Tuesday, August 04, 2009

"Kashmir", Arabic Inspired Song



Background information regarding the song:

The song also includes many distinctive musical patterns of classical Moroccan, Indian and Middle Eastern music. Page[Jimmy] explained that "I had a sitar for some time and I was interested in modal tunings and Arabic stuff. It started off with a riff and then employed Eastern lines underneath."

Originally called "Driving to Kashmir", the lyrics to the song were written by Plant in 1973 immediately after Led Zeppelin's 1973 US Tour, in an area he called "the waste lands" of Southern Morocco, while driving from Goulimine to Tantan in the Sahara Desert. This was despite the fact that the song is named for Kashmir, a region in the northernmost part of the Indian subcontinent.

Who says that we at IBA do not appreciate the finer things of Arabic, Middle Eastern and South Asian region & culture as cited here and here.

3 comments:

midnight rider said...

Excellent Choice!

Carlos Echevarria said...

I know you would like it MR.

My two other fav bands also have songs with Morrocan/Arabic influences, Stones "Paint it Black" and U2's "Mysterious Ways".

Cultural John, I am a little confused, you support Pakistan's claims to Jammu and Kashmir?

It's definitely an area of great historical dispute.

Kashmir Song said...

There is no far fetched link the song has everything to do with the geographical region of KASHMIR. Plant himself confirms this it is simply misinformation/misinterpretation and lack of reserach or understanding on the parts of people. The clues are there. It is no coincidence the song was titled ‘Kashmir’ or contains the lyrics ‘Kashmir’ for to conclude ‘Kashmir’ was used for the fun or the sake of it is to basically say the whole song is meaningless nonsense which is far from the case.