Mel’s Diner Jukebox

John’s Picks → SPOTIFY || APPLE Mel’s Picks → SPOTIFY || APPLE Welcome to Mel’s Diner Jukebox – a place where stories and songs build community and connections. My name is Matthew Merson, and each guest at Mel’s Diner heads over to the jukebox, selects really important, sentimental, and valuable songs to them, and then shares the story of how each song gained that personal and powerful meaning in their life. So let’s order some food, a cup of coffee, and grab a seat at the counter as we listen to some amazing stories and songs. I am so glad you are here. Below is a track list of the songs selected by today’s guest. I hope these songs take on new meaning for you as you listen to them in light of our guests amazing stories. Want to be on the show? Know someone who should be on the show? Email me: [email protected] SONG | ARTIST | ALBUM * Waiting On An Angel | Ben Harper | Welcome To The Cruel World * Friend of the Devil | Grateful Dead | American Beauty * La mamma morta | Maria Callas | L’essentiel * Teddy Boy - Apple Studio | The Beatles | Anthology 3 * Aqueous Transmission | Incubus | Morning View * Sweet Disposition | The Temper Trap | Conditions * From The Morning | Nick Drake | Pink Moon * Do You Realize?? | The Flaming Lips | Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots * I Was Just Thinking | Teitur | Poetry & Airplanes * Suite bergamasque, L.75: III Clair de lune | Claude Debussy, Finghin Collins | The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music Thanks for visiting Mel’s Diner. Subscribe for free to receive new episodes from your favorite jukebox in the corner of your favorite diner. Know someone who would love the vibes at Mel’s Diner? Share the love. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melsdinerjukebox.substack.com

Tim’s Jukebox Picks → SPOTIFY | APPLE Mel’s Picks → SPOTIFY | APPLE Welcome to Mel’s Diner Jukebox – a place where stories and songs build community and connections. My name is Matthew Merson, and each guest at Mel’s Diner heads over to the jukebox, selects really important, sentimental, and valuable songs to them, and then shares the story of how each song gained that personal and powerful meaning in their life. So let’s order some food, a cup of coffee, and grab a seat at the counter as we listen to some amazing stories and songs. I am so glad you are here. Below is a track list of the songs selected by today’s guest. I hope these songs take on new meaning for you as you listen to them in light of our guests amazing stories. Want to be on the show? Know someone who should be on the show? Email me: [email protected] Song | Artist | Album * Impossible Germany | Wilco | Sky Blue Sky * Magpie To The Morning | Neko Case | Middle Cyclone * Rainbow Country | Bob Marley & The Wailers | Reggae Hits Explosion * Present Tense | Pearl Jam | No Code * Golden | My Morning Jacket | It Still Moves * Change | Blind Melon | Blind Melon * Lie in Our Graves | Dave Matthews Band | Crash * Drive | R.E.M. | Automatic For The People * You Played Yourself | ICE-T | The Iceberg/Freedom Of Speech…Just Watch What You Say * Jimmy James | Beastie Boys | Check Your Head [Deluxe Edition] Thanks for visiting Mel’s Diner. Subscribe for free to receive new episodes from your favorite jukebox in the corner of your favorite diner. Know someone who would love the vibes at Mel’s Diner? Share the love. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melsdinerjukebox.substack.com

Laura’s Jukebox Picks → SPOTIFY | APPLE Mel’s Picks → SPOTIFY | APPLE Welcome to Mel’s Diner Jukebox – a place where stories and songs build community and connections. My name is Matthew Merson, and each guest at Mel’s Diner heads over to the jukebox, selects really important, sentimental, and valuable songs to them, and then shares the story of how each song gained that personal and powerful meaning in their life. So let’s order some food, a cup of coffee, and grab a seat at the counter as we listen to some amazing stories and songs. I am so glad you are here. Below is a track list of the songs selected by today’s guest. I hope these songs take on new meaning for you as you listen to them in light of our guests amazing stories. Want to be on the show? Know someone who should be on the show? Email me: [email protected] Song | Artist | Album * Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu) | Dean Martin | This Is Dean Martin * One Way Ticket (Because I Can) | LeAnn Rimes | Blue * Eye of the Tiger | Survivor | Eye Of The Tiger * You’ve Got a Friend in Me | Randy Newman | Toy Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) * River Lea | Adele | 25 * Be Still My Soul | Bifrost Arts, Sarah Fullen, Kelley McRae, Evan Gregory | Come, O Spirit! Anthology of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Vol.1 * Praise You In This Storm | Casting Crowns | Lifesong * I’m Still Standing | Elton John | Too Low For Zero * Sailboat | Cody Fry, Ben Rector | Symphony Sessions * Rainbow Connection - From “The Muppet Movie”/Soundtrack Version | Kermit | The Muppet Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Thanks for visiting Mel’s Diner. Subscribe for free to receive new episodes from your favorite jukebox in the corner of your favorite diner. Know someone who would love the vibes at Mel’s Diner? Share the love. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melsdinerjukebox.substack.com

BECCA’S PICKS → SPOTIFY | APPLE MEL’S PICKS → SPOTIFY | APPLE MR. ROGERS VIDEO → YOUTUBE (a must see) Welcome to Mel’s Diner Jukebox – a place where stories and songs build community and connections. My name is Matthew Merson, and each guest at Mel’s Diner heads over to the jukebox, selects really important, sentimental, and valuable songs to them, and then shares the story of how each song gained that personal and powerful meaning in their life. So let’s order some food, a cup of coffee, and grab a seat at the counter as we listen to some amazing stories and songs. I am so glad you are here. Below is a track list of the songs selected by today’s guest. I hope these songs take on new meaning for you as you listen to them in light of our guests amazing stories. Want to be on the show? Know someone who should be on the show? Email me: [email protected] SONG | ARTIST | ALBUM * Five On The Floor | Flim & The BB’s | Further Adventures of * Dawn | Dario Marianelli, Jean-Yves Thibaudet | Pride and Prejudice OST * Green And Gray | Nickel Creek | This Side * Babys - AIR Studios - 4AD/Jagjaguwar Session | Bon Iver | Babys (AIR Studios - 4AD/Jagjaguwar Session) * Psalm 126 (feat. Molly Parden) | Bifrost Arts | He Will Not Cry Out: Anthology of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Vol. 2 * High of 75 | Relient K | Mmhmm * Fearless | Taylor Swift | Fearless * When the One Flowered Suitcase | The Innocence Mission | Hello I Feel the Same * It’s You I Like | Mister Rogers | You Are Special * light dark light | Fred again…, Angie McMahon | light dark light Thanks for visiting Mel’s Diner. Subscribe for free to receive new episodes from your favorite jukebox in the corner of your favorite diner. Know someone who would love the vibes at Mel’s Diner? Share the love. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melsdinerjukebox.substack.com

OWEN’S PICKS SPOTIFY | APPLE MEL’S PICKS SPOTIFY | APPLE Welcome to Mel’s Diner Jukebox – a place where stories and songs build community and connections. My name is Matthew Merson, and each guest at Mel’s Diner heads over to the jukebox, selects really important, sentimental, and valuable songs to them, and then shares the story of how each song gained that personal and powerful meaning in their life. So let’s order some food, a cup of coffee, and grab a seat at the counter as we listen to some amazing stories and songs. I am so glad you are here. Below is a track list of the songs selected by today’s guest. I hope these songs take on new meaning for you as you listen to them in light of our guests amazing stories. Want to be on the show? Know someone who should be on the show? Email me: [email protected] OWEN’S PICKS: SONG | ARTIST | ALBUM * When I’m Sixty Four | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band * Trying to Get to You | Elvis Presley | Elvis Presley * The City of New Orleans | Arlo Guthrie | Hobo’s Lullaby (Remastered 2004) * White Dove | The Stanley Brothers | 16 Greatest Gospel Hits * Poncho & Lefty | Townes Van Zandt | The Late Great Townes Van Zandt * Please Don’t Bury Me | John Prine | Sweet Revenge * The Last Waltz Suite: The Weight (feat. The Staples) | The Band, The Staple Singers | The Last Waltz (Deluxe Version) * April the 14th Part 1 | Gillian Welch | Time (The Revelator) * The River - Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 09/22/79 | Bruce Springsteen | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts * Blue Chicago Moon | Songs:Ohia, Jason Molina | Didn’t It Rain (Deluxe Edition) Thanks for visiting Mel’s Diner. Subscribe for free to receive new episodes from your favorite jukebox in the corner of your favorite diner. Know someone who would love the vibes at Mel’s Diner? Share the love. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melsdinerjukebox.substack.com