Monte Carlo (French: Monte-Carlo, Occitan: Montcarles, Monégasque: Monte-Carlu) is an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco.
Monte Carlo is widely known for its casino and its prominence. The permanent population is about 15,000 in Quarter. Monte Carlo quarter includes not only Monte Carlo proper where the Le Grand Casino is located, it also includes the neighbourhoods of Saint-Michel, Saint-Roman/Tenao, and the beach community of Larvotto. It is also one of Monaco's 10 wards, with a population of 3,500. It borders the French town of Beausoleil (sometimes referred to as Monte-Carlo-Supérieur).
The "Monte Carlo" name is of Italian origin, meaning "Mount Charles" named after the Prince Charles III of Monaco during the time of his reign.
Founded in 1866, Monte Carlo has a name of Italian origin meaning "Mount Charles", in honor of the then-reigning prince, Charles III of Monaco. The specific mountain is the escarpment at the foot of the Maritime Alps on which the town stands.
The history of the area and the ruling Grimaldi family, however, dates back centuries. The port of Monaco is first mentioned in historical records as early as 43 BC, when Julius Caesar concentrated his fleet there while waiting in vain for Pompey. In the 12th century, the area fell under the sovereignty of Genoa, which was granted the entire coastline from Porto Venere to Monaco. After much conflict, the Grimaldis regained the rock in 1295, but suffered a significant amount of opposition in the ensuing years. In 1506 the Monegasques, under Lucien, Lord of Monaco, were under siege for some four months by the Genoan army, which had ten times the number of men. Monaco officially received full autonomy in 1524, but experienced difficulty retaining power, and on occasions briefly fell under the domination of Spain, Sardinia, and France.
The Monte-Carlo Masters (as of 2012[update] sponsored by Rolex) is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, a commune that borders on Monaco. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. The tournament is played on clay courts and is held every year in the April-May period.
The Monte Carlo tennis championship was first held in 1897. It became an "Open" event in 1969. Between 1970 and 1989 it was a major tournament of the Grand Prix Tour as part of the Grand Prix Championship Series top tier events, before becoming an ATP Championship Series Single Week tennis event.
Beginning in 2009, Monte Carlo became the only ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament to not have a mandatory player commitment. Most of the top players still elect to play the event.
Rafael Nadal has won the title 8 consecutive times between 2005 and 2012, making him the only player in the open era to win 8 consecutive titles at the same tournament.
Novak Djokovic (Serbian: Новак Ђоковић or Novak Đoković; pronounced [nɔ̂ʋaːk dʑɔ̂ːkɔʋitɕ] ( listen); born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked World No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) since 4 July 2011. He has won five Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008, 2011 and 2012 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open. By winning three Majors in 2011, Djokovic became the sixth male player in the open era to win three Majors in a calendar year.
He is the first male player representing Serbia to win a Major singles title and the youngest player in the open era to have reached the semifinals of all four Grand Slam events, separately and consecutively. Amongst other titles, he won the Tennis Masters Cup in 2008 and was on the team which won the 2010 Davis Cup. He also won the bronze medal in singles at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. He has won 11 Masters 1000 series titles placing him joint fourth on the all time list. Djokovic has quickly moved up in the rankings of history. Tennis Channel ranked him number 40 , and former player Pat Cash said he is one of the greatest ever.
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo
Paradies
wie bist du schön.
Welche Wonne
wenn die Sonne
und der Sommer nie vergeh'n.
Wo die Liebe lacht und feiert
nur das Glück alleine zählt
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo
dahin fährt die ganze Welt
dahin fährt die ganze Welt.
Wenn Mimosen und Jasmin
im Sonnenschein erblüh'n
und die Rosen wie Rubin
aus allen Gärten blüh'n
zähl' auch ich ganz insgeheim
die Groschen und pack ein
dann verschließ' ich meine Tür
und fahr an die Cote D'azur.
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo
. . .
Ich brauch' Sommer und das Meer
vom Glück den kleinen Hauch
weiße Boote lieb' ich sehr
schöne Mädchen auch.
Meine Träume
die ich hab'
geh'n vielleicht sehr schnell vorbei
doch was soll's
die nächste Nacht
liebes Mädchen bin ich frei.
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo
. . .
Monte Carlo
Dream....Dream....
Damaged...do you see through the scream...
Damaged...but I know I will survive
Damaged...but I guess I'll move on...
Dream....Dream...
Live this life before your soul's a smoke ring, in the sky...
Just keeping it, keeping it on, on ,on...
Just keeping it, keeping it on, on on...
Just keep it, keep it, keep it on, just keeping it, keep anything...
Dream...Dream...
Live this life before your soul's a smoke ring, in the sky
Damaged...do you see through the scream
Damaged...but I know I will survive
Damaged...but I guess I'll move on
Too many people, too many dreams now, too many dreams now,
I gonna come out now, I've gotta come back now...
Dream...Dream..Yeah, Dream
Live your life before your soul's a smoke ring in the sky
Dream...Dream...
(Overend Watts)
Everyone agrees, a little money helps to please,
But I just took so much of it, I'm shakin' at the knees
And we've gotta leave this town.
We've had a heavy day, but the law want us to stay,
We told them ";Thanks a lot, but we've just got to get away";
And we've gotta leave right now!
There's a place I gotta be, and time won't wait for me
But I gotta make it alone
I can see the river wind, and hear the guns behind
We gotta move, we gotta run,
away from what we've done.
Only yesterday I was lazing in the sun,
Makin' out with bar-room queens and boozing like a bum
Now we've gotta leave this town
It don't seem really fair, but then thinkin' of my share,
I guess it can't be bad, 'cos I must be a millionaire,
So we've gotta leave right now.
There's a place I gotta go where nobody'll know
And I've gotta make it alone
I can see the hills ahead, and the skyline turning red ....
Now I'm crawling down the street with an independent air,
Feeling good from being loose, so we ain't got a care
And feeling like settling down
But someone starts to stare, and he jumps up from his chair,
Before he gets to make a sound, I'm sitting on my mare
And we've gotta leave right now
I don't know where to go, and I'm feeling pretty low
But I've gotta make it alone
And as I turn around, I can see a dusty cloud ....
We gotta move, we gotta run,
Away from what we've done
We gotta move, we gotta run,
All the way to Monte Carlo.
Everyone agrees, a little money helps to please,
But I just took so much of it, I'm shakin' at the knees
And we've gotta leave this town.
We've had a heavy day, but the law want us to stay,
We told them thanks a lot, but we've just got to get away
And we've gotta leave right now!
There's a place I gotta be, and time won't wait for me
But I gotta make it alone
I can see the river wind, and hear the guns behind
We gotta move, we gotta run,
Away from what we've done.
Only yesterday I was lazing in the sun,
Makin' out with bar-room queens and boozing like a bum
Now we've gotta leave this town
It don't seem really fair, but then thinkin' of my share,
I guess it can't be bad, 'cos I must be a millionaire,
So we've gotta leave right now.
There's a place I gotta go where nobody'll know
And I've gotta make it alone
I can see the hills ahead, and the skyline turning red ...
Now I'm crawling down the street with an independent air,
Feeling good from being loose, so we ain't got a care
And feeling like settling down
But someone starts to stare, and he jumps up from his chair,
Before he gets to make a sound, I'm sitting on my mare
And we've gotta leave right now
I don't know where to go, and I'm feeling pretty low
But I've gotta make it alone
And as I turn around, I can see a dusty cloud ...
We gotta move, we gotta run,
Away from what we've done
We gotta move, we gotta run,
When I saw you standing there
It was crystal clear to me
that it just wouldn't be fair
for you to be stuck with a guy like me
when i saw you yesturday
in my shirt that doesn't fit
it was crystal clear to me
that you were ment to wear it
every time i think
of all the things we did
(hanging out, trying to get drunk)
I just want to know
how i became
the lucky one
When i was just growing up
luck would never cross my path
I would break a mirror under a ladder
in the path of a black cat
i never learned how to be cool
the only "f" i got in school
I can't belive you talked to me
after you watched me play the fool
every time i think
of all the things we did
(haning out, trying to get drunk)
I just want to know
how I became
the lucky one
when will it be forever?
what was i really thinking?
I wasted time wondering why
when we could've wasted that time drinking
it will take more than letter
to patch things up this time
I only hope i'm lucky enough
to win you back again as mine
every time i think
of all the things we did
(haning out, trying to get drunk)
I just want to know
how I became
you're lucky one
Monte Carlo
Dream....Dream....
Damaged...do you see through the scream...
Damaged...but I know I will survive
Damaged...but I guess I'll move on...
Dream....Dream...
Live this life before your soul's a smoke ring, in the sky...
Just keeping it, keeping it on, on ,on...
Just keeping it, keeping it on, on on...
Just keep it, keep it, keep it on, just keeping it, keep anything...
Dream...Dream...
Live this life before your soul's a smoke ring, in the sky
Damaged...do you see through the scream
Damaged...but I know I will survive
Damaged...but I guess I'll move on
To many people, to many dreams now, to many dreams now,
I gonna come out now, I've gotta come back now...
Dream...Dream..Yeah, Dream
Live your life before your soul's a smoke ring in the sky
Dream...Dream...
Live your life before your soul's a smoke ring in the sky
And the three lonely things poking up from the water
are her nipples and her nose as she floats on her back
And the sand is deserted except for me standing
I stand as the landmark to keep her on track
So the ocean wont pull her away
I'm guarding our bags since I really can't swim
and I don't want to learn, though she does try to teach
but thieves who scope tourists at night in the city
in daytime all probably hang at this beach
You never know in Monte Carlo
From noon until evening her skin changes color
from paler than mine to a sun-punished red
So I expect havoc tonight around bedtime
she'll want me to blow on her blisters in bed
That's the sun in Monte Carlo
The keeper of the lighthouse is sleeping
so we creep upstairs to play with his beam
Making ships stray from their courses intended
by highlighting rocks and the shallows between them
And the smashing of hulls in the night seemed to have no consequence at all like the action in dreams
In the morning gulls pick over jetsam and junk
over flotsam but feeling no guilt for their screams
While we spent three quarters of our time apologizing
for the quarter of the time
that we're thoughtless and thoughtless and mean
Just for fun in Monte Carlo
Just for fun in Monte Carlo
We go to the cliffs where the men cruise eachother
their cars come and go like the change of the tide
Where Grace Kelly swam her last swim on the planet
When Grace Kelly's Roadster flipped over the side of the guardrail
One guy looked so nervous in standing alone
My friend saw him shaking and started to laugh
I said "wouldn't you be nervous if you knew in ten minutes
you'd have the surf at your feet and some stranger up your back
giving you his best Monte Carlo"
A ten-minute double ringed halo
You know the most breathtaking sight I've seen in a while
was the site of French men fucking under the stars
We watched them dancing like mermen on fire
'til cops came and chased them away in their cars
We watched them run in Monte Carlo
We watched them and we laid low
And my girl is as red as a rare hot-house flower
her skin is so burned that she's giving off heat
And my girl is as tired as nobody's business
but sea air makes sleeping incredibly sweet
Two more nights in Monte Carlo
And her burn will be a tan
She can't sleep- she just said so