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  • Fond memories, good music and phenomenal writing. Dennis DeYoung. God bless you, sir. True artist in every since of the word. Some didn't have the attention span to understand what he was doing in his hey day.

  • Love this song and video, love the ending. (Guiter)

  • song makes me rememmber the 80.s

  • It remembers passed times when I was young, friends, games we used to played, I can see that in all around the world this song trasmites the same feeling , Its amazing, I am Roberto from Argentina

  • this is THE ONE song that no matter how many times I hear it/ see the video, it turns me to teary eyed mush...the 80s were great for music, I loved that era and this was one of the best songs and brings back loads of memories... Kirk..Montreal, Canada

  • This decade just bleeds the last of the classics!!!..I'm so happy I have the memories of this and being young and having those moments of growing up and the ever lasting bliss of being so lucky to hear them again on here!!!....Thanks for posting!

  • MAYBE MTVs FINEST MOMENT WHEN THIS AIRED !!!!

  • nice.

  • Happy 65th Birthday Dennis!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Wow. Never seen this before. Happy birthday (tomorrow) Dennis DeYoung! You always seem to have a fascination with the passage of time. I hope there are many, many more years to come.

  • I refound this song, thanks utube! Man what memories this song brings back, to think I was young then now I'm old where the f does time go. Well this song leaves you feeling great!

    Wldcat57

  • What a song, bring back the slow sets of the eighties....!

  • I miss this kind of life. When your away from the house and had so much fun in every corners on your street.

  • Cars were huge, like sofas on wheels......rear wheel drive so there was no "hump" in between the driver and passenger

  • LA CHANSON EST MAGNIFIQUE ET LE CLIP COUR MéTRAGE EST  TRèS BIEN DIRIGER UN GRAND BRAVO AU COMPOSITEUR PAROLIER SI MES SOUVENIRS SONT BONS DENNIS DE YOUNG ET AU DIRECTED DU CLIP OFFICIEL 1984 SAM LE MUSICAL & SENTIMENTAL

  • One of my all time favorites,,, awesome music, vocals,, and it's got a Mustang,,lol,,, Thanks a Bunch!

  • does anyone know- was there 2 videos of this song? I could have sworn that when this first showed on mtv, the whole video was of Dennis walking through a train as he sang. Can not find it now.

  • NASA HAS THE TIME MACHINE ALMOST READY, IV MY BAGS PACKED FOR YEARS, READY TO TO GO BACK TO FIND MY HEART IN THE GOOD WEATHER, GOOD TIMES GOOD MUSIC OF THE EIGHTIES !!!

  • so many memories. and GOD id love to have that car!!!

  • one or my all time favorites...i miss my youth so much. (getting depressed now)

  • this is the most beautiful video the simplicity never out of style 80s is my glory years to all my childhood friend in hemingway street roxas city philppines dodoy leonor until now i love to see them all c u soon guys

  • i love tit

  • @mhars28 who doesn't

  • This is easily my most played vid on You tube. Great song. it brings back a lot of memories for me.

  • Didn't the video orginal end with a "to be continued"?

  • Nice song from one of the greatest singers of the old days..Mr Dennis deYoung

  • I know it's been a long, LONG time - but didn't this video say "to be continued" at the end? Like the next one had him in Chicago chasing down the girl?

    

  • 14 here :) i love it :) heard it when i was 5 :) i thought this guy saiz Belzebuub when i was 5 silly me :)))

  • can't enjoy the vid with Rihanna starring at me O.o

  • "You Can't Go Home Again"

  • :awesome:

  • great song... there is only ONE Dennis De Young!

  • music like this will never be every again the crap music of today will never be a classic because hit after hit the great 80's had awsome tunes god bless the 80's

  • Great song & Video ALTHOUGH towards the end its a drunk driving commercial. Dennis Deyoung was loading up on beers before "let's take a drive". You can see them drinking beer in the car!

  • @MWPintheD Dude, its an 80s video!!! Suspend belief a lil here!!!

  • @MWPintheD Wrong, after seeing all the past friends including her ex wife/gf, he felt the pain. That pain was evident at the end of the 1984 music video.

  • I detest commercials before I listen to one of my favorites!! It ruins it for me!!

  • Is it true his middle name is Dingaling?

  • @HornyJoeBaloney No, its not true.

  • on desert moon.. ^^

  • This video was filmed in my home town of Santa Paula, CA. I remember when I was a little girl, I saw them filming around town. My sisters and I were excited when the MTV VJ mentioned our hometown after the video premiered. Nothing has changed. Main st and Santa Paula Street are still the same.

  • i like the song and feels like i wanna sing along also...=)

  • Surprisingly, Dennis is a very good actor.I wonder if he got along with those guys outside of the acting,because I know a couple of them were like B list actors in the 80's.The reason I am saying that is because they seemed to really hit it off in the video,either that was great acting on their part,or the had actual friendships formed during the video shoot.

  • Despite this song being a Top 10 hit you never hear this song on the oldies and the 80s stations which sucks cause this is a great song, definitely a major improvement over "Mr. Roboto"

  • Yo escribo en español pues cuando estaba de moda esa cancion no entendia su letra pero su melodia me encantaba!!!! me sigue encantando y mas ahora que entiendo su letra: Tendria como 17 años en ese tiempo e hice practicas de publicidad en una emisora y aprendi a manejar la la cabina y hacia turnos y en cada turno que hacia lo iniciaba con esa cancion!!!!

  • Seeing this video again feels weird in a good way :)

  • This here is a very special song to me as I am sure it is to so many people whether you are from the 80's or any generation as I know everyone has a " Desert Moon". A special time or moment in their life that has always touched them. A special love or just special friends that you spent time with and had such fun and crazy times with that left you with the best memories. Memories that you find yourself always turning back to. I had such fun times and crazy times then. I miss my Desert Moon. :-(

  • This would have made a great Styx song too! Dennis is a master songwriter and performer!

  • At the :25 mark, I half expected Dennis to say "You ain't bad, you ain't NOTHIN'... you ain't NOTHIN!!!"

  • Every one has a unique memory or thought when they watch this video. I still remember how it made me feel 27 years ago. I feel the same way now but even stronger. Timeless.

  • @tmaras64 Upon hearing this song also stepped back in time, the same feeling. The music and video resite the test of time.

    Al escuchar esta canción también retrocedí en el tiempo, la misma sensación. El music and video resitieron bien el paso del tiempo.

  • Best video ever. Compare this to the garbage that is on MTV these days.

    

  • great song.....not much else to say..

  • his best song- every time i think about that special girl this song plays in my mind- every time

  • Im 37.....i remember this song as a kid..........music these days are no comparison to the 80"s.

  • @droctagonapusowner Not even a close second to the 80s!

  • nice song dennis...even, i know that you are old now.....

  • One of my favorite songs. Just brings tears to my eyes.

  • Guilty pleasure, no never, just a classic!!!!

  • Plaid is timeless.

  • Dennis was hot in the video!

  • Americans! If you were born in the 60's or the 70's, enjoy life while it last because seriously things are gonna change the way you've never anticipated. 

  • @danchan85 What do you mean by that.

  • @3riversnorth Mainly the economy. Those days of easy jobs with good pays are gone. Global competition is so real.

  • Man, this music is amazing!...

  • This video came out on MTV not long after I graduated high school, on the day I broke up with a girl I'd regret for the rest of my life. For the longest time, it was about that, but now for me it's about moving on in life. So many things, joyous and painful, have happened since then. Now the song is catharsis for a broken heart.

  • i realy love this song ty very much for posting it

  • What year was the Ram Charger?? I had a 76 but sold it like dummy, Now have the 91 with a 440......... I place it as a 78 or 79,,,, man I want that truck... hell ya

    Love this song. Thanks to Dennis and the up-loader.

  • is that tom cruise?

  • una de las mejores canciones de todos los tiempos

  • seriously, one of the best songs ever!!

  • they sold th house at the end? i live in that town. nice place to grow up but quit dull at my young age. I feel u Dennis D. move on to bigger and better things. its always good to go back to youre home town after a long time. but damn this town like a timecapsole

  • This track is a lot better than I remember it, that being in the hazy past of my mid-'80s youth . . . ah, the hair! Film-projected slide shows! Cars from the '60s being sleek and desirable!! It's touching to be reminded to all that. God I'm getting old...

  • @CageyPea You forgot the parachute pants!!!

  • @CageyPea Good. That means that you've not been afflicted with that very rare disorder where people get younger, or don't age at all....like me. I'm still back in the 80's boffing chicks in my swimming pool and snorting pot in my father's mountain lodge.

  • wonderful song!!!

  • God! I'm just 15 but I do love classic songs, even when I was still 7.

    I love Classic songs!!! XD

  • @MyVonex Good choice young man. Good Choice.

  • @MyVonex All you need to do is write that 4 more times and you'll officially break the record for the repetition of that comment.

  • I had a crush on the kid playing the little brother when I was 11. This video also made me want a Mustang!

  • I was just a senior at high school when this came out. Despite being just a teenager at the cusp of life, the lyrics and the melody struck me so powerfully that I was instantly nostalgic about the high school life that I was about to leave behind. I knew that I would always look back at that time of my life, whatever else happens in the future. Now I'm in my early 40s, and this song still brings back the same nostalgic feelings for my high school days.

  • This song brings back a lot of memories of my first love. Thanks Dennis for this song!

  • Yo también soy de Monterrey, México y este video me trae recuerdos muy lindos de amigos y momentos que no volverán. Hasta se me oprime el pecho con algunas escenas del video y mis recuerdos.

  • some body plz,tellme how to download this vdeo

  • @tdz132 When I watch a video, I put my cursor (arrow) in the upper right corner of the video, and up pops a box from RealPlayer to enable me to download the video. If you have RealPlayer installed on your computer, it should work for you, too.

  • OMG SIMPLY ASTOUNDING!!!!!!!!

  • <3

  • damn, .....couldn't help myself but cry; you're awesome Dennis !!

  • Dennis is NOT : "the music of Styx" or "formerly of Styx" HE IS: "the voice of Styx" and always will be!!! Love you Dennis!!!

  • esta cancion me trae mucha nostalgia porque muchos amigos ya no estan fueron tiempos maravillosos mas simples tal vez pero ermosos ojala tuvieramos el mismo entusiasmo que en esos tiempos yo vivo en monterrey mexico

  • I was busy downloading songs but I stop and got stuck listening to this song over and over again.. hahaha!!!

  • Listen to the lyrics. That's poetry.

    

  • Dennis Deyoung and lead singer from Air Supply sound very similar

  • omg back flash yayayay

  • Great tune!

  • Dennis should fight his way back into Styx, after bein' kicked out by Tommy Shaw, and JY Young. Dennis hit #10 in Billboard, 11-10-84. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! Why was Dennis still singin' in British accent?

  • God, every time I hear this song, I feel very nostalgic and take me back to 1984 when I went home after being out of the country for 2 years. I saw this video then and saw myself in the story and immediately felt so sad. I miss my friends and realized that we will not be together as often as before, having fun like in the video. I'm leaving the country for good and some of them are starting to leave, too. Oh, what I would do to see them again, even for one weekend.

  • Probably the most memorable music video of the 80's to me.

  • yes, we lose all that innocence and all those awesome friends. Nothing, EVER, remains the same. Wish I could go back like they did in the video, to my home!

  • my towwn!!!!!!:)

  • thats my city santa paula baby!! hahah crazy

  • Hello Santa Paula!

  • Like a lot of Dennis DeYoung's stuff it borderlines corny, but he pulls it to the right of cool in the nick of time and leaves us calling it clever.

  • Search this in youtube: puppyjlo desert moon

    Kick Ass cover, best I've heard.

  • the video is labeled Dennis De Young - Desert Moon

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  • One of the HIGHLIGHTS of my LIFE was playing Dennis De Young's brother in this video. I have the t-shirt I was wearing in the beginning signed by Dennis ... Love Ya Bro!

  • I remember this song like it was yesterday!!! Now, at 39 and with a son, I finally understand the meaning of it (bragging of things we'd never done), it's so much better!!! Makes me want to dance with my 8th grade sweetheart (her name is Margo)one more time!!! ENJOY ALL!!!!!

  • I loved playing Dennis brother in this video ... a high light of my life. Hey Bro!

  • aaaaaw, this was so beautiful

  • His looks kept changing.

  • Mr. Dennis Deyoung has always been one of the greatest song writers of my generationi i admire his job with styx and on his solo career Deyoung has always been an inspiration to me if i was in a band i would like to be Deyoungs type of musician his style and his lyrics and his concepts and his concepts with styx made my early days of music.

  • great tune and they do not make music like this anymore and the great awsome 80's and god do i miss that era

  • Does anyone know who the actors are who played Dennis DeYoung's friends in this video? I am particularly interested in the blond guy with the beard........he looks like someone I knew a long time ago. I LOVE this song......makes you go back to when I was young and all that entailed. I think alot of people can relate to this song on some level.

  • MY MOM SAID SHE WANTS THIS SONG PLAYING ON HER FUNERAL....(IT'S HER FAVE. SONG OBVIOUSLY) ...AND I'M LIKE 'SUUUURRREEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!'

  • your right dude it also brought me to my past and its cool to remember its my high shool years back then...miss old guys some have past away sad to tell,,......but all in all its really nice

  • this is music and ithis is when music was music and god bless the 80's and all of these groups from the 80's are replacing legands with no names .Here is some advice for yea stop finding them on here and all the bands bring all the old singers back and lets everyone even my self be very happy as heck

  • Dennis' greatest solo song, but I think he needs to settle his differences with STYX, and go back to them. Dennis DeYoung is to Styx what Steve Perry is to Journey...THEIR VOICE!

  • THIS is the ONE song that gets me straight in the heart......

  • Santa Paula, California

  • @JaySkowz

    Too bad in the video they used a Mustang with Maryland plates - gotta pay attention to the details! There is no Santa Paula, Maryland - it's in Cali as you said.

  • where was this video taped?

  • This was classic music!

  • Not one stache?!!.....and you call this an eighties video? Shame

  • Although I love this song, since it brings back many good memories, I have to admit it also cause me some pain, since I'll never have those good times ever again. I mean, we grow up, lose our innocence, and we will we never have the joy and excitement of doing things for the first time with all of the wonders involved, and with all of our childhood friends, some of whom we'll never see again (on this side of life, that is).

  • @BillTheCat7 well said...wad has bcome of this world..

    

  • @BillTheCat7 I'm jealous.. I don't even have memories from this song. I'm just 22 and during my teenage days, teenagers use to listen to hiphop rnb etc. I was the only in our class who listens to this kind of song. totally love this song.. :

  • @BillTheCat7 oh god where has my youth gone???????

  • @BillTheCat7 ........Amen to that.

  • another song i love that brings me back to the80.s when i was a teen ub40 red red wine is another simple minds dont you forget about me is another and sad songs

    elton john is songs i reembrace while having a cold one

  • i remember this song , this is the theme song of my ex hubby and his mistress wayback when we're together, we have a fight all the time because of her, i know her name was ALICE, a hairdresser.

  • Anybody else notice Dennis is wearing the same shirt he wore getting INTO town as he was when LEAVING town ?? I've heard of packing light, but. . .

  • @drandall1776 LOL that's a great observation! Thank you for a well needed laugh! I love the video, the song and all of the memories associated with it. Good times indeed!

  • Great memories from this song. Makes me miss the 80s, especially for its great music! :-D

  • MY FAVORITE FOREVER DENNIS DE YOUNG

  • I really love this song!

  • this is one of my favorite song,, i love this song,, dennis deyoung is my idol,,, styx also is my favorite band,,,

  • this song takes me back and for some weird reason reminded me of a nasty american guy i knew in southern ireland.Odd how the mind works isnt it/

  • When I was in loved from Elizabeth November from 1984

  • Great song.. takes me back to the best time of my life.. I wish I known that then....

  • I LOVE DENNIS DeYOUNG!!!! ALWAYS!!!!

  • only good solo song he did

    

  • I love this song beautiful..........

  • ..hace tiempo que estaba buascando este video y saber como se llamaba,pero al parecer no esta completo porque tengo la percepcion que le falta una frecuencia cuando él va a casa de su amor y se encuentra que esta casada y con hijo y ella no sale y luego el se va.despues viene todo lo demas cuando le entrega las llaves al otro joven,agradeseria sacarme de esta duda,gracias

  • Thanks for finding the original video. I hadn't seen it in 20+ years. Still weird driving by some old places.

  • You just cant replace these memories!!!! What a wonderful time of life! I hope that everyone can remember something so special!

  • If DDY had shaved earlier, maybe I would've had a crush on him instead of Tommy when I was a preteen in the early 80s. He looks great in this video! And his hair was not out of control, LOL! I love his funny smile after he throws the football :^)

  • I LOVE THIS SONGS................

  • This video is surreal of how families and friends get and stay together.

  • @YOU2UUB and fall apart.

  • Bravo! Timeless! 

  • Dennis DeYoung is the man.Great song.

  • What's all this VEVO bullshit??

  • 45 yrs old and this song/ video STILL makes me cry, i can't deny it .

  • pls let me know how can i download this from youtube....

  • did anyone else notice that it's 90 degrees and he's wearing a dark button down and blue jeans?

  • @blairva122

    Always stands out when I watch this video. And, I remember, back in those days, there were a lot of guys that did not wear shorts...jeans all the time. Many of the musicians I hung out with did not wear shorts. Go figure...

  • @Jazz812 yeah i remember alot of guys i hung out with were the same way. still like this song just the same though.

  • MAN I LOVE THIS VIDEO! the 80's is the greatest genre of music ever and 4ever

  • Holy shit!!!! I can't begin to tell you how glad I am to see this. I've been trying to remember the name of this song for years and I do mean YEARS! I found and downloaded the song but to now find the video is way cool. I'm definitely going to download this video before it vanishes from YouTube.

  • @moonlitphantasm Please help me how to download this from Youtube...I dont see any

  • @moonlitphantasm commercial

  • @moonlitphantasm me too, i also searching this song for years, and i only remember in this song is the lyrics of the chorus, "summer nights" thats the only lyrics i only remember so its very hard for me to find it, honestly, im a only 14 years old, even i'm a christian hardcore/metal guy, im also a fan of many oldies songs

  • kiss me XD love you Dennis!!

  • I have to stop whatever I do when this plays...

  • The single greatest video of all time. These guys don't put down there beers for anything.

  • All these people calling the video gay must be fudgepackers