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

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

It's almost easier to mention artists whose *entire* output (or the majority of it) deals with unusual topics: Robyn Hitchcock, Kate Bush, and Captain Beefheart are always good for a brainboggle, lyrically. (Come to that, the Who's Tommy album, about a catatonic child who becomes a messiah largely by playing pinball, is well up there.)