I Survived Camden Park

So ok look. The point is not the flared leg by itself. These cannot be yoga pants. These are, and you have to understand this if you are too young to have worn them, BLUE JEANS. And this was the last years before all jeans were 70% spandex.

They were denim, and they weren't bell bottoms. They hung loose from the knee in a way that would make a wizard envious. We all walked around like we were wearing hakama. And they dragged on the ground. That was important. Ragged cuffs. If your jeans weren't so long that they had ratty cuffs, they were embarrassingly short.

And the thing about denim is that it's a twill weave and it's cotton. So not only does it hold a lot of water, it wicks. Walking around in these suckers on a wet day could get you wet to the knees even if you never stepped in a puddle.

Then you'd go inside and take off your shoes and try to avoid letting your freezing, wet, filthy pant legs touch your skin.

Malice Mizer - Gekka no Yasōkyoku 1998

"Gekka no Yasōkyoku" ("Nocturne in the Moonlight") is the fifth single by Japanese visual kei rockband Malice Mizer, released on February 11, 1998. It reached number 11 on the Oricon Singles Chart, selling 168,090 copies, becoming the band's best-selling single, and was certified Gold by the RIAJ. It was the third single released from the Merveilles album. Merveilles is the band's only album on a major record label, their most commercially successful, reaching number two on the Oricon Albums Chart, as well as their last with second vocalist Gackt.

"Gekka no Yasōkyoku" was composed by Közi, one of the band's guitarists. On Közi's request, Coba recorded the accordion part of the song. The song's lyrics, written by Gackt, tell a fairy tale-like story of two lovers whose souls were trapped in dolls. While performing the song, guitarists Mana and Közi would leave their instruments behind and enact a dance routine. It was used as an ending theme for the TBS Television show Egawa no Shokutaku in 1998, and also served as an ending theme for Winning Keiba in December 2023.

"Gekka no Yasōkyoku" received a total of 64,6% yes votes! Previous Gackt polls: #282 "Vanilla", #636 "Lust for Blood".