The Nacho Quartet
There are barbershop quartets for everything.
Birthdays. Holidays. Apologies that require four men in striped vests to arrive and make it official. Entire industries have accepted that if something matters, it can be improved by harmony.
So why is no one singing about nachos.
This feels like a gap.
Not as a joke, either. A real quartet. Bookable. Professional. Shows up on time and treats the situation with the respect it deserves.
Because the material is already there.
You’ve got structure. You’ve got tension. You’ve got loss. There is an entire arc in a single serving of nachos, and no one is documenting it in four-part harmony.
They could.
They should.
Imagine opening your door and they’re already mid-song.
Something familiar, but just off. Close enough to recognize, different enough to matter.
“Every Bite You Take.”
No irony. No wink. Just four voices fully committed while one of them steps forward and hands you a plate like this is the intended experience.
And it continues.
“Ain’t No Stack High Enough.”
“Chip Over Troubled Toppings.”
“Unlayered Melody.”
“The Sound of Crunching.”
Not a medley. Not a joke. Just a sequence of songs delivered with complete sincerity, like this catalog has always existed.
You stand there, holding the plate, trying to decide if this is excessive or exactly right.
It’s probably both.
And just like that, it’s over.
No applause. No acknowledgment. Just four men in coordinated outfits acting like this happens all the time, like nothing about it needs explaining.
Honestly, I would book this immediately.
Leave a comment
Please note, comments must be approved before they are published