Let's talk about hate -- Let's talk about pop (and its critics) -- Let's talk in French -- Let's talk about world conquest -- Let's talk about schmaltz -- Let's sing really loud -- Let's talk about taste -- Let's talk about who's got bad taste -- Let's talk with some fans -- Let's do a punk version of "My heart will go on" (or, let's talk about our feelings) -- Let's talk about let's talk about love -- Let's talk about love.

An investigation of what it means to love music and what it means to hate music, both of good and bad taste. Non-fans regard Celine Dion as ersatz and plastic, yet to those who love her, no one could be more real, with her impoverished childhood, her manager-husband's struggle with cancer, her knack for howling out raw emotion. There's nothing cool about Celine Dion, and nothing clever. This book documents Carl Wilson's year-long quest to find his inner Celine 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