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BootinUp

(50,671 posts)
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 08:52 PM 4 hrs ago

Third Uncle - Brian Eno




There are tins, there was pork
There are legs, there are sharks
There was John, there are cliffs
There was mother, there's a poker
There was you
Then there was you
There are scenes, there are blues
There are boots, there are shoes
There are Turks, there are fools
They're in lockers, they're in schools
There is you
Then there was you
I'll burn my fingers, burn my toes
Burn my uncle, burn his books
Burn his shoes, cook the leather
Put it on me, does it fit me or you?
It looks tight on you
Burn my fingers, burn my toes
Burn my uncle, burn his books
Burn his shoes, cook the leather
Put it on me, does it fit me or you?
It looks tight on you
There are tins, there was pork
There are legs, there are sharks
There was John, there are cliffs
There was mother, there's a poker
There was you
Then there was you
There are scenes, there are blues
There are boots, there are shoes
There are Turks, there are fools
They're in lockers, they're in schools
There was you
Then there was you
I'll burn my fingers, burn my toes
Burn my uncle, burn his books
Burn his shoes, cook the leather
Put it on me, does it fit me or you?
It looks tight on you
There are tins, there was pork
There are legs, there are sharks
There was John, there are cliffs
There was mother, there's a poker
There was you
Then there was you
There are scenes, there are blues
There are boots, there are shoes
There are Turks, there are fools
They're in lockers, they're in schools
There was you
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Third Uncle - Brian Eno (Original Post) BootinUp 4 hrs ago OP
Off His 2nd Album IIRC ProfessorGAC 4 hrs ago #1
Ah yes, Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy) is an amazing album! Bongo Prophet 3 hrs ago #2

ProfessorGAC

(75,386 posts)
1. Off His 2nd Album IIRC
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 09:03 PM
4 hrs ago

Sounds like Phil Manzanera on guitar. Phil's playing had that "Frippish" character in those days.

Bongo Prophet

(2,738 posts)
2. Ah yes, Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy) is an amazing album!
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 10:13 PM
3 hrs ago

Thank you for including the lyrics Bootin Up - going the extra mile!

We didn't have them available back in the day, although on that path lies many a theory as to the "plot" if indeed there is one.
or more a set of vignettes inspired by old communist propaganda as filtered through an English art school brain.

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