Zeppelin began writing "Kashmir" in 1973 and finally recorded it the following year. The band considered the song one of their greatest musical achievements. Robert Plant was traveling through Southern Morocco when the lyrics came to him. The song is complex creating special challenges for the lyricist:
"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."
Live:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAzdgU_kpGo&ob=av2n
Studio:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfR_HWMzgyc
Page and Plant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO1Bh7rZrog
"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."
Live:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAzdgU_kpGo&ob=av2n
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfR_HWMzgyc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO1Bh7rZrog
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