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

[carbonel]

Argh. Where have I heard that opening riff before? It's going to nag at me. I can almost, but not quite, make the jump to the rest of the song my brain wants it to be.

[carbonel]

In case anyone cares, there may be another source that both songs are quoting, but I managed to get my brain to cough up the fact the opening riff of the Magdalena song is almost identical to the beginning of Al Stewart's "The Palace of Versailles."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZDEpjj7l4g