He's 83 years old.
If you've ever been around 83 year olds, you'll know they're eager to perform any old song from their youth at any random time. They also have no intention of understanding any of contemporary politics, customs or even the current situation.
I love that about music. It's the first thing we learn and the last thing we forget.
The issue with 1988 is that it isn't intuitive what the background color is, and thus if the bar is up or down.
The middle years are obvious because of the 3d effect. The last one is obvious because the background is the same for both the arrows and the bar.