Did TRL Represent a Musical Highpoint?

[Adam Bernard]

I know, if I were to ask this question five years ago everyone would look at me funny. Heck, I’m sure a few of you are looking at me funny right now, thinking how on earth could a show that was so undeniably geared toward pop music and major labels represent the highpoint of anything artistic? Well, after watching various year by year “Best of TRL” countdowns this past Saturday, something MTV Hits was running in honor of the cancellation of the long running music video countdown show, it actually became surprisingly obvious. Although TRL may have had very little to do with it, in every genre of music things were better during the heyday of the show than they are now.

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