Songs about Classical Mythology

-”Icarus” (The Hours) references the Icarus/Daedalus myth:

-”Narcissus in a Red Dress” (The Like) references the Narcissus/Echo myth:

-”Just Like Zeus” (Jenny and Johnny) references Zeus and Mount Olympus:

-”Hey Now Girl” (Phantom Planet) references sirens from Homer’s Odyssey:

-”Some Velvet Morning” (Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra) is about Phaedra and Hippolytus:

Honorable mentions:

-Ben Lee’s album The Rebirth of Venus

-”Icarus” by Jason Webley and Amanda Palmer

-”Narcissus Road” by The Hours

-”Athena” by The Who

Most Anticipated Songs

What are After The Show’s most anticipated new songs for the next year?

Below are songs that have only been played live – the studio recordings of these songs have not been released yet.

Accordingly, the sound quality is pretty shoddy for most of them. Despite the poor audio quality, we can tell that these songs will be wonderful and worth the wait for whenever they are officially released.

“Time Will Welcome Anything” by Whispertown 2000:

“The New Yorker Cartoon” by Jenny Lewis:

“Hazy Shade of Hate” by The Like:

“Big Wave” by Jenny Lewis:

“The Way Down” by Jonathan Rice:

“Just Like Zeus” by Jenny Lewis:

“I Can See It In Your Eyes” by The Like:

“Cleverly Disguised” by JJAMZ:

New Jenny Lewis: “Just Like Zeus”

“Just Like Zeus” is a great new song that Jenny Lewis has played recently on tour — it should be on her upcoming album.

The song, about Lindsay Lohan, sounds like Rilo Kiley circa More Adventurous (a very good thing).

Here’s the best quality YouTube video of “Just Like Zeus” (there are slightly different lyrics in different live versions on YouTube):