I never went very far either. I know that songs with 2 chord progressions are usually not very complicated versus multiple chord progressions.
Born in the USA is two chord progression, B-E
I don’t understand the appeal of Bruce Springsteen. Musically, there is nothing special about his songs and the singing is terrible. Even worse is he injects his liberal politics into his act.
I wasn’t crazy about Springsteen.
But I liked a song here and there.
When he and Bryan Adams went all transgender bathrooms, I wrote them off. I pretty much turn the dial if the radio 📻 is on, which is rare these days.
You answered your own question with the last sentence. Music executives are full blown libs, John Rich was on Dan Bongino’s radio show yesterday talking about just that.
Never will understand the allure or Springsteen. His music is horrible.