Behind The Vinyl - "Moonlight Desires" with Lawrence Gowan 

His voice and Jon's work so well together. Ethereal...

Moonlight desires is awesome!

I never heard the song until 2022 while driving in northern Maine and heard it on a Canada radio station.

This song. This song is the one that speaks to my soul. The music that awakened me from the dark path I was sinking into at that point in my life, when it came out on the radio. The blend of Gowan's voice and Jon Anderson's is just magical. Love it forever!

I love watching him interviewed. He’s so thoughtful and intelligent, not to mention handsome.

I will always remember meeting Larry Gowan at the bar downstairs from the Misty Moon in Halifax back in the '80s. He sat down and joined our table, had a beer with us and invited us up to see the show. Great guy!

As if I didnt already love this song, this little interview while he listens to his own song is just amazing.

You are such a sweet person and a monster of a musician Brother you do Canada proud every time you step out on stage and you with Styx is a beautiful thing :-)

This tune is magical .

Definitely a pinnacle for Lawrence, Masterful audio sound even by today's standards wish they got the video Masters and redid it in 4k if the quality is there for it, of course Jon Anderson has the highest quality harmonies always the best at his craft and range of vocal abilities theses two together and that place must have been absolute magic, was a great time in my life when that first came out ,to see it remastered in 4k would make it last forever.

this song and gowan is timeless still on our radio 2022 daily .

I had quite a few flying dreams in my youth and one of them was me flying around the same pyramid Jon was on. When I first saw your video I was blown away by how much it looked like my dream. I’ve been a fan ever since. Thank you for your beautiful contributions to the world of music.

One of the world's most beautiful songs.

one best songs i have ever heard

Who the hell downvoted this! Epic tune!!

If you lived through the 80's this song takes you back to it. It's to me very melancholic and mysterious. I picture a dark but seductive woman trying to bring me into her liar. As a man finding it hard to resist even though she is mysteriously dark and dangerous.. Well that's how this great classic song moves me.

He’s clearly proud of this gem of a song. Total masterpiece.❤️

Gowan was just amazing and still is

I love the song, and I think that the video was about the most visually gorgeous ones ever made.

One of the best all time.

Play this song at work at least once a day. It's our theme song.

Found this by accident searching something else, remmeber growing up listening to this. Now I have a Gowan playlist being built for working at home. Thanks!

absolutely amaznig, still get goosebumps listening to this song!!!!

Great hit miss the 80s

This song is as majestic as they come...

He was ahead of that 80s groove that became tainted by others commercialism, his was authentic and elevated.

Best song ever! He still looks great!

I LOVE THIS GUY

I never knew Jon Anderson sang harmonies in this. Another great classic track from Gowan.

love gowan's solo work, even in australia you can find his records

Omg! Gowen looks fantastic! Love his style/look! 80's🎵❤️

He is getting very nostalgic, i did always wonder though Jon Anderson was credited on the album-Great Diry World for doing backing vocals on this he wasn't when released as a single + on music video-should of said-Gown feat Jo Anderson like it did with Steve Winwood-Higher Love feat Chaka Khan.

Great work of art.

The music video blew my mind when I was 15. We all knew he was relatively new Canadian artist but the production value of the video was like David Lee Roth or something. I was like Holy shtt!

Thanks for the story that was great.

I love all your songs!! This video is amazing!! This song brings tears to my eyes!!

I love this song more now than I did in the eighties. So good!

I discovered this song from degrassi school's out!

Great song. What a memory from my childhood, and I still love it today.

Beautiful song.

I remember seeing Mr. LG, here in YVR, when The Spoons opened up for him at the QE Theatre. 30 years ago. Funny, this song has a strange knack of coming on the radio when I am changing out a CD when I'm driving with a workmate. It's a great song to hum along too, even if we're all out of tune (in the Service Truck) while Mr. L.G. and Mr. J.A. belt it out. Good Times! Classic!

Great song and video.

This dude is a music genius

To be able to work with the genius that is Jon Anderson is a privilege. But I believe it’s also a sign of mutual respect as Jon likely wouldn’t support an artist who didn’t also have remarkable talent.

I hope you have him back one of these days. I would love to hear him talk about "A Criminal Mind".

Always, always enjoyed Larry’s music.

loving this song still aug 2019

One of my all time favorites from the 80s, got my cassette from Columbia House thru there 1 cent deals....so 80s, I love it.🙂

You are awesome!

Fantastic...

I came here from wolf cop and me and my boyfriend love this song.

Masterpiece.

This song is an absolute frikkin masterpiece. ❤ I do think in an alternate universe, it’s actually a Type O Negative song too 😄.

Handsome as hell.

Love you, staying home and relaxing.

2:46 Right there!

lawrence "mayan pyramids" gowan

Every time I hear this song I think of Joey Jeremiah and Tessa Campanelli from Degrassi junior high.

70's 80's and 90's BOOM 97.3

What month in 1987 was it released?

17 watching this video I really thought they were rock gods.

Degrassi School's Out with Tessa Campinelli getting pregnant

This song went to the wolfcop movie

WTF happened to his mullet ???

i'm curious as to why styx added criminal mind to their library but not his other hits. did larry realize he may lose his whole rights if he separates with the styx?

Those are Aztec pyramids not Mayan.

this coulda been a Yes song

It makes me so sad that Gowan is frozen in amber with the rest of Styx instead of making his own music. One of my very favourite musicians.

@2:50 is where the magic is...

Is Gowan the spawn of Harvey Keitel?

Just saw the video for the first time. Better than strange. Honestly, the piano sounds a little too bright and the tempo should have been slower. Musicianship is incredibly good.

A real musician