Who remembers how excited you were when the new TLC disk dropped? How hyped were you when TLC was on the MTV Video Music Awards? Where were you when Lisa "burned the house down"?
Oh , how much has music changed since we lost our gem of the 1990's, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. Gone are the days of the girl power attitude, the anthems: "No Scrubs", "Ain't Too Proud to Beg", "Creep". Music was in the prime of a happy marriage of hip hop and R&B...and it was good.
Lisa's presence touched so many and her death affected us all. I'll never forget Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and his NASCAR team paying tribute by donning black stripes under the left headlights of their cars during the Pontiac 400 that year.
I've been a Dale, Jr. fan ever since...
My last memories of Lisa Lopes came from the VH-1 documentary "The Last Days of Left Eye". I saw a very different side of her. She wasn't angry about her past. The free wheeling and, sometimes, self centered artist was gone. My only regret was that the world was unable to share the joy she felt towards the end of her life.
While the last ten years quietly slipped by, music had to evolve and evolve quickly. The TLC era was essentially over. TLC moved on with their lives and so did we.
I hope she knows how grateful her fans were, and still are, for her everything she has done for music.
I, for one, was and still is. Thank you Lisa.
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