UPDATED-OPEN: Carol Jiani Q & A Session

[kdavid13]

Hey Carol ; I'm Kris from Montreal .I've been a huge fan for years.

Lately I've playing your 1996 album SUPERSTAR a lot.
PLAY WITH ME and LOVE IS WHAT YOU NEED are my 2 favorites ; it turns out they were both co-written by you.

Do you plan on writing more and more and will your new material be available in Canada.

Thanks

Hugs

[Energyguy]

Originally Posted by Carol-Jiani

THANK YOU NEIL ME TOO THIS IS SO FUNNY I COME FROM THE OLD SCHOOL OF DOING THINGS THE OLD WAY THIS IS EXCITING AND MAKING ME NERVOUSE INCASE I PUSH THE WRONG BOTTON HA HA HA

LOL :D
Your doing very well, carol !

[Carol-Jiani]

Originally Posted by kdavid13

Hey Carol ; I'm Kris from Montreal .I've been a huge fan for years.

Lately I've playing your 1996 album SUPERSTAR a lot.
PLAY WITH ME and LOVE IS WHAT YOU NEED are my 2 favorites ; it turns out they were both co-written by you.

Do you plan on writing more and more and will your new material be available in Canada.

Thanks

Hugs

YES KRIS YOU KNOW ME WELL. I MISS MONTREAL AND I WILL BE BACK SOON YES I AM CO WRITTING CONTACT LA CHAPELLE MONTREAL THEY JUST RELEASE HIT AND RUN 2006 SPEAK WITH SYLVAIN LA CHAPELLE CAN'T WAIT TO COME BACK AND ROCK MONTREAL HUGS

[Carol-Jiani]

Originally Posted by rhessel

Hi Carol and all forum members:

This is Ricardo Hessel from Brazil.

Just one question and maybe many answers. Besides you (of course!!) which is your favorite male singer, female singer and group from the disco era.

Thanks and hope to hear from you soon.

Cheers,

Hessel

FEMALE GLORIA GAYNOR...MALE SYLVESTER... GROUP LIME

[Carol-Jiani]

Originally Posted by jim137

Which came first your version of "Vanity" or Barbara Pennington's?
Both were Ian Levine Produced?
Is there a story here?

If you had ever made it to The Saint, they would have asked you to sing "Mercy".
None of your other songs made us dance there more than "Mercy".

BARBARA PENNINGTON CAME IST YES MERCY I PLAN TO RE RECORD "MERCY" THANK YOU

[Carol-Jiani]

Originally Posted by sfbeary

hey carol,

i play "hit and run lover" plenty on my internet radio station RadioioDisco — i hope you get a chunk of the royalties!

do you remember anything from the Montreal (the album) sessions?

when was "Make Sure" recorded? was that ever released on 12"?

thanks!

barry
radioioDisco. your world. your station. no boundaries.

THANKS ALL I REMEMBER FROM THE DAYS OF MONTREAL ALBUM WAS THE AMOUNT OF WINE AND CHAMPAGNE ETCC LOVED THOSE WILD DAYS WE ARE CALMER NOW. MAKE SURE WAS RECORDED EARLY 90S THANKS FOR PLAYING "HIT AND RUN LOVER"

[Say What?]

Which of the current artists are your favorites?

[Carol-Jiani]

Originally Posted by luifalcon

Hi Ms. Jiani

Back in the day I recall the most important thing about Disco was, that all anyone cared about was "the music and dancing" the one common thing that brought people from all walks of life rich, poor, diff ethnicities was the music and the desire to dance.

Fast forward, do you feel that the industry today has any of those elements in it at all, or has greed taken over?

Thank you in advance for your time.

Luis

THANK YOU LUIS YES GREED HAS TAKEN OVER AND ALSO THE WORLD IS VERY ANGRY THE SONGS TODAY REFLECT THAT THAT IS WHY WE MUST GET BACK TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN THINGS WERE HAPPY AND THERE WERE MELODIES HOOK LINES ALTHOUGH MANY OF OUR FRIENDS ARE NO LONGER WITH US WE MUST RESPECT THE MEMORIES AND KEEP THE MUSIC ALIVE TO ME DISCO IS NOT DEAD AND I INTEND TO BRING IT BACK

[Carol-Jiani]

Originally Posted by Say What?

Which of the current artists are your favorites?

I LIKE KRISTINE W THE SONGS ARE HAPPY

[Carol-Jiani]

Originally Posted by needlefingers

Thanks for joining us Carol. I still play your records and it was very kind of you to join us on this forum.

THANK YOU KINDLY HONEY

[Carol-Jiani]

Originally Posted by Energyguy

Carol
During the record Shack & Nightmare record sessions.. Did you get to know/meet any of the other divas like Miquel Brown, Earlene Bentley & Evelyn Thomas ?

YES I DID I HAVE SPOKEN WITH EVELYN THOMAS RECENTLY BUT I HAVE SEEN MIQUEL BROWN FOR A LONG LONG TIME EARLENE BENTLY NOT SURE WHERE SHE IS AT THE MOMENT GREAT DIVAS

[Carol-Jiani]

Originally Posted by Energyguy

Hi Carol
Its neil here - thanks ever so much for taking the time out to join us - very much appreciated. TURNING MY BACK & WALKING AWAY is my personal favourite of all the tracks you recorded with Ian :D

THANK YOU NEIL

[Energyguy]

Originally Posted by Carol-Jiani

YES I DID I HAVE SPOKEN WITH EVELYN THOMAS RECENTLY BUT I HAVE SEEN MIQUEL BROWN FOR A LONG LONG TIME EARLENE BENTLY NOT SURE WHERE SHE IS AT THE MOMENT GREAT DIVAS

Both Earlene bentley & Miquel brown are based here in the UK and regualarly appear in stage productions on the West End theatre.
You all gave us some fabulous HI-NRG disco music 8)

[Bernie]

What were the reasons for shifting from Joe La Greca as producer of your records to Ian Levine?

[Carol-Jiani]

Originally Posted by Bernie

Now this is interesting... Why were you not credited for doing the vocals on this song? At this point you already had a huge hit with Hit n' Run Lover. Also, does it bother you that you were not credited?

YES YOUR RIGHT THE TRUTH IS THAT I DI THE PRODUCER A FAVOUR JERRY CUCCUZELLA WAS GEORGE CUCCUZELAS BROTHER AND BECAUSE "HIT AND RUN LOVER" WAS A HIT THEY THOUGHT IT BEST TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE MIME THIS . NOW I WAS YOUNG AND BASICALLY I CAN SAY THAT I WAS RIPPED OFF BUT I HAVE SINCE THEN RE RECORDED THIS SONG AND I INCLUDE THIS IN MY SHOWS SO JUSTICE IN THE END NOW IN LIFE YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW. SUZI Q WAS NEVER THE SAME. THIS IS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ME IT MAKES YOU STRONGER AND ADDS TO YOUR DIVA MODE ON STAGE SO NEXT TIME WHEN YOU SEE ME PERFORMING AND JUST BEING A MAD DIVA YOU KNOW WHAT PRODUCERS I AM THINKING ABOUT HA HA HA FEEL BETTER ABOUT THAT . THIS IS WONDERFUL THERAPY THANK YOU