where do u guys think kashmir is? why wud artists sing about a state in india?
2006-06-11 06:05:30 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
The members of Led Zepplin were very influenced by ancient cultures in India and Pakistan. I believe Kashmir represented a mystical and special land that they really evoke in this song (my fave LZ song!)
2006-06-11 06:09:26 · answer #1 · answered by Mama Gretch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the time of India's "brake thru"... everybody was going to India, including The Beatles and Led Zeppelin.
They were all under influence of that country, religion, native customs etc.
It's a great song, and it even sounds better alive, though my fav song is What is and what should never be (cause of the lyrics)...
2006-06-11 06:12:13 · answer #2 · answered by k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During the late 60s and early 70s it was 'fashionable' to experience exotic places and Zep was one of the 'in' crowd, hence 'Kashmir'...heard song about 25 years or so ago...one of their best!
2006-06-11 06:17:58 · answer #3 · answered by GeorgieGirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey,nobody questions Zepplin.
2006-06-11 12:14:15 · answer #4 · answered by tiltintam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Robert Plant actually wrote the lyrics while in Morocco...what the song has to do with the actual region I don't know. It is an amazing song though.
2006-06-11 06:08:42 · answer #5 · answered by intheundertow024 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh yeah! it is a good song at that. kashmir is not a place on earth, it is like shangri la or utopia, an idealic place of being. something that will not exist on this earth.
2006-06-11 06:15:07 · answer #6 · answered by Kevin S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, its a classic. I would say they call it that because of how the music sounds. It has a very Indian undertone to the melody.
2006-06-11 06:08:03 · answer #7 · answered by WiserAngel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jimmy page wanted to do an album that mixed the sounds of eastern and western music, this was the closest he got to it.
2006-06-11 08:32:40 · answer #8 · answered by HERNANDO THE TRAIN BANDIT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen to the words
2006-06-11 06:15:34 · answer #9 · answered by Patrick M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
l love that song
2006-06-11 06:15:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋