How A Legendary 70s Rock Band Created A Song So EPIC, It Scarred Them For Life | Professor of Rock

The story of Led Zeppelin’s rock masterpiece, Kashmir from their 70s double album Physical Graffiti. How Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham all came together to create metaphysical song that scared Page and brought Plant to tears. We Have New MERCH! https://bit.ly/ProfessorsMerch Thank you to this Episodes Sponsor, Zenni Optical Incredible Prices on New Glasses - https://bit.ly/ZenniOpticalShop ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Producer Brandon Fugal Honorary Producers Zachery Perry, Jason White, Monique McCartha, Jack Mongan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check Out My Hand Picked Selection Below Professor's 80s Store 100 Best Selling Albums https://amzn.to/3h3qZX9 Ultimate History of 80s Teen Movie https://amzn.to/3ifjdKQ 80s to 90s VHS Video Cover Art https://amzn.to/2QXzmIX Totally Awesome 80s A Lexicon https://amzn.to/3h4ilrk Best In Ear Headphones (I Use These Every Day) https://amzn.to/2ZcTlIl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Access To Backstage Content Become a Patron - http://bit.ly/ProfessorofRockVIPFan Purchase The Albums Help out the Channel by purchasing your albums through our links! As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you, thank you for your support. Click here for Premium Content: https://bit.ly/SignUpForPremiumContent​ https://bit.ly/Facebook_Professor_of_... https://bit.ly/Instagram_Professor_of... ​#70s #Rock #Story Hey music junkies and vinyl junkies Professor of Rock always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest 70s songs of all time for the music community and vinyl community. If you’ve ever owned records, cassettes and CD’s at different times in you life or still do this is your place Subscribe below right now to be a part of our daily celebration of the rock era with exclusive stories from straight from the artists and click on our patreon link in the description to see our brand new show there. In the Professor of Rock community we’ve talked about the media’s propensity for labeling & classifying an artist, or a band, to a specific genre of music. We get it…. Putting a piece of music into a category helps to market, or sell music as a product…yet many bands absolutely despise being pigeonholed. Led Zeppelin, for example, has for the most part, been classified as ‘heavy metal.’ Along with Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin have been called the FIRST heavy metal band. The truth is, the 4 members of Zeppelin HATED being labeled a 'heavy metal act.' In a stereotypical sense, Led Zeppelin was the quintessential rock band. They have the magnetic front man in Robert Plant. The virtuosic lead guitarist in Jimmy Page. The quiet genius bassist in John Paul Jones…and the wild, audacious drummer in John “Bonzo" Bonham. It’s truly a blueprint for what a rock band is all about. But, what separated Zeppelin from being stereotypical was their cosmic force and mystery. They were provocative, without being gimmicky Powerful without being blusterous. Artsy without being pretentious Of all the classic songs Zeppelin recorded between 1968 and 1980, arguably their most original, mystical, and most progressive track for me is” Kashmir"…the epic third cut on side 2 from the amazing double LP Physical Graffiti, released in ’75. It was “Kashmir” that best exemplified the eminence of Zeppelin’s exceptional chemistry. In 1973, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page were trekking through the Sahara Desert of Morocco- driving from Goulimine to Tantan. Their destination was the Folklore Festival in Marrakech. They were traveling down a dilapidated, single-lane road, that seemed to go on forever. The trip across that endless, arid, wasteland brought on the so-called highway hypnosis for Robert Plant, and inspired the creation of a song about a mythical journey that was originally titled “Driving to Kashmir.” Although the lyrics that Robert Plant wrote for “Driving to Kashmir” had nothing to do with Kashmir, and he was a continent away when the spirit moved him, there was something about that “Kashmir” that triggered his musings. For those who don’t know, Kashmir is a lush section of the northern Himalayan mountain region on the northwest border of India and Pakistan.