Notes-I did create a YouTube play-list with all the music and trailers mentioned. I know FFN seems to not like links, but if you go over to AO3 and look for this story and chapter the link should work fine. The song list will be at the bottom.
Here is the playlist?list=PLokb0nvvwsIDPOrx-RaIPYUyLEEGWr_lt
In my head-Steve goes into his room, locks the door and swears into a pillow.
"So you keep all your music on this?" asked Bucky and he eyed the small device in her hand. They were sitting on the mini jet getting ready for take off when she pulled out the little device, a small speaker and asked if he wanted to listen to some music. She told him it was an Ipod and he vaguely remembered some of the handlers or medical staff walking around with these and ignoring him while they worked. I was just a tool to them so why pay attention to me, thought Bucky.
"Well not all of it. I still have cd's and music on my computer. I also have different music on my phone than what is on the Ipod. I really haven't used this that much since I got my smartphone a few months ago. But I thought since you asked about new music we could listen to the music on this," said Alison.
He was curious about how music had changed in the last seventy some years. He used to love music. At least I'm pretty sure I loved music, thought Bucky. Steve told him they would sit around the radio in the winter for hours just listening to radio shows and music. He could remember the year his mother had got the record player and two records that came with it and that he had been happy about it..
"Sometimes I think the techs would sing while they fixed my arm," said Bucky studying the device.
"Do you remember any words or any of the tunes?" asked Alison.
"No," said Bucky and he gave her the player back. Steve came to sit with them since Sam would be flying the jet.
"We could make it a game. You listen to a song for a minute and if you don't like it we can skip to the next song," suggested Alison. Steve wondered if this was something she had thought up to give Bucky some control while introducing him to new things. He still seemed uneasy at making choices of his own. Steve had decided to take Bucky out of for breakfast and Bucky stared at the menu for fifteen minutes before telling Steve he couldn't pick what he wanted and to order for him. There was too much to choose from, thought Steve after they left and he mentally kicked himself.
Bucky had been nervous about going back to Stark Tower this morning, even though they wouldn't be there for long. He wasn't ready to face Tony yet. The memories of killing Howard and Maria combined with the recent attack on Tony had him a little more than anxious to be near the younger Stark. However Tony decided to take his own mini vacation to parts unknown and wasn't at the Tower right now.
"What if you like it?" asked Bucky.
"I like all the music on here since it's my player. This is for you. When we figure out what new music you like we'll get you your own player," explained Alison.
"What sort of music is on here?" asked Bucky.
"I think I have a little bit of everything. We'll just have to listen and find out," said Alison.
"Let's give it a listen then," said Bucky. Alison set the speaker up and started up the Ipod has they were taking off.
"I'm going to hit shuffle so the songs play at random," said Alison. She hit play and the music started.
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll.
We build this city, we built this city on rock and roll.
Bucky's face when the song really got going was torn between annoyance and confusion.
"This sounds terrible. You like this?" he asked Alison.
"I like the beat," said Alison.
"Please make this go away," said Bucky shaking his head. Please don't let all the music be that terrible, thought Bucky as Alison hit the forward button and the song started with a solo violin and a woman singing softly
She wore blue velvet
Bluer than velvet was the night
Softer than satin was the light
From the stars
"This isn't too bad," said Bucky. It had a nice beat to it and he could see this has something he could have danced too when he did go dancing.
"The artist is Lana Del Rey. The song is called Blue Velvet," said Alison. It wasn't a very long song much to his disappointment. The next song started and once again Bucky couldn't understand how she liked this song. The man singing sounded whiny and he couldn't see how you could dance it to it.
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
I like watchin' the puddles gather rain
And all I can do is just pour some tea for two
And speak my point of view, but it's not sane, it's not sane
"How do you dance to this?" asked Bucky. Alison paused the song so they could talk.
"Well you really don't dance to this song. I mean you can sort of sway in place or jump around a little. This is from the 1990's and it was from a genre called Alternative Rock and you really didn't dance too it. It was more you sat around and listened to it," said Alison and he shook his head.
"I almost feel sorry for you," said Bucky
"It's not her fault. She was pre teen white girl in the 90's and they didn't have a lot choices," called Sam from the front. Alison rolled her eyes and looked to where Sam was sitting.
"Yeah you can just be quiet about musical selections in the 90's," said Alison. She hit the next button and the song started with a guitar solo before a man started singing.
When the lights go down in the city,
And the sun shines on the bay
Ohh I want to be there in my city
Oh oo oh, oh oh….
"Oh this is Journey," said Steve a little excited and he ducked his head a little. "I kind of like Journey. It's Barton's fault," said Steve when Sam looked back at him.
"This isn't bad and you could sort of slow dance to this," said Bucky.
"Journey was really popular in the 80's and they sort of had a huge comeback with people a few years younger than me because of a T.V show called Glee," said Alison.
"I think I like them. At least I like this song," said Bucky. It's different in a good way.
"If you have any questions for me about the music we can pause the song and you can ask," said Alison. He nodded and Journey faded out and the next song was loud and upbeat.
Come on baby, let's do the twist
Take me by my little hand and go like this
Eh ah twist baby, baby twist
Ooh yeah just like this
Come on little miss and do the twist
"This isn't bad. The Twist...is that a dance?" asked Bucky. This seemed like something you could dance to. The jive...I used to dance...Charleston. It was fast. Steve always had trouble keeping up.
"In the 50's and 60's it was very popular," said Alison snapping him back to now.
"How do you do it?" asked Bucky. Alison got up and restarted the song.
"Like this," said Alison and only the lower half of her body moved as she swiveled her hips side to side and sometimes adding a little bounce or hop in.
"How do you dance with someone doing that?" asked Bucky. He couldn't see how you hold your partner while they wiggled like that.
"They stand opposite of you or next to you and they Twist too," said Alison getting back in her seat and pausing the player. "It was actually considered sort of dirty dancing back in the day even though no touching happened because of all the hip stuff."
"That's stupid," said Bucky and Steve nearly choked trying not to laughing. He could see Alison was also a bit amused and nodded in agreement.
"Well in the 50's and 60's there was a huge to do about a lot of stupid stuff. We'll get into it later though," said Alison hit play and a man started talking.
"Another story I heard about myself happened in high school. We had a kid who went to our high school and his dad was a teacher at our school. His name was Mr. Maccara and he was an asshole!"
"Oh Ally I forgot to tell you Steve doesn't like bad language," called Sam from the front and Steve looked so annoyed that Bucky had to smile a little
"Maybe we should skip this then," said Alison and she went to hit the next button when Bucky pulled the player away.
"I want to hear it now," said Bucky and Steve sighed.
"Fine," said Steve.
The man went on to tell a story about how the teacher and his wife left town and the kid had a party and everyone started trashing the house and drinking. Wow that guy must have been been a real asshole, thought Bucky as the man described how the kids trashed the house.
"And I hear someone say 'something, something. police and in a brilliant moment of word association I yell 'Fuck Da Police! Fuck Da Police! Fuck Da Police!' and everyone joined in!" Alison looked mortified. Sam was laughing and Steve leaned over and paused the player.
"What?" asked Steve confused.
"That's from a song by a rap group called NWA. They came from a really bad neighborhood and the police were really bad and corrupt and yeah it's a song," Alison was turning pink and Bucky started laughing. Steve turned and stared at his friend in shock. He hadn't heard Bucky laugh in ages.
"I don't know what is funnier-The guy telling the story, your reaction to a bad word or her trying to explain to us why the word was used," said Bucky.
"Well the story gets better," said Alison who was barely holding her laughter back. Steve rolled his eyes and un-paused the player.
"The reason someone had said 'something, something, police.' Was because the police were there. So a Chicago police officer came downstairs and looks out on a sea of drunken toddlers yelling 'Fuck Da Police' in his face. And he was almost impressed." said the man.
He went on to say he didn't know how he got away from the police. The next week the kid who threw the party came up to him and told him photos of his grandmother had been stolen during the party. The storyteller wasn't sure if he had done it until someone else came forward and showed him a room that had nothing, but stolen photos from parties.
"It's the one thing you can't replace. That's the end of the story, but how fucked up is that?" asked the man.
"I forgot I put that on there. I needed a laugh at work and one of the orderlies suggested him. His name is John Mulaney," said Alison.
No sleep till….Brooklyn!
Foot on the pedal
Never ever false metal
Engine running hotter than a boiling kettle
My job ain't a job
It's a damn good time
City to city I'm running my rhymes.
On location
Touring around the nation
Beastie Boys always on vacation
"What is this?" asked Bucky and Alison grinned.
"They're called the Beastie Boys," said Alison and she was sort bobbing her head to the song.
"I can't take this," said Bucky and he hit the next button.
I get up in the evening
And I ain't got nothing to say
I come home in the morning
I go to bed feeling the same way
I ain't nothing but tired
Man I'm just tired and bored with myself
Hey there baby, I could use just a little help
"This isn't bad," said Bucky. He didn't think you could dance to it, but compared to what he had just heard this was enjoyable. Steve was about to tease Bucky for liking The Boss from New Jersey when he saw that Bucky looked happy and was sort of bobbing his head to the beat.
I never can say goodbye, no, no, no, no, now
Never can say goodbye
Even though the pain and heartache
Seem to follow me wherever I go
Though I try and try to hide my feelings
They always seem to show,
Then you try to say you're leaving me
And I always have to say no
Tell me why is it so
That I never can say goodbye, no, no, no, no, now
Never can say goodbye
"This isn't bad either. Kind of sad," said Bucky as the song went on.
"Who sings this?" asked Steve.
"The Jackson Five," said Alison and Steve looked like he was puzzling something out.
"Wait. Michael Jackson. He was in Jackson Five," said Steve almost proudly.
"He was just a little kid when he did this," said Alison. It dawned on her that even though Steve had been out for a few years he still might be catching up on everything that happened while he was in the ice. It still threw her a little bit to think of everything they missed out on in the last seventy some years.
"He was on my list," admitted Steve.
"List?" asked Bucky pausing the song. Steve pulled out a small notebook and handed it to Bucky and Alison.
"All the stuff I was told I need to catch up on," said Steve. Alison started going through it and was a little more than floored.
"Berlin Wall, Moon landing, Roe V Wade. What did SHEILD tell you when you woke up?" asked Alison.
"Not a whole lot really. That the war was over. We won and I had been dead for seventy years," said Steve.
"They didn't sit you down and give like a overview of anything?" asked Alison.
"They showed me how to use the internet and that was really helpful," said Steve. "I was able to cross some of the stuff off my list from when you were explaining things to Bucky," She did see Moon Landing and Kennedy presidency had been cross off.
"Maybe you two can sit down and do some of these things together," said Alison. It might be good for them. Help them patch things up in way after being apart for so long.
"Would you be okay with that?" asked Alison looking at Bucky who was staring at Steve's notebook.
"Did we really miss all of this?" asked Bucky flipping through the almost filled notebook.
"Yeah. We did," said Steve softy and Alison felt for both of them. She thought waking up from a six week coma was bad, these two had miss a whole lifetime and all they really had was each other. When you add in the fact that one of them only had memory bits to go on it made the whole thing even more depressing. She could see it in Bucky's face, the building rage about his situation and she spoke up
"I know I could tell you everything or show you everything in this book and it won't make up for what happened to you. But you aren't alone in this now. Steve and I are going to be with you every step of the way. You aren't going to be alone now I promise," said Alison. Bucky hung his head so his hair covered part of his face.
"I'm used to being alone. It's having both you behind me that's weird. I know it shouldn't be weird, but it is," said Bucky.
"That isn't your fault and you're stuck with us no matter how weird it gets," said Steve. Bucky nodded and he looked Alison in the eyes.
"Can we keep listening to the music?" Bucky asked.
"Yes we can," she turned the player back on.
Well I heard about the fellow you've been dancin' with
All over the neighbourhood
So why didn't ask me baby?
Didn't you think I could?
Well I know that the boogaloo is out of outta sight
But the shing-a-ling's the thing tonight
Would it happen to me and ya baby?
I wanna show you how to do it right...
Sam whirled around in his chair and grinned at Alison whose face also had the biggest smile.
"Do you still have your suit?" he asked.
"I have the hat and sunglasses somewhere," said Alison
"Why did you need a suit?" asked Bucky. He liked this song and it clearly meant something to Sam and Alison based on their reactions.
"The song is from our favorite movie- The Blues Brothers. One year for a Halloween party a whole group of us dressed up like them. Black suits, sunglasses and hats," said Alison.
"We looked awesome," said Sam. "We all even went to Chicago the summer before I went to boot camp and we took a tour of all the places they filmed the movie at."
"Is Blues Brothers on your list?" asked Alison.
"I'll add it," said Steve taking his notebook back.
"They do the Twist in this one too," said Bucky listening to the lyrics.
"All those dances he sings about are forms of the Twist so everyone could do it" explained Alison. They kept listening to music and anytime he said he liked something Alison would take time to answer any questions he had. The stuff from the 50's was pretty good. He didn't care for most of her 90's rock, but the music from the 70's and 80's was alright. Even Steve seemed to find new music he wanted to add to his list.
"We're going to be landing soon," said Sam.
"Do you want keep listening while I go on my tour?" asked Alison. She was supposed to go with someone named Hill to take a tour of the facilities and meet with the other nurses about the med center.
"Could I?" asked Bucky. She showed him how to use the player and the little speaker.
"Write down any songs you do like or any questions you have about the music okay," said Alison.
"I will," said Bucky. She squeezed his right hand and he found he didn't mind her doing that anymore. It's for comfort and it works, thought Bucky. They landed the jet and headed inside. A tall, dark haired woman in a serious black dress and heels was waiting for them.
"Alison. Bucky. This is Maria Hill," said Steve. She nodded at both of them and she seemed nice enough despite her serious look.
"Welcome back. I'm glad to finally meet the both of you," said Maria. "Their rooms are ready if you want to show him around while we do all the boring stuff," said Maria.
"Thanks," said Steve. Steve grabbed the small bag Bucky did have and motioned for him to follow.
"See you in a bit," said Alison. Maria took Alison down another hallway while Steve took him upstairs.
"So this is home now," said Bucky looking around. It was all glass and chrome, but he could hear a drill going on outside and it reminded him of Basic.
"Yeah it is," said Steve sounding a little relieved.
"The room might be a little bigger than what you're used too," said Sam. Steve and Sam took Bucky to the top floor and showed him to his room. It was bigger than his room in the old apartment, Hell this room was about the size of his room and the living room/kitchen area of the old apartment. It had already made bed, a dresser that someone had put a few clothes in already, an empty bookcase and his own desk and chair. There was a small TV on the desk and a player for movies and what looked like a small laptop too.
"I'm still trying to find you a record player," said Steve. "But everyone else has their own TV and laptop in their room in case the common room TV is in use for a group thing," Bucky was just trying to take it all in.
"Alison's room is through here," said Sam opening the adjoining door. Bucky poked his head in and saw that Alison's room had the same layout as his, but her boxes were here already and piled up in corner.
"I'm going to start unpacking her books," said Sam leaving him and Steve alone.
"So do you like it?" asked Steve watching him look around.
"Yeah," said Bucky. There was a little walkout balcony and Bucky stepped outside. "I didn't realize how much I missed fresh air. Just being outside." He came back in and Steve was sitting in the chair watching him.
"So do we want to see what else she has on this?" asked Steve holding up the player.
"Yeah," said Bucky. This is home now, thought Bucky.
…
"So I'm going to assume it's not cool to leave a trail of breadcrumbs," said Alison following Maria to the next floor. About seventy people lived here full time according to Maria. You had people like Steve, Sam and Natasha who did the big world saving stuff. They were training about twenty new recruits as backup or to handle smaller missions. They had several scientists in the building studying and creating new forms of tech or medicine without worrying about funding. Than you had the med teams. Sometimes a med team would go with the heroes just in case. Sometimes a med team would go for a relief mission to areas where a natural disaster happened You had staff here to treat everyday stuff from a common cold to injured trainees. They also had a surgical team on hand in case something really went down. Maria informed Alison that she was lucky number thirteen to join the upcoming med classes they were offering,
"Dugan likes to joke that the Avengers might be the body, but our scientists are the brains and you med people are the heart," said Maria holding a door open for Alison when they started the tour.
Garage level was personal cars, bikes, company cars and other armored vehicles. Next level up was the entryway and where the office workers and tech support like Maria worked. The next three floors were for scientists and their various labs. The scientists half looked up from their work when Maria had walked her though. Kids in a candy store, thought Alison taking it in.
"You'll get used to it. This is the mess hall. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all served here. If you don't like the food selection we have a mini kitchen for you to make stuff in we just ask that you clean up when you're finished," said Maria. The mess hall was like every high school lunchroom Alison had ever seen. Several long tables were all over the place, various vending machines were on one wall, an empty salad bar in the center and TV's mounted on the wall.
"Down here are the TV and Rec rooms," said Maria. A group of ten looked up from the movie they were watching to give Alison the once over. "Alison-Everyone. Everyone-Alison. She's going to be joining our med team program to become our new psych nurse." Alison gave a little wave. One woman, a short blonde got up and shook Alison's hand.
"Hi I'm Sharon. We're sort of the C team when it comes to the superhero things," said Sharon gesturing at the small group.
"Well I guess I'm sort of the C team when it comes to the medical staff here," said Alison.
"It's not all bad being on the C team. When you do something right it floors everyone," said Sharon and Alison laughed. "I'll let you get back to the tour." Sharon took her seat again and Maria showed her another room that had various gaming tables-pool, ping pong, air hockey, ect before showing her a music room like the one she had seen at Stark Tower.
"Anyone else play the drums?" asked Alison looking at beat up set.
"Barton does when he's here, but I wouldn't touch them. He gets weird if anyone touches them when he's away," said Maria. Alison had left her set behind, but wondered if she could get them sent up here. Sam hadn't never mentioned a music room. However after Matt died she couldn't bring herself to pick up a set of sticks and play. She missed it though and if she had any free time she wouldn't mind trying to play again. I want to meet Barton guy. If he likes Journey and plays the drums he might be awesome, thought Alison.
The next two levels were nothing but a huge gym areas. There was a weight room, a room for cardio, a boxing area, a blank area for whatever someone wanted to do and a pool. Alison really liked the look of the pool, it was longer than the one she had used at the YWCA and the lighting was much better.
"Dugan and the other nurses like to jog the outdoor track when the weather is good. I hope got good running shoes," said Maria and Alison flushed a little.
"I can go for about two miles before my left knee starts yelling at me. I fractured it in two places a few years. I took up swimming instead," said Alison.
"They have their share of walkers too. They just like to mess with the cadets," said Maria. The next two floors were just meeting rooms, classrooms and storage for supplies so Maria took her the medical floor where Dugan and two other were waiting. One was a tall African American man with his head shaved and wearing thick glasses. The other was a short white woman that had pink streaks going through her blonde hair and she was rocking on her heels.
"Welcome back," said Dugan shaking Alison's hand.
"It's nice to be back," said Alison.
"This is Shawn Calhoun," said Dugan pointing at the tall black man who gave a wave. "And this is Jenny Castine." The blonde waved. "You three are going to be study buddies and a mini team once classes get started," explained Dugan.
"You're the sort of psych nurse?" asked Jenny still rocking on her heels. She couldn't seem to stand still.
"I think I have a year and half to finish," said Alison.
"I'm trying to finish up my APN," said Jenny and she motioned at Shawn. "He decided he was too good to be a lowly nurse so he's going to be to on the doctor's track after he gets his basics finished." Shawn rolled his eyes.
"I'm going to try to maintain my nurse skills while getting the doctor title," said Shawn and his Aussie accent was charming.
"So you're taking care of the Bucky Barnes," said Jenny sounding a little nervous and Alison sighed. Bucky had told her how some of the techs had acted around him after the mishap and Alison wanted to nip that in the bud real quick. He wouldn't get better if everyone flinched around him.
"Yes I am. And he's really a very nice man and he's just had a rough couple of decades. So just act normal around him and he'll be fine," said Alison.
"You're the shrink here so we'll take your word for it," said Shawn. Dugan sent them off and he looked at Alison.
"They mean well and I think you guys are going to get along just fine," said Dugan.
"And putting us together had nothing to do with our last names," teased Alison.
"Not a thing," said Dugan smiling. He and Maria gave her a tour of the med center and it was even more impressive than the one at Stark Tower.
"Recovery rooms, x-ray, supply closet, you worked in an E.R you know how things work," said Dugan with a shrug.
"I should by now," said Alison/
"We set up a room for you to treat Barnes in. I imagine after you pass your exams you'll see other people in here too," said Maria. She opened the door and it was a living room like setting. The carpet was a soft cream color and the walls were painted light blue. The sofa and chairs looked plush and a desk was off in the corner.
"All the furniture is tripled bolted down just in case," said Maria.
"That might slow him down a bit," said Alison. Bucky hadn't had a violent outburst in several days, but it didn't mean he couldn't have one again.
"We tend to take our days off on Wednesdays and Sundays," said Dugan. "Some of us like to go into the city or we just hide in our rooms for the day. Everyone but Jennifer and Shawn left for today so I'll introduce to everyone tomorrow morning at breakfast. Steve told me you go see your family on Sunday," said Dugan.
"My grandfather," said Alison.
"How did he take it about you getting this job?" asked Dugan.
"Okay for the most part. I told him this was a private family gig out of the city so it wasn't too much of a lie," said Alison. Actually he had been annoyed at first about her taking a job three hours out of the city and since he had been having a good day he was able to lay the guilt on thick. She had to remind him today about her moving and he took it a little better. He wasn't jumping for joy, but at least he wasn't playing the 'I'm so old anything could happen' card on her.
"Well I think this was your last stop. Enjoy the rest of your day and we'll see you around," said Dugan. He went to go take a break and Maria took her to the top floor where her room was.
"So dinner is at six most nights, but on Sunday everyone just comes and goes so dinner is whatever you want to make in the kitchen. If you have any questions don't be afraid to ask. My office door is always open. Anytime I try to close it something else happens so I stopped closing it," said Maria with a small grin.
"I'm sure I'll think of something between now and tomorrow morning. Thanks for the tour," said Alison.
"Well welcome to the team," said Maria opening the door for Alison before heading back to her office and Alison went in the bedroom. Sam was already putting books away for her.
"So what did you think?" asked Sam and Alison shook her head.
"Everything here seems very top shelf," said Alison.
"It's a little overwhelming, but you'll do fine," said Sam. She took a box and started putting things away when there was a knock on the door.
"Come in," called Alison and Steve walked in and shook his head.
"Could you explain Ke$ha to Bucky? The dollar sign is throwing him off," said Steve and Sam gave her a look.
"Oh we need to talk about your musical ADD," said Sam and Alison rolled her eyes.
"Didn't your mama stick a bar of soap in your mouth when she heard you singing Straight outta Compton?" asked Alison going next door to Bucky's room and he looked confused while listening to Die Young.
"She has a dollar sign in her name," said Bucky. Alison sat down with him and paused the player.
"Well it's a stage thing. Her name is pronounced Kesha. Do you like her though?" asked Alison.
"It's not bad," said Bucky. "How was the tour?"
"It reminded me of college a little bit. The rooms are much nice though. The private showers are nice. Sometimes the dorm bathrooms could be dirty and there was never enough hot water," said Alison.
"That was always one of the best parts of heading back to London was the hot water," said Bucky.
"Well it seems like we're going to have all the hot water we could ever ask for," said Alison. Bucky nodded and Alison could sense something was on his mind.
"What's going on up there?" asked Alison.
"Not sure really. I know I'm safe here and this is home now and I still feel weird. Does that make sense?" asked Bucky.
"Well you haven't been home or safe in a very long time and this is all still very new to you. You've only been with us for about a week and it's been a very crazy week for both of us," said Alison and Bucky gave a dry laugh. "We both have to get use to being here."
"Just one more thing we get to do together huh," said Bucky.
"Could be worse," said Alison and Bucky gave another dry laugh. Steve watched them from the doorway and he shook his head. It was a complete 180 on Bucky's part and his treatment of Alison. He still seemed a bit uncertain around her, but at least they were talking and he wasn't threatening her or telling her to shut up. All he had to do was nearly kill her before realizing she was here to help him, thought Steve.
….…
Bucky kept listening to music while Alison unpacked. Sam and Steve went to go make them dinner and bring it back.
Boy you got my heartbeat runnin' away
Beating like a drum and it's coming your way
Can't you hear that boom, badoom, boom, badoom, boom, bass?
You got the super bass.
"Is she singing or talking?" asked Bucky.
"It's a little bit of both," said Alison hanging up her clothes, Sam and Steve came in with some pizza and Sam eyed the player.
"Please tell me you aren't teaching him how twerk?" asked Sam and Alison glared at him.
"I haven't had any tequila today. So no," said Alison.
"Twerk?" asked Bucky and Steve looked puzzled.
"I think I heard about once. Something about a girl named Miley," said Steve.
"It's considered a dirty dance. You sort of squat down and thrust your hips a lot," said Alison taking a piece of pizza.
"Or in Alison's case a really drunk dance," teased Sam.
"Tequila, Twerking. I spend the next day throwing up," joked Alison.
"Do people dance normal anymore?" asked Bucky pausing the player.
"I haven't been to the club recently," said Sam. Alison looked thoughtful.
"Well yes and no. I mean some places still have dance nights with swing and waltzing. Sam and I used to go salsa dancing before he enlisted. You don't grind or twerk during at weddings, however most of the dance club scene is a lot of grinding. When Renee,Sofia and I went we always took Sam to serve as a bodyguard in case someone wouldn't take no for an answer," explained Alison.
"Matt didn't go with you?" asked Bucky. Who lets their girl go dancing alone? thought Bucky. Sam laughed and Alison looked amused.
"Matt had many good qualities, but he did not dance. He was sort of clutch and sway in a circle type of dancer," said Alison.
"Well there was also his great slam dancing skills," said Sam.
"You jump around and slam into the next person to you," said Alison when she saw Bucky was confused. "So what did you think of modern music?" asked Alison.
"It's not all bad. I don't understand how you liked that 90's whining stuff,"said Bucky and Alison grinned.
"There was a lot of good drum work in all that whining," said Alison. "My grandfather taught me drums and we played a lot of jazz together, but once I started playing with different bands that whiny stuff was what they wanted to play at shows. And it was fun to learn a different style of drumming," said Alison. She grabbed the player and started scrolling through songs.
"These guys had good drum work and were easy to learn from when I started playing rock. This one of their less whining songs" said Alison. She hit play and Bucky had to agree it wasn't so whiny and he focused on the drum parts. It sounded simple compared to the jazz groups he had listened too.
It's just the thought of you
In love with someone else
It breaks my heart to see you
Hangin from the shelf
Oh girl, when I'm in love with you
Keep fishin if you feel it's true
There's nothin' much that we can do
To save you from yourself
"After I got the hang of the different style I got to do stuff like this," said Alison. She found the song she was looking for an hit play. The drum solo at the beginning was impressive and Bucky found himself wondering what it looked like live.
T-T-Teacher stop the screaming, teacher don't you see?
Don't wanna be no uptown fool.
Maybe I should go to hell, but I'm doin' well, teacher needs to see me after school.
I think of all the education that I missed
But then my homework was never quite like this.
Got it bad, got it bad, got it bad
I'm hot for teacher.
"Everyone wants to date the guitar players or the lead singer, but drummers make everything sound awesome," said Alison with a small hint of pride as the song finished and she turned the player off.
"Keep telling yourself that," said Sam and Alison gave him a playful shove.
"I like it," said Bucky. Maybe playing catch up won't be so bad after all, thought Bucky.
Song list-
Starship-We built this city
Lana Del Rey-Blue Velvet
Blind Melon- No Rain
Journey-Lights
Chubby Checker-The Twist
John Mulaney-The One Thing You Can't Replace
The Beastie Boys-No Sleep till Brooklyn
Bruce Springsteen- Dancing in the Dark
Jackson 5-Never can say goodbye
The Blues Brothers w/Ray Charles-Shake your Tail Feather
Ke$ha-Die Young
Nicki Minaj-Super Bass
Weezer-Keep Fishin'
Van Halen-Hot for Teacher