Metal Defector

(My dad is a big fan of the indie singer-songwriter ‘Passenger.’ When he likes something he tends to spend quite a lot of money on it so I’m not surprised when he orders his whole back catalogue online. He brings some of the CDs when he comes to visit me.)

Dad: “I bought you something; I didn’t like this one so I thought I’d give it to you.”

(He chucks a ‘Passenger’ CD on my coffee table. A week later I get around to playing it and quickly figure out the problem, so I phone him.)

Me: “I think I might have worked out why you didn’t enjoy that Passenger CD.”

Dad: “It was pretty strange.”

Me: “So, fun fact: Passenger is the name of both a singer-songwriter AND a Swedish metal band from the 90s…”

(It turned out he thought that it was just an album from the artist’s ‘experimental phase’ and had listened unhappily to a good few songs before admitting defeat!)