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Curaçao
Curaçao (/ˈkʊrəsaʊ/ KUR-ə-sow or /ˈkjʊərəsaʊ/ KEWR-ə-sow; Dutch: Curaçao;Papiamentu: Kòrsou) is an island country in the southern Caribbean Sea, approximately 65 kilometres (40 mi) north of the Venezuelan coast, that is a constituent country (Dutch: land) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Formally called the Country of Curaçao, (Dutch: Land Curaçao;Papiamento: Pais Kòrsou), it includes the main island and the uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao ("Little Curaçao"). It has a population of over 150,000 on an area of 444 km2 (171 sq mi) and its capital is Willemstad.
Before the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010, Curaçao was administered as the "Island Territory of Curaçao" (Dutch: Eilandgebied Curaçao, Papiamentu: Teritorio Insular di Kòrsou), one of five island territories of the former Netherlands Antilles.
Etymology
According to Edgard Otero, author of "Origins of countries' names", the island was discovered by Spaniards, who left in the island members of their crew who had become ill during the trip. When the ships returned to the island one year later, expecting to find the sick already dead, they found their old crew members healthy and healed. For that reason, the island was baptized as "Isla de la Curación" (Island of the Cure, or Island of Healing). In 1520 the island would figure for the first time in a map - which was nonetheless designed by the Portuguese, in whose language the island was called "Ilha da Curação" (Curação still means healing in Portuguese).
Curaçao (disambiguation)
Curaçao is an island in the Caribbean Sea which is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Curaçao may also refer to:
See also
Curaçao (liqueur)
Curaçao (/ˈkjʊərəsaʊ/ KEWR-ə-sow) is a liqueur flavored with the dried peel of the laraha citrus fruit, grown on the island of Curaçao.
A non-native plant similar to an orange, the laraha developed from the sweet Valencia orange transplanted by Spanish explorers. The nutrient-poor soil and arid climate of Curaçao proved unsuitable to Valencia cultivation, resulting in small, bitter fruit of the trees. Although the bitter flesh of the laraha is hardly edible, the peels are aromatic and flavorful, maintaining much of the essence of the Valencia orange.
Curaçao liqueur was first developed and marketed by the Senior family in the 19th century. To create the liqueur the laraha peel is dried, bringing out the sweetly fragranced oils. After soaking in a still with alcohol and water for several days, the peel is removed and other spices are added. The liqueur has an orange-like flavor with varying degrees of bitterness. It is naturally colorless, but is often given artificial coloring, most commonly blue or orange, which confers an exotic appearance to cocktails and other mixed drinks. Blue color is achieved by adding a food colorant, most often E133 Brilliant Blue.
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ALBUMS
- Disco Fox, Volume 1 released: 2010
- Ö3 Zeitreise 1988 released: 2009
- Austro Pop Show Zehn released: 2006
- Austro Pop Show Siebn released: 2005
- Austro Pop Show Drei released: 2005
- Austro-Pop Raritäten, Volume 2 released: 2003
- Austro-Pop Raritäten released: 2002
- Best of Austro-Pop, Volume 2 released: 2000
- The New Sound of Austria released:
Disco Fox, Volume 1
Released 2010- Words (mix version)
- I Am Your Believer (remix)
- Andromeda (Space-Shuttle-mix)
- Need Your Passion (remix)
- For Your Love (12" version)
- Do You Want to Be My Girl (Romantic-Sunshine-mix)
- Hello (extended special dance mix)
- Secret Eyes (12" version)
- The Loving Kind (extended maxi-mix)
- If I Can't Have U (extended mix)
- Double Trouble (Zeppelin remix)
Ö3 Zeitreise 1988
Released 2009- Don’t Worry Be Happy
- Macho Macho
- The Race
- Waiting for a Star to Fall
- Tell It to My Heart
- A Little Respect
- I Thing We’re Alone Now
- Pop Goes the World
- Bring Me Edelweiss
- Yiasou
- Girl You Know It’s True
- You Came
- Ich lieb dich überhaupt nicht mehr
- In the Dutch Mountains
- Push It
- Teardrops
- Gimme Hope Jo’anna
- Perfect
- China in Your Hand
- Stop
Austro Pop Show Zehn
Released 2006- Wiener Blut
- Fata Morgana
- I bin a Kniera
- Gö, do schaust
- Schickeria
- Radl noch Rio
- Say
- Der Sound von dein Stern
- Du und I
- Bleib bei mir
- Faster and Faster
- Zauberland
- Talk to Me
- Simon on the Wall
- Endlich im Radio
- Das Geburtstagsgeschenk
- Mann im Mond
- Da Wamperte, da Glatzerte und I
- Die Nächste bin i
- Ruaf mi ned au
Austro Pop Show Drei
Released 2005- Strada del Sole
- Irgendwann bleib i dann dort
- Weisse Pferde
- Vienna Calling
- Küss die Hand, schöne Frau
- Hallo Maus ( Z'ruck Zu Dir )
- Mitten Ins Herz
- Fandango
- Don't Say No
- Eleven
- Langsam woch's ma z'amm
- Erzherzog Johann Blues
- Addiction
- Janine
- The Boxer
- Miss You ( Drums Of Fire )
- Only A Whisper
- So Close
- Schee, Schee, Schee
- Sanft Ist Unser Kampf
Austro-Pop Raritäten, Volume 2
Released 2003- Rock Me Amadeus (Salieri Maxi-Version)
- Cojdoj (The Flying Schissel)
- Alpenpunk (single edit)
- Aspirin
- Die Beisl Hur
- Loretta
- Time Up for Love
- Pictures
- Alles oder nichts
- Paradies
- Turn Me On
- Lonesome Town
- Orange
- Move Your Body Close to Me
- Working for Peace
- Hart und weich zugleich
- Miss You (Drums of Fire) (radio edit)
- We Are the Power (Radio-Mix)
Austro-Pop Raritäten
Released 2002- Ready for Radetzky
- Body Next to Body
- Bu Hu Hu Hu Hu
- The Boxer
- Ka Platz im Herz
- Ball im All
- Komm gib mir Deine Hand
- In dieser Nacht oder nie
- Time Is the Killer
- Simon on the Wall
- Mann im Mond
- Wir bauen ein Haus
- Fred ist wieder da
- Love Is Pain
- Daumenlutscher
- Im Dschungel
- Hungaria
- Catherine
- Oh Darling
- Ein Freund ging nach Amerika
Best of Austro-Pop, Volume 2
Released 2000- A Mensch mecht i bleibn
- Kalt und kälter
- Vorstadtcasanova
- Flyin' High
- I mecht landen
- Sternderl schaun
- Ziwui, Ziwui
- Schizo
- Gummizwerg
- Hexen
- Du kleiner Spion
- Ba-Ba-Banküberfall
- Na guat daunn net
- My Little World
- I wü di g'spürn
- Sie hab'n a Haus baut
- Reif für die Insel
- Puppe (Moderne Hex')
- Bertl Braun
- Der Bätmän bin I
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Sellout
by: GeorgeI knew you
Before you entered through the deadly door
It's eaten away at you
It's given you the edge
You're dreaming of returning
But you don't think you can
(You don't think you can)
They don't sell the product to you
They sell you to the product
They don't give a fuck about you
They just want their deadly dosh
I wish you could see through this
I wish you could believe
That you can really do this
I know you can
Cuz i knew you
Before you entered through the deadly door
It's eaten away at you
It's given you the edge
You're dreaming of returning
But you don't think you can
You don't think you can
They don't want to know about
Your aspirations
They don't care about where they are
Sending you to
They dont't mind they don't mind
To blacken your stream
They are pulling you along
So when will you see
That i knew you
Before you entered through the deadly door
It's eaten away at you
It's given you the edge
You're dreaming of returning
Cuz i knew you
Before you entered through the deadly door
It's eaten away at you
It's given you the edge
You're dreaming of returning
(dreaming of returning
you are dreaming of returning to that
to that same world
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