# Name that early 80s video **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2009, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-early-80s-video/487345 "2009-02-25T09:40:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-early-80s-video/487345/1 "2009-02-25T09:40:08Z")
This is a vague memory of an early 80s video. Cheap production, closeup of a scrawny barechested singer looks like he’s jogging through a lightning storm. I can remember how that chorus went but don’t know how to represent it here in a way that wouldn’t look like gibberish. A few words I may (mis?)remember from the chorus are “eye of the storm”, “sleeping with the enemy” and punctuated at the end with “you! know!” and then a trailing “leave me a aloooone”. Definitely cheesy and self-indulgent, but I did say it was early 80s. The guy looked a bit older and scrawny like Iggy Pop but his voice (as I hear it in my head) reminds me a bit of the lead singer of AC/DC. That’s all I’ve got. Any ideas? Thanks, Koxinga ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-early-80s-video/487345/2 "2009-02-25T09:48:31Z")
(After 30 seconds of Googling.) Oh. [There it is.](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsdkr_roger-hodgson-had-a-dream-sleep_music) Wow, even cheesier than I remembered. The actual song doesn’t begin until 1:20 or so. Oh well. In hopes of keeping this thread alive, are there any half-remembered old videos like like to search for or share? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-early-80s-video/487345/3 "2009-02-25T11:04:18Z")
Supertramp! ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-early-80s-video/487345/4 "2009-02-25T11:23:07Z")
Nah, just Roger Hodgson (and I actually have this on vinyl). ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-early-80s-video/487345/5 "2009-02-25T15:54:56Z")
Good lord. I loved this song when I was younger, but never saw the video. I think I need to wash the taste of cheddar out of my mouth now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-early-80s-video/487345/6 "2009-02-25T21:05:40Z")
How sad is it that I knew what song it was just from the description in the OP. I too owned it on vinyl. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-early-80s-video/487345/7 "2009-02-25T21:13:06Z")
Add me to the group who owned the album on vinyl… ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-early-80s-video/487345/8 "2009-02-26T14:48:46Z")
[This is ponderous, man. Really ponderous.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0xWLahk86I) ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-early-80s-video/487345/9 "2009-02-26T14:52:55Z")
[This is Ponderosa, man. Really Ponderosa.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nalfZ6WZaCI) ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-early-80s-video/487345/10 "2009-02-26T14:59:06Z")
Two disturbing pig themed videos: [One](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvw9z_primus-mr-krinkle_music) and [two](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8uAvMey8iA).