This might sound downright shocking coming from a foodie like me, but I was never a huge fan of macaroni and cheese. At least, not at main course levels. I just find mac n' cheese way too rich in those quantities. If it's very much a really minor side dish, then I can take it.
Still, I'd like to offer this for your listening perusal. This is "How To Cook Macaroni & Cheese" by singer and sound creator Takeshi Nakatsuka（中塚武）. I wrote about him and his QYPTHONE project earlier this month via "On the Palette", but I also realized that I hadn't written anything about him on his own since my 2019 article on his visually mesmerizing "Japanese Boy".
"How To Cook Macaroni & Cheese" is Nakatsuka's contribution to the 2004 compilation album "BGM Vol. 1 for Modernica", and what it lacks in an equally mesmerizing music video, it gains in having Mr. Macaroni and Ms. Cheese performing light, soothing and amiable banter regarding the titular dish. It almost sounds like one of those old-fashioned cooking segments I used to watch on morning or late afternoon television as a kid. Instrumentally, it's only a piano and an acoustic guitar but accompanying the happy talk, it's as filling as a bowl of mac n' cheese...not that I would ever have one willingly. A couple of spoonfuls, and I'm happy.
I have said if before and I will say it again I love that Japanese can create songs about anything! And, today's song is clear proof of that!
ReplyDeleteThe Japanese love their food and music. We have mac n' cheese here but I've also come across chicken rice, cream stew and ramen among other rib-sticking dishes.
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