Oh, What a Feeling!
Lorenz Hart (right) with Richard Rodgers in 1936.
The title of this blog has two sources I know: An old Toyota campaign (and I’m sure they currently wish that’s what people would think of when thinking of them), and the song “Dancing on the Ceiling” (its a lyric). (I love that song for the strong image of someone so happy they’re actually upside down, defying gravity, dancing on a ceiling… and it’s a memorable song from my childhood in the 80’s.)
When I sat down to work on lyrics for a bridge in the finale, they just felt right… simple and easy, they said what I wanted to say in a few different ways… and it’s through meaning that you build depth.
So much of writing, or just about anything in life really, is tuning into ‘that feeling’ and trusting it’s right.
–Sue
P.S.– An interesting twist for this post… Apparently, the legendary songwriting team of Rodgers and Hart has a song called “Dancing on the Ceiling” in the 30’s as part of the musical film “Evergreen”. A good omen, I hope!
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