You are 100% correct about Springsteen & his borrowing heavily from Van the man. Morrison has mentioned it in some of his interviews.
Van is a musical genius, Bruce is a pop singer.
I just read there was a song by Morrison about people ripping him off.
Van will always be THE MAN! He has been putting out anti-lockdown songs on youtube. Eric Clapton even joined in
“No More Lockdowns” —by Van
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUeuhM-NSjU