Songwriter Reacts to Led Zeppelin- Kashmir (AHEAD OF ITS TIME!)  

There will never again be bands like we had from '65 - '80.

I live in Henderson, Nevada…..In the Mojave Desert. My spouse and I often drive the backroads out into the middlee of nowhere……the silence is breathtaking. There’s so much beauty in the starkness.. This is a very spiritual song. “father of the four winds , fill my sails, across the sea of years, with no provision but an open face, along the straights of fear.”. Robert wrote this as a you g man, but It was prophetic, because this is exactly how Robert Plant has lived, and continues to live his life.

Puff Daddy recorded Kashmir with Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page for the film "Godzilla". It was called "Come with me".

I was nearly 16, and this was my jam. Actually, it was ALL my jam. Lol - we had some fantastic music!

This entire album is fire! Watch this live 1979 at Knebworth!!

I just love the look on your face , the inability to hold back a smile as it went on is beautiful . keep hitting them - may I be so bold as to suggest Ten Years Gone - from this same album .

INCREDIBLE musicians ALL of them!!

This is a jam to drive to (just watch your speed lol)! Also, this is great because as a 61 year old black man who started listening to these guys around 1978-79, but I never really knew all the lyrics until today! Great job and great reaction!

I think it's great the way kids these days are getting into our music and they can almost look anything up on a hat. The thing was we were too stoned to really care back in the day. Great reaction.

cant really go wrong with Led Zep, or Pink Floyd. 2 giants of our music world, influenced so so many. way ahead of their time.

Led Zeppelin music will definitely open you up to an era of rock & roll that will never be the same moving forward.

My Brother came home from Vietnam and gave me my first LP Physical Graffiti and since 12 years old this has been my #1 Band. Still have LP hanging in my Art room with Deep Purple... 🤘🤘🤘

Just 4 guys make all this music. Amazing.

The GOATS....LIVE MY DUDE! Imagine how we felt as teenagers! It blew us away! 😎👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

An absolute masterpiece from their near perfect PHYSICAL GRAFFITI album.

I live in Chicago now but as a kid we lived in New Mexico for a few years. It’s an amazing experience driving through the desert. Actually my folks retired to Morocco for a few years too. So I’ve also been down that coastline. It’s a beautiful trip. Nothing like seeing goats in trees along with all the other amazing sights.

That first transition always got me!..One of my favorite moments in song..I wait for it every time. Love it!

Greatest song of all time. 4 geniuses put together PERFECTION with no computers needed just pure talent and #GOATS on their instruments.

Grew up in Az. Been all over the back roads of the southwest. 71 now and remember losing my girlfriend to LZ in 1969. They could turn music into light!

This live at Celebration Day concert is incredible.

The smile on your face at certain points of this song says it all!!!

Another Zep masterpiece with multiple time signatures in it.😎

The greatest rock band. Played rock, soul, funk, blues, jazz, rock and roll, ...you can imagine the electricity, the energy the people being at the concert are experiencing

So many absolute epic songs from this band and for me, this right here is the peak of a sky high mountain.

You don’t need to apologize to anyone. Your reactions are straight up honest and respectful to these master bands

I heard a radio interview with the singer John Anderson of the 1970s prog band Yes. He said the first time he heard this after it was released he was completely blown away, and said he was going to give up music. He said he could never write a song that great. It's an incredible song. Take away the music, and the lyrics could be part of the bible.

Instruments for Led Zeppelin: 1) Harmonica-Robert Plant 2) Guitars-Jimmy Page (the band leader/producer) 3) Bass Guitar-Mandolin-Recorder (yes that’s an instrument), Keyboards-John Paul Jones 4) Drums-John Bonham (the greatest Rock Drummer of all time) Now use your ear and pick out those sounds in their songs. No auto tune. No drum machine.

I'm 70...I lived that era well! ✌

At precisely 6:55 I blew up my car stereo speakers back in 1979.😆

You represent both a generational and cultural leap in ‘just hearing great and meaningful music’. It warms my aging heart that this awareness is taking place. Back in the day there wasn’t the openess in our culture like there thankfully is today! Sure a lot of us listened to music created by r&b artists-Ojays, Chi lites, Teddy Pendergrass, but I don’t know how many r&b’ers listened to rock? The societal racial edge was alive and living too well. Praise God, today music is being heard by the children and grandchildren of these stubborn old goats, and man it’s glorious to behold the oneness that is being expressed here and now. I never understood the rationale for racial divisions and thankfully now it is seen and heard for what it is and was...music for all of us. Great job covering the greatest musical times in my life, and thanks for the great new memories!

Look for the live versions of this song. I remember well this time period the 60’s and 70’s and I miss it. An endless tidal wave of great music, great bands with bands playing in all the clubs and bars all over the country. Wish you could’ve been there. It was magical. And there were no cell phones. You stopped by a friends house with an album and some beer, wine or smoke and kicked back.

Your embarking on an endless journey into 60's and 70's music. With Led Zeppelin and others at this time you'll experience many other legengs of rock/blues groups. Be prepared fall into a MASIVE rabbit hole!! Neil from Sydney Australia.

That was the thing back then. It was the way the music made you "feel"! It wasn't necessarily the meaning of the words but the the memories you made while listening to the song. So many amazing memories that even now you recall when you hear the song.

I grew up in New Mexico and never really appreciated the desert until I went to the Plains of Augustine for a job. That's a huge desert area that they used to drive cattle across. The desert is a funny thing. I went hiking with a friend across this seemingly absolutely flat plain, looking to make it to the foothills that seemed about a mile away. At one point soon after we set off, I looked back to the van we had parked but somehow despite the fact we were walking on what we thought was a flatland, it had disappeared. The enormity of the desert just swallows thing up. We hiked for hours but never seemed to get any closer to the foothills. Even more surrealistic, in the middle of the Plains of Augustine sits an array of maybe two dozen enormous, futuristic satellite dishes all pointing to the same place in the sky. They stand maybe eight stories tall but you don't see them until you're right up on them. Once again, even something that enormous can be swallowed in the vast dips and rises of the desert. I kept thinking about the America song "A Horse With No Name" that said the desert is an ocean. I get it now. Next time I go, I'll take your advice and bring a tape of "Kashmir" with me.

I could put this song on repeat and listen to it all day...never get tired of it! ❤❤

Can never get enough of my favorite band of all time….amazing to watch someone discover the GOAT… Can’t think of a favorite cut of theirs….I guess any ZEPP song anytime is my fav of the moment……thx. Your now my newest subscription …

Kashmir is Like speaking to the Oracle in the matrix. Everyone gets a message from the song that is only for you and no one else telling you what you need to hear!

You've just given the absolute best understanding review of this song ever. Led Zeppelin and later music by Robert Plant is the musical score to my life.

Thank you for your commentary on these great Led Zep songs.

It ain't an "oldie", man. It's eternal

I love that you are getting the history of the song before you play it. Gives you so much insight and appreciation! Great reactor!

This is my favorite Led Zep song. FIRE!

Now that you know the band better, you're smiling more during the songs. Your joy is shining through. Thank you for your appreciation of something that means so much to many and helping to build bridges with people. ☮❤🌞🤗

Awesome to see someone experience Led Zeppelin for first time

I don't envy you just because you recently discovered Led Zeppelin. Reason is - there's nothing to envy - the cool thing about Led Zeppelin is that their songs still hit me just as hard decades after I had first heard them. It's always a first time with Led Zeppelin!

This song sounds like a slow moving train💞✌️

Same album.....funk rock......Trampled Underfoot.

I've been a Zep fan for 45 years, and only found out about 6 months ago that the time signature that John Bonham is drumming in is different from all the other members. So, for the last 6 months, when this comes on, I try to count with the drum line. So complex/complicated. How they ever fit this all together is beyond my pay grade. It's just how Zeppelin is though. They came and they went. Left an absolute treasure though. Each brilliant in his own way.

Mohave dessert. The dead landscape was magical to me. Beauty abound.

I lived it and saw them in concert in 1977. Zeppelin never gets old. A journey back through time when there was no computers, smart phones or generated music, just them writing, playing and making some of the best music on earth! Great reaction.

Dude, don't apologize for anything -- great reaction! Keep on risin!!!

Every Zeppelin song is special...But this is my favorite one.

Nice choice my man. Killin it as usual. If you haven’t already done so, might I recommend their performance of Kashmir live, from the outstanding “Celebration Day Concert.” The group is back for a final show, with drummer John Bonham’s son Jason taking his dad’s seat behind the kit. This along with “For Your Life” plus so many others, make this a farewell concert to remember. We’ll catch up on Roberts’ solo career at some other time. Enjoying the channel. Regards

Oh yeah, those first beats are classics. They can be heard at football games, tons of movies, tons of video games, grocery stores and probably even elevators. 😂

LED Zeppelin WERE THE GREATEST BAND EVER AND WHEN THE LATE GREAT JOHN (Bonzo) BONHAM died FROM ALCOHOL ABUSE in 1980 THE remaining MEMBERS OF LED ZEPPELIN WERE UNABLE TO find ANOTHER DRUMMER GOOD ENOUGH TO REPLACE him SO UNFORTUNATELY LED ZEPPELIN WERE NO MORE AND i HAVE A CONCERT DVD CALLED PAGE AND PLANT UNLEDDED AND THEY PLAY this SONG with AN egyptian ORCHESTRA AND it's A GREAT ONE

such legends, such a masterpiece. Thank you for the introduction. You surely have a great taste of music:) and the way you speak is entertaining, people listen.

I have been on those stretches of highway you were on. Also been up north in Nevada past Pyramid Lake on the way to Burning Man back in the 90's and 2000's on a few occasions. Great desert driving there. But the "roads" across the Sahara in to Marrakech and then south to Agadir are a whole different experience. Back then in the 60's and 70's, the roads were still mostly camel tracks and you needed good 4x4 vehicles to make those drives. I wasn't there to experience the music festivals but we ran across those dudes all the time broke down in their buses and patched together Mini Coopers. Always with the hashish and hookahs and we'd laugh as they were drinking the water from the pipes to stay alive until they could be rescued.

You should try watching "The Song Remains the Same" in a darkened room with a big screen and surround sound. A memorable Zep concert in Madison Square Garden with extras.

It is so sad that there has been no song with a key change in it since 1980's 4 musical geniuses all together Page, Plant, Bonham & Jones

A Must!! Kashmir -Live from Celebration Day …. Still rockin’ in 2007. You’ll see the instrumentation and Jason Bohnam on the drums.

Ahh my favorite band…well my weekend now has plans going to local dispensary then dusting off my box set

Great reaction, very thoughtful.

Yes, they were simpler days. Phones were connected by wires, including handsets-no home computers- only 4 or 5 TV stations and most were off air by midnight-we went outside all day and rode bikes in summer, went sledding in winter. Imagine no microwave or color TV in the house. This was the late sixties and early 70s when LZ was becoming one of the most popular bands ever.

P-Diddy/Puff Daddy borrowed it to make "Come With Me." Looking forward to you hearing "In My Time of Dying."

That's why some of us are here, Kinda reliving hearing this stuff for the first time with you . Peace

live in the southwest spend lots of time alone in the desert, try riding mountain bikes or road biking up and down dome of the amazing mountain passes of Arizona and New Mexico. cheers mate.

Another great video! Wow you took that trip by yourself? I drove to New Mexico. Close to where I live. Desert is very peaceful. I love the warm sun and fresh air.

Brilliant reaction.

Definitely drove through back roads in New Mexico , and Arizona. Utah and Nevada also have some incredible vistas when you get away from the populated areas. It feels like being on another planet. There's a sense of timelessness, and eternity. ✌

They used this in Godzilla movie and P Diddy used it. I drove from So California to Las Vegas...it was a lot of desert.

You can take a lot of zep songs and throw them into a hat, close your eyes and pick just 1 and not be disappointed. Hopefully "when the levee breaks" is next😉

Thanks for reacting with class

Back in the day pre-internet I had a couple gigs on overnight radio...very small markets, minimum wage, a few bucks per hour. I'd play this whenever I had to use the crapper! Plenty of time! 😂

Saw Zeppelin " Live " 3 x times 7th row 1st time msgnyc ..Great band live !

I wouldn't say ahead of their time. They were of the time. A product of their generation. I often say i was born at the wrong time. At least I got to see Plant & Page, Robert Plant Solo and The Firm.

You should watch the video of their Celebration Day recording of this - brilliant despite the elapsed time.

I'd put "Kashmir" in the top four of Zep songs, along with "Stairway," "Immigrant Song," and "When the Levee Breaks." "Dazed and Confused" is also great, but to me it belongs in the second tier. When you get to the 3rd tier of Zeppelin songs, you're at the level of quality that most bands would have for their greatest hits. lol Not to diss other bands, but clearly this band was breaking new ground and being exceptionally imaginative and artistic on certain songs. BTW, speaking of a drive through the western desert, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page collaborated on a song called "Big Log," (1983), which fits with that, or perhaps a drive through deserts in Spain.

excellent watch for me !! Thanks much

Given your personal experiences observing the desert, I strongly recommend you react to a song called, *"A Horse With No Name".* The 1972 # 1 Hit is by the band, America, and is right up your alley. Trust me, you'll love it! Use the studio version. In fact, since you like lyrics, here's the best lyric video of the song: *"A Horse With No Name":* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2FV2sPYSluA.html

I love that you did the lyric video. It would be great if you compared this to a live version. Believe it or not I think the mix on the studio version pales in comparison to live. But the lyrics are very important to this piece.

I read that comment and I echo it but I have found so much joy watching newer generations react to Led Zeppelin in particular (my favorite band) but I watch great songs by reactors who get it, I quickly dump the ones in it for clicks only. This obviously isn't one of them. I would HIGHLY SUGGEST you also check out the 5 songs Jimmy Page and Robert Plant redid for their Page and Plant album/tour. Watch Kashmir in particular on that tour - Irvine Meadows Amphitheater 1995 with the Egyptian band and orchestra added. It's those two at their peaks IMO. RIP Bonzo the GOAT

So much that you said is so wonderful and there's no way to respond to it and nor do I need to. But I think that experience he described is great because it's fresh. And I used to drive trucks for a living in the agricultural business in the 90s and before that we went on road trips down there and before that I hate to say it but I was in Boy Scouts but it was in a cool troop, the guy was a Vietnam vet and he was single and worked at an aircraft company as an engineer so he updated all of our camping equipment from World War II in Korean area stuff to actually modern meaning modern in the '70s. And so we covered all that area and we went to the Great Sand Dunes in the Southeastern corner of colorado. If you ever go back through there man just go a bit further north from where you were and you will get your mind blown. But I love your description of Peace along the way and it is something amazing. And I'm from Texas so I know that area. But just like your story recently of going to summer camp and having that moment of realization with another kid, these are wonderful experiences and it's so cool that you can relate them to some of this older music. But what does it mean to be older music? I guess if it was a novelty or a one hit wonder that's one thing. Yeah it's a sign of the times. These guys are so good, as you say maybe seniors in college or something, that if you're open to it it's pretty timeless. And I am actually Amazed by that. But you have to understand, when I was your age and even younger, I did exactly what you were doing only back in time decades before me, I was just trying to understand the music of my grandparents and great-grandparents well and my parents as well but then mostly I just wanted to see how these musical Rivers flowed together to create where I was at, and they always do. Rock and disco become '80s pop '80s pop blends with this we get hip hop and it blends with this and that. We get Electronica and it just goes on and on. But I appreciate what you're doing and what you're saying for sure.

Luv’n the Zepp…!!! 💥💥💥💥💥

I think there greatest song is "Ten Years Gone".

Very nice reaction

Yh's yh's 1 of my all time favourite tracks, like so So so many others around tha' World! NOW! ( PLS LET ME KNO' IF U GOT THIS BEAT?! ) I Was in KASHMIR between Icy clear water lake @ tha' Himalayas ( No light pollution ) On tha' best tab of acid I've ever taken! MAN IT WAS LIKE I WAS ON-THA'-MOON! ""REALLY!"" MAN! Btw😊 Most very much enjoyed yr reaction to this song, Could see u were taking in every nuance. ❤️ frm 🇬🇧 🙏Xxx.

The live version is much better watching the band is priceless

imo one of the ten best tracks ever

I think you're liking this by your smiles...

Schooly D. Signifying Rapper used in the film Bad Lieutenant used a version of this. Early hip hop from the 1980s.

Hey buddy, it’s true it is timeless and I remember listening to this album giving to me by my older brother and I put on my huge headphones and thought I sounded like Robert Plant

It was sort of covered by a rap artist & arranged by Jimmy Page in the Matthew Broderick Godzilla movie in 1998. I've checked iMDB & can't find who performed it.

I know it’s been said many times but the 70”s was the greatest decade of music.

The masters

I love how you express yourself.. Welcome to my world.. you are most welcome.. xo

Kashmir is their Magnum Opus

Man! You gotta react to the live version from 2007! It's even better!!!

Perhaps you heard it in the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

I just had to pause it right here to say man I'm a trumpet player too. And I've been a musician my whole life played in bands played Bunches of instruments. But I would say this to you. Do not feel in any way restrained, if you feel like you're hearing stuff in the music and you like it just comment on it. Take a guess at it if it's wrong most of us will not fault you at all in fact probably half the people in here don't even know what all the different instruments are, laugh. It's your way to learn without paying money to go to college, laugh. People will tell you. No one's going to laugh at you for not knowing it. If you like it just talk about it. I just want you to know that that's all. I love the fact that you're so diligent about this. And if there's one other thing I could say, I get the idea of not ever interrupting it because it's older, but really, it seems like most people have to do that anyway to avoid copyright strikes but you know somebody like you could do it really thoughtfully. Maybe stop once or twice or maybe three times in a longer song if there's something you really are noticing right then that you don't want to forget. We can all go listen to the original recording if we need to hear it perfectly. I think it's perfectly fine if you want to stop here and there and say what's on your mind. But of course it's up to you it's your channel. I'm just saying this is an older guy that grew up with this music, I think you're really thoughtful and I don't mind you stopping it once in awhile and saying something. At all.

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