bye TRL. bye childhood.
November 17, 2008
it was one of those things that was just always there. regardless if you watched it or not, you knew that TRL was on after school, counting down the same videos, having the same wild antics every day... it was just there.
its changed over the years- videos rarely got retired (what was the last one to do so, anyway?), they pretaped half the shows each week... etc. but it was there.
when I was 12, it was a big deal if 'I'll Never Break Your Heart' was higher than 'Tearin' Up My Heart'. A bit embarassing, but I won't forget that.
My life has changed in every aspect since I was 12. TRL was a constant.
When I heard that it was ending, I wasn't upset, I wasn't crying.. just kind of apathetic.
Then i watched the last show last night and actually felt so nostalgic, a bit emotional. I think it was the past clips that they were showing, the fact that they brought back Carson.. I'm not sure.
It wasn't so much that TRL itself was ending, but the end of an era. It was just always there, always. Change is so hard to deal with, even with something that is not actively in your life anymore (.. when was the last time I watched TRL? I couldn't even tell you, I can't remember).
Bye bye late 90's teen pop era. Here's to finding you a new home.
I'll never forget april 15, 1998 - 'N Sync walked onto the TRL stage wearing these ugly offwhite and brown striped outfits, and performed on TRL for the first time. On my birthday. :)