From Wikipedia: The lyrics were written by Plant in 1973 immediately after Led Zeppelin's 1973 US Tour, in an area he called "the waste lands"[7] of Southern Morocco, while driving from Goulimine to Tantan in the Sahara Desert.[2][3] This was despite the fact that the song is named after Kashmir, a region in the northwestern part of the Himalayas.[9] As Plant explained to rock journalist Cameron Crowe: The whole inspiration came from the fact that the road went on and on and on. It was a single-track road which neatly cut through the desert. Two miles to the East and West were ridges of sandrock. It basically looked like you were driving down a channel, this dilapidated road, and there was seemingly no end to it. 'Oh, let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dreams...' It's one of my favourites...that, 'All My Love' and 'In the Light' and two or three others really were the finest moments. But 'Kashmir' in particular. It was so positive, lyrically.[2] Plant also commented on the challenges he faced in writing lyrics for such a complex piece of music: It was an amazing piece of music to write to, and an incredible challenge for me ... Because of the time signature, the whole deal of the song is… not grandiose, but powerful: it required some kind of epithet, or abstract lyrical setting about the whole idea of life being an adventure and being a series of illuminated moments. But everything is not what you see. It was quite a task, ’cause I couldn’t sing it. It was like the song was bigger than me. It’s true: I was petrified, it’s true. It was painful; I was virtually in tears.[10] In an interview he gave to William S. Burroughs in 1975, Page mentioned that at the time the song was composed, none of the band members had ever been to Kashmir.[11]
Intersting, Noz. I've never read the story behind the lyrics, so Ziggy was right about that. I just didn't recall any mention of Morocco in the song. Morocco must be at least 4000 miles from Kashmir.
Does anyone ever think they're old? I'm mid 30's and still consider myself a teen just pretending to be an adult!
Yeah... except for the small bald spot on the back of my head a slight bulge in my belly, and my plantars faschiitis*, I feel positively still 21! please log in to view this image *Helpful picture of what plantars faschiitis is not
Age is just a number, lads. I'll soon be 37 and I still feel like a whipper-snapper! I was born in Antrim town, Northern Ireland, and moved to England when I was 2. Both my mother and older brother (11 years older) were both born in Liverpool (Bootle and Crocky, I think!), but brought up in NI -- they still have their NI accents, despite living in England longer than NI. In Ireland you either support Liverpool or Manchester United, usually. My brother was a massive Liverpool fan and, as I idolised my older brother, I followed suit. When I was growing up Liverpool had Digger, Rush, Beardsley, KK, etc., and MU were not winning anything of note! Happy days.
Am I the only one old enough to have a son who is also a member of the Not 606 LFC site. He does not post often but when he does they tend to be puns/daft jokes.
Hash, I would have to be over 100 to be his dad! Although as my avatar is a true image of me I may be.
My eldest is seven and could post on here. Having said that, he probably could've done when he was three or four too
