Mozart is no Queen of the crop
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By Jake Berg
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Mozart is a band with an inter
esting story to toll.
After signing reportedly one of
the largest deals in recent mem
ory two-and-a-half years ago. the
band was dropped after its label
merged with another company
Present day: the group released
its self-titled debut alburn on its
own label Sept. t. the anniver
sary of the death of renowned
composer and group-namesake
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
But that's about as interesting
as it gets — Mozart (the band, that
is) should have stayed dropped.
We've heard it oil before, par
ticularly in the music of Queen.
Call it opera rock, call it orches
trated. call it whatever you want,
it still sounds the same.
Styx, among many other
groups, tried ripping off the Fred
die Mercurv-Brian May influ
enced sound of Queen, and they
couldn't do it well, either. Maybe
such music is (letter loft alone, or
maybe other groups have more
talent than Mozart.
The third and fifth tracks,
"Romance O'Blu" and "Hope and
Glory," are perfect examples of
Queen clones — classic piano
melody, light drums and a rip
ping guitar intro that reminds one
of May’s solo during "We Will
Rock You.”
Chorus vocals on both songs
courts sy photo
Mozart s self-titled debut album lives up to no one's expectations
(actually, on most of the album's
songs) tiring to mind Queen's
cocky, sugarcoated "We are the
Champions
Other tunes stu b as "Speed
Train" sound no different than
Queen's "Stone Cold Crazy." a
song that was done even better
by Metallica.
Some of the tracks sound more
like they belong on albums from
Queensryche or Bonham, two
groups that have at least twist
ed around the "operate " rock
sound enough to make it fairly
original.
On# good tiling to say about
Mozart, though, is that for Queen
fans hungry for more, this is
about as good (close) as it gets
Mozart does a finer job with the
sound than does Brian May.
whose new group does little more
than pound out the standard
wimpy, love song-dominated
hard rock of today
So save your money — or lie!
ter yet. buy the real thing on any
old Queen album
Or buy the real Mozart — even
he's more entertaining, and <«>r
tain I y more original.
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