For me I can tell he's heavily lyrically based and I struggle with that. I need a groove or a hook musically, something to bop my head or tap my foot to. Badlands comes close to me as one I can listen to regularly, aside from the mid 80's poppy stuff like Glory Days and Dancing in the Dark. But I don't consider that the crux of his catalog. I've seen videos of boomers at shows singing along with Badlands and I respect it. Maybe it's how I felt seeing Foo Fighters a few years ago... like "Yes, this is my young adulthood and now I'm in my 50's..."
I saw him once say that he wanted to be Dylan but Dylan that they played on the radio.