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Capitol Steps

The Capitol Steps was an American political-satire group that performed from 1981 to 2020. Most of the Capitol Steps' material parodied well-known contemporary songs. The songs were interspersed with other routines, including a spoonerism routine ("Lirty Dies") near the end of each performance with innuendoes about recent scandals. They released over 40…

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Genre
Satire
Medium
Television, theatre, radio, audio recordings
Members
Full list
Subjects
American politics, Washington, D.C., the U.S. federal government
Years active
1981–2021

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Edges77
Triples219
Avg. degree1.97
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related to Albums · 79
Capitol Steps → All, Bad Loans, Barackin' Around, Between Iraq, Brand New Baghdad, Bush Leagues, Campaign, Capitol Steps Live, Center, Christmas Bush, Christmas Is, Christmas Tree, Congress Without Really Lying, Contra Boy, Danny's First Noel, Desperate House Members, Expect When You're Electing, First Lady, First Lady Sings, Fiscal Shades
related to Reagan years · 35
Capitol Steps → Although, Barbie Granzow, Bill Strauss, Capitol Building, Charles, Christmas, Congressman John Jenrette, Dave Nichols, December, Democrats, Despite, Elaina Newport, Energy, Government Processes, Governmental Affairs, House, In, Jim Aidala, Joined, Nancy Baskin
related to Further reading · 22
Capitol Steps → Bill, Can Learn, Connecticut, Elaina, Everything You Need, Fools, Hill, Illinois, ISBN, Know About Politics You, Lies, Longmeadow Press, Naperville, Newport, Other Habits, Our Great Leaders, Sex, Sixteen Scandals, Sourcebooks MediaFusion, Stamford
related to George H. W. Bush years · 22
Capitol Steps → Bad Loans, Bush Years, Bush's, Christmas, During, George Herbert Walker Bush's, Georgie, My Mind, On, Panama, Pearl Harbor Day, President Bush, Quayle's, September, Stand By Your Dan, The, The Capitol Steps, United States, Vice President, Vice President Dan Quayle
related to George W. Bush Years · 17
Capitol Steps → American, Blair, Brand New Pair, British Prime Minister Tony, Bush, Bush's, Candidates, Dan Quayle, French President Jacques Chirac, George, Giuliani, Immediately, New York Mayor Rudy, October, September, The, Want
related to Clinton years · 11
Capitol Steps → Bill Clinton's, Clinton, First Lady, Gore, Hillary, In, Lewinsky, Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, Until, Vice-President Al Gore, White House
related to Live shows · 9
Capitol Steps → As, Brian AshJon BellBari BiernMike, CarruthersEvan CaseyJenny CorbettKevin CorbettJanet, Davidson GordonNancy DolliverMorgan DuncanMark, EatonCorey HarrisPrince HavelyEmily LeveyElaina, NewportRichard PaulJack RowlesAnn SchmittTracey, StephensMike ThorntonBrad Van GrackDelores, The Capitol Steps, WilliamsAnne Willis HillJamie Zemarel
related to Biden years · 6
Capitol Steps → As, By October, Capitol Fools, DC’s Reflecting Fools, On January, The
related to External links · 6
Capitol Steps → Bill StraussAllmusic, Capitol StepsAllmusic, CapitolStepsAllmusic, Elaina NewportAllmusic, Mark Eaton, Official Websitehttps
related to Recordings · 6
Capitol Steps → CD, National Young Leaders Conference, Since, The, Their, Washington

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Capitol StepsGenreSatire1.00infobox
Capitol StepsMediumTelevision, theatre, radio, audio recordings1.00infobox
Capitol StepsMembersFull list1.00infobox
Capitol StepsSubjectsAmerican politics, Washington, D.C., the U.S. federal government1.00infobox
Capitol StepsWebsitewww.capsteps.com1.00infobox
Capitol StepsYears active1981–20211.00infobox
Capitol Stepsrelated to AlbumsCapitol Steps Live0.60section
Capitol Stepsrelated to AlbumsShoreham0.60section
Capitol Stepsrelated to AlbumsWe Arm0.60section
Capitol Stepsrelated to AlbumsWorld0.60section
Capitol Stepsrelated to AlbumsThank God I'm0.60section
Capitol Stepsrelated to AlbumsContra Boy0.60section

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