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|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All Concerts#1987|1987]], [[All Concerts#1988|1988]], [[All Concerts#1993|1993]] <small>(horn interpolation during [[1999]] medley)</small>, [[All Concerts#2000|2000]] <small>(horn interpolation during [[America]] medley)</small>, [[All Concerts#2011|2011]] <small>(chant during [[Sexy Dancer]] instrumental)</small> | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All Concerts#1987|1987]], [[All Concerts#1988|1988]], [[All Concerts#1993|1993]] <small>(horn interpolation during [[1999]] medley)</small>, [[All Concerts#2000|2000]] <small>(horn interpolation during [[America]] medley)</small>, [[All Concerts#2011|2011]] <small>(chant during [[Sexy Dancer]] instrumental)</small> | ||
|trivia = The ‘Transmississippirap’ is a reading of Edward Lear’s ''The Table And The Chair'' poem, first published in 'Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets' (1871). | |trivia = The ‘Transmississippirap’ is a reading of Edward Lear’s ''The Table And The Chair'' poem, first published in 'Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets' (1871). | ||
− | * The recording marks the earliest official release of a song featuring the call-and-response chant, “Oh-ee-oh, oh-oh”, which Prince used with audiences throughout his stage career. | + | * The recording marks the earliest official release of a song featuring the call-and-response chant, “Oh-ee-oh, oh-oh”, which Prince used with audiences throughout his stage career. The original chant first appeared in the 1939 musical fantasy film, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film) The Wizard of Oz’], as performed by the Wicked Witch of the West’s enslaved castle guards during ‘March of the Winkies’. The musical accompaniment was scored by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Stothart Herbert Stothart] (first published In 1900, the original book by L. Frank Baum on which the film was based, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz] makes no reference to the Winkies chanting). Prince also gave thanks to ‘the Wizard of Oz’ in the liner notes of his 1991 album, [[Album: Diamonds & Pearls|Diamonds & Pearls]]. |
|see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] album | |see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] album | ||
*[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album | *[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album |
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