The Grower Challenge

The Grower Challenge

Author: Shitty Mashups March 4, 2023 Duration: 43:19

Now look. Some songs are showers and some are growers. Just because you didn't like them the first time you heard them doesn't mean that they have nothing to offer. Give that song you don't like a few more listens and see if it doesn't win you over. You hipster.


Deep beneath our feet, in a geothermal lab where the rock is hot and the standards are low, three eternally confined scientists conduct their audacious auditory experiments. This is Shitty Mashups. Each episode is a gleeful report from their subterranean studio, where the mission is simple: to fuse songs that were never meant to meet, crafting what might generously be called the worst music ever conceived. The results are unpredictable, often hilarious, and strangely compelling. You'll hear legendary pop anthems violently welded to forgotten elevator jingles, aggressive metal riffs underpinning smooth jazz solos, and nursery rhymes subjected to unthinkable electronic beats. The hosts, operating as the podcast's cursed creators, provide a running commentary of scientific despair and manic pride as their creations unfold. It's a celebration of glorious failure and a bizarre love letter to music itself, asking the important question: how wrong can a song feel before it becomes a new kind of right? Tune in for a uniquely chaotic and comedic listen that defies all conventional taste.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 98

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Podcast Episodes
Shane's Bachelor Party Special [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:19
There's actually no mashups this episode so if you are only here for the music go ahead and skip, but if you wanna hear the results of having all three of our original flesh bodies occupying the same general area for the…
The Anime Challenge [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:50
That's right! This is the first-ever community requested mashup challenge! Thanks for the suggestion from like, a year ago listener ChuChu. Much appreciated. While one smasher is an avid anime fan, the other is only a ca…
The Discog Shakes [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:17
In the exciting sequel to Episode 2, the boys shake up their phones to get a random album from their discogs collection. But don't worry, while the challenge is recycled, the beats are fresh as hell. Could have sworn tha…
The Talk Rock Challenge / The 420 Special! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:46
Happy holidays! There aren't many holidays these boys actually celebrate, but at least 2/3 of them celebrate this one! Shane's a government employee and a good boy though so he can't. That government being the Music Rese…
The Soul Challenge [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:49
This week the boys do their best to make soul mashups, despite being completely unqualified to do so. Is the outcome good? That's for history to decide. But given the standard for podcasts run by three white dudes... the…
The Stank Face Challenge [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:10
First, I do like this Put a look on my face like I smelled some piss Bounce to the beat till it start to hurt Then I dust all the smirk off me shirt Dip to the ground as I catch the bass Then I wipe all the sweat off me…
The Chill Challenge [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:58
Get a nice big cup of some sort of hot beverage, snuggle up under the covers, and get ready to have your ears tenderly kissed and whispered into by the boys. Only cozy vibes allowed here. If you have uncozy vibes I DON'T…
The Red Scare Challenge [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:48
Inopportune timing? Perhaps. But keep in mind there's quite a information delay between the earth and the moon so how were we supposed to know? This week the boys make tracks based around the color Red. Long time listene…
The Speedrun Challenge [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:12
The boys only had 3600 seconds to complete this open category challenge. Did they make anything good? Well, one of them did! To listen be sure to do a short backwards bunny hop in this corner on frame 8 which will instaf…
The Banana Bass Challenge [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:29
That's bass, not bass. In a throwback to the forbidden episode [Z.E.R.0.], the boys set out to make some banana bass bangers. But who's banana was a banger and who's was a bungle? That's up to Shane to decide.