Reviews for Kashmir Lyrics

yes the lyrics and the guitar being played with a violin bow and all that is great...but what makes this song the best in my opinion is the drum beat. i mean cmon now. it really shows you how much more of a genius bonham was compared to the rest of the band....and thats not to discredit anyone from the band. Its like when they say defense wins championships.....well drums complete the sound and when you have someone that makes those drums make sounds that NO ONE can replicate combined with magical guitar playing, amazing rhythmic bass sounds and synths (which he never gets enough credit for) and hard nosed straight talking yet mystical lyrics and the voice to showcase them, then you get what we all appreciate and love....led zeppelin....but the drums is what makes this song, like so many other zep songs.....the ocean thats all i have to say....

Hey Zeppelin fans. Kasmir, now this is a song i can never get enough of, everytime i so much as hear someone talking about it i am frantically trying to find a way to hear it because it does what music is supposed to , it sends those chills down my spine when robert belts out those lyrics there are so many great songs by this band but i must say none other makes me feel the way this one does.

If I remember correctly, the song was going to originally be called 'Traveling to Kashmir'. The song is more about the journey and what's to come than the Sahara itself (spiritually as much as (or if not, more than) literally). In that sense, the actual place fits in just as nicely. But regardless of the technicalities, by far one of the best songs ever :)

If I remember correctly, the title of the song was originally going to be 'Traveling to Kashmir'. The song is more about the journey there and what is to come than the deserts of the Sahara. But regardless of the details, this is one of the best songs ever and never gets old regardless of how many times you listen to it on repeat :)

The strings, the beat, the lyrics, and overall melody are timeless. And when Plant sings about sitting with elders of the gentle race it made me think about him smokin pot with older pot heads, maybe in their 40's or 50's;(I'm sure there were older weed smokers back in the 70's, though not as many as there today from Pages and Plant's generation of course) the place name Kashmir sounds cool of course.
I also like how the track is not only 8+ minutes, but 8+ minutes of purely good music!

Sorry folks the song's called Kashmir but it was written about the Sahara in Morocco. I've been a Led Zep fan since the '70s but only last summer got to do the camel trek and Berber tent thing in the Moroccan Sahara and it all makes beautiful sense now. I'm sure it works for the geographical Kashmir anyway so don't let the facts get in the way of enjoying a classic track.

I just learned about Kashmir in my history class and if you think about this next time you listen to the song I think you'll get a whole new meaning-
Kashmir is a desert valley near the himalayas and Shangri-la is an imaginary desert valley. The song tells about a man walking through Kashmir and talking with the elders of the gentle race (the chinese elders).

Yes, you are right. Zepp is generic lovable band. And much more too. There has never been band before and after Zepp who could have expressed so many human emotions and feelings so many times. I think this so simple.

led zeppelin, are really a generic lovable band. BUT i understand why! They make music beautiful Jimmy Page is a genius and Robert plant and everyone. hahahaha

Argh yeah go them.

Man, I'm 15, got a 1986 El Camino, and if you ever happen to pass me I always have that good ole rock n roll playin. Zeppelin is without a doubt one of the best bands ever. Kashmir is one of my favorites( I like the allusion in Oceans 12). By the way Vanya, keep fightin the good fight. Good to know our generation won't let rock die.

Kashmir is hauntingly beautiful ... Watch for "Raising Sand" by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (Oct 2007) ... When I was 13 (1969) my mother told me that Rock music would go the way of Glen Miller ... Keep the Faith Vanya !!!

I didn't know there was a version with Arabic voice, you say. I won't doubt it, the whole gist of the song feels it is about the archetypal world that relates to Arabic mysticism; the axis-people, in Sufi terms. You know, the elders, who wait and things to be revealed, it is obvious, at least how I perceive it, it is in relation with certain figures.

If you find it, post here.

Oh, pilot of the storm that leaves no trace, like thoughts inside a dream
You've the map that led me to that place, yellow desert screen
My Shangri-La beneath the summer moon, I will return again
Sure as the dust that blows high in June, when moving through Kashmir.

Oh, father of the four winds, fill my sails, across the sea of years
With no provision but an open face, along the straits of fear

Here in estonia was this show"American Beauty Car Show" and then there was this estonian band "Led R"- and they did that song with a symphony orchestra, and it was so good, I never heard such a sound and such power that this song gives. The original is good but when you see: A good singer with almost the same voice as the orig singer and the best guitar player in estonia. Then the drummer was also good, and the orchestra was the tip of the cake. It was amazing!

Thanks!

I often wonder why Zeppelin didn't allude to the violence and turmoil that has plagued Kashmir since 1947. Instead, Plant seems to live in this dreamworld, a fantasy of Kashmir, not its reality. Too bad --- still, it's a beautiful song.