Kashmir (IPA: [kaʃmiːr]) is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range.
@@jamesmcclain5005 Not only that, "Shangri-La" is the name of a place in the 1933 adventure novel "Lost Horizon," based on the city in Chinese mythology called, "Shamballah." Robert Plant really loves adventure fiction, so he may have read it when he was in school, or possibly may have seen the 1937 film. The song itself was inspired not by a trip to Kashmir, but by a vacation Plant and Page took across Morocco. The province of Kashmir, itself, has lush high meadows, evergreen forests and deep valleys carved by cold streams. All that said, this is (in my opinion) Led Zeppelin's finest song.
Listen to Kashmir Live from Celebration Day 2007. They hadn't played together for 27 years and they had their deceased drummers son, Jason Bonham on drums. They are in their 60's and they are so good.
Definitely NOT a beginning drummer's song. That's the brilliance of it. It's goes back and forth between 5/4 and 6/4 timimg, but the vocal is in 4/4. Making it sound simple is a talent.
As far as I can tell, you may have missed one of their epic blues songs called "Since I've Been Loving You" from Led Zeppelin III. Check it out. Very emotional and shows off all four of these guys' talent.
The tuning on this song is set to DADGAG instead of standard tuning. The droning of those extra strings in addition to the scales Jimmy is improvising over. Robert Plant has employed the "quarter tones" commonly heard in Indian and Arabic music. These are little notes between the notes we are accustomed to.
They did NOT shorten it on the radio. By 1975 FM radio was playing full songs. Even well before that - 1971 LA Woman got full song airplay. Actually they were playing full long songs by the late 60’s. BTW, there are no horns, it is JPJ on the synthesizer.
I don't expect you guys to fully understand this... , but speaking As a musician of more than thirty yrs. "Simple" is far more complex, nuanced and complicated than you might initially think... This jam is genius...... Keep rocking 🤘🎸 fellas..
Kashmir is a REAL PLACE IN India. Plant and Page were being influenced a lot by world music by this time. The sheep in Kashmir make some of the finest wool ever. It is being used as a metaphor for Nirvana, Utopia.
This song actually is the one, all the band members are most proud of, it’s far more complex then they make it sound. The music for it actually took a couple years, to get it exactly how they wanted it to sound. I believe JPJ told Page it couldn’t be done, & Page said yes it can, & Page was right of course. Plant & Page drove across the Sahara Desert, on their was to a music festival, & the lyrics tell the story. They met the elders who lived like a time in the past, they couldn’t speak each other’s language, but the music spoke for all. Plant fell in love with Morocco while there, & to this day still visits often. In the 90’s when Plant & Page reunited to tour, they got musicians from the region to tour with them. Yes this song live at Knebworth (1979) is even more amazing, so many of their live performances our outstanding. Try In My Time Of Dying live at Earls Court (1975) Page plays the hell out of a steel guitar.
John Bonham and Jimmy Page were waiting for the other two for a rehearsal. Jimmy says I,ve had this riff stuck in my head for a while and I can't figure out what to do with it and plays it for Bonzo. He starts drumming this beat, (see polyphonic video about Bonzo for more) People high up in the record company hated this long. dark song and referred to it as a dirge .(funeral music) In the Knebworth version watching him drum the end of this song, and how both Plant and Page turn their backs to the audience to show Bonham their respect for his contribution to this song. Shows why no one could replace him.
@@burned11 that may be true, but something I saw, said what I said, I forget if it was an interview with one of them or what. I’ve watched so many, I can’t pinpoint which one it was, possible both are true. Of course critics didn’t like it, they didn’t seem to like anything about Led Zeppelin, thankfully the fans knew better.
Just to let you know, it’s the drummer that came up with that hypnotic riff. He hummed it to Jimmy Page, who developed it into what we hear. On top of that, the bass player John Paul Jones scored an orchestra with strings and horns over the top of everything, along with playing a keyboard known as the Mellotron which had string sounds. The effect on the drum kit was a phaser. This is what you would call an epic song. It’s cinematic. It “takes you there”. You can imagine somebody walking through miles and miles of sand dunes, Going up and down with that feeling of despair and exhaustion, trying to get to the Shangri-La in his mind, Kashmir.
Jeez - don't they teach History and/or Geography in school anymore? Kashmir is a region in India (actually, think it was divided between Pakistan and India). It's called "paradise on earth". Oh, also, FM rock stations (the NON-top 40/pop stations, anyway) didn't cut songs back then. Not sure if they do now. It was a matter of honor to play the whole song/piece - no matter how long. AM stations cut the hell out of songs. When I was little and heard The Doors on AM radio, I assumed that the 2 minutes I heard was the song and never cared for it. Later, when I discovered FM radio, I heard the instrumental that I never knew existed.
The drums are in 4/4 while everything else is in 3/4 time, I believe. So the drums and the rest of the instruments only sync up every few bars. It gives the song its endless drive through the desert feel. Definitely not easy to perform. Check out the live version at Knebworth 1979 to see for yourselves.
Kashmir is a region located in northern India, Pakistan and southern China. It is the northernmost part of the Indian subcontinent. The lyrics are very important in this one.
Stairway may be the biggest song, as least in terms of fan like and recognition. But Kashmir was the favorite of the band, at least Robert said it was. For some reason, he seems to disown Stairway, at least in the interviews I've heard.
This is one of Page's "alternate tunings" songs. You should look up some of them if you're learning guitar; so much fun to play. JPJ is on keys and bass pedals when live,(probably string bass here). Staying in that one note relates to Indian music that uses a lot of "drone" notes, being that Kashmir is a legendary region in India/Pakistan. Nice to see you back.
This song is so epic! Y'all need to checkout 2007 Celebration Day live. John Bonham son Jason plays drums with the original members. Kashmir It's so good, Robert hits those notes.
In the 60's, Kashmir ( India) gained notoriety amongst users as the source of the most excellent hashish. If you watch a live performance of this or any other song by LZ, the guessing would be minimalized.
I think a great song to do next would be Kashmir Live from Celebration Day and see how good these guys are some 32 years after the studio version was released, it has Jason Bonham on drums in place of his late father, it is pure fire.
You literally couldn't go to a skate rink and not hear this song in the 80s. Haha, and they did play it on the radio. It was one of the well-known 'bathroom songs' that DJs would put on when they needed to more than take a whiz. It had one of the best hard-driving grooves of any song I know of. It's not fast, but it sure is relentless!
I always fell like I’m on a train or the tires on the highway. Knowing Kashmir is a region in a mountain valley and them are travelers through helps to understand the song.
Puff Daddy teamed up with Jimmy Page to use this riff for a song called Come With Me, the themes song for one of the Godzilla movies. Check it out. It’s epic.
Maybe it's familiar because it's been sampled in some very big rap songs. As many other LZ songs, lol. I love it when new generations keep this iconic music alive.
Hey guys, nice seeing you again and reacting to one of my favourite Zep songs! Yes, Kashnir is a real place but Robert was actually singing about Morroco but the Kashmir fit in better in the lyrics. Robert Plant used to go to Morocco quite often and on one trip he met Geddy Lee by accident. Geddy tells how he and his wife were in Morocco and they were checking into their room and a guy that looked like Robert Plant walked out of the room across the hall. They were both a little startled. Later at dinner Robert Plant came over and introduced himself and then they had drinks. Pretty cool eh? I have two song request Rush Stick it out official music video Secret Touch from the Snakes and Arrows tour Cheers
OK. You guys may get a few hundred requests about this. You really need to react to this song live from the 2007 Celebration Day concert at London's O2 Arena. The boys got together to celebrate Atlantic Records cofounder. Ahmet Ertegun (who passed in 2006). John Bonham's son, Jason, filled in for his dad and killed it. They boys were in their 60's but sounded better than ever! I consider "Kashmir" the GOAT rock song by the GOAT rock band. I have it as my phone's ring tone. Here is the video link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PD-MdiUm1_Y.html Enjoy!
A Masterpiece for sure.. Zep in their prime. Physical Graffiti is an all time classic album. Kashmir was such a different sound for Rock radio.. but it hit hard. Zep stretching the boundaries of what was considered Rock n Roll @
Listen to Achilles Last Stand. All will be revealed lol there is NO orchestra or horns. Just the John Paul Jones! watch a live version. the bassist sits at a set of keyboards PRE SYNTH and plays all those parts at the same time.
It’s great seeing you two again. I suggest BIG LOG by Robert Plant. This is after they lost Bonzo and he hesitated to go solo but did. It’s a great song.
🏆 "Nobodies Fault But Mine" (from their 7th studio album PRESENCE, 1976), deserves a listen ,IMO! It's always great to see my 2 favorite reactors on YT! Man, what an awesome track! It's kind of funny to hear that the Mellotron was still in use at this time. JPJ is plying it on this track! ☮☮
ever heard of kashmir wool? kashmir is a place near the himalayas. It has been a hotly contested region with India and Pakistan fighting each other for control for a long long time.
Try: Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused (Live at The Royal Albert Hall 1970) [Official Video]. A masterpiece that It breaks all rules and most peoples heads!!
Kashmir (IPA: [kaʃmiːr]) is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompasses a larger area that includes the India-administered territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the Pakistan-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, and the Chinese-administered territories of Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract.[1][2][3]
I wouldn't say it's a simple song. Led Zeppelin's song "Kashmir" uses a polymeter, which means it has two different time signatures happening at the same time. It's an alternating 5/8 and 6/8 time signature with a straight 4/4 in the bridge and middle.
pay attention to the time signature differences....the drums are in 4/4 and the guitars are in 3/4....the levels of concentration and musicianship to pull this off is astonishing...the John Paul Jones is playing keyboards and base at the same time
Another long epic for yall, Stargazer by the band Rainbow. Also has the Olde World feel and tone to it and Dio coupled with Ritchie Blackmore is tremendous. Solid drum and keyboard work as well.
The reason this song is so great is because it takes you on a journey. Listen to the lyrics it takes you to a far off place that is like another world. The instrumentals put you into a trance and Robert Plant takes you to another universe
I love the orchestral chorus. In a way, in song has a sexual pacing. The pounding drums and rising strings, then the climax. If an orchestra could have an orgasm, it would sound like 8:37
Kashmir is in the same league as Achilles Last Stand and Stairway as a monument piece that has a very lyrical approach and the orchestrations are beautifully realized..
Very sensous and sultry song and Robert just exudes that in his singing. The musicians, Jimmy, John Paul and John execute this masterfully! John Bonham is a human metronome. Love it!
Wish I could get to the reactors before they react to some of these songs. In some, the lyrics are really a complementary part of the song, and this is one of those cases.
