Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste (33 1/3)
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (755 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 082642788X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
There's nothing cool about Céline Dion, and nothing clever. That's part of her appeal as an object of love or hatred with most critics and committed music fans taking pleasure (or at least geeky solace) in their lofty contempt. Non-fans regard Céline Dion as ersatz and plastic, yet to those who love her, no one could be more real, with her impoverished childhood, her (creepy) manager-husband's struggle with cancer, her knack for howling out raw emotion. This book documents Carl Wilson's brave and unprecedented year-long quest to find his inner Céline Dion fan, and explores h
He runs the popular music blog Zoilus and is part of the team behind Trampoline Hall, Toronto's acclaimed nightclub series of lectures by non-experts, which toured America in 2002.. Carl Wilson is a writer and editor at The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper, and his work also has appeared in Pitchfork, Slate, The New York Times, Blender and many other publications. His pieces were selected for two of Da Capo Books' annual Best Music Writing collections, in
Lee said A thoughtful, fun book on taste. This is an interesting, thoughtful, and humane book with a touch of humor by a prominent music critic. Carl Wilson takes his best shot at redeeming Celine Dion from the critical consensus that she is supremely kitsch and uncool. He does this as an exercise, in order to demonstrate how that seemingly solid judgment can actually rest on snobbery, nationalism, ignorance, and class anxiety. The details are very interesting: we learn about the political history of Quebec, the turn against sentimentality in art, and how improvements in microphone technology led to the denigration of "big voice" style.Wilson's fresh summary of Pi. I normally shy away from reviews but I liked this book so much I wanted to share AFaustinaKid I normally shy away from reviews but I liked this book so much I wanted to share. This is a humorous, well researched dive into humbling humanity and our taste for the elusive cool or uncool. Through Mr. Wilson's own reflection on his apathy toward one of the queens of mainstream music, the recently widowed Ms. Dion, you become a journeymen. A duo bound for the depths of your shame and judgement. This book led me into deep thought of how I view other's tastes or distastes for that matter. A lot to unpack for a little book. I have to admit I'm a Celine fan and that prompted me to buy this book and I'm happy I did. I don't s. Eye-opening Witty, engrossing, and provocative. The tyranny of taste given the once over. A brief, brisk read --high recommended to Dion lovers and those of us who simply can't believe that Other People like her.
Wilson actually approached Let's Talk About Love as a non-fan grappling with questions of "good" and "bad" taste -- Idolator “a rigorous, perceptive and very funny meditation on what happens when you realize that there's more to life than being hip, and begin to grapple with just what that "more" might be.” -- Montreal Gazette “A book pondering the aesthetics of Celine risks going wrong in about 3,000 different waysInstead, this book goes very deeply right.” --Sam Anderson, New York Magazine* . "Brilliant." --