I can't believe the amount of people that hasn't heard of Led Zeppelin. Hey people, enjoy the tunes, stay safe and I love you all

The whole album is a work of genius.

@kenhewitt7357

3 ай бұрын

There's always one a hole.

Kashmir: JPJ has his day with a legendary arrangement.

You can hear Kashmir in 1983's Fast Times at Ridgmont High when Mark Ratner is driving around with Stacey.

Last two minutes of Kashmir is a truly other worldly experience. They take you “there”!

There’s nothing like this anywhere else in rock and roll. Separates Zep from everybody else. Theres no denying, no denying.

@samuelharvey3496

3 ай бұрын

Led Zep is the standard for "Rock and Roll" for me.

@malcshone4409

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely

@stefan_becker

3 ай бұрын

Closest thing to Kashmir is in my opinion "Stargazer" by Rainbow

@malcshone4409

3 ай бұрын

@@stefan_becker You might even say Stargazer was “ influenced” by Kashmir, as it was recorded over a year later. Both awesome songs, obvs.

Physical Graffiti is my favourite Zeppelin album, its funky AF

@davidbordonaro1631

3 ай бұрын

Maybe my favorite album of ANY band

👍🇬🇧❤BEYOND FANTASTIC 🎸.....ZEPPELIN.....AS USUAL......UNBEATABLE 🎸👍

Enjoy them for you won't hear another band this good in your lifetime ! the band said they were best known for Stairway to Heaven but their favorite was Kashmir

@barryjamison4694

3 ай бұрын

Kashmir is the best

@Iron-Bridge

2 ай бұрын

When I have the chance, I'd play 'Achilles Last Stand' for people who don't know anything about Led Zep.

I thank you, I'm going on 60yrs old, I'm with great joy seeing your 1st reactions to ZEPPELIN, faces don't lie, you'll carry them on teach your grandbabies!!!

Much of the song Trampled Under Foot is John Paul Jones. LZ's secret weapon. What you thought was an accompanied guitar riff, was actually JPJ. He was using a myriad of different keyed instruments, synths, keys, mellotron and bass pedals. The guy could be a one man band to his own, literally played anything with strings or keys. (Jimmy also used layered guitar tracks in the song as well, which you mentioned. Jimmy did some amazing recording work and production in the studio, using multi-track layering with guitars).

@bishlap

3 ай бұрын

was never a fave of mine UNTIL I saw/heard the Live Earl's Court version -- jeez, what Zep could do w/ a tune live was unreal, almost unnatural how much better they could make a song depending on the setting.

@martinhayward4466

2 ай бұрын

The driving keyboard in this is the clavinet.

@zepvista

2 ай бұрын

@@martinhayward4466it's a melotron not a clavinet

@martinhayward4466

2 ай бұрын

@@zepvista JPJ said Stevie Wonder's song Superstitious inspired the groove on this one, hence the homage with the clavinet.

This album hit in1975 . same year as Wish You Were Here , by Pink Floyd . how was a 15 yr old - me - supposed to handle that ?!

@runntum

3 ай бұрын

Like the rest of us at the time...just soak it all into your brain.

@charliemac64

3 ай бұрын

Drugs. 😂😂😂

Kashmir is my favourite song ever. Who has the audacity to think to create a song like that, let alone pull it off? Only Led Zep.

Hi Verdy...😉Trampled Under Foot is pure released energy, a kind of heavy funk with a wah wah effect and devastating drums. Kashmir is one of the most epic songs in rock, that riff accompanied by the strings hits you from the beginning and by the final minutes Plant is heartbreaking... a song that after listening to it cannot be forgotten. Thanks for the reaction.

@MarcosElMalo2

3 ай бұрын

For years I thought Trampled Underfoot was Tramp Led Underfoot because of how it was written on the LP liner notes. And even later than that I realized that the song was about a car. I think JPJ’s keyboard work is what makes this song really special. It was written like this: Tramp Led Under Foot And I imagined it was like a hobo being lured to a stampede of people.

You really are THE greatest Led Zeppelin 'reactor'. It's in your soul. Merci beaucoup.

I think it would be interesting for you to listen to a later performance of Kashmir as part of the 'Live from Celebration Day' concert, performed by the three surviving members of the band with John Bonham's son Jason Bonham on the drums. Jason's drumming is every bit as powerful and technically masterful as his father's was, and Robert Plant's singing is something to behold, more mature, and more nuanced and heart-felt. You won't be disappointed.

That violin sound is actually John Paul Jones on a keyboard (meletron?) . Very good reaction. I enjoy your zeppelin reactions so much!

I was pretty sure you would love "Kashmir", it's been one of my favorites for decades. One odd note, if you're used to dealing with musical timing, anything other than 4/4 tends to sound odd to western ears. In this one, Bonham is drumming in 4/4 the whole time while Page is switching between 6/8 and 4/4. The result is a more "alien" sound that fits the theme.

Hey Verdy, you’re right, it’s in one movie I know of from 1982: “Fast Times At Ridgemont High” in the scene after nervous teen character Mark Ratner gets some dating advice from his concert ticket scalping friend Mike Damone to “play Side 2 of Led Zeppelin IV for her” inferring something like “Chicks love that one, guaranteed, never misses”. And then,in the next scene, he’s driving her around in his little car playing “Kashmir” which is this Side 2 of Physical Graffiti. It’s a joke about Mark Ratner being too nervous and nerdy to be schooled in Zeppelin to get it right, but for many of us diehard stoner Zeppelin fans, this mix up on album selection landed him on a much better choice track, and also kinda shows what a cheeseball the character Mark Demone was for telling him to set the mood with “Stairway To Heaven”. 😂😂😂

@juliemanarin4127

3 ай бұрын

Oh yeah...I forgot about that!!

@rogerdaly6326

3 ай бұрын

Considering her age i'll guess maybe she heard the song Come With Me by Puff Daddy & Jimmy Page for the 1998 Godzilla movie. Puff Daddy put different lyrics over the song.

@CANDOKNOWHOW

3 ай бұрын

@@rogerdaly6326 Ahhhh.. yeah, I’m an older rocker, so I wouldn’t have known bout that.

@rogerdaly6326

3 ай бұрын

@@CANDOKNOWHOW I'm 59 so i hear ya

@ianhampton1208

2 ай бұрын

Stairway To Heaven was on side one of IV, so the joke doesn't even work.

Kashmir is perfection, this album is a masterpiece ...

Verdy, the horns and strings on Kashmir were played on a mellotron. Really cool instrument

@brianboyle3998

3 ай бұрын

So true. Some of the backing vocal melody on Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix was a Mellotron.

@vicprovost2561

3 ай бұрын

King Crimson and the Moody Blues used it also to great effect.

@tektoniks_architects

2 ай бұрын

In concert. Jones did string and horn arrangements for the studio track.

@17losttrout

8 күн бұрын

The strings on the studio version were real.

@surferles589

8 күн бұрын

@@17losttrout are you sure? We’re the horns also real?

You need to see either, or both of the live versions of "Kashmir" the one from Knebworth in 79 and/or the one from the Celebration Day Concert in the O2 Arena in (I think)2007 where Jason Bonham stood in for his late Father John. Both epic.

You should check out the video of Trampled Underfoot from the UK TV show the Old Grey Whistle Test where they play the track to an old black and white film of various people dancing. It's amazing. The way they mesh together is unbelievable.

My favorite Led Zeppelin album! 😎😎😎👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

You may know that Kashmir riff from Godzilla 1995. P-diddy covered as the movie's anthem.

Verdy is a headbanger like us!

Doñt you just love it? It is fabulous! You will love the rest of this album!

Verdy you listening to LZ for the first time is just how we first heard them! totally in awe! each song was an adventure! keep doing what you do so well girl!

Trampled Under Foot is such a "happy" track.

Its crazy how a lot of this album was made of outtakes from earlier work, yet the original material lines up so well. This is their masterpiece

Pink Panther! I was silly to expect P. Diddy for a minute, doesn't matter. The O2 version of Kashmir with Bonzo's son will always make this song unique to me, this luminous intensity during live performances is so rare and the Zeppelins are burning the stage as much as this poor Hindenburg but without the casualties obviously. Merci de nous faire partager ces tendres et sincères réactions.

Masthodontic album. Masterpiece. Happy young people like you discovers this kind of music. There's still hope ❤

Kashmir: What can I say, Zeppelin at their Absolute Best, You've now heard The World Anthem from this Iconic Band and yes this is the Original, Bonham's Rock Solid Beat, Plant's Amazing Vocals, Page and Jones's Mesmerising Asian'esque Melody - Sheer Perfection ☺️

Every reactor is different in their focus you seem to focus on the rhythm, instruments and parts of the song but never on the words or meaning and lyrics of the songs,it's cool,I think all these things just support the main message and " feelings we get when we hear them,cause after all it's how it makes you feel in the end ,I like your reactions and you listen to full albums ,that's awesome!

This album is 49 today and still amazing. Bought it when it first came out as a teenager.

It's so great to see a young person such as yourself appreciate the greatness of these musical artists! Kashmir has been sampled and copied in many songs throughout the years.

Certainly one the best rock double albums ever made and the first record I bought a very long time ago. The musical range and diversity is unmatched and it basically had everything. There might be good bands that come along in the future but not like this, that won't happen again. These tracks will still be listened to 100 years from now, it's already been 50.

Their best album in my opinion

Trampled Under Foot has always been one of my fav Zep tunes....All 4 are at the top of their game....John Paul Jones on the keyboards carries this one in so many different ways.

Sorry Folks, but they were, and will always be the GOATS! 😏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Another great reaction Verdy. Kashmir is one of my favourite Led Zep songs. Another place you may have heard it is a cover of the opening part of the song at the end of the Matrix movie.

This is my favorite side of the album.

The studio version of _"Kashmir"_ is a great song. There are live versions which are utterly phenomenal. WRT _"Kashmir"_ being in a movie, you might also be remembering Puff Daddy's song _"Come with Me"_ which was done for the movie _"Godzilla"_ - which has completely different lyrics but features Jimmy himself on guitar. Depending on which sounds you were referring to, I suspect the violin sound you hear on _"Kashmir"_ is John Paul Jones on keyboards, although there have been cover-versions which have brought in violins. In fact, Lindsey Stirling (solo artist who is a violinist) has done versions of _"Kashmir"_ in some of her concerts. Videos here on YT.

@TerenceShortman

3 ай бұрын

Plant and page did a version of Kashmier with strings and an Egyptian orchestra along with some Moroccan musicians for their unleaded set.

@jonpemberton6332

3 ай бұрын

You can forward 32 years and watch Led Zep play Kashmir at the O2 in London December 2007. Jimmy was 63, John Paul was 61and Robert was 59 and Jason Bonham, John's son plays the drums. Awesome performance.

Keep going. In The Light and Down By The Seaside.

Its always a beautiful day when verdy reacts to LZ

Probably one of the best rock albums of all time, imhon, of course! I really like your reactions!! You are reacting to music at its best!

@oldguyhustle5941

3 ай бұрын

💯 Completely agree.

If you liked Kashmir, you would enjoy Achilles Last Stand from their Presence album, after this album. Great reactions! Thanks

Oh Verdy , vous devriez voir la version live à l'O2 , avec Jason à la batterie : C'est DANTESQUE . ;-)

16:50 - 17:55 is arguably their best, if not most quintessential, clip of music in their catalogue.

A masterful album all around, but man, does “Kashmir” conjure up incredible magic. Like “No Quarter” and “Stairway To Heaven” before it. And the grand epic on the upcoming album PRESENCE.

@kaboobe1

3 ай бұрын

Yes, Achilles Last Stand.

The mellotron which gives those violin sounds on Kashmir is a rather interesting instrument. First off it's a keyboard. And built inside it are short snippets of different instruments recorded on tape. It was kind of an early version of a sampler. So when you hit a specific key it would play that pre-recorded section. It wasn't a very practical instrument over the long term because each of those little sections of tape would get worn out from being played repeatedly. But it had the coolest sound and you hear it a lot in that era mid to late 70s.

@danmayberry1185

3 ай бұрын

Fantastic interview floating around (BBC?) with the inventor. Delightful fellow - nice that he was around to enjoy the Moody Blues, et al.

"Kashmir" is an epic track from this album. And yes, you've heard that riff. It's bèn sampled before and this song was used in the "Godzilla" movie starring Matthew Broderick years ago. As with other songs here any other instrument besides drums and guitar is John Paul Jones on mellotron. My all time favorite Zeppelin track. There are a couple live versions, one from the mid seventies and one from 2006/2007 with Jason Bonham on drums.

Hi Verdy! I recommended you take the led Zeppelin journey way back when you started this channel. So happy to see you've made it to my favorite Led Zeppelin album (and tied with the Beatles "White Album" for my overall favorite album of all time). So I'm gonna recommend you start your Beatles journey. Led Zeppelin are the 5th biggest selling music artist of all time, the Beatles are #1. If you take this magical journey, I promise you won't be disappointed. Like you did with Zeppelin, I would start with the 1st Beatles album (Please Please Me) and go right in chronological order until their final (recorded) album, Abbey Road. You're reactions are among the best, so I truly hope you decide to take this journey. Peace

@gregbyrne743

3 ай бұрын

I would love to see an album / single sales breakdown Zeppelin verse Beatles

@thewizard6077

3 ай бұрын

Sorry, I just got back from watching the Super Bowl and I just seen this. To answer your question, it gets kinda complicated, because many of the Beatles record sales happened before any entity that certified record sales ever existed. To determine these numbers, it required University research. Based on numbers compiled by Penn State Laureate Kenneth Womack in 2014, the Beatles had sold in excess of 2.3 Billion albums (KZread wont let me input the exact website address, so do a google search using the words "kenneth womack penn state beatles 2.3 billion" and the first Penn State University website titled "50 Years of Beatles: The Fab Four's historic high-five" will pop up). That research was done 10 years ago, and I've seen revised university research compiled a few years ago that had the Beatles at approximately 2.4 Billion, Elvis at #2 with approximately 750 million, Garth Brooks at #3 with ~ 500 Million, Michael Jackson at #4 with approximately 400 million, and Led Zeppelin at #5 with sales between 350 and 400 million. Again, a lot of those numbers are based on research after the fact. If you are talking strictly certified sales, do a google search of the top 50 biggest selling music artists as published by Business Insider. Their top 10 list (based on certified sales as of June 28, 2023) is as follows: 10) Pink Floyd at ~75 Million Units, 9) AC/DC at ~75 Million Units, 8) Elton John at ~79 Million Units, 7) Billy Joel at ~86 Million Units, 6) Michael Jackson at ~89 Million Units, 5) Led Zeppelin at ~112.5 Million Units, 4) Eagles at ~120 Million Units, 3) Elvis Presley at ~146.5 Million Units, 2) Garth Brooks at ~157 Million Units, and finally, 1)The Beatles at ~183 Million Units. No matter what list I pull up, even though the numbers may differ sometimes, Led Zeppelin are normally in the 5th place position (sometimes 4th), and The Beatles are always in 1st place (and nobody else even comes close). That's why I felt comfortable stating their all time sales positions without giving exact numbers. I hope that helps! Peace @@gregbyrne743

@thewizard6077

3 ай бұрын

Sorry, I just got back from watching the Super Bowl and I just seen this. To answer your question, it gets kinda complicated, because many of the Beatles record sales happened before any entity that certified record sales existed. To determine these numbers, it required University research. Based on numbers compiled by Penn State Laureate Kenneth Womack in 2014, the Beatles had sold in excess of 2.3 Billion albums (KZread wont let me input the exact website address, so do a google search using the words "kenneth womack penn state beatles 2.3 billion" and the first Penn State University website titled "50 Years of Beatles: The Fab Four's historic high-five" will pop up). That research was done 10 years ago, and I've seen revised university research compiled a few years ago that had the Beatles at approximately 2.4 Billion, Elvis at #2 with approximately 750 million, Garth Brooks at #3 with ~ 500 Million, Michael Jackson at #4 with approximately 400 million, and Led Zeppelin at #5 with sales between 350 and 400 million. Again, a lot of those numbers are based on research after the fact. If you are talking strictly certified sales, do a google search of the top 50 biggest selling music artists as published by Business Insider. Their top 10 list (based on certified sales as of June 28, 2023) is as follows: 10) Pink Floyd at ~75 Million Units, 9) AC/DC at ~75 Million Units, 8) Elton John at ~79 Million Units, 7) Billy Joel at ~86 Million Units, 6) Michael Jackson at ~89 Million Units, 5) Led Zeppelin at ~112.5 Million Units, 4) Eagles at ~120 Million Units, 3) Elvis Presley at ~146.5 Million Units, 2) Garth Brooks at ~157 Million Units, and finally, 1)The Beatles at ~183 Million Units. No matter what list I pull up, even though the numbers may differ sometimes, Led Zeppelin are normally in the 5th place position (sometimes 4th), and The Beatles are always in 1st place (and nobody else even comes close). That's why I felt comfortable stating their all time sales positions without giving exact numbers. I hope that helps! Peace@@gregbyrne743

@thewizard6077

3 ай бұрын

Hi! To answer your question, it gets kinda complicated, because many of the Beatles record sales happened before any entity that certified record sales existed. To determine these numbers, it required University research. Based on numbers compiled by Penn State Laureate Kenneth Womack in 2014, the Beatles had sold in excess of 2.3 Billion albums (KZread wont allow me to input the exact website address, so do a google search using the words "kenneth womack penn state beatles 2.3 billion" and the first Penn State University website titled "50 Years of Beatles: The Fab Four's historic high-five" will pop up"). That research was done 10 years ago, and I've seen revised university research compiled a few years ago that had the Beatles at approximately 2.4 Billion, Elvis at #2 with approximately 750 million, Garth Brooks at #3 with ~ 500 Million, Michael Jackson at #4 with approximately 400 million, and Led Zeppelin at #5 with sales between 350 and 400 million. Again, a lot of those numbers are based on research after the fact. If you are talking strictly certified sales, do a google search of the top 50 biggest selling music artists as published by Business Insider. Their top 10 list (based on certified sales as of June 28, 2023) is as follows: 10) Pink Floyd at ~75 Million Units, 9) AC/DC at ~75 Million Units, 8) Elton John at ~79 Million Units, 7) Billy Joel at ~86 Million Units, 6) Michael Jackson at ~89 Million Units, 5) Led Zeppelin at ~112.5 Million Units, 4) Eagles at ~120 Million Units, 3) Elvis Presley at ~146.5 Million Units, 2) Garth Brooks at ~157 Million Units, and finally, 1)The Beatles at ~183 Million Units. No matter what list I pull up, even though the numbers may differ sometimes, Led Zeppelin are normally in the 5th place position (sometimes 4th), and The Beatles are always in 1st place (and nobody else even comes close). That's why I felt comfortable stating their all time sales positions without giving exact numbers. I hope that helps! Peace@@gregbyrne743

Kashmir is my fave Zep song

"Kashmir" a wonderfull song.

Please react to the Moby Dick drum solo live. It will blow your mind. You've never seen anything like it. (Day 7 of asking.) Also, Kashmir is their greatest song, it's the original of course, glad you reacted to it. And also, it's not a violin or a guitar, it's a synthesizer called a Melotron that is used to recreate sounds like violins.

Its a joy seeing you enjoy good and great music.

Kashmir also was the basis of Puff Daddy - Come With Me produced with Jimmy Page and used for the movie Godzilla 😉

Thank you for great reactions on this magnificent album, done the way it should be. For those old enough, the album was bought when the only format was vinyl, using a turntable letting each side naturally play out. No fast forward or dodging tracks, there was context to each side, and the running order of tracks, which is what the artist had formed deliberately. My favorite Zeppelin album.

Fun fact about Kashmir: Their manager Peter Grant didn't rate the song and used to call it ' The Dirge'

I like that you do albums and the music you choose. The top 100's and other stuff, too. Right on.

Page is a genius. There are three other people in the band. Spread the love.

The Whole Album! Reaction TRUE!!!

Trampled Under Foot live is pretty awesome... they up the tempo and its a 9 min frieght train!!! Oh yeah, thank you Verdy😊😊😊

Un grand souvenir de Kashmir en concert à Bruxelles !!! C'était épique !!! Depuis c'est peut être mon morceau préféré de LedZep !!! La structure du morceau est très simple, mais en même temps Robert Plant et la batterie de JB (RIP) y apportent la touche finale qui fait que le morceau atteint une intensité de bout en bout ...

This Led Zeppelin band are quite good.

@MrTexxan8

3 ай бұрын

The planets aligned when they got together

John Paul Jones plays keyboards, bass and mandolin. He was very versatile for Zeppelin.

Kashmir really is more complicated than you think but they make it sound simple. The chords are very unusual, the different sections are very different from each other and kind of transport you to different places and the main riff has the guitars and keys in 3/4 while the percussion is in 4/4, adding to the exotic feel, and only coming together when they've completed a cycle. Very cool song. I believe the members of led zeppelin considered this to be what they must wanted to be known for, not Stairway to Heaven

Seeing you react to these albums are just like I reacted when I was young.. love your channel. ❤

Thanks for reacting to Physical Grafitti. You're amazing!

'Kashmir' WAS PLAYED WITH JASON Bonham on drums...live ....in a reunion concert over in Europe SEVERAL years back. Millions tried to get tickets, but they were made available only on a lottery basis. The footage is somewhere on KZread. LOOK FOR 'LIVE' CELEBRATION DAY.....

@helenespaulding7562

3 ай бұрын

It was in London. The Year was 2007. That’s certainly “several years back” 😏 The number who tried for tickets was 20 million for an 18000 seat venue. That’s less than one tenth of one percent of the people who tried for tickets. Still a record.

Kashmir is one of my favorite songs!

John Paul Jones is playing a clavinet on Trampled Underfoot, inspired by Stevie Wonder's song Superstition. And Kashmir, other than Stairway, is easily Zeppelins most well known song. Ask Plant what's his favorite LZ song, it's Kashmir.

Good one, been a long time, been a long time, been a lonely lonely loney loney time, since i heard this song.

The violin you hear is the keyboardist/bass player John Paul Jones on the mellotron. He's playing the bass notes with his feet. Incredible and underrated.

On Kashmir, Jimmy has tuned his guitar to DADGAD, but they do also have John Paul Jones on his synth creating all kinds of strings and Arabian sounds.

So glad to see you listening to “Physical Graffiti”. Easily my favorite Zeppelin album. I love every track, but Side 2 is my favorite. 🤘🏼

Nothing better than late 60s and 70s (hard) rock Probably it is not a violin but JPJ on his keyboard with a cello sound in Kashmir but on the studio album it probably are real instruments

From Led Zeppelin: Live on TV BYEN/Danmarks Radio [Full Performance] This is before their first album release, and before everyone knew their name (the Bands name that is), Page would be the only one that would have been know, maybe. This video is in Black and White the sound is pretty good, the songs they play are still in development But to see them this young, and unknown, makes them BURN. People are sitting cross legged in front of them less that 10 feet from Robert Plant, and if there had been a stage they would have burned it to the ground. If you love Led Zeppelin and have not seen this prepare to be amazed. kzread.info/dash/bejne/nWGLtcSGh5qogMY.html

fun watch and listen! it's their pragmatic and successful answer to the Stones' Exiles. you have to do another Yes. maybe Drama, Going for the One, Relayer or 90125?

Really enjoy and appreciate your reactions and analysis. The "guitar pattern" is called a "Riff". Jimmy Page created lots of interesting guitar riffs for their songs, as did John Paul Jones (for example Black Dog was a JPJ riff).

Yes ! Thank girl

Thanks Verdy. Your reactions are always class.

This is great ! Thanks !

P diddy also did a sort of cover for Kashmir called come with me from the Godzilla sound track. Page played on the song as well. This is the original beqt.

When I started watching this video, you had less than 200 views, when I finished you had over 400, plus the likes climbed quickly as well, seems you have a good following 👍 You're gonna love the 3rd side as well 😀

Kashmir stands out , but many a speed ticket was risked by me back in the day playing Trampled Underfoot at full blast on the ten speaker car stereo 😅

Kashmir is Plant’s favorite Zeppelin tune!

Its called a Mellotron, it is Analog and has a Console with 37 Keys and each Key operates a continuous Magnetic Tape, and has an Ele3ctric Motor that you can control the Speed,

And on something completely different: Lou Reed - Street Hassle as an introduction to Lou Reed / The Velvet Underground. Followed by The Velvet Underground And Nico. That last album was their first and inspired so many musicians afterwards...

pls react to Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary Edition)

Super Merci !!😘🤩

Lovely reaction. You should check out Kashmir live... Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (Live from Celebration Day) (Official Video) It is a SENSATIONAL performance !

@johnlackey1244

3 ай бұрын

No disrespect meant to Jason but LZ intact at Knebworth’79 is far superior.

The string sounds you're hearing on Kashmir is not Page with a bow, but John Paul Jones playing the mellotron. The mellotron is a keyboard instrument that uses tape loops with pre-recorded sounds (in this case, a string section and a horn section) that are activated, and pitch controlled by playing the keyboard. It is a 'klunky' instrument - it cannot be played quickly as each depression of the keyboard activates a tape that only ends when you lift your hand off the depressed key. Its advantage is that it can be programed with an endless variety of sounds; Zeppelin used flute sounds on live versions of Stairway to Heaven. The keyboard sound on the intro to The Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever and the string sounds on Watcher of the Skies by Genesis are also the Mellotron. They are pretty much rendered obsolete since the advent of digital recording; however vintage instruments are still sought out due to their unique 'other worldly' sound.

@tektoniks_architects

3 ай бұрын

Not exactly true. While John Paul Jones uses a mellotron to play Kashmir in live shows, actual string and horn arrangements were used in the studio track, arranged by jpj.

"As I scan this wasted land".

If yo loved Kashmir here, where Robert was having voice issues, then you’ll love the live versions from Knebworth in 1979 or Celebration Day from 2007. His voice was better in both live performances than here, imo.

Oooo yeah yeah Oooo yeah yeah let me take you there, let me take....you there❤😊

Trampled Underfoot pays homage to Robert Johnson’s Terraplane Blues from 1936. It’s where that main groove comes from.

@tektoniks_architects

3 ай бұрын

No, the main groove doesn't come from there. Terraplane Blues describes sex using metaphors of car parts - this is the inspiration for the lyrics of Trampled Underfoot, which also describes a woman and sex in metaphorical terms like a car's parts. The "groove" or sound of Trampled Underfoot is not taken from Terraplane Blues.

@ClaytonMacleod

3 ай бұрын

@@tektoniks_architects It most certainly is. Not only am I a guitar player that’s learned both parts, Robert Plant explains exactly which part of Johnson’s riff was stolen for their own riff. A part that many, many people have used over the years. It is indeed where the main groove comes from.

@tektoniks_architects

3 ай бұрын

Blues riffs are all related. Their inherent structure is by definition related.

@ClaytonMacleod

3 ай бұрын

@@tektoniks_architects It’s not about blues being related to blues. It is literally copy and paste of a portion of one riff. Go listen to Terraplane Blues again. If it isn’t obvious to you then you have a terrible ear. Go watch celebration Day again to see Robert Plant’s intro to Trampled Under Foot. He talks at length about it. You not thinking so doesn’t change things. It is a portion of Robert Johnson’s riff repeated to make the main groove of their song.

@ClaytonMacleod

3 ай бұрын

34:45 kzread.info/dash/bejne/jKSsuaauct2nmso.htmlsi=Ea9JKvrtG5wTQ39v

Mellotron gives the strings. Jonesy.

We all just heard greatness.