Last Night, I Found An Enigma

I lived through my massive work event, which I ultimately moved indoors - due to heat - with the help of approximately 40 or so staff members over the course of about 8 very active working hours. Then the big event went off without a hitch and fun was had by all! I never want to do that again, ha!

One of my event elements included a steel drum player. He played traditional Caribbean music and then every once in a while would drop in a pop song. I loved when he played Bruno Mars - we danced! During my long cleanup, he stayed a little while to entertain the staff... and started taking requests. Me, being punchy at this point, said "Let's hear some metal!" to which everyone I work with groaned. So I said, "Ok, play some 80s hair metal!" and everyone cheered, seriously. So the amazing steel drum player looked at me said "I don't know what this is" and I said, okay, "Play Def Leppard."

Him: "Who is that band?"

Me: "Def. Leppard."

Him: Spell it.

Me. I did so.

Googling ensues.

Him: "Did you know they have a song called - "

Co-Worker: "Pour Some Sugar On Me."

Him: "How did you know that?"

Me: "Can you play it?"

Him: "Give me a second."

Literally one minute later, this man who had never heard of Def Leppard - let alone the band's most famous song - was looking at a drum tab and started playing. It was basically incredible. I've never heard a steel drum version of "Sugar" before, but I swear it was epic. When he packed up to leave, I thanked him for his hard work. He promised me to look up more songs by Def Leppard and to came back and really kill it for me. I'm kinda pumped. Plus, I've never met someone that's never heard of Def Leppard before, so that was sort of life altering in a way. It reminds us about our world view, perspectives and being open-minded to others. This amazing drummer knows way more bands than I do, I'm sure. We can always learn from others if we just let ourselves be open to new experiences, cultures and people.