"If You Were Here Tonight" ~ Alexander O'Neal

Monte Moir, former keyboardist for The Time, discusses the process of writing one of Alexander O'Neal's most memorable hit songs.
Discuss at our Facebook page
Press release: https://podnews.net/press-release/song-surgery

Chapters

• 1:50 Growing up and songwriting
• 4:00 Meeting Alexander O'Neal, Flyte Tyme and The Time
• 6:14 Tabu Records and the producer's job
• 9:34 Releasing "Innocent" and "If You Were Here Tonight"
• 12:24 Composing "If You Were Here Tonight"
• 15:25 The instruments: Oberheim, nylon guitar and - tablas?
• 20:25 Singing the chord changes
• 22:17 Background singers and Alex's vocals
• 25:40 The final product reaction
• 28:23 Reception by the public
• 30:09 Sampled by Rihanna
• 31:05 A song that moves Monte
• 32:57 Music streaming and the music charts
• 33:41 Remembering Prince
• 35:31 Best line in the song