That line comes from music critic Carl Wilson’s essay about his book Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, which is part of the 33 1/3 collection of album reviews, published by Continuum. He refers to the scorn Celion Dion incurs for her unabashedly sentimental, impassioned songs from those with ostensibly discriminating music tastes. The gist of his book from hipsterbookclub:
Starting from the position that everyone reading the book is more akin to Wilson than they are the average Dion fan, he slowly begins to erode the illusion that liking or disliking a particular musician or band makes one superior.
From the essay, the author comes off as a humble and wise critic, traits that seem to be in short supply in that world. I’m going to put Let’s Talk About Love on my reading list.
February 4, 2008 at 11:08 am |
“I think that ‘How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days’ is a great movie.” Discuss.
Looks like an interesting book, though.
February 4, 2008 at 7:01 pm |
Celine Dion is a goddess here. She’s in every drug store where the candy bars are in the states.
February 5, 2008 at 9:21 am |
Haha, that’s true. Candy bars taste better though.
February 5, 2008 at 9:17 pm |
Here’s another sweet song that hipsters would hate: http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/yeswecanvideo
February 6, 2008 at 7:11 am |
I’m still waiting for answer, but here’s another:
“Danielle Steele’s writings on the topics of love measure up to those of the Bard himself.” Discuss.
February 7, 2008 at 12:52 am |
what if you don’t mind the lyrics, you just don’t like her voice?
February 7, 2008 at 5:05 pm |
dudes, I don’t know what you’re talking about. Celine Dion is FUCKING AMAZING:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zQrcNujVTPA
February 8, 2008 at 3:05 pm |
Jon, I wasn’t really intending to have an argument about aesthetics, but I would say that the reason “How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days” is a bad movie is the reason why many high-minded movies have been criticized for being bad: hackneyed, poor plot development, underdeveloped characters (if I recall my criticisms of that movie correctly). The point is, there is good and the bad in every genre.
February 8, 2008 at 3:09 pm |
I agree, my least favorite thing about Celine is her voice (and her ubiquity in Montreal–is Nickles still there?). Also, “My Heart Will Go On” is such a boring song, but “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” is a GREAT.