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

[nestra]

Peter Gabriel's "Mercy Street" is about Anne Sexton.

Kate and Anna McGarrigle's "NaCl" is about an atom of chlorine and an atom of sodium who fall in love and produce salt.