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Many like to bash Springsteen's music and minimize him as an artist because he is a big-time Lefty (and he is). However, if Bruce Springsteen was a rock-solid conservative who supported Ronald Reagan, we would all be raving about the genius of his music (which is actually quite good).

That said, Springsteen as a person is a sanctimonious a-hole who is a hypocrite of the highest order. He's about as "working class" as Michael Moore and for all his leftist rhetoric, he gouges his fans with some of the highest ticket prices in the music industry.

Still, his body of work stands the test of time. I still get shivers up my spine hearing songs like "4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)", "Atlantic City" and "Tunnel of Love". Can't deny his musical talent. But I'll be damned if I ever attend one of his overpriced shows, where between songs, he'll bash the United States, conservatism and capitalism - without which, he'd be a nobody.

However, if Bruce Springsteen was a rock-solid conservative who supported Ronald Reagan, we would all be raving about the genius of his music (which is actually quite good).

I've never liked Springsteen. His music was more or less bubble gum in an age when some of the greatest rock and roll bands existed, and from people who actually knew how to play their instruments.

The only thing he has going for him is that he is decent songwriter. Other than that, he can't sing outside of his own genre, he certainly can't play his guitar, and he is absolutely nothing without a band behind him.