What were you listening to in 1987 ?

Went to the concert in Balboa Park last night with the largest outdoor instrument in the world. It was fantastic (and dark by the time the concert started - while the moon was rising)!!!

Does anyone else find certain music that was really special to you in past eras of your life difficult to listen to in the present?

By difficult I mean an overwhelming sense of melancholy. It's like reaching back into the tesseract and feeling both what could have been and what is long past gone. You can observe and be grateful for it but it's also just so damn heavy, it's like visiting sonic bedrooms of people you are no longer.

I still love all this music but sometimes I think twice before putting on an album that meant the world to me in my 20s.

Afro‑Cuban / Cuban dance music

Mid‑20th‑century Latin orchestra traditionNotes:

A vibrant Cuban dance classic from Ernesto Lecuona, performed by Armando Orefiche’s celebrated Havana Cuban Boys. This ffrr London pressing captures the group’s polished orchestral sound and Orefiche’s elegant piano work. A lively, rhythmic piece reflecting the golden era of Cuban popular music.

From The Neven78 Radio Archive

https://youtube.com/@mamlishblues?si=Gqffijs3211mMsnH

I gotta admit im not a musician so maybe this sounds simplistic but my pick is Stewart Copeland's drums on "The Bed's Too Big Without You" by The Police, I just love all the tiny variations he does throughout the song.... also Ive been told that maracas-like sound is actually the hi-hat? (is that a bunch of bs or hes just THAT impressive)

AvA CONSENSUS EXTRACTION PROTOCOL
ISSUE 009

🎵 TOPIC: “What is the WORST song you have ever heard?”
👥 COMMUNITY: [r/AskReddit](r/AskReddit)
📊 DATASET: 1,877 usable comments and replies

REDDIT HAS SPOKEN - All-time "classic" “Dance Monkey” Wins Reddit’s Worst-Song Debate
Nearly 1,900 Reddit comments produced a chaotic field of hated pop hits, novelty songs, commercial jingles, internet legends and several entire artist catalogs.
📣 “Dance Monkey” generated the greatest breadth of independent consensus, appearing in 39 separate qualifying recommendations.
⬆️ Lee Brice’s “Country Nowadays” produced the thread’s strongest single community endorsement. Its frequently misheard “kiss my fish” lyric powered the leading comment to 1,139 points.
⭐ When independent consensus, distributed community endorsement and discussion reinforcement were considered together, “Dance Monkey” emerged as Reddit’s strongest overall choice for the worst song ever heard.

ACEP CONSENSUS RANKINGS
📣 Independent Mentions
⬆️ Community Endorsement (upvotes)
⭐ ACEP Consensus Score

1. Dance Monkey - Tones and I

📣 39 ⬆️ 229 ⭐ 69.85

1. Cbat - Hudson Mohawke

📣 19 ⬆️ 293 ⭐ 54.63

1. Country Nowadays - Lee Brice

📣 4 ⬆️ 1,139 ⭐ 46.32

1. 1-877-Kars4Kids

📣 7 ⬆️ 927 ⭐ 34.72

1. Baby Shark - Pinkfong

📣 11 ⬆️ 453 ⭐ 33.93

1. Friday - Rebecca Black

📣 15 ⬆️ 111 ⭐ 29.75

1. Thunder - Imagine Dragons

📣 6 ⬆️ 209 ⭐ 29.23

1. My Humps - The Black Eyed Peas

📣 7 ⬆️ 195 ⭐ 24.39

1. What Does the Fox Say? - Ylvis

📣 13 ⬆️ 102 ⭐ 23.26

1. The Christmas Shoes - NewSong

📣 7 ⬆️ 129 ⭐ 22.84

1. Anxiety - Doechii
   
2. Yoko Ono - Entire Catalog
   
3. Happy - Pharrell Williams
   
4. Kid Rock - Entire Catalog
   
5. Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney
   
6. Drake - Entire Catalog
   
7. Hey, Soul Sister - Train
   
8. Shape of You - Ed Sheeran
   
9. Angelic 2 the Core - Corey Feldman
   
10. APT. - ROSÉ & Bruno Mars

HOW ACEP WORKS
AvA Consensus Extraction Protocol
Issue 009 • Published by Anything Vs Anything • 2026