Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love

A Journey to the End of Taste

Carl Wilson

• Publisher: Continuum
• Year: 2007
• Print ISBN: 9780826427885
• eBook ISBN: 9781441167217
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music

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. 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. This book documents Carl Wilson's brave and unprecedented year-long quest to find his inner Céline Dion fan, and explores how we define ourselves in the light of what we call good and bad, what we love and what we hate.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• 1. Let’s Talk About Hate
• 2. Let’s Talk About Pop (and Its Critics)
• 3. Let’s Talk in French
• 4. Let’s Talk About World Conquest
• 5. Let’s Talk About Schmaltz
• 6. Let’s Sing Really Loud
• 7. Let’s Talk About Taste
• 8. Let’s Talk About Who’s Got Bad Taste
• 9. Let’s Talk with Some Fans
• 10. Let’s Do a Punk Version of “My Heart Will Go On” (or, Let’s Talk About Our Feelings)
• 11. Let’s Talk About Let’s Talk About Love
• 12. Let’s Talk About Love
• Acknowledgments