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

[athenejen]

My Iron Maiden-loving SO suggests "Alexander the Great."

Another one that occurred to me, maybe "The Queen & the Soldier" by Suzanne Vega.