Searching for God Knows What

You know, it's funny how many of your favorite songs have sat around in record stores, pressed onto vinyl, data embedded on a compact disk, or digitalized on a website available for download without the restrictions of "store hours". All of these media just waiting for a friend's recommendation to drive you to spend your tip money on what might actually end up being your essential listen, the album you spout off during conversation with a guy in a Silversun Pickups t-shirt on $5 pitcher night (guilty), or the song you burn onto the #146th mixtape for that girl you're desperately trying to impress (keep the dream alive gents).

















George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
(from All Things Must Pass)

Ok, so I'm a fool for having never listened to All Things Must Pass, but that's definitly something I plan on fixing in the next couple of days. This song is nothing new. It's 39 years old, and was a #1 single for weeks in both the UK and US. Harrison uses the song as an expression of longing to truly know God. The song is primarily directed towards the Hindu god Krishna, but uses the traditional word of praise "Hallelujah" found in Christianity and Judaism, as well as Vaisnava Hindu prayers as background vocals. Regardless of what you may or may not consider religiously profane (save it for another time), this is one of the most beautiful songs about the human desire to know God and the search for a relationship with Him.



Also: Yim Yames ("ahem," Jim James) has a recent cover that was actually my first exposure to the song. Really nifty, but pales in comparison.