He’s got plenty of simple songs too. Ones covered by Elvis, the Ramones, Neil Young, Norah Jones, George Harrison, Rod Stewart, Van Morrison, Nina Simone, Sam Cooke, Johnny Cash, Pearl Jam, The Band, PJ Harvey, The Byrds, Emmylou Harris, Hendrix, Cassandra Wilson, Cheryl Crow, Bette Midler, the Stones, the Grateful Dead, Guns and Roses, The Pretenders, Ben Sidran, Brian Ferry, etc etc etc etc
I don't care if they're simple or highly profound. A song has to sound good for me to like it. And only a rare few of his do, and just barely at that. As for his 'genius', I doubt even he could give an intelligent explanation of what his songs were about. If you asked him on different days, he'd probably give you a different answer each time.