Led Zeppelin's iconic 1975 song "Kashmir" continues to reaffirm its enduring legacy in music history.
More than five decades after the track was released, the English rock band is once again being celebrated for introducing a masterpiece that made it onto a list of the best classic rock songs of all time.
In a ranking released by Collider, the publication named the top 25 greatest classic rock songs released from the 1960s through the 1980s.
From soft rock and psychedelic rock to hard rock, the list featured a dozen artists and musicians who helped define the genre.
With David Bowie’s 1977 song "Heroes" securing the top spot, Led Zeppelin’s "Kashmir" landed at No. 19.
Formed by Jimmy Page on lead guitar, John Bonham on drums, John Paul Jones on bass and keyboard and Robert Plant on vocals, the band is well known for its lengthy tracks.
Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, performing at Earl's Court, London, May 1975.The publication described "Kashmir" as a "truly epic song" that “might well represent Led Zeppelin at their very best."
"Kashmir," which appeared on the chart-topping albumPhysical Graffiti, has a runtime of nearly nine minutes, almost the same length as "Stairway to Heaven."
While both tracks were far from the usual three-minute radio formula and were guitar masterpieces by Page, the 1975 song focuses on a heavy, Middle Eastern-inspired march and is driven by its sweeping orchestral arrangement that highlights the band’s artistic style.
According to the legendary guitarist, the song’s signature guitar riff emerged after he began “playing around with the tuning.”
“It just so happened that there was this song I had called ‘Swan Song,’ and it had these intricate parts at the end,” Page told Edge and Jack White in the 2008 documentary It Might Get Loud , as cited by Guitar Player.
The guitarist was referring to the now-iconic ascending guitar riff and the descending bridge, both of which originated from an unfinished track, "Swan Song." It was later developed into the final version of "Kashmir."
As for the lyrics, Plant wrote them two years before the release at an unexpected moment. He was driving through the Sahara Desert on the way to the National Festival of Folklore.
Describing it as “one of his favorites,” the vocalist shared that the lyrics of "Kashmir" were very “positive.”
"It's the quest, the travels and explorations that Page and I went on to climb well off the beaten track. ... That, really, to me is the Zeppelin feel,” he told Rolling Stone.
Despite the band not releasing "Kashmir" as a single in the U.K. or the U.S., it was recognized as one of the band’s standout tracks and the second highest earning song in Led Zeppelin's catalog in terms of royalties and digital and streaming revenue.
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