תצוגת צוות: Over the Flop. Queen’s Album Hot Space (1982) and the Sways of Disappointment

Over the Flop. Queen’s Album Hot Space (1982) and the Sways of Disappointment

This article reflects different dimensions of the attribution of the term “flop” using the example of Queen’s album Hot Space (1982). Hot Space is one of Queen’s least successful albums, and it is still controversial today due to its funk and disco orientation, which is perceived as a break in style...

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מחבר ראשי:	Giffhorn, Jan
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יצא לאור:	Transposition 2022
נושאים:	gay rock flop échec homophobie jugement Queen failure homophobia judgement
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spelling	openedition-oai:revues.org:transposition_7433 https://doi.org/10.4000/transposition.7433 urn:doi:10.4000/transposition.7433 en https://journals.openedition.org/transposition/7433 2022-06-30T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/lmdu https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Over the Flop. Queen’s Album Hot Space (1982) and the Sways of Disappointment Transposition Éditions de l’EHESS info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2110-6134 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/transposition Giffhorn, Jan gay rock flop échec homophobie jugement Queen gay rock flop failure homophobia judgement Queen This article reflects different dimensions of the attribution of the term “flop” using the example of Queen’s album Hot Space (1982). Hot Space is one of Queen’s least successful albums, and it is still controversial today due to its funk and disco orientation, which is perceived as a break in style, even by many Queen supporters.“Over the Flop” uses Hot Space as an incentive to touch on fundamental questions of our aesthetic judgement, in particular regarding the notion of a flop and the multiple layers involved in this judgement. This article will examine aesthetic, stylistic, and social layers, manifest both in the juxtaposition of rock versus funk/disco and the conflicts that arose from Freddie Mercury’s persona, in particular from his sexuality and its implications.This article concludes that the responsibility for the demise of Hot Space lies not only in the simultaneity of these aspects, but also in the interaction between the different, controversial layers. The interaction delivers a message which seems to be unsuitable with rock. This article concludes that labeling Hot Space as flop is not justified and suggests that it is a “hit in distress”. Cet article réfléchit aux différents usages et significations du terme « flop » à partir de l’album Hot Space (1982) de Queen. Hot Space est l’un des albums les moins réussis de Queen et fait aujourd’hui encore l’objet de controverses en raison de son orientation funk et disco, perçue, même par de nombreux partisans de Queen, comme une rupture de style. Cet article appréhende Hot Space comme une invitation à aborder les questions fondamentales de notre jugement esthétique, en particulier la stratification complexe qui structure la notion de flop. Sont examinées les composantes esthétiques, stylistiques et sociales à l’œuvre dans les jugements dont Hot Space a fait l’objet, en tant qu’elles se manifestent à la fois dans la juxtaposition du rock et du funk-disco, et dans les conflits liés à la personnalité de Freddie Mercury, en particulier de sa sexualité. Cet article conclut que le flop de Hot Space s’explique non seulement par la simultanéité de ces aspects, mais aussi dans l’interaction entre ces différentes strates conflictuelles — une interaction qui, ainsi que nous le montrerons, délivre cependant un message qui semble inadapté au rock. Cet article conclut que l’étiquetage de Hot Space comme un flop n’est pas justifié et suggère qu'il s’agit plutôt d’un « hit en détresse ».
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description	This article reflects different dimensions of the attribution of the term “flop” using the example of Queen’s album Hot Space (1982). Hot Space is one of Queen’s least successful albums, and it is still controversial today due to its funk and disco orientation, which is perceived as a break in style, even by many Queen supporters.“Over the Flop” uses Hot Space as an incentive to touch on fundamental questions of our aesthetic judgement, in particular regarding the notion of a flop and the multiple layers involved in this judgement. This article will examine aesthetic, stylistic, and social layers, manifest both in the juxtaposition of rock versus funk/disco and the conflicts that arose from Freddie Mercury’s persona, in particular from his sexuality and its implications.This article concludes that the responsibility for the demise of Hot Space lies not only in the simultaneity of these aspects, but also in the interaction between the different, controversial layers. The interaction delivers a message which seems to be unsuitable with rock. This article concludes that labeling Hot Space as flop is not justified and suggests that it is a “hit in distress”.
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title	Over the Flop. Queen’s Album Hot Space (1982) and the Sways of Disappointment
title_short	Over the Flop. Queen’s Album Hot Space (1982) and the Sways of Disappointment
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Over the Flop. Queen’s Album Hot Space (1982) and the Sways of Disappointment

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