Actions

Work Header

Stuck

Summary:

Steve and Bucky through the years, in song.

Notes:

Listen here on Spotify.

 

 

Sadly, I can't share this through 8tracks because it includes too many songs from the same albums, and breaking it into sections didn't fix that problem; there are also some songs for which I don't own a file to upload.

The order of the list follows narrative chronology—the songs are in order of what scene or era they remind me of, so most of them are anachronistic. I also chose a few that were historically appropriate, although some of those are not quite old enough. Obviously, it's heavily influenced by my own taste, so there's way too much Death Cab For Cutie! I know there are tons more songs that fit this concept, but these are the ones that I know and love.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Part 1: “Even when I had nothing, I had Bucky” (The Pre-War Years)

Friendship (Cole Porter) - Judy Garland & Johnny Mercer
King of Carrot Flowers Parts 1, 2 & 3 - Neutral Milk Hotel
Rockaway Beach - Ramones
But Not For Me (Gershwin) - Chet Baker
Shiver - Coldplay
What Sarah Said - Death Cab for Cutie
Jesus, etc. - Wilco
My Funny Valentine (Rogers & Hart) - Chet Baker
Fever - Peggy Lee

 

Part 2: “Not without you!” (The First Avenger)

Colorblind - Counting Crows
Puttin’ On The Ritz (Irving Berlin) - Fred Astaire
I've Got You Under My Skin - Ella Fitzgerald
American Hero - Rainbow Kitten Surprise
Young Pilgrims - The Shins
St. James Infirmary - Preservation Hall Jazz Band
A Long Way to Tipperary - Pete Fountain & Monk Hazel’s New Orleans Jazz Kings
It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier - Tom Lehrer
Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect - The Decemberists
Radio Cure - Wilco
This Is Why We Fight - The Decemberists
A Bar In Amsterdam - Katzenjammer
Parachute - Ingrid Michaelson
In My Time of Dyin' - Bob Dylan
Til Kingdom Come - Coldplay
I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab for Cutie

 

Interlude: "You've been asleep for a long time." (under the ice)
The Parting Glass - The Wailin' Jennys
Bixby Canyon Bridge - Death Cab for Cutie
Rachel - The Idea of North

 

Part 3: “What makes you happy?” “I don’t know.” (The Winter Soldier)

Old Friends - Simon & Garfunkel
Ashes of American Flags - Wilco
Suddenly Everything Has Changed - The Postal Service
Long Division - Death Cab for Cutie
Your New Twin Sized Bed - Death Cab for Cutie
Spies - Coldplay
Amsterdam - Coldplay
Ain't No Grave - Johnny Cash
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own - U2
Mayday - Dispatch
Fix You - Coldplay
On Your Left - Beyond Opposites

 

Part 4: “I can’t trust my own head”, or; “I’m not sure I’m worth all this” (Civil War)

Camilo - State Radio
Bargain - The Who
Didn't He Ramble - Glen Hansard
Little Wanderer - Death Cab for Cutie
Come In From The Cold - Joni Mitchell
The Wolves - Ben Howard
Talk - Coldplay
Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
The Phoenix - Fall Out Boy
No Sleep Til Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
Left Hand Free - alt-J
Shots - Imagine Dragons
Start A Riot - BANNERS
Giving Up The Gun - Vampire Weekend
Lost Cause - Beck
The Drugs Don't Work - The Verve
The Ice Is Getting Thinner - Death Cab for Cutie
Black Flies - Ben Howard
You’ve Haunted Me All My Life - Death Cab for Cutie

 

Part 5: “Where are we going?” “The Future!” (what happens next?)

Reservations - Wilco
Brothers on a Hotel Bed - Death Cab for Cutie
I am trying to break your heart - Wilco
I And Love And You - The Avett Brothers
High Rolling - The Beautiful Girls
The Right Road - Nerissa & Katryna Nields
Even The Darkness Has Arms - The Barr Brothers
Stay Alive - José González
Evergreen - Broods
Blood & Tears - Joseph
Swallowed in the Sea - Coldplay
Home - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Everything’s Not Lost/Life Is For Living - Coldplay
In My Life - The Beatles

Notes:

Many of these songs are connected to specific scenes in my mind, some of which already exist in the movies, some of which I'd like to actually write at some point, and some of which are fics by other authors that I would like to recommend! Hence, there will probably be a chapter 2.

I'm also working on a separate songfic of sorts about songs that remind Steve of Bucky in the specific context of karaoke night (most of those songs didn't fit the criteria of "songs I actually enjoy listening to" and are therefore not part of this list!). So it might be a series, too! This is the angsty, emo one and that's the funny one. I think. Although I giggled a lot while putting this list together (but they were pleased-with-myself-because-I-made-something-that-made-myself-sad giggles!), and the other one might actually have sad content even though the idea is silly, so...I don't even know.

Series this work belongs to: