What did she say? Symphony and metallica?

you realize that is a Metallica album, right?

Hee. No.

The progression reminds me of that B&S lyric, "She was into S&M and Bible studies--not everybody's cup of tea, she would admit to me."

Yes, and so named so that people would call/refer to it as "S&M". But this woman was not in on the joke!

I can't decide if I find her confusion charming, or just her accent.

To be fair, Ben, I thought this was Ogged posting, and so my question was an honest one.

Ogged would have capitalized the initial letter of each word in the post title.

to 7: as is Right And Proper

"in medias res", surely? We're only joining them in the middle of one thing.

"medias res" is plural anyway, ajay; the difference is between accusative and dative (we're not going into the middle of things, we're joining them at the middle of things—though now I'm uncertain, because joining them is kind of like going into the middle of things, innit? Nevertheless! I stand by it).