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.

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@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Poll: Led Zeppelin... What are your picks for best album and song for this EPIC band?

@kpd987 2 года назад

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.

@ICenobyte1962 2 года назад

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

@apathyinc.7534 2 года назад

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. 🙄

@tarjeimonster5634 2 года назад

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!)

@surlechapeau 2 года назад

song: Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin II) Best Plant vocals. album: Led Zeppelin IV (obviously)

@nigelbrowne7009 2 года назад

Kashmir is not a song , its an ethereal journey through musical mastery.

@violetqueen450 2 года назад

Well said!

@johnorr8094 2 года назад

It's an experience.

@gardengatesopen 2 года назад

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.

@vanessahenry7238 Год назад

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!

@ABandCalledStoned Год назад

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.

@jimmime 2 года назад

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.

@mswriter3612 2 года назад

Great story!!! Love to see more detail

@5wheels521 2 года назад

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!

@juliemanarin4127 2 года назад

Wow!! What a story!

@williamh3823 2 года назад

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?

@barbaramay5048 2 года назад

That's The Daze!

@scottenriquez1930 2 года назад

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

@suzannemcquinn2358 2 года назад

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.

@padmakshkhandelwal1832 2 года назад

You have a +1

@missing1102 2 года назад

Ten Years Gone. . Is of thr favorite in our home.

@Straight0uttaCrofton 2 года назад

Ten Years Gone is a GREAT song. also, check out the cover with the Black Crowes featuring Jimmy Page.

@ronh.798 2 года назад

Agreed. Physical is the best Zep album and Ten Years Gone is probably my favorite song from this masterpiece.

@robertragolia744 2 года назад

Physical graffiti is such a great and powerful album, every song is great it's as if it's a greatest hits album

@gaz0463 2 года назад

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.

@royshantzis3321 2 года назад

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.

@lordrahl7033 2 года назад

Checkout Greta Van Fleet. The closest to LZ any modern band can come.

@heyjenknee 2 года назад

Fantastic job of breaking down all the parts of an incredible song. Thank you.

@roberthouston2684 2 года назад

You my friend have a very astute daughter.

@petertimmins6657 2 года назад

Money well spent…..

@MsRuthLittle 2 года назад

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!

@ElrondHubbard_1 2 года назад

They were maybe classified as "heavy metal" for about 10 minutes in the 70s.

@HonestDogAL 2 года назад

Hard Blues ?

@ronniewall1481 2 года назад

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.

@allencolvin4320 2 года назад

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.

@lespaulcustom7309 2 года назад

@ 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

@virginiaviola5097 2 года назад

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.

@charlenepickett3472 2 года назад

Yes! Growing up in the seventies was great!

@hobartnickell9959 2 года назад

I was 13 but it was the same. Great music then and still is

@hobartnickell9959 2 года назад

I was 13 but it was the same. Great music then and still is

@cynthiagonzalez658 2 года назад

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.

@GSDjrbites 2 года назад

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

@RK_peace 2 года назад

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.

@traceyarnaud8433 2 года назад

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.

@jaquelinedeponce5251 2 года назад

A few years older than you and it still moves me as the first day I had heard it! Seniors are the original rockers.

@tee8584 2 года назад

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!😂

@debbiegoolsbyjackson95 Год назад

I'm 68 and I still listen to it all the time, too.

@beachcomber4141 10 месяцев назад

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.

@MichaelMut 2 года назад

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.

@williamstefens 2 года назад

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.

@floydvaughn836 2 года назад

Find if you can, the version from MTV Unplugged.

@peteranderson9881 2 года назад

I felt like that with Kashmir, and with Tocatta by ELP.

@Art-zs6sl 2 года назад

For me it mimics a buzz of sorts. Takes you to another place. Very few songs can pull that off.

@43ccw 2 года назад

@@floydvaughn836 lollipop for dessert we have

@DukaSongCrafter 2 года назад

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.

@kennethherbert267 2 года назад

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.

@mchristr Год назад

Big time. The tension is so think they needed to give the listener a few breaks.

@Dingbotz 10 месяцев назад

That's not what's happening. Its 3/4 and 4/4 at the same time - not consecutive bars.

@MIMMarketing 10 месяцев назад

Ugh. 🤦🏼‍♂️

@amerigo88 8 месяцев назад

Just sounds like sex building towards...the natural culmination. Led Zeppelin was often described as "Cock Rock."

@dpjfilmmaker 2 года назад

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. 👍🏾👏🏾

@maxgonzalez214 2 года назад

I would say that Kashmir transcends rock. It's a sublime work of musical art, beyond genres and classifications.

@dougjenkins8749 2 года назад

Well said.

@shaneclaflin8622 2 года назад

Out on the Tiles is pretty good too.

@maxgonzalez214 2 года назад

@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.

@DR-qf9th 2 года назад

@@maxgonzalez214 totally

@mygabrielle7477 2 года назад

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

@c.e.anderson558 2 года назад

Ten Years Gone

@GaZonk100 2 года назад

his drumming is so much and just enough all at once...

@leedress2187 2 года назад

Physical graffiti is my "if I could only have one album on a deserted island" album. Truly magical in it's entirety.

@billwalsh388 2 года назад

Good call. Same here.

@i.p.knightly149 2 года назад

Likewise.

@manlaw77 2 года назад

I am 54 y.o. and I cannot count how many times I have expressed the same statement! Good on ya!

@DHarri9977 2 года назад

I always liked "Trampled underfoot" as with "Kasmir" the two best songs on the album in my opinion.

@Mydogslove2laugh 2 года назад

Same

@robbizawojskyj1590 2 года назад

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.

@JamesGowan 2 года назад

I never thought of ZEP as heavy metal. Definitely just ROCK.

@HardRockMaster7577 2 года назад

Blues-Based Hard Rock

@Mwstmrlnd 2 года назад

That's because they were the first to do it. Lot has changed since then.

@joeymorvant161 2 года назад

To me, they're the kings of metal.

@icin4d 2 года назад

Agree. Black Sabbath was heavy metal back then. Pages' riffs were bluesy. Bonham's drumming was rock to hard rock. Metal they weren't.

@andyharding1514 2 года назад

how much heavier do you want a metal to be than Led(/Lead) ? ;)

@arosefortes6507 2 года назад

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

@TrumpisaFIGHTER-RepsCrookedHil 2 года назад

I listened to "The Rain Song" & "Ten Years Gone" EVERY night for years!!

@ronniewall1481 2 года назад

I FOUND A RECORD CLUB OF AMERICA ORDER FORM WITH EIGHT TRACK AS OPTION.

@briangarrow448 2 года назад

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.

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

It's definitely one of those epic songs that takes you to another dimension. Thanks for sharing.

@maxgonzalez214 2 года назад

Man, what a beautiful post!

@andnxt 2 года назад

Beautiful post indeed 🙏🧚

@HardRockMaster7577 2 года назад

@@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...." 😀

@crzyking6821 2 года назад

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.

@tee8584 2 года назад

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…

@crzyking6821 2 года назад

@@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

@crzyking6821 2 года назад

@@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

@Cincinnatus1869 2 года назад

@@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 RU-vid @ Pearl Jam live in Cincinnati 2006 Full Show. It's worth checking out if you like them

@stevefowler2112 Месяц назад

Jimmy and Robert have said that Jason was a huge asset in helping them to remember how they arranged many of their songs for live performances. But regarding Jason's drumming ability, he gave it his all and was quite good, but having seen Zeppelin live twice, '75 and '77 and then listened to them at The Q with Jason, the biggest difference between '77 and '01 was not having John on drums...Robert was right when he said, when John died there could never be Led Zeppelin again.

@marthav2772 2 года назад

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!👍 ❤

@BBaldwin 2 года назад

They were, are and WILL ALWAYS BE the ultimate rock band…

@chrisrisner5501 2 года назад

Best dam band in the land

@drowningin 2 года назад

Ultimate copycats

@callaseter2174 2 года назад

They were close . But that titled goes to Van Halen with Roth. GOD bless 🙏🏻✝️🇺🇸!!!!! Let’s Go Brandon!!!!!

@mwg911hk 2 года назад

Best rock cover band ever.

@gregbors8364 2 года назад

That’s just, like, your opinion, man. (It’s pointless to argue about music)

@Vince_Tasciotti 2 года назад

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.

@jeffjeff-wc9ze 2 года назад

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. .

@padmakshkhandelwal1832 2 года назад

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.

@itekani 2 года назад

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.

@tanya5322 2 года назад

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.

@mor4725 2 года назад

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.

@inahypier1646 2 года назад

I agree!!!

@susieoryan8857 2 года назад

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!!

@anitajohnson2873 2 года назад

There is something about their music that makes me reflect on my own life. And enjoy the importance of living.

@DarbyF 2 года назад

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.

@surfelvis5946 2 года назад

That sounds like a verse of a great rock song itself.

@surfelvis5946 2 года назад

I stayed in Kashmir for a month on a houseboat in 1983. Great time - like an Eden.

@greenworm7915 2 года назад

“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!!

@pyroman6000 2 года назад

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.

@glenchapman3899 2 года назад

The beat and riff are just hypnotic. 30 seconds in, and you really are moving through Kashmir

@cinematicpassages8884 2 года назад

MONSTER song

@mchristr 2 года назад

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.

@tomthelen8069 2 года назад

Totally agree, Pink Floyd was another of those bands.

@nostradamus7648 2 года назад

Jimmy Page says Achilles is his favorite song to play live.

@mchristr Год назад

@@tomthelen8069 Yes! Stylistically Floyd set the bar impossibly high.

@stevenblyth4937 2 года назад

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!

@vernhoke7730 2 года назад

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.

@Rev22-21 2 года назад

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.

@grantpearson7105 2 года назад

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.

@chaseschneier1076 2 года назад

Vernon, you know of what you speak....

@bernadettesandoval3990 2 года назад

That was a fortune in those days!!!

@AZAce1064 2 года назад

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👍🏼

@robertkobin8549 2 года назад

Zeppelin, no one like them. Classic creativity throughout all their albums. I turned 70 this year. I miss the 60-70's classics.

@mikemyers2626 2 года назад

I held my father's hand as he took his last breath listening to this song. It means so much to me.

@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp 2 года назад

I hope my wife will do the same when my time comes and my journey begins.

@blondelebanese9922 2 года назад

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’. ❤️

@djquinn11 2 года назад

Wow, that’s very powerful. Sorry about you dad.

@chestrockwell8328 2 года назад

Hell of a song to hear as your last on this rock...damn good choice by your father.

@patrickrhodes4797 2 года назад

I would do that for you if at all possible.

@Ddroyd1 2 года назад

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.

@brinvargas1474 2 года назад

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.

@raven_of_zoso455 2 года назад

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.

@ledferrelin 2 года назад

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.

@peterbellini6102 2 года назад

One listen to Achilles and you can see/hear the birth of Metallica.

@the_rover1 2 года назад

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.

@ledferrelin 2 года назад

@@the_rover1 Yes, it is another great example of Led Zep in a nutshell. Amazing song!

@stonefly69 2 года назад

I am right there with you on "The Rover!"!!!!

@johnallsteadt1607 2 года назад

Brilliant segment Professor. You really did justice to one of the most epic transcendental songs of all time. You really bring out the complexity and deep meaning of the main themes most wonderfully. Bravo! Bravo!

@josephschiesler1927 2 года назад

The song gets into your soul and lifts your spirits

@mangrove 2 года назад

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.

@larrynapier5003 2 года назад

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 !

@tommyplays131 2 года назад

Pages favourite song to play at least, is Archilles last stand

@sowhat1073 2 года назад

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.

@peter-johncaltz6472 2 года назад

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.

@ronedee 2 года назад

The drums for me, is what sets this song apart. I wait for it....every time. The rest is just accompaniment. RIP Bonzo

@timothyflanagan3641 2 года назад

Yes BONZO was in a class all by himself

@ApolloandZak 2 года назад

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.

@andytay5507 2 года назад

Bonham is great! But so is Plant.

@mala3isity 2 года назад

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.

@johnnahodil 2 года назад

Ya see kids, before there was autotune , there were these sorcerers that created music

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Ha ha! I love it.

@jimcrowell5093 2 года назад

Excellent invocation of a time of true musical and vocal talent raw talent👍

@lukecage3569 2 года назад

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.

@matthewmagda4971 2 года назад

Lmfao!!

@karagi101 2 года назад

@Gene Franciski God’s what?

@MrDannyg77 Год назад

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.

@jmaniak1 2 года назад

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 RU-vid 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.

@MichaelH416 2 года назад

“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.

@laudreport3798 2 года назад

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! 👊😉

@Mydogslove2laugh 2 года назад

2 is amazing

@thadlife1712 2 года назад

Definitely two of the all-time great tracks from led Zeppelin.

@nilla003 2 года назад

Over the Hills and Far Away

@timmedlock996 2 года назад

Led Zeppelin! The first two albums are just phenomenal and should be played as one. What a great catalog of music to pull from but Kashmir.. Yeah that is something special!

@dorisleone8006 Год назад

A TRUE TRUE MASTERPIECE, IT BLOWS ME AWAY INTO ANOTHER REALM!

@leonlewis7041 2 года назад

I was a pre-teen/teen listening to the radio while my mom worked swing shifts. I found myself listening to a rock station and herd this song and fell in love with it. I started listening to the rest of their music and realized I loved almost all of it. Since then they've been my absolute favorite rock band. I play them in the car while taking my kids to school hoping they gain a little appreciation for them.

@tomgorman748 2 года назад

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.

@aliwantizu 2 года назад

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.

@Cactusfruitsquisher 2 года назад

Ten years gone for me. Kashmir gets repetitive and boring after a while.

@carmstrong6507 2 года назад

@@Cactusfruitsquisher “Different Strokes For Different Folks.” Or to each their own.

@TXP2P69 2 года назад

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).

@oldschoolrr6077 2 года назад

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.

@RFXLR 2 года назад

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!

@DoctorPhobos 2 года назад

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.

@FerrisBueller-lj9zj 2 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ODidAgdL40Y.html

@ralphemerson497 2 года назад

Fort Davis & Fort Clayton. 2/90 - 6/92.

@Tedoco50 2 года назад

My favorite as a dj was Frampton's "Do you feel like we do" That was a lunch break. LOL

@RFXLR 2 года назад

@@Tedoco50 no doubt!

@tonieasterday6370 2 года назад

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. ❤

@pythagorasaurusrex9853 2 года назад

Just one word: EPIC! Everyone's talking about "Stairway to heaven" what it comes to Led Zeppelin. Kashmir is IMO the most underrated song of LZ. For me one of those songs that NEVER gets boring when listening to it every day.

@cmorris9494 2 года назад

Kashmir makes stairway to heaven just another song that fills out an album.

@westter8164 2 года назад

achilles last stand is the best led zeppelin song

@randywhite2154 2 года назад

@@westter8164 of course it is! I won't apologise. Achilles last stand is the Top! Then the song remains the Same. !! Then Kashmere. Holds the next place with Dancin Days and No Quarter and Immigrant Song ! These songs all hold their place as way ahead of Stairway. Zep has the rightful place as Greatest band of all, but a few other bands are so deserving of 2nd, like a volcanic eruption, so powerfully near Zep in significance! My pick for 2nd GOAT could be very well be the catalog of KANSAS ! TALENT BEYOND SUPERHUMAN, without the underworldly occultic power given to L Z by SATAN. IMO, Rush is truly the Most Divinely Inspired. There It Is! THERE IT IS !!!, Jack Black! ( what a wanna be) !!

@randywhite2154 2 года назад

Wake up! Walk in the light !!!

@Zerradable 2 года назад

Kashmir is not underrated at all... Out of the tiles is their most underrated song.

@spark556 2 года назад

Led Zeppelin is a living proof that ‘top-charts’ are irrelevant

@HubertofLiege 2 года назад

As are the RRHOF

@AABB-bm9kk 2 года назад

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. ✌️

@ShockBot127 2 года назад

Charts, and Hall of Fame's are a joke.

@HaleysTusk 2 года назад

@@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.

@corvettejohn4507 2 года назад

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.

@cwengl 2 года назад

The thing with Zeppelin is that, unlike every other band ever, they didn’t have filler songs. Most bands will place maybe…maybe…one good song on an album. Not Zeppelin. Every song could stand alone as the best song on any other band’s albums. There really is no comparison. Simply the best. Ever. Period.

@thorivaldic 2 года назад

'NO QUARTER' was the song that spooked me the most when I heard it for the first time...

@martinschaake1638 2 года назад

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!

@beachcomber4141 10 месяцев назад

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.

@drfoxcourt 2 года назад

My first hearing made me dance. The driving beat and otherworldly poetry in the lyrics gave me a sense of the trudging toward some distant goal of rest and bliss. It remains my favorite of LZ's tunes. Simple, powerful, and mystical all in one.

@kinjunranger140 2 года назад

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.

@HaleysTusk 2 года назад

Kashmir was to Fast Times at Ridgemont High as Bohemian Rhapsody was to Wayne's World

@dday07 2 года назад

Hagar's tune played a better driving part than Kashmir i believe

@dukecraig2402 2 года назад

Although the reference that sets it in motion is incorrect.

@traceymarshall5868 2 года назад

Absolutely agree.

@billyv321 2 года назад

@@dukecraig2402 true but probably intentional and meant as a joke

@billyv321 2 года назад

@@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.

@skychristypresents4313 2 года назад

I love playing that song.. I'm partial to the Celebration Day version as it is boiled down to the 4 musicians playing it live without the little extras.. It's more concise and I love the relaxed tempo, which gives me the option of experimenting if i want to, without worrying about getting back to basic riffs.. It's very hypnotic and hella fun .. I first saw them in 1969, then several more times including their very last performance in the USA..

@msea5125 2 года назад

The Celebration Day version of Kashmir has my all time favorite rock scream. Even out does Daltry’s wail in We Won’t get Fooled again.

@mikedl1105 2 года назад

The thumbnail says. "Greatest band ever without a top 20 hit". You could have stopped at Greatest Band Ever

@lyndoncmp5751 2 года назад

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.

@zodiac6968 2 года назад

@@foureyedchick Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Pink Floyd.

@MrKeefrichards 2 года назад

dont be silly, the beatles are and always will be.

@zodiac6968 2 года назад

@@MrKeefrichards Pop.

@DR-qf9th 2 года назад

@@zodiac6968 yes!!!👍👍👍

@ScottyGMusic 2 года назад

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.

@dannynysus Год назад

Didn't you hear the professor? 👂 it was in DADGAFD...on a 7-string guitar, of course

@ScottyGMusic Год назад

@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.

@TamiLee-cm2of 2 года назад

Led Zeppelin will always have a special place in my heart. I cannot pick one song as a favorite but, Kashmir is up there on my list. Thanks, Professor for doing a video on a LZ song. 👍

@danntheunknown7639 2 года назад

Not only my favorite Led Zeppelin song, but my favorite song EVER! Thank you for this. My mom & I bonded over music when I was a teen and this was one of the main songs we bonded over. She would have loved this video.

@DR-qf9th 2 года назад

It was the same with my sons and i. I'm very pleased to say my 5 year old grandson loves Led Zeppelin too.

@danntheunknown7639 2 года назад

@@DR-qf9th Awesome!!!

@OutOfElmo 11 месяцев назад

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.

@Horn517 2 года назад

My first rock concert was Led Zeppelin June 10, 1977 at Madison square garden. It was like I died and went to heaven. Kashmir was the epitome of that experience.

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

WOW! Now that would've been SWEEEEEEET!

@mateocarlos2674 2 года назад

That's amazing dude! Mine too! I think they did two to six shows on consecutive nights at MSG. I saw one of them. It was my first concert too. I was 14. They played for like 3 hours straight and did 3 or 4 encores.

@robbyclark6915 2 года назад

I never got the “Heavy Metal “ label? They made such a variety of music, the majority of which couldn’t be farther from heavy metal. Their anthem song is “Stairway To Heaven “ the vast majority being acoustic guitar and mellow vocals. Such legendary and versatile songwriters and performers. Positively, one of the greatest bands of any genre to ever exist.

@kemosabegt350geuss6 2 года назад

I agree. When I look at their body of work I hear a great blues-based band.

@ghostjacker 2 года назад

This got me scratching my head. Which of their songs can be attributed to LZ being labelled heavy metal?

@darrellclarke5528 2 года назад

Having grown up with their amazing music in real time, they weren't called heavy metal at the time. The first time I remember something being called heavy metal was Bad Company's first album. Nothing was known as metal in 69/70.

@robbyclark6915 2 года назад

Yeah when I was growing up as a kid in the 70s there was heavy metal music but Led Zeppelin wasn’t it. That was for bands like Black Sabbath and such. Led Zeppelin was just great all around rock music with mixtures of R&B and great acoustic progressions. Even in the early 80s as I entered my teens, Led Zeppelin was absolutely NOT a heavy band. A great band. Heavy? Hell no! I don’t recall them being called a heavy metal band until I was much older and it never made a bit of sense to me or the people I grew up with???

@robbyclark6915 2 года назад

@@ghostjacker I think it’s some of the first album that includes a lot of distorted guitar, riff driven, songs like “Whole Lotta Love” and “Heartbreaker” and such. Plus “Blackdog” was kinda heavy for the time. Idk? It just never fit IMO. They were always just great, great, rock music to us growing up. One of the greatest ever! Remarkably talented.

@jaimegarcia6114 2 года назад

What can I say, this is one of my most favorite Led Zeppelin songs ever, like so many of their other songs....

@michaeloneill1360 2 года назад

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!

@MikeB-1965 2 года назад

Kashmir takes one on an alluring yet somewhat haunting musical journey, much like The End by the doors.

@4316rodney 2 года назад

Countless times I’ve played this and most LZ tracks under the influence of various substances as well as sober, on all formats and twice live with Page and Plant AND I emphatically agree, Kashmir creates it’s own universe. It’s a singular song other bands can only dream of creating. Side note, I’m a fan of In The Light as well which I regard just as highly if not more.

@snicky58 2 года назад

Oh man, you just named my two favorite songs of theirs.

@craighenry2351 2 года назад

Interesting, because In the Light, too me is also iconic and is the second best song on the marvelous collection of songs that is Physical Graffiti.

@jameslookstwice 2 года назад

I feel the same way the drumming sticks in your mind and stays in your head all day

@bojangles6444 2 года назад

Page did live at Crowley’s house at Lochness. God knows what followed him from there. It doesn’t matter what we believe- it’s about what he did. I think maybe he left for a reason. I have also heard he was on lots of psychedelics- and possibly suffering from what doctors call an “illness” where he perceived reality entirely differently from most. One persons illness is another’s gift- if he had no desire to harm anyone it’s obviously not that problematic to an artist. I know someone who snuck backstage and caught him talking baby language to himself back in the early 70’s. Or maybe as Page saw it- he was talking to his guitar… He was a weirder guy than most realize, and he played a telecaster for the first few albums and also at times in the Les Paul years. Zeppelin 2 the heartbreaker solo- thats no Les Paul. I don’t think anything on that album is. And that’s no Les Paul in this video lol

@floydharper1216 2 года назад

@@bojangles6444 don't try to bring supernatural shit into it, superstition just breeds delusion

@twistdmojo 2 года назад

John Paul Jones was always Zeppelin's secret weapon. He wasn't just "the bass player". He was a multi-instrumentalist. Chances are if hear an instrument in a Zeppelin song that's not guitar bass or drums, was most likely played by Jones.

@stonemonk549 2 года назад

I was consider the combination of the 4 the secret weapon in themselves

@cwengl 2 года назад

JPJ was the secret sauce that made Zep the best.

@kiasax2 Год назад

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.

@jackeldogo3952 2 года назад

Only non-metalheads think Zep is Metal. They were more of a hard rock band that started to drift towards progressive with Led Zep 4 and beyond. I am a big metal head but when I am travelling on the highway late at night, I tend to put on some Zeppelin or The Doors--very good late night driving songs.

@Tpanther775 2 года назад

I'm a non metal head and never ever put them into heavy metal. I'm more like your thinking, hard rock drifting to progressive.

@Elwaves2925 2 года назад

I can't claim to be a big Led Zep fan but I've never understood how they could ever be labelled metal of any kind. They just don't fit that genre at all. Makes me wonder if it came from those stuffy, tweed jacket wearing record people who were still around at the time. The type that doesn't understand what they're listening to, so they label it as something they don't approve of.

@colinstafford7846 2 года назад

They saw themselves as a blues band. They just turned up the volume. But they all had strong influences, these included classical music, rock and roll, folk and the blues.

@petergunn3614 2 года назад

I heard a long time ago Page always wanted to make something different every album, and it shows. So i'm sure people calling them a metal band annoyed him. One of my favorite songs is Fool in the Rain, it's so different from anything they did before, and pretty damn far from metal. lol

@timbuktu7753 2 года назад

@@colinstafford7846 Wins!! Ding ding

@rahsaandabney7473 Год назад

Amazing back story. Learning a LOT about some of my favorite songs & artists SOOOO happy to have found you. Much RESPECT

@SupremeCleave 2 года назад

Thanks for another great video! I remember when I was "introduced" to Led Zeppelin by a friend of mine in High School. He played some records and I realized I knew most of the songs already; my folks had played Led Zeppelin on our family stereo when I was a young kid back in the 70s. It was like finding money in your pocket that you'd forgotten about. Very cool. I was hooked.

@patriotpeasant199 2 года назад

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.

@wendeln92 2 года назад

LZ was never one of my favorite bands but to me when they are amazing, they are AMAZING - Kashmir, No Quarter and Battle of Evermore are huge favorites. Maybe it was because they were so popular and I always had this tendency to not like what is very popular.

@michaelvanbuskirk8845 2 года назад

Great video Adam. I am 60 years old and this song is a big part of my life when I was a young teenager. My friend had Physical Grafitti on a cassette player and we played it all the time while riding skateboards during the "Lords of Dogtown" era of skateboarding. Kashmir has been my favorite Led Zeppelin song since I was 14 years old when the album came out. Physical Grafitti in my opinion is one of the greatest rock albums of all time. So many great songs on that album.🤘

@ChipNov1998 2 года назад

I love your passion, knowledge, and the way you use words to describe these songs. It is almost as if you are crafting lyrics to match the passion and feeling you get from the songs. It is a real pleasure to listen to you.

@brianshorey 8 месяцев назад

That 2007 performance is outstanding. This song has always been in my top 5.

@ericsadventuresfishing8832 2 года назад

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

@livingreflection5 2 года назад

No conversation! Led Zeppelin is the greatest band ever! Never knew any of the story behind this song. Loved hearing it. Thank you!

@robertjames7285 2 года назад

I couldn’t Stop listening to it. Like nothing I’ve ever heard. Gonna listening to it right now in HD with amazing headphones and light one up!!!

@DR-qf9th 2 года назад

😂🤣😂🤣👍👍👍

@randyhiiip 2 года назад

Living life brotha

@TheZeppelin14 2 года назад

Led Zeppelin is the greatest band of all time and no one will ever convince me otherwise.

@Nameless-w2t 2 года назад

Misty Mountain Hop was the first LZ song I heard. Just like people remember where they were when they heard about JFK's assassination, or the Space Shuttle Challenger's explosion, or 911, I remember where I was when I heard of John Bonham's death, and still remember the grief I felt.

@Tommy1977777 2 года назад

Major kudos to LZ for referencing The Hobbit.

@alliswede42 2 года назад

Happy Friday, Professor! Of course I gelrew up listening to Zep, but I remember being in middle school when Page and Plant reunited for their live album, No Quarter, and that version of Kashmir with the string section and extended ending violin solo really wowed me and turned me on to the OG version. Thanks for featuring this awesome song 🙏

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

You are very welcome!

@DR-qf9th 2 года назад

It was nearly impossible to get Zeppelin tickets back in the 70's but my best friends sister won two tickets and she knew it was my favorite band and took me. Twenty some years later I took her to see page and plant. I always said you know it's a great band when you don't know whether to play the air guitar, air bass, or drums while listening to their music. Singing was always a must no matter how bad my voice sucked. Whole lotta love under headphones the ultimate. Can't wait to see the new documentary on them

@waynerogers6621 2 года назад

No trouble getting them in 1971 you just had to go to the venue box office.all tickets 6 dollars first come first served.

@0sage0 Год назад

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. :)

@jotacalvo 2 года назад

Well, you’re now talking about the greatest R&R band of all time. There aren’t enough hours in a day to talk about them. All I can say is imo John Paul Jones is the unsung hero of LZ, and one of the greatest bass players of any band ever. Not to mention the rest of his musical skills. Probably my favorite pic of myself is sitting on one of the stoops on the cover of Physical Graffiti (in Greenwich Village, NYC). Coincidentally those stoops are also featured on The Rolling Stones video “Waiting on a Friend”.

@rkb2092 2 года назад

I used to hang out in that area on St Mark's Street (1980-81). Passed that building many times and also went to the Bar & Grill featured at the end of the Stones video. There was a store called "Sounds" where I'd buy used albums for $2.50.

@jotacalvo 2 года назад

@@rkb2092 here’s the weird thing for me. I grew up in the 70's listening to LZ and knew that cover well. My cousin lived near DUMBO in the 90's and Queens in the 2000's. Back in the late 90's he and his wife took me to Yaffa’s Cafe and we actually went there every time I’d visit. When you walk out the front door of Yaffa's, you’re staring at those buildings, and I never realized it lol. I found the buildings some years back after getting the address from the Internet, never realizing the coincidence until I got there and saw the cafe 😆

@rkb2092 2 года назад

@@jotacalvo That's funny. My friend told me as he lived on the corner of St. Mark's and Ave A.

@toddhanley6982 2 года назад

Never been the same since the Moment I heard this song. It Will Play at my funeral on Loop.

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

That would be an epic funeral song.

@kenperk9854 2 года назад

My favorite Zep tune is, your time is Gonna Come for personal reasons.

@padmakshkhandelwal1832 2 года назад

Probably for me as well.

@IZZY_EDIBLE 2 года назад

The guitar tuning is DADGAD, not DADGAFD. Page never played 7-string guitars, nor were they even a thing in 1975.

@davewhiting9730 2 года назад

I was just going to post something about this.

@Trollificusv2 2 года назад

Yeah, caught that. DADGAD is pretty popular nowadays, but when I used it back in the 60s (fingerpicking) it sure impressed the ladies. Hell, maybe it was popular back then (as a folk tuning) but not round these here parts.

@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp 2 года назад

Correct Doug. Thanks.

@thearab59 2 года назад

@@Trollificusv2 Yes, Davy Graham introduced it to the British acoustic guitarists. Davy was the first folky to really get into non-western tunings.

@JackCumming1 2 года назад

Was just about to say the same. I have one of my guitars tuned to this permanently.

@enlightenedrogue3871 2 года назад

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!

@freddyt55555 2 года назад

This is a song I love so much, I try not to listen to it too much for fear of ever tiring of it.

@EmreCanKorkmaz 2 года назад

Don't worry, it doesn't tire... as long as you let it keep you wandering. ;) (But once you stop, you drop.)

@leom6165 2 года назад

If you ever get tired of it it is because you dont put enough focus on it I listen led every single day of my life

@Weyland_Yutani_Corp 2 года назад

I've listened to it at least once a day for the last 30 years+. Trust me, it never gets old.

@suetrublu 2 года назад

Me too! I get so emotional every time I hear Kashmir, chokes me up just thinking about it! Why does current music suck so bad?

@joeewert6800 2 года назад

My favorite Zep song. As much as i love the album track, the live Celebration Day video cemented it. The raw power from that version is moving!!

@feesteeve2620 2 года назад

It sounds there like it should be. The power, misterious, magic. Actually everytime, when they played live, they're show the magic of that track. Have you ever listen the Knebworth version from 1979? Till today can't decide which one are the best - both of them are so magic and unique