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

[evewithanapple.livejournal.com]

"Istanbul Not Constantinople (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsQrKZcYtqg)" is probably the most famous TMBG song (about the history of Middle Eastern geography!) but my personal favourite is "Kiss Me, Son Of God (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLcp8Dm-ejU)." I'm not actually entirely sure what that one's about, but I think the main message is "capitalists are evil."

[tool-of-satan.livejournal.com]

"Istanbul" actually predates TMBG by quite a bit - The Four Lads recorded it in 1953.