Poseidon's background music

Poseidon doesn't interest me or inspire me as much as just stand out to me. The fact that he has a grudge against Odysseus is brought up regularly or at least every so often throughout the poem, and that grabs my attention because of its repetitiveness. Also, the fact that he is one of the only things holding Odysseus back form getting home. 

What really sticks out is Poseidon's persistence to make Odysseus' life as difficult as possible. Not only that but the fact that he is mad because Odysseus stabbed his Cyclops son, Prometheus, in the eye; which is just kind of funny. Especially because it upset Poseidon that much, but it is admirable that he will go against the others (gods) to get revenge for his son's loss. 

The song I chose that I thought best describes Poseidon is "I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty and The heartbreakers. The title sort of speaks for itself because Poseidon basically "won't back down." But more specifically Tom Petty says "gonna stand my ground, and I won't back down." That is exactly what Poseidon does, except I guess he literally doesn't stand his ground being God of the Seas...He also says "Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out," that's Poseidon basically telling Odysseus there is no easy way out. This song is pretty self explanatory. 

What lead me to ultimately choosing this song was that I saw Tom Petty playing this at the half-time show at the Super Bowl, and I thought to myself "hey, that sounds kind of like something Poseidon would listen to."