[noisereductions]

I used to have the VHS and cassette when I was younger. I dn't think their was a CD release? Anyway, looking for a rip of the cassette.

[atsonicpark]

I have this on dvd... (VHS rip of course)

[atsonicpark]

anyway

http://rapidshare.com/files/94689296...ja_Turtles.zip

or

http://sharebee.com/a66f9b1d

tracklisting:

1. Coming Out of Their Shells
2. Sing About It
3. Tubin'
4. Skipping Stones
5. Pizza Power
6. Walk Straight
7. No Treaties
8. Cowabunga
9. April Ballad
10. Count on Us

[noisereductions]

I'm not gonna lie, adam... I KNEW it would be you.

f'ing awesome man... if I send you a DVDR can you copy the VHS rip for me too? I had it taped off of payperview back then.

[noisereductions]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to atsonicpark again.

[atsonicpark]

well, the quality is a bit shit.. all I did was download the clips off of youtube and put em on a dvd

like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGDeLkTlo_Q


I've still got an old vhs too.

[atsonicpark]

oh this inspired me to look for a torrent of the whole thing

http://btjunkie.org/torrent/Teenage-...ee82e2a0c12984

sweet

[noisereductions]

ah, yeh the old youtube rip. Nice. Maybe i"ll do the same. I'm pretty lazy. But anyway, for some reason that "we're the turtles... you can count on us" track came in my head this morning. It was awesome hearing them do some hair metal-esque cheese. I think my wife will love this album. Awesome fact about my wife: one of her favorite soundtracks of all time is Shocker. Have you heard that soundtrack? it's ridiculous. It has some "fake" bands on it that are weird supergroups of like KISS and Cru and stuff. Haha. It's crrazy. My wife listens to 99% soundtracks. That's what she collects, so she's got some really weird stuff that's awesome.

[GeneticKiss]

I hate to sound like a music snob, but----

Please tell me you guys like this shit primarily on an ironic level...

[noisereductions]

you don't hate to sound like a music snob. You love it. We're okay with that, so you can be too.

I like "this shit" becuz it was a part of my childhood. I still think TMNT comics and games are awesome. But I thought of this album today for the first time in YEARS so I wanted to hear it again for nostalgic reasons.

snob.

[atsonicpark]

I still think it's better and more interesting to listen to than probably whatever p4k is covering this week.

[noisereductions]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

I still think it's better and more interesting to listen to than probably whatever p4k is covering this week.

let's have a look, shall we?

They're currently hyping a reissue of QOTSA's Rated R album. Um yeah. It was cool when it came out. We already knew that. As an aside, how safe-as-milk is it that p4k is always giving super high scores to reissues? haha. Hey! Suprise! Surprise! CROOKED RAIN is STILL a great album. No shit! Oh yeah ?Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a 10? Your'e kidding? We hadn't all been streaming that shit from their site for the year prior. Sigh.

anyway yeah -- the Shells album is awesome. It's hair metal from puppet turtles with a rapping Shredder. C'mon. Dono plays synths man!

[Dr. Eugene Felikson]

Ha, I remember this VHS! I used to always rent this shit from the video store from the FREE kids' section!

I couldn't exactly listen to this stuff now though, sounds like a third-rate Bob Seger... as if there is such a thing as a first-rate Bob Seger.

[GeneticKiss]

To me, the Coming Out of Their Shells Tour was the last gasp of franchise that knew it was dying but refused to accept it. It's pathetic, really...

But to each their own.

[noisereductions]

the franchise has done cool stuff since.

[GeneticKiss]

Yes...TMNT was OK. It hasn't reached the same level as it was in the late 80s/very early 90s, though.

[noisereductions]

no not really.

I want to find the live action TV show. It's not out in the US though.

[noisereductions]

Originally Posted by amerikangod

This made my afternoon.

Turtles rule ok.

[noisereductions]

Ralph was my favorite when I was younger, cuz he was a jerk and his weapon seemed to make people bleed in the most horrific manner. Now I'm not rreally sure who my fav would be.

[Count Mecha]

Donatello was always my favorite, probably because he was the smartest, I'm just drawn to intelligent characters.

I've never sat down and watched this whole thing, I really should though because I always thought it looked fantastic. My favorite thing about it are those interview segments like this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnOzv55JVGY

I don't even really look at the whole thing as some really botched braindead attempt at exploring and milking every single possible outlet of the franchise to creative death. I just kind of like seeing how absolutely overblown they took the stereotyped characters that the turtles became. In the cartoon, they already had a bad enough stoner surfer vibe. But in this thing, they just take it so much farther beyond ridiculousness. It's just a massive exercise in 'ok, what's the absolute farthest that we can take this cowabunga pizza thing?' and they take it pretty far, DUUUUUUUUUUUH!

But whatever, Turtles rule, I'll love em forever. I still fucking hate the way Jim Lawson draws though.