Along with the horror-comedy movie "The Substance" which is up for a Best Movie Oscar, the other movie that has stuck in my head all these months since the Toronto International Film Festival back in September has been "Nightbitch" starring Amy Adams as a mother who feels that she may indeed be turning into a dog. It might be a Disney movie (distributed by Searchlight Pictures) but I have a feeling that it's not quite in the same tone as those Kurt Russell pics such as "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes".
In any case, I was reminded of that movie once I came upon this song by singer-songwriter Akiko Yano（矢野顕子）, "I am a Dog" for somewhat obvious reasons. A track from Yano's June 1993 album "Love Is Here", it's another appealingly loopy entry by the longtime New York City resident. I couldn't find the lyrics but I take it that it's all about the life of a dog. I am convinced though that this is truly a Yano song from the usual happy toe-dancing style in which she delivers her words so delectably and with her husband Ryuichi Sakamoto（坂本龍一）handling the string arrangement, there is something in the overall arrangement that pretty much screams "The Professor At Work Here!". I especially love the way that the song ends.
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