Third Uncle

"Third Uncle" is a 1974 song by the English musician Brian Eno, released on his second solo album Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy).

The song is based around a bass guitar riff by Brian Turrington, which borrows from Pink Floyd's "One of These Days" in its use of delay.

Behind this are two rhythm guitar parts, one by Eno and one by his former Roxy Music bandmate Phil Manzanera, each playing frenetic, staccato chords.

[4] Along with the title track of his 1974 debut album Here Come the Warm Jets, "Third Uncle" remains one of Eno's best-known and most influential songs.

[6] Describing the basis for the cover version in 2017, Pitchfork wrote that "Eno..contributed...to goth’s sonic DNA, especially in his love for synthesizers and abstract instrumentation.