Thursday, June 25, 2009

Cassette Tape Memories: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Probably my least favorite kind of music is the kind of music found on this soundtrack - late 80s/early 90s R&B/new jack swing garbage. But still I have a soft spot for all the ridiculous songs on this album, probably because I remember walking around my backyard with a Fischer Price tape player blasting it like crazy when I was 9. At the time I mainly listened to soundtracks, classical music, and jazz, so pop music wasn't really in my vocabulary until a year or two after I owned this album when a friend picked up a Louis Armstrong tape I had in disgust and told me "Glenn, cool people don't listen to Louis Armstrong. Cool people listen to C&C Music Factory." Well, he was half right I guess, but for now just check out some TURTLE Power if you've got a few minutes and I think you do.

RATING: 51%
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9 comments:

  1. LoCoJune 25, 2009 at 8:15 AM

    I think this movie kind of scared me when it came out. The turtles were all stilted and creepy.

    April is hot.

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  2. Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band)June 25, 2009 at 9:58 AM

    new jack and swing are two diff. links yall

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  3. Viking AndrewJune 25, 2009 at 10:44 AM

    "...when I was 9...I mainly listened to soundtracks, classical music, and jazz, so pop music wasn't really in my vocabulary."

    Snoot-snoot%

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  4. BelabrasJune 25, 2009 at 10:58 AM

    Casey Jones was, and remains, the coolest thing about the Turtles franchise.

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  5. laurieJune 25, 2009 at 11:08 AM

    I think I would be very disappointed if my 9 year old listened to classical music. Or if my child did that at any age.

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  6. BelabrasJune 25, 2009 at 12:20 PM

    Hah, love the new banner!

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  7. Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band)June 25, 2009 at 9:25 PM

    lets keep the banner coments on day 8 plz kthx ;)

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  8. I.J.June 28, 2009 at 7:53 PM

    Ain't but one c in "Fisher Price."

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  9. Matthew J KillianJuly 1, 2009 at 10:42 AM

    Word

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