Springsteen was always a corporate rock creation. Nobody ever called him “The Boss”. That was pure marketing created by an executive. He is the Justin Bieber of classic rock.He was used as a marketing ploy to gullible mom rockers in the 80’s.
And he sings through permanently gritted teeth—kind of like how McCain talked. They are/were either always angry or always constipated. In either case, they both suck. And, I have plenty of left-wing musicians in my collection.
There is some real talent with Springsteen however. "Sandy" and "Incident on 57th Street" are just two examples of his early talent (before he was put on covers of TIME and NEWSWEEK) in 1975. "Born to Run" and "Born in USA" are seminal albums with "Tunnel of Love" not far behind.
Too bad he was such an insufferable Leftist.