[Mona Wagner]

Hi David,

We’re flattered, thanks for that sweet hello! Welcome to the Club community and we hope this space brings you joy. 🙂

It’s hard to know how to react to such big compliments but just know that it means the world to us. There is no better feeling than knowing what we do can brighten some else’s day. So thanks a lot!

Stay groovy and all the best to St. Louis!
Mona & Lisa

[Mona Wagner]

Hi Thomas!
We love seeing these greats playing together!
And we’re glad that our collaboration with John made him pop up on your radar again. He’s such a unique musician, songwriter and storyteller and working with him was one of the funnest things we ever got to go.It’s such a shame about the October gig, hopefully it will get rescheduled and you’ll get a chance to catch him live soon!
We talked to John just a few days ago and are relieved that he is doing well and is in good spirits!

Stay groovy!

[Mona Wagner]

Hi Paul and warm welcome greetings to Canada! Lisa and I are very happy to have you here and say a big thank you for deciding to join the Club and support our music in the process.

If you’re anything like the other Canadians here you’re most definitely staying groovy 🙂
Thanks and Peace & Love!
Mona & Lisa

[Mona Wagner]

Hi Lynn,

I just listened to the song for the first time. Beautiful piece! The bass parts really stood out.

We have a bit of a soft spot for british prog-rock (thanks Dad ;-)) but I don’t really see ourselves covering an epic 8 minutes track at the moment. But who knows, maybe we’ll get the itch to go that route one day!

Thanks for the question! 🙂

[Mona Wagner]

Oh Josh, this is making us cry! What a beautiful moment. We wish Lola and her family all the best. We are so sorry to hear what she has to go through 🙁
Thank you for recognising the positive effect music can have and for sharing it with people ♥

Much love to Cleveland!

[Mona Wagner]

Hi Howard!

It makes perfect sense why you ask that question because we actually tried something really unusual for this recording. We haven’t used this method since but it actually worked really well and saved a lot of time.

We had played “A World Without Love” during our set at the Saloon in Vienna many years ago, back in 2012 (the same night that the “Drive My Car” video is from) and recorded the whole set.

When we decided to do a full studio production of the song many years later we went back to the recording of that show and found that the multitrack live recording was a good basis to start with so instead of re-recording the drum and bass parts in our British studio we just used the live tracks and built the rest of the song around that. That’s why our Austrian live musicians are credited despite us finishing the song in England.

So the song is actually somewhat of a hybrid but it actually worked really well and saved us a lot of time in the studio!

We hope that solves the mystery! 🙂

Mona

[Mona Wagner]

A big hello back to Northern California! We must have come pretty close to Davis during our first visit to California when we took a trip to Yosemite National park and the surrounding area. It’s such a beautiful spot on this planet and we hope to be back one day!

Welcome to the MLT Club and the community here, we appreciate you joining 🙂 There’s a new video going online tomorrow and you’ll also receive your first ever weekly newsletter called “The MLT Club Wire” in your inbox! So you’ll hear from us soon!

Stay groovy, we send lots of peace & love,
Mona & Lisa

[Mona Wagner]

We did! It was part of our setlist for the last ever Cavern Club show so the video for it will end up in the MLT Club sooner or later. As far as I can remember we never sang it in German, but we used to do that for “She Loves You / Sie Liebt Dich” …. We’d swap one verse with the German version.

Half of the audience (the die-hard Beatles fans) would always start smiling, and the other half would look at us in total confusion – it was quite fun to watch 😉

Always lovely to hear from you and we all send groovy greetings!
Mona

[Mona Wagner]

Hi David,

All of the above! I have a word document on my computer, a “notes” file and several voice memos on my phone, an actual notepad in my desk drawer and a few phrases floating in my head. I use whatever is closest to me at the time of the idea 🙂

The “I’ll remember the line in my head” approach is definitely the riskiest one and usually gets overwritten by something like “I need to pick up milk from the store”.

I’m pretty sure Lisa and Dad work the same. Neither of us are organised enough to have everything stored in one place, haha!

I hope you’re well and thanks for the question!
Mona

[Mona Wagner]

THANKS GARY!
What a cool coincidence that we uploaded the video version for Both Sides Now” the day after you posted this 🙂 David kindly already shared the link here so I won’t post it again, but I hope you enjoy the accompanying video for the track.

Thanks for joining the Club and for supporting us on this journey. We truly appreciate that ♥
We send lots of peace & love to Albion, New York!

[Mona Wagner]

Hi Matt!

We loved reading that introduction, thanks for saying hi and giving us a glimpse into your past. Unfortunately we’ve never been to Sydney, but as Howard already mentioned, we lived 6 months in Adelaide back in 2009 during which we took some shorter trips to the Outback and Cairns (to see the Great Barrier Reef). Needless to say your country holds a soft spot in our hearts 😉

It sounds like you got around quite a bit in your youth which is fantastic! We’re extremely grateful and lucky to have had that fortune to some extent, too. It can really change your perspective on reality, even more so if you get to see those parts and cultures of the world that are very different from our western standards.

We hope you’re having a groovy day, say a big “Thank You” for you being here and send all the best down-under!
Mona & Lisa

[Mona Wagner]

Hi Howard!

Thanks so much for noticing and pointing it out, we just corrected it on the lyrics pages 🙂

We hope you’re well and groovy!
Mona & Lisa

[Mona Wagner]

Hi Jung!

What a sweet, touching story – thanks for sharing it with us! I wonder if he is still out there, playing and fighting the good fight.

Busking is such a unique experience and we made many precious memories because of it. We have also heard some incredible music by other buskers, they are very often a vibrant, quirky mix of people.

In our opinion, busking is perfect for getting over any sort of “stage fright” or anxiety connected to performing, especially when you are just starting out. Because no one is ever forced to pay attention to what you do, naturally only the people that enjoy the music will stop to listen, the rest will simply go on about their day.

It taught us how to be comfortable while playing early on.

We’ve busked in Austria, the USA, Ireland, Australia, Croatia and honestly can’t think of many negative experiences. Yes, there was the odd drunk over-excited guy here and there but those were far and few between.

As a whole, people have always been kind and we have learned a ton doing it. Not to mention the extra pocket money we were able to make in our teens  😉 In Adelaide I once bought a prom dress entirely with 1 and 2 dollar coins made from busking earlier on that day. It felt great, although I can only imagine what the cashier must have thought while counting stacks of coins, haha!

The last time we probably did it was in Liverpool, a short time after we had moved here. We played with a bassist called Jason for a short while who owned and played a double bass quite well, so we took advantage of that as you can use it in an acoustic setting 🙂

You asked us what we played while busking – pretty much exclusively covers, which was the “downside”. Anything that was well-known, attention grabbing and not too intricate because very often nuance and finesse fell to the wayside when we were playing in a busy mall entrance or noisy street corner. Lots of upbeat Beates covers and songs that would put a smile on people’s faces as they walked by.

Phew, that was a lot but I hope it answered all questions! It’s fun to reminisce about these times, so thanks for that 😉

All the best from us all to Canada!

[Mona Wagner]

Hi Jung!

Thanks for the feedback. We added the video to the Early Access page and the audio to the “Additional Recordings” Jukebox. 🙂

We hope you’re well and we all send lots of peace & love!

[Mona Wagner]

That made me chuckle, thanks for the read! 🙂