Two musical questions

[rachelmanija]

1. What are the instruments playing in this song before the vocals come in? An organ? And... a piano? Chimes? Glockenspiel?

2. Please name a few songs with unusual subjects. Ideally, not pure novelty songs like "Mommy Got Run Over By A Reindeer."

Comments

[fiddlingfrog.livejournal.com]

The Sweet, "Ballroom Blitz" - about a barfight.

Gordon Lightfoot, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

On the border of novelty there's Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew, pirate-themed rappers, and their signature tune "Rime of the Hip Hop Mariner" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbDfR4UgIWY).