument.
To become a lover with the whole experience of the musical wizards.
Then in the end, now a new born wanting more.
Written by Margo Higgins
Ty Led Zeppelin
Kashmir is my ringtone - you’d be surprised many folks have Kashmir as a ringtone. It’s mystical, it’s beautiful - live Zepplin in 1976 and when they played “Kashmir” it brought the house down - and was sooo fucking loud & heavy w/ the smell of cannabis in the air. What a great memory!
Epic song! Watch the documentary “It Might Get Loud”. Jimmy plays the intro and you become awestruck just seeing where that sound came from!
When I was stationed in Panama, the AFRN djs loved playing Kashmir at my request so they could use the restroom or take a smoke break!
When I was stationed in Germany, we would call in the daily forecast to AFRN-Würzburg and make requests. I called in one morning to give them the weather forecast and make some requests. Before hanging up, the DJ asked me to “request” a song he wanted to play, but wasn’t allowed to unless it was requested. I agreed and told him that if there’s anything else he needed requests to play, just say the weather guys requested it.
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Fort Davis & Fort Clayton. 2/90 - 6/92.
My favorite as a dj was Frampton's "Do you feel like we do" That was a lunch break. LOL
@@Tedoco50 no doubt!
I still get the same reaction now as when I first heard it. Goose bumps up my back to the top of my head and a general floating feeling. Transcendental, magical...words that fit the song and the feeling.
Same here man, around 7-8yrs old as I held the album cover looking @ these buildings on the cover….I kept playing Kashmir back over & over again, until my Mom yelled @ me “you’re gonna scratch the record!” This song gave me chills, made me cry, and take notice of emotions I’d never felt before! It’ll be my favorite song for life ❤ It turned me onto teaching myself how to read music, play guitar, and later write my own.