Led Zeppelin - Kashmir Reaction

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[@michaelvaristo989]

John Paul Jones keyboards creates the bass, strings, plus the organ sounds. Jones is the master of instruments. Epic.

[@not2zen]

JPJ is the glue that binds the tune together and makes it flow so brilliantly!

[@charlesmarshall1309]

“Kashmir doesn’t mean anything”. Gentlemen, you have been sadly let down by the education system.

[@noelborden8787]

I felt the same, that the schools and their own curiosity about the world is lacking. Open a book fellas.

[@jamesmcclain5005]

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.

[@paulwright6056]

The education system in the USA is arguably the worst in the civilised world

[@thomashiggins9320]

@@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.

[@dancapell6643]

Some excellent bluezy songs by Led Zeppelin, Baby I'm gonna leave you, and Tea for One, great guitar riffs by Jimmy Page.

[@anahatatutu]

Back in the day, they played it ALL on the radio.

[@user-fw8yc7oe5s]

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.

[@juliemanarin4127]

A masterpiece! Greatest band ever! Kashmir is a place...this was from their 6th album.

[@mikefetterman6782]

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.

[@maggieshevelew1693]

To me, this is the greatest riff ever. Period. It’s even been my ringtone for years now. It’s brilliant.

[@HollisDuty60]

My ringtone too!!

[@maggieshevelew1693]

@@HollisDuty60 Lol. Everyone who knows me knows when I get a call, ‘cause Led Zeppelin starts playing.

[@HollisDuty60]

@@maggieshevelew1693it shocks me when someone says who’s that? I get appropriately huffy and ask them “how can you not know Led Zeppelin?” Lol

[@BBaldwin]

@@HollisDuty60You would expect to hear that from Swifties and rapper types..

[@Happyheretic2308]

Mine, too!

[@36karpatoruski]

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.

[@michaelmasuda7096]

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.

[@michaelterry3885]

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..

[@big106razor]

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.

[@yenlard6683]

Especially if you see Bonzo play it live from Knebworth.

[@ihateusernames96]

Lol beginner song

[@jamesscura7122]

That 5/4 slowly catches Bonham's 4/4 building intensity. Hence, the hypnotic effect. Jimmy was a musical genius.

[@chadheckman2693]

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.

[@VernonOdom-jw4ko]

YOU ARE RIGHT! This album is Led Zeppelin's most mature Masterpiece album!

[@jamesf444]

Imagine being one of the best bands of all time and two you tubers 50 yrs down the line tell you your mistakes

[@suefantastic4584]

🤪

[@sourisvoleur4854]

My man Bonzo can lay down a pocket deep as the Marianna Trench.

[@classicrocklady6288]

My favorite Zeppelin song...just amazing!

[@sicotshit7068]

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.

[@burned11]

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.

[@sicotshit7068]

@@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.

[@moniqueleroux2198]

Yet JPJ is holding the song together...as usual.

[@allenrpn]

You are right ! This is the one 1️⃣ so easy to listen so complex, amazing song!!!

[@lisaburrows2128]

This song, live, at Celebration Day 2007...John Bonham's son, Jason on drums...so amazing!!!

[@kelleewolfe2834]

Love that video!!!

[@HollisDuty60]

Absolutely!!

[@ritagryphon222]

It's the BEST version, believe it or not..!

[@BBaldwin]

Jones is not just playing one note through the main riff. He alternates above and beneath the riff on every third.

[@yozaseig3870]

So hypnotic. Watch the live at Knebworth 1979 epic

[@mikefetterman6782]

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.

[@reactioninaction7415]

Wow that's a really cool detail, we would have never known, thanks.

[@ziggy107]

and Pakistan, being continual a source of friction between the two countries

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@reactioninaction7415 You mentioned you just recorded an ELO reaction, can you give me a hint which song?? :D

[@diverdown631]

Though Kashmir is in India, the song is influenced by Robert Plants' travels in the southern Morrocoian desert

[@reactioninaction7415]

@@Cosmo-Kramer Wild West (; (Friday)

[@jamesscura7122]

Only THEY could write this. No one ever matched it. And Bonham's start-stop makes my heart skip a beat every time.

[@PeterTea]

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.

[@intrapareto]

Robert Plant considers this Zeppelin's greatest, most quintessential song

[@RaymondBCrisp]

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!

[@Ratlove101]

Kashmir is northern most area of India. It is a place they traveled through at some point. Impressed with the sourroundings, they wrote this together.

[@TheClarita1984]

You should to react to Kashmir Live Celebration Day 2007... magnificient

[@gibsongirl2100]

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.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

Discovering FM radio and AOR was a rite of passage in the 1970s

[@simply_psi]

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.

[@ginger4141]

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.

[@jamesmcclain5005]

This is a Laurence of Arabia themed song. I picture the desert, the sun and sand, with Camels walking to the drum beat. The drum beat is AWESOME!

[@ziggy107]

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.

[@Chris-kj7de]

I think the Beatles back in the 60s were the first to bring in violins and other orchestral instruments.

[@marlew6629]

And the bass player (JPJ is playing more than one note.

[@BBaldwin]

Absolutely! He alternates above and beneath the main riff on every third.

[@DaveSumner68]

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.

[@michaelbriefs9764]

One word: Hypnotic. Ok, one more word: Epic!!! Awesome, high-production, mesmerizing, orchestral Rock classic!

[@MichaelD.-by5tn]

They "Did not cut this on the radio 🤘

[@mikeg.4211]

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.

[@matthewashman1406]

Is Kashmir a real word ? Sheesh

[@BBaldwin]

LMAO! Right! These guys are ham’ n eggers..😂

[@danielfox6907]

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.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

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.

[@raffisekzenian2746]

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.

[@ThePelagicHermit]

Diddy has been cancelled. Check your inbox for the memo.

[@antarcticorb9197]

The hell with Puff!

[@markjohnson4217]

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..

[@mariaeisenhardt2296]

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.

[@maryreilly5092]

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!

[@chris55068]

As you said. It’s like your watching a movie

[@debbieplato5107]

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

[@pamnicklas5536]

Àt 11:09 you both realized that this is not "subdued"! I blew up my car speakers at this precise moment back in 1978. 😂

[@joannethompson5224]

Whole Lotta love Led Zeppelin

[@stevewilliams430]

Don't forget John Paul Jones he plays keyboard bass with his feet violins and horns on keys

[@vetti2u]

Many diehard Led Zeppelin fans consider Kashmir to be their best song, and it is in fact Robert Plant's favorite song.

[@darrenwatson7589]

a small piece of it was in "Fast Times At Ridgemont High"

[@trendydelquendy]

The beats are like psychedelic hip-hop and I love it.

[@timbrown2637]

I was graduating high school in 75 when this song came out and I got to see it live before I had ever heard it from the album and this and Trampled Underfoot blew me away! Also, John Paul Jones played bass on the keyboard pedals while he was playing the symphonic sounding keyboards.

[@HollisDuty60]

More Led Zeppelin please. I’ve put some suggestions in another comment. Thank you!! 😊

[@sylvesterhoward8838]

I learned this song at age 15. I used to kill time by tabulation of drum part during school. The bridge may be the greatest bridge of all time!

[@jenniferandrews1917]

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.

[@kentmains7763]

The orchestra was John Paul Jones.

[@G-MAN1958]

🏆 "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! ☮☮

[@dougphelps6917]

To me this song is Plants voice and the bombastic drums Bonham is playing.

[@edilsonmaceno]

Listen In the light and Achilles last stand. Is a master piece. John Paul Jones plays anything. Mandolin, banjo, melotron, acustic guitar ....

[@danieljean6882]

watch it live 1975 earls court you will freak tha f**k out!!

[@HollisDuty60]

Wow!! Thanks for doing Led Zeppelin again! My favorite band and this is their masterpiece. The band has said that they would rather be known for Kashmir than Stairway to Heaven. Sonically it is the most immense song in their discography. You have to see this live. Watch both the one from Knebworth 1979, and then watch the one from Celebration Day concert 2007. Jason Bonham fills in for his dad, Robert is 59, JPJ is 61, and Jimmy is 63. It is AWESOME.

[@Lambertsikkema]

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

[@reactioninaction7415]

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[@mariomartins4608]

Welcome back, missed you guys. You should react to fool in the rain next . It is a different side of the band.

[@AngeloMarcheschi-vj9em]

9 albums Do a reaction of Kashmir live at Knebworth 1979.....and say it's simple drumming.

[@Zepfancouver]

Led Zeppelin were never cut down. Hashish.

[@kelleewolfe2834]

My favorite!!

[@KennethJagodowski]

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.

[@billtaylor3382]

The Goat!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@papalaz4444244]

Kashmir is a place that has existed for 1,500+ years. (It could also be a subtle reference to a kind of cannabis resin)

[@Happyheretic2308]

I loved your “Dazed and Confused” reaction, but I’ve been waiting for “Kashmir” …

[@ottokirk2325]

The great John Paul Jones bass and keys wrote a lot of this album material.

[@caracoidwren944]

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.

[@davidpickford5422]

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!!

[@kardeef33317]

This is a 4 album lp. When I was a teen and had a girl over I would play this while doing the dirty. In the 80's.

[@danielglenn915]

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.

[@philchurch1115]

The album of my senior year of high school 1975/76 and my parents heard it blaring out of my room and saw the bad in 1977 at the kingdom in Seattle Wa..

[@danhuyck527]

we used to smoke a lot of weed listening to Zep. Makes great, more enjoyable.

[@kellahella5286]

JJP and Bonzo killin it.

[@antarcticorb9197]

Check out Presence, the next album...amazing!

[@yenlard6683]

Check out the Knebworth version from 79 ! Bonzo is in epic mode.

[@dwgrly]

LED zeppelin: eight studio albums, four live albums, 10 compilation albums, 19 singles

[@mariaeisenhardt2296]

Heart’s stairway version (dedication) has violins

[@user-mf4xb6nv2m]

Kashmir is the northern most part of India. At one time it was famous for Hash production.

[@timbrown2637]

Black Dog was a John Paul Jones riff as is a lot of Kashmir

[@quasiscorner2589]

this is my ringtone

[@reactioninaction7415]

Tell us what you want us to react to next from Led Zeppelin.

[@juliemanarin4127]

No Quarter live 1973 at msg...make sure you get the full one or you lose an entire half of the song!

[@shannonpace9433]

Try their song In my time of dying at Earls court.

[@yenlard6683]

In the light is an underrated track also from Physical Graffiti.

[@Ledzepnut]

"Since I've Been Loving You" live from MSG '73, "Ten Years Gone" from "Physical Graffiti", "Achilles Last Stand" from "Presence", or "No Quarter", from "Houses of the Holy" or live from MSG '73, both are great

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Next should be Zeppelin's classic ballad, *"The Rain Song",* it is gorgeous! Quick story behind it. Former Beatle George Harrison was a big Zeppelin fan and he was hanging out with them after a Zeppelin concert, when he said, *_"You guys are great, the only problem with you is that you don't write any ballads."_* So Jimmy Page took that as a personal challenge to write a beautiful ballad, which he called, *"The Rain Song".* And as an homage to George Harrison who inspired Jimmy to write the song, Jimmy made the first couple chords that open the song the same exact chords that open Harrison's famous Beatles' song, *"Something".* If you know The Beatles' song, you'll recognize the chords right away at the beginning of, *"The Rain Song".* But it's quick, it's just the first couple chords.

[@ritagryphon222]

You don't believe it, but live from Celebration day when they are in their 60s is unbeatable!

[@williamharris7357]

You need to check out the live version

[@BobScheider-cc4fs]

No violin No horns all done on keys

[@TheClarita1984]

They have two albums after this one, Presence is outstanding too, and the last last one is called CODA, to acomplish the signed contract

[@Ledzepnut]

"In Through the Out Door" would be after "Presence", "Coda" was released after the passing of Bonzo, and is a collection of older music that didn't make it on any of the studio albums

[@user-gu7kk5zk2b]

No violins in this version but there is a performance more recently with a ton of them and no JPJ

[@boki1693]

The album cover is an actual building in Alaphabet city St. Marks.in Manhatten. It's still there today. No, they did not cut it down on the radio. Kashmir is a country near Tibet. But has nothing to do with the song. It's also some kind of clothing fabric but I think it's spelled differently.

[@diverdown631]

It's a region of India,in the northeast corner. Not its own country

[@lindazee]

Yes, in the fabric industry, it is spelled cashmere, which is a type of highly prized, fine wool used for sweaters and scarves, most notably.

[@donleonhart274]

Dude-- you drunk?? This song was a once in a life time performance by ALL FOUR OF THESE BAND MEMBERS!!!! NEVER WILL BE DONE AGAIN!!!!!

[@chaunapierce8678]

Kashmir😅 is a country. It's between Pakistan and India and it is an area that they have been fighting over for a century probably.

[@chadheckman2693]

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: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnWQfpefitJklbs Enjoy!

[@anitapaulus937]

I would suggest that you view their live performance of this song at Knebworth in 1979. Bonzo’s drum fills are outstanding, and Robert’s vocals are great. I love this song, but my preferred songs on this album are “In the Light”, “The Wanton Song”, and “The Rover”. They have 8 albums, and a final album after Bonzo’s death which has a variety of songs recorded at different times, but not previously released, and a compilation album called Mothership.

[@AlanBee1948]

Whenever possible you should endeavor to listen to the LIVE CONCERT versions. The studio versions have perfect acoustics, but the live versions have unique solos to show their true virtuosity. Check out Kashmir live, and then 27 years later at Celebration Day.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Studio always for the first listen. Then live.