He was way overrated. I remember the tv networks playing ‘Born to Run’ during the NFL playoffs and I think that gave him a huge exposure/boost for a few years. I guess maybe a couple of his songs captured the feeling of the times back then.
The one live performance I saw in 1979 was great though because of his backup band.
I saw Bruce in 1975 after his second album, ‘The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle’ came out. Awesome show. But that was it - - he had peaked. Since then he’s done very little that I care for.