One of the most distinctive and riveting features of the Melbourne tourism commercials, the ones where the young lady is pushing a giant ball of string to find her way home because of the many distractions that Melbourne offers, is the background music. The song played is called Sprout and the Bean and it is the work of Joanna Newsom. On it, singing "Shall we go outside?", she sounds like a very young girl. Some saythat she sounds like Lisa Simpson.
You can see and hear her perform it at:
The funny thing is, I can’t decide whether I like it or not, or whether I like her or not. At the moment I am tending toward "not".
