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Loading... Let's Talk About Love: Why Other People Have Such Bad Taste (original 2007; edition 2014)by Carl Wilson
Work InformationCeline Dion's Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste (33 1/3) by Carl Wilson (Author) (2007)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Author's afterword is great but some of the added essays on this second edition are not especially illuminating. ( ) Not only the best book of the 33 1/3 series, but, in my opinion, the best book of musical criticism ever written, which is high praise, indeed. Let's Talk About Love, as an album, is only ostensibly the subject of this excellent long essay about the exclusive nature of musical taste, and the fact that unlike with nearly every other form of criticism, musical communities and their insularity are defined more by the music they dislike than by the music they do. And this leads to a discussion of what exactly it is about Dion's music that sets so many teeth on edge, as well as why it so appeals to an opposite group of people. It is just a really fantastic book that I had to put down to process every so often, and still, often, when I am contemplating or writing about my reaction to art, the internalized voice of Wilson suggests that I make sure my reactions are considered carefully. Not at all what I expected, but better than I ever could have hoped. Partially responsible for the critical poptimism we currently live under but really excellent work, mixing personal reflection, straight biography, and light crit theory. Good to give to budding snobs although alot of the tendencies Wilson's generation has partially faded with millennials. I hope Wilson produces more, he's a gifted music writer. no reviews | add a review
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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. No library descriptions found. |
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