The Skillful Lyricism of Aesop Rock - Reaction to "Ruby '81" by Aesop Rock 

this song gets better every time you listen to it. Now that you know what it's about, you can close your eyes and picture it happening as the song is playing. That's the dude's wizardry. "Off into the yawning blue, The splash would mum the rocketships" is one of my favorite bars of his.

This is so fun going through these with you man. Check out Long Legged Larry. It’s about a frog, should be a good time

"Aesop Rock x Blockhead - Jazz Hands" to get you some good Blockhead exposure at the same time. THE lyric that pulled me into my love of Aes was from this song: "Some days, I wanna build a rocket to the Kármán line Ten, nine, eight, keep your head and arms inside, yeah"

I struggle to imagine all the different videos that are playing in peoples minds listening to this song

Ha. I love that people are still just discovering Aes. Welcome to the rabbit hole, my friend. Give The Uncluded a listen. It’s Aesop and Kimya Dawson’s little folk/hip hop hybrid album and it’s wildly inventive.

Thanks for the reactions I enjoy them. Also, not sure why I wrote a small book, but I did. It appears you like cats, you should check out the song and video “Kirby” by Aesop. It’s a fun song that’s easy to digest about his cat and in a way their life together. From the album The Impossible Kid, described as “elaborate wordplay to offer us a simple yet powerful glimpse at his scarred psyche." BTW he’s grew up on Long Island, university in Boston, followed by NYC. Anyway, he produced The Impossible Kid, wrote the songs, made the beats alone and isolated in a barn in the woods. He escaped from his adopted home of San Francisco fleeing to the barn after a turbulent period of rocky relationships with family and others. The project is about his mental health, isolation, depression, inability to maintain relationships, the death of a friend, his cat, and efforts to get to where he can feel” normal.” Sounds like a lot but it is easily his most approachable and personal album. He also released the full album on RU-vid set to a full shot-by-shot recreation of Stanley Kubrick ‘s film The Shining. The movie uses clay figurine and was done by Rob Shaw. Check out KIRBY

This is based on a true story. There is a short video where Aes talks about the news story. One of my favorites!

Warbling. That’s how I describe the sound.

That sound you made of people talking in the background is a "sussurus". Good to know if you check out the song "Shrunk".

Loving the reactions, and enjoying the zoological theme. There are a few interesting animals in the hooks of Gopher Guts. No gophers, though (gotta wait til Blood Sandwich before you really get a gopher from Aesop)...but Gopher Guts is one of my all time favorite Aes Rock tracks. The final verse is particularly raw.

Since you both definitely have an affinity for his relationship with his cat, Kirby, and have also stuck with the animal based themes, I think the next logical song to venture into would be “Kirby”. It’s literally just about his cat and why/how he came to have her. But given your writing knowledge/background, I personally would love to hear your thoughts on “Shrunk” and/or “Daylight”, just for funzies.