One of my students, a young woman from Iran who is now in graduate school in Milwaukee, caught one of Bruce's concerts at Wrigley Field.
I think what she wrote about is interesting: "I admire Springsteen’s reverence for freedom. It’s a reminder that we have the courage to shape our destinies, to chase our dreams without reservation. His music is a call to arms, an invitation to embrace the rebel that resides within us all, to go after it."