THE VERSUS OVERTURE includes excerpts of these VERSUSPLUS parodies--

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CIRCLE OF LIES to "Circle of Life" [On GWB]

(Music by Elton John/Lyrics by Tim Rice) 

Gary Stockdale - Lead Vocal, Background Vocals

Janis Liebhart - Background Vocals 

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ANOTHER BEEF to “On the Street Where You Live” [On Food Safety]

(Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner/Music by Frederick Loewe) 

Janis Liebhart – Lead Vocal 

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FOR THE NORTH POLE to “Copacabana” [On Global Warming]

(Music by Barry Manilow/Words by Bruce Sussman & Jack Feldman) 

Tony Jones – Lead Vocal

Mary Harris – Background Vocals 

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MALAY RIDE (ORIGINAL) to "Sleigh Ride" [On Consumerism]

(Music by Leroy Anderson/Lyrics by Mitchell Parish) 

Janis Liebhart - Lead Vocal 

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GUANTANAMO! to "Camelot" [On Enhanced Interrogation]

(Music by Alan Jay Lerner/Music by Frederick Loewe) 

Gary Stockdale - Lead Vocal 

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ODE TO JOIN to Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 - Finale [On Democracy Inaction]

(Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, based on "Ode to Joy" by Friedrich Schiller) 

Angie Jarée – Lead Vocal, Background Vocals

Janis Liebhart – Lead Vocal, Background Vocals

Guy Maeda – Lead Vocal, Background Vocals

Victor Zharkov – Lead Vocal, Background Vocals 

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PARTITION! to "Tradition," from Fiddler On The Roof [On Iraq]

(Music by Jerry Bock/Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick) 

Janis Liebhart - Lead Vocal, Background Vocals

Gary Stockdale - Lead Vocal; Background Vocals