2 equals 3 is mnOTR's second album and the soundtrack to the upcoming film of the same name.

released September 16, 2024

mnOTR is Marie-Noëlle Reyntjens + Shane Watt

Music & lyrics by Marie-Noëlle Reyntjens
+ piano, lead and back-up vocals

Production and arrangements by Shane Watt
+ bass, guitar, drums, percussion, glockenspiel, keyboard, accordéon, back-up vocals

Mastering by Fran Ashcroft

Artwork by Elléonne 

2 est égal à 3

Impedimenta

This Old Bar

Could’ve been anywhere...
On a Friday night.
Could’ve been somewhere...
Under brighter lights.

But it was here.
This old bar.
Just a jukebox hum,
And laughter,
At nothing.
Talking ‘til the words wore out.

Lean in
This old bar...
Don’t look like much.
Couple of stools.
Counters
Dust.
But in the back corner,
Where time doesn’t start...
It’s holding a piece of my quiet heart.

Could’ve been anywhere...
On a back road.
On a porch swing.
Could’ve been in a tailgate scene.
But it was here.
The neon...
Low.
Stories we told,
That no one else will know.

Lean closer
This old bar...
Don’t look like much.
Couple of stools.
A counter.
Dust.
But in the back corner...
Time still waits.
And darling it's a part of me
In this old bar.

Exhale
Yeah.
This old bar.
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Fix It. Don't Nix It

We’ve all become bulls
Tuned loose in an arena of fools
The Potomac Basin is overrun
The center of the vast arena
And the bulls charge out
Ready to have their fun

How did we become such spawn
Acing like schoolyard children
Or raucous trailhands full of Who Hit John
The Basin is full of them
And the old oak tree is wrapped
With a bright red ribbon

Chorus
Everybody wants to talk
And nobody wants to listen
They don’t care one lick
The nature of your position
Don’t let the cancel culture nix it
It’s time for us all to fix it

The Dark Con of Man
Spreads throughout the land
Carving a vast chasm
We are in the throes of spasm
We cannot wave it off
As every person has them

Bridge
Love is the answer
Love is the key
Render unto Caesar
That which is Caesar’s
And unto God
The things that are God’s
But don’t for a minute

Try to say it’s the same
Because the Almighty
Has no hand in this game
We have all taken the toxic potion
Trying to wash hands in Neptune’s Ocean

Chorus
Everybody wants to talk
And nobody wants to listen
They don’t care one lick
The nature of your position
Don’t let the cancel culture nix it
It’s time for us all to fix it

This Then That

Lyrics, Harmonica & vocal : Snow Man Dave

Our Son A Rocker

Black Stars

Motivation Of Love

One of those windless mornings
Early when the darkness let go
Cane River lay quiet, not a ripple
And sunlight filtered
Through a pecan orchard
So happy to be alive

So much water passed
So much history revealed
Good and bad, to be sure
But history can’t be erased
Nor can it be concealed
And that is the luck

I live in my imagination
Exist in the reality
Of where will I go
And what will I do

Chorus
Don’t take it away
And don’t even try
It’s who we are
It’s the reason why
Stay where you are
And let it be
Things are just fine
It’s not worth your time

Yeah, there was a time

In the river’s history
When focus ... purpose
Without mystery
Was dark, unyielding
And frankly inhumane
But that was some time ago

We aren’t those people
And proud of our change
We’re evolving
And grow every day
We are who we say
Is that the case with you?
 
I live in my imagination
Exist in the reality
Of where will I go
And what will I do

Chorus
Don’t take it away
And don’t even try
It’s who we are
It’s the reason why
Stay where you are
And let it all be
Things are just fine
It’s not worth your time

Yeah, there was a time

Cane River

Signs of Madness in Art(2)

Original By Tom Robinson Band 1977

Drums, bass, vocal & mix : Little Man
PdB Orchestra : All other instruments

2-4-6-8 Motorway

Original by Dr. Feelgood 1975

Drums, bass, vocal & mix : little Man
Al other instruments : PdB Orchestra

She Does It Right ( Freestyle )

My interpretation of this song penned by Leonard Cohen, one of the greatest poets/songwriters of our time.

Dance Me To The End Of Love (cover)

This is a bit of a rough and ready track from when we were all just young lads working out where to plug, blow, hit or bend these potentially musical things we had acquired… I cannot even remember playing it(!) but the best drummer in my world (Rick Medlock) sent me some of these old Pzazz tracks and I thought you might be able to suffer just one more that made me smile….
Pzazz was then:

Steve Tayton - blowing things
Rick Medlock - hitting things
Mark Steeds  - caressing electronic things
Mark Yakes  - plucking thicker things
Phil McWalter - bending thinner things

Please note there is a subsequent album release by PZAZZ entitled 'On Air' available on iTunes.

Backstreets - PZAZZ

Hi. I'm Ed. First off, thanks for listening. 

You might notice a link below to a blog site John Eagle and I started to add a new dimension to the stories we tell. 

Once I played in a band that had two Elvises (Elvi) and adopted the pseudonym edro as a cover.  

Mostly it is me playing guitar, keyboards, mandolin, and whatever else makes sense for a song. Most of the songs are original with a few live. The originals are written and performed by edro. I have been fortunate lately to be involved with some collaborations with some real fine folks.

The intro was written when I first joined SoundCloud. While I collaborate with many fine folks, John Eagle and I have written hundreds of songs together. We are working pretty hard writing good songs these days.

This Then That

edro

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