Name: Between Iraq and a Hard Place
Brand: Capitol Steps
SKU: 441686
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Between Iraq and a Hard Place

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Album: Between Iraq and a Hard Place
#	Song Title	Time
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)	Bibbity Bobbity 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)	Law Firm of Zacharias Moussaui, The
22)	Speaker of the House
23)	Lirty Dies: Sadman Maddam and Yubble-Doo, Prad Beasts, And Lenator ...

Album: Between Iraq and a Hard Place
#	Song Title	Time
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)	Bibbity Bobbity 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)	Law Firm of Zacharias Moussaui, The
22)	Speaker of the House
23)	Lirty Dies: Sadman Maddam and Yubble-Doo, Prad Beasts, And Lenator ...

Performer Notes

Capitol Steps: Mike Tilford, Mark Eaton, Jamie Zemarel, Delores Williams, Elaina Newport, Nancy Dolliver, Mike Carruthers, Jack Rowles, Janet Davidson Gordon, Mike Loomis, Brian Ash, Mike Thornton, Tracey Stephens, Andy Clemence, Brad Van Grack, Kevin Corbett, Ann Johnson, Richard Paul, Tim Lynch, Linda Rose Payne, Ann Schmitt, Bari Biern, Bill Strauss.
Personnel: Dave Kane , Emily Bell Spitz, Lenny Williams (piano).
Recording information: Capitol Steps (2002-2003); Muddy Hole Studios (2002-2003); Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, Washington DC (2002-2003).
Director: Bill Strauss.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Brian Ash; Andy Clemence; Richard Paul; Nancy Dolliver; Mike Thornton ; Mike Carruthers; Mark Eaton; Janet Davidson Gordon; Jamie Zemarel; Jack Rowles; Tracey Stephens; Mike Rowles; Peter McClung; Mike Tilford; Linda Rose Payne; Kevin Corbett ; Brad Van Grack; Morgan Duncan; Ann Schmitt; Ann Johnson ; Anne Willis Hill; Mike Loomis; LaVern Baker.
The Capitol Steps have been one of the most consistently funny groups to do musical parodies since they released their first CD in 1984. Not only do they have gifted writers, but each of the singers proves to be effective mimics. Political targets are their specialty, especially the hilarious "Hang Down Your Head, Tom Daschle," the opera spoof "Toricelli," Senator Trent Lott ("It's Not Easy Being White"), "Condoleezza" (sung to "Mona Lisa"), and the sidesplitting duet of "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" by Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
But topics of the day squeeze politics aside, with a series of brilliant lampoons like "401K" (sung to the tune of "YMCA"), airlines charging fat people for two tickets ("You Can't Fly with Giant Thighs," utilizing the music from "You Can't Hide Your Lyin' Eyes"), the stomach flu epidemic aboard Disney's cruise ships ("Bippity Bobbity Spew"), actress Wynona Ryder's shoplifting habit ("Kleptomaniac"), and skewering the pompous talk show host Ted Koppel's concern about the possibility of Disney canceling his series ("Heard it on the Nightline"). Even though most of the topics are little more than fleeting news, this very funny CD should stand the test of time. ~ Ken Dryden