Songs that feel like The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
Two wounded veterans carry the weight of legacy, guilt and national identity, searching for dignity and belonging in a fractured world that has moved on without them.
- A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke: The yearning, hard-won hope of a Black man questioning what the shield and the country owe him.
- Alright by Kendrick Lamar: Defiant resilience in the face of systemic struggle, echoing Sam's fight to be heard.
- Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen: The veteran left behind by the country he served.
- Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival: Anger at who gets to wear the flag and who pays for it.
- People Get Ready by The Impressions: Gospel-lit moral conviction and a call to better days.
- Hurt by Johnny Cash: Weathered regret and the burden of a violent past, like Bucky's atonement.
- Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers: Loneliness and loss with raw, unadorned soul.
- Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) by Marvin Gaye: Sorrow for a damaged world, sung with grace and quiet anger.
- Everybody Knows by Leonard Cohen: Cynical, wry resignation at political failure and broken systems.