Still haunts me until this day... people no longer make songs as good and beautiful as this.

Isn’t it a damn shame that we don’t realize we’re living the best days of our lives until they’ve long since passed us by?

My sister Sally passed away last June, she loved Dennis DeYoung. How many STYX gigs we went to. I miss her 😭💔.

Isn’t that how life usually works … people drift in and out of your life from the past … reminiscing for a few fleeting moments in time … then those folks drift away again. Sometimes they return … sometimes … you keep the memories alive in your heart … your mind. One day you catch a song on the radio … much like Desert Moon. The cobwebs are swept away … and you are again with those folks from years past. For a few moments …. Time reverses and all those emotions come back.

The 80's...... How beautiful it was...... Anyone agree??

My dad passed away on 12/18/2022, he loved this song. We had it playing along with the slide show of all his pictures. He had an old 63 white chevy similar to the video. That's why he like the song. Rip dad. Love you.

if you find yourself being nostalgic in 2024 about a song from 1984 being nostalgic about 1970 you may be into nostalgia

It's June 2024!!😍 Anyone here??

To all who reminiscing their childhood/teenage days while watching and listening to this beautiful nostalgic song, I wish you all happiness and the best of life

The power of 80s songs still hits today. That's what you call the real music

I am now 36, still imagining that I was born before all this kind of music. 90's is great but I think 70s and 80s are even greater music and everything.

I love how a song can transport you back to a place and time in your life.

3:50 - 4:15 I swear to God, if I close my eyes I can smell, hear and feel the evening summer air of 1984 when the world was almost perfect at age 13.

I can't avoid tears when I listen to this, it reminds me of moments with friends and family that are not here anymore 😢

To the person that reads this, I ask the Lord to bless them and their family, to cure them of every sickness and pain, to fill their emptiness with love joy and peace, to rebuke the enemy from their lives. " ASK JESUS TO COME INTO YOUR HEART AND SAVE YOU, AND TO FORGIVE YOU OF YOUR SINS, FOR WE GIVE THANKS AND GLORY TO THE LORD. IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS CHRIST AMEN!

This song came out when I was a teen. Just a kid. Now I'm 51 and I can say this song and video, in an extremely simplistic way, summarizes life. You'll never forget that first love. Going home and visiting the old spots is sweet and sad at the same time. You realize everything that used to be is no longer. Good buddies are still good buddies though. That never changes. The same jokes and stories will always be told and shared decade after decade as long as there's time to get together and talk.

* God, I miss the 1980s. No cell phones, no GPS, no Mandatory Seat belt laws... That was some Freedom which we'll never have again, my friends.

This reminds me of my childhood. Through life’s up and downs I enjoyed it all. God bless all my friends..thank you for being part of my life! ❤️

My college roommate and I watched the world premiere of this video on MTV in 1984. After the opening scene, Jim turned to me and said: "I had no idea where they were going with that." After this video, anytime we'd say "where are you going" the answer was always: I don't know, maybe Chicago. Great song, great video, great memories.

This song reminds me of my wife.she left me and our daughter over my worst enemie.i raised our baby on my own.i truly loved my wife.i miss her every day.our daughter is know 41.shes never seen or met her mother. 😢

Damn man, I get emotional listening to this song. '80s was a wonderful time.

My mom loved this song, today she passed away because of the current situation, I can’t believe she is gone and I can’t accept it yet I know she won’t come back to hug me or my brother or my father, I hope this video remains more years so each nine of June I come back here and remember her more than ever

I never would have admitted it as a 15 year old in 84, but I loved this song and video. When he gave that cherry ‘65 to his brother, even back then, the tears came. It’s crazy. I was 15, never had a girlfriend or been in love, but this song me made long for a time I had yet to experience. In the four decades since, love has come and gone many times. And every time, I find myself revisiting this song. THAT, friends, is the hallmark of good writing, a little cheesy for some, but some of those lyrics simply rip at the pieces of my heart. Thanks Dennis…

I heard this song back in 1993 while having surgery. I enjoy the song reminds me of the Dad, some time ago . I'm listening 🎧❤to this song with the kids while taking them home 🏠 from school. God Almighty bless you'll stay strong and safe. Read your Bible

This music video was filmed in Santa Paula, CA in Ventura County. The Train Depot is still there and looks pretty much like it did when this video was filmed 36 years ago.

36 years to be exact. Who still love the song?

This was mine and my ex husbands song. 1984. What a year. I miss those days.😢

Still classic and timeless after all these years❣️😎🤘🏼🩷💫

I heard this song in Home Depot yesterday. I literally froze and just listened to this memory of my youth. My mind flashed back to my first girlfriend and how she and I would just drive around aimlessly for hours without a single care in the world. What I wouldn’t give to be young again riding around with her in my 1983 Ford Mustang LX 5.0 convertible once again. I miss her. I miss that car. I miss my youth!!!!

This song brings me back to a time when life was simpler. My heart aches for those times. When there was no twitter or Facebook or Zoom. The music was the soundtrack of our lives. It told a story. How I miss those days. If only we could go back...today seems so divided, harsh and empty...

No doubt that 80's are the most Unforgettable memories of Music Industry 🙌

its 2024 and im still amazed by this guy..terrific frontman for Styx and then amazing on his own...who else is still in awe of this voice?

The 80's was the last great decade of music. Music went downhill after that and has not recovered. Great song and video.

80's had the best music of all time, im 51 an there is jus no comparison ❤

Great Voice. Great Singer. Great Song. CLASSIC FOREVER.

My father used to love this song, and now i'm love this song. Screw music these days with nonsense lyrics

a wise man once said "enjoy these times, it's a time of your life that'll never come again" "when it's gone it's gone for good.

Anyone who wasn’t around in the 80s truly missed out on such a magical time.

Hey Dennis, I just wanted to sincerely wish you a very Happy 77th Birthday, and thank you for being SO good to us on the Styx tours ❤ We love you Dennis! (and the rest of Styx, too) I truly hope it happens, but if it doesn't, IT DID and it was a fun ride 🙏

Who's with me? Its 2020 and still listening while scrolling

2024 here.. if a person could only go back just for 1 day,how great would that be?wow would love it just for a moment.the song and words have so much meaning now that i am old!!!was a great time in my life!!!!

I was 25 when this came out and i was on my way to the Army. It was a glorious time.

When I awoke this morning, "Desert Moon" was playing in my head. Is it possible my first love is still in my heart 40 years later?

I am proud to say I lived the 80s and watched this video as I just arrived to study college in USA. Unforgettable 80s and music that made us who we’re. I feel sorry for any generation that didn’t live the 80s music.

release date 1984❤ anyone in 2024?

no matter how many times I watched this. this song never disappoints, it still makes me cry

The 80's were the best. Everybody gets all nostalgic about their own favorite era, but think about it. Technology was pretty decent without being intrusive and overbearing. A person could still make mistakes in life and overcome them without being hounded by those mistakes for a lifetime, or being publicly crucified within seconds for making them. It wasn't perfect, but with all of the thought policing that goes on nowadays (say what you like, but it is 1000x times worse and more Orwellian than it was back then), relentlessness of technology, toxic cynicism, etc....I'd go back today if I could, in a heartbeat. A person could work hard, study, build a life and get ahead, improve their lot in life. Health care was pretty decent. Again, not going to get drawn into ridiculous and pointless debates about details that I think (yep, I'm less than perfect) are comparatively petty, or the obvious imperfections of the universe versus our own unrealistic expectations, etc. Smart phones and the internet are great, sure, but a person could still make his/her way in the world just fine back then....and live, and love. Paper maps, phone books, a little effort and dive into the mysteries of the open road (to mix a few metaphors lol). Sure, I'm happy now...but it is increasingly the case that I'm happy in spite of "things," not because of them. The world was indeed a better place back then. Rant and flame away....either you get what I'm saying, or you don't. I'm not here to convince anyone of anything. Peace, y'all...and '85 forever!

I so miss the 80's! Best time of my life!

This song tears out your heart, throws it on the floor, and stomps on it. So incredibly moving.

When you think back to where you were when you first heard this song, you knew life would never be as good. Never let go of people, places and things that made you who you are, wherever your Desert Moon may be.

I swear I miss the passion of music from the 80's. This song surely takes me back.

This is what I need to battle this damn virus. Take me back to the 80s please

I was 12 years old in 1984, this song to me was and always has been pure magic. I love it as much now as I did back then. Such a beautiful song 🎶 ❤️❤️

anyone in 2024?

I hadn't heard this song since the 80s....spoke to me just now...god im crying...i was a kid then...im 46 now..

The simpler times of the 80s have forever been lost. Thank God we still have the music to remind us of happier times.

One of the most underrated songs from the era of amazing music. I can listen to this over and over.

..."those summer nights, when we were young, we bragged of things we'd never done"... Cool lyrics.

My favourite part of the song is, I still can hear the echoes of the summer nights, it echoes in the corners of my heart. 👍

Oh how I miss the 80's, what a great time in my life!

I heard this song the other day driving around my old hometown and I pulled into the lot of my old middle school and just closed my eyes and listened and thought of all the times I had at that school back in the 80s... What a life we had as children growing up in that decade...all the memories that ran through my mind as this song played...I remembered all the times we played ball on that field...all the school dances...all the trouble we got into...and I remembered kissing you Tanya for the first time...my first kiss at age 11...we thought we were so in love...It was all so innocent and we were kids and we didn't have a care in the world...I am sorry kids these days will not have any of that...we were so lucky

Ill be 54 in 6 weeks Been away from hometown in UP Michigan for 24 yrs I think i really hear this song now....

NO GOOD MUSIC LIKE THIS ANY MORE GOD I miss the 80s...

I so wish I had a time machine back to the 80's ..I just Love Denis Deyoung

Anyone in 2024?

Monday 10-23-2023 Who is NOT ? Listening to this Timeless Rock Ballad ! I am San Antonio , Texas STYX Rocks

'Those summer nights when we were young ' - and the music they made was so beautiful and meaningful. How I miss them .

I loved this song back in 1984, when I was 15 years old...but today I understand it in a way I never could have back then.

Simply said….Masterpiece! My goodness bring back the simplicity and fun of the 80’s!

❤maravillosos años bella y adorada , adolescencia .

I've been trying to remember/find this song for years, upon years, and two days ago I went into my King Soopers grocery store and what was playing on their music station...I stood there almost in tears hearing it, and seeing the video here just floods my mind with memories, from 35 yrs ago...seems like yesterday.. and even more poignant now...

I dream about the 80's. Man I miss those days.

Another 80's memory sparked by the magic of our music from that era. "When we were young .. We were dreamers" Love you Annette S ... You were so unattainable and yet so highly favored. Here's to our teenage years my love ✨

He is Dennis DeOld now.

I was only about 12 when this was on MTV and I've never forgotten it, song means a lot to those of us who remember it. Brings tears to my eyes.

There I was standing in the 80's. The prime of my life, and not even knowing it. I just thought it was going to go on forever. It just went by too fast.

This song takes me back to a time and place that will never be again. "Moments pass and time moves on...." The 80's, a wonderful time in my life.

This song captures the unresolved issues in life great video great lyrics, great voice it made me feel 20 again thanks Dennis Deyong

If there was a bus , heading back to the 80’s, I’d be on it

Summer of 1984...........I will remember this summer and this song until I leave this world. Love you Dennis, please keep doing videos, you are a hero of my youth, I now feel so old, when I see you do things online it makes me feel a little less old and a little more still relevant. Styx rocked, you still rock. I was 13 when this album was released. Dennis, most of your fans are younger than you. I am close to your age, we will not remain relevant forever, but I treasure all you work, both solo and the ones with Styx.

What an amazing voice, Mr. deYoung, thank you very much for this incredible song! ⚘

I was 21 when this wonderful song came out. Still brings tears to my eyes! Very nostalgic. Good times at Desert Moon! 🎑

I miss those days. It hurts so much. I miss my mom. The summer air. My friends the freedom. The sound of cicadas on a hot summer day with nothing to do. Peace y’all. Glad I was around in the 80s.

If I could turn back time, I'd relive the best decade of my life, 1980s.

My eyes swell-up everytime I hear this song, because it represents a nice panoramic picture of the thoughts and feelings I have of the 1980s, and why I miss that decade so damn much. My life has never been as good as it was back in those--socially, economically, emotionally, etc..

This song is a must have when on a road trip. Bring back memories of childhood and when everything was so simple and happy.

The house fences, the cars, the bonding moments, the lake, their jeans, their hairs, the train station, the projector, the music, everything...80s. ❤

I LOVE this song. And I love the part when he's asleep on the bed in his childhood room, with the picture of his high school girlfriend on the nightstand. Haven't we all had an experience like that? Really lovely...

The magic of the song stil exists

One of my favorite songs from Dennis DeYoung. Absolutely 80s was the best era of classic and golden songs and music.

I still remember hearing this on the radio the first time and being blown away, after all this time it still blows me away,

it was very rare to see a song and video meld together but with this song and video they hit it out of the park. just another great song from the eighties

I loved this song the first time I heard it and I love it still! Dennis De Young's voice is an instrument in and of itself.

Hermosa canción ,un clásico bello, igual que ese auto Mustang que se ve en el video❤, bendiciones.

What a generation!! Best part of the song 3:52 "I still can hear the whisper of the summer night, It echo's in the corners of my heart"

Probably one of the best videos ever. It's cinematic, tells a story, good stuff.

I moved to Ormond beach Florida with my family in summer of 1986. Oh my, what times my brother and family had it was such an adventure for a 20 year old who hadn’t lived much yet. My brothers are gone now, and I miss them. This song always takes me back to that time and place.

This song has grabbed me by the heartstrings I don't know how many times in the last 40 years! CANNOT GET ENOUGH!

When you can sit back and relive through memories....because the music reminds you so clearly.....man the 80s music sure is like no other.

This video reminds me of the endless summers back when I was a kid in my teens. No pressures, no responsibilities. Just having fun with my friends. I'll never have those days back again.