Today is "Kashmir" day

Only because many many many years ago a boy requested Kashmir to be played on my favorite local radio station in honor of my 16th birthday.

Tidbits about the song "Kashmir"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir_(song)

Kashmir" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin from their 1975 album Physical Graffiti. It was ranked 140 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

"Kashmir" is considered to be one of Led Zeppelin's most successful songs; all four band members have agreed that it is to date one of their best musical achievements.<1> John Paul Jones suggested that it showcases all of the elements that made up the Led Zeppelin sound,<2> while Robert Plant cites it as his favorite Led Zeppelin song overall. In an interview he gave to Rolling Stone magazine in 1988, Plant stated that "Kashmir" was "the definitive Led Zeppelin song." He also said in an audio documentary that he loved this song not only because of its intensity but also because it was so intense without being considered "heavy metal", a label no one in the band liked. During a television interview in January 2008, Plant named "Kashmir" as his first choice of all Led Zeppelin songs that he would perform, commenting "I'm most proud of that one".<3>

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Originally called "Driving to Kashmir", the lyrics to the song were written by Plant in 1973 while driving from Goulimine to Tantan in the Sahara Desert, Morocco, immediately after Led Zeppelin's 1973 US Tour.<2><4> This was despite the fact that the song is named for Kashmir, a region in the northernmost part of the Indian subcontinent.<8> As Plant explained to rock journalist Cameron Crowe:

“ The whole inspiration came from the fact that the road went on and on and on. It was a single track road which neatly cut through the desert. Two miles to the East and West were ridges of sandrock. It basically looked like you were driving down a channel, this dilapidated road, and there was seemingly no end to it. 'Oh, let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dreams...' It's one of my favorites...that, 'All My Love' and 'In The Light' and two or three others really were the finest moments. But 'Kashmir' in particular. It was so positive, lyrically.<2>

I love that song -- and that album!!

If so... happy birthday!

:P

Too late now!

:party:

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the President his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, three Brazilian soldiers were killed."

"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"

His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.

Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

:loveya: