2014英语四级听力练习慢速3.21(3)_大学英语听力

2014英语四级听力练习慢速3.21(3)

　　High Hopes

　　Bruce Springsteen fans will recognize the albums title track from the live version performed in the 1996 film Blood Brothers. The movie was a documentary of the singers reunion with the E Street Band.

　　The new studio recording of High Hopes is a much fuller version of the song. It includes horns and background singers. Tom Morello of the group Rage Against The Machine also performs on the song.

　　om Morello played guitar during Springsteens recent shows in Australia, and worked well with the group. In his liner notes to the album, Springsteen praised Morello for pushing the rest of this project to another level.

　　Morellos guitar work can be heard on eight of the 12 songs. He also sings with Springsteen on The Ghost of Tom Joad. The song was first heard as the title track to a solo acoustic album The Boss released in 1995.

　　Critics are mixed in their opinion of High Hopes. Some say the album is not decisive as some of Springsteens project albums. Project albums are records with songs based on a single theme or sound. But Springsteen says he meant High Hopes to be a collection of what he calls songs that deserved a home and a hearing.

　　Down In The Hole is an example. Springsteen wrote this haunting song for his 2002 album The Rising. But, the artist said he left it off because he did not think it fit in with the other songs.