is it the only time hes performed it without saying "Vegas" at the end, funny what with him being in Vegas an all
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Undertaker
& Sacrifice i think.

he screams 'VEGAS!' at the end of alot of songs live.
kind of a way of instructing the band 2 vamp,or whatever u call that.
[This message was edited Mon Sep 1 0:25:29 PDT 2003 by Joshy]

Joshy said:

oh...i dont get it
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Yeah, Joshy is right in a sense.

"Vegas" is when Prince calls out to the band to hold and sustain a note (until he calls it off when he pleases).

Kinda gives a 'shimmery' effect to the music. Don't know how Prince came up with the word.

I always thought that "Vegas" has shimmering lights, so when he calls "Vegas", it's the cue to 'shimmer' that note of the music.

Perhaps im wrong

the term 'Vegas' used by prince, often to realise a musical conclusion, is so called and applied as such a style was a frequent and popular ending to performances by many of the famous 'Vegas acts'.

howcomeudontcallme said:

Exactly. Thus, when playing in Vegas, he refrains from using this cue so as not to confuse the band.

thanks, i had wondered about that for years, and now i know,..

i like saying vegas, at the end of happy birthday when i sing it to family members...always gets a mixture of laughs and odd looks.
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Very interesting indeed!

He says 'Nevada' instead, which made me wonder when I saw the DVD,
but makes perfectly sense in this light.

lust said:

That's great...

This is one of my faves on the DVD.