Between Iraq and a Hard Place

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Between Iraq and a Hard Place
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Live album by The Capitol Steps
Released June 3, 2003
Recorded 2002
Genre comedy
Length1:02:15
Label Self-published
Producer Elaina Newport
The Capitol Steps chronology
When Bush Comes to Shove
(2002)
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
(2003)
Papa's Got a Brand New Baghdad
(2004)
Professional ratings
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Between Iraq and a Hard Place is a 2003 album by the Capitol Steps.

Capitol Steps American political satirist

The Capitol Steps are an American political-satire group which has been performing since 1981. Most of the Capitol Steps' material parodies well-known contemporary songs, usually introduced with a short skit. The songs are interspersed with other routines, including a spoonerism routine near the end of each performance with innuendoes about recent scandals. They have released over 40 albums, primarily song parodies. Originally consisting of congressional staffers who performed around Washington, D.C., the troupe is now primarily made up of professional actors and singers. The Capitol Steps have performed on PBS, public radio and in small- and medium-size venues around the United States.

Track listing

  1. "God Bless My SUV"
  2. "Hans Blix and the Inspectors"
  3. "401K"
  4. "Korea"
  5. "Clinton Thinks the French Have a Lot of Gaul"
  6. "Talk 'bout Saddam"
  7. "I've Grown a Culture in This Place"
  8. "Hang Down Your Head, Tom Daschle"
  9. "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
  10. "You Can't Fly with Giant Thighs"
  11. "Sound of Moose-Sick"
  12. "Toricelli"
  13. "Agent 2004"
  14. "It's Not Easy Bein' White"
  15. "Bibbidy Bobbidy Spew"
  16. "Condoleezza"
  17. "Kleptomaniac"
  18. "Danger's in the Bite"
  19. "This Fish is Made for Walkin'"
  20. "Heard It on the Nightline"
  21. "The Law Firm of Zacarias Moussaoui"
  22. "Speaker of the House"
  23. "Lirty Dies: Sadman Maddam & Yubble-Doo, Prad Beasts, and Lenator Sott"


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