Ubiquitous Bruce Springsteen lists his five favourite Springsteen songs, calls Trump a moron, and lands on Vanity Fair cover

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      The Boss is everywhere these days.

      Last night, Bruce Springsteen showed up on the The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, where he talked about everything from his relationship with his father to his marathon concerts to the influence of a Catholic upbringing on his songwriting.

      This time, Springsteen was much chattier than in previous late-night TV interviews. It's probably because Colbert had actually read Springsteen's widely praised new memoir, Born to Run, and asked some penetrating questions.

      Springsteen is beloved by his millions of fans, but his occasional mumbling has not made him the most compelling talk-show guest in the past.

      One of the more amusing moments came when Colbert asked him to list his five favourite Bruce Springsteen songs.

      Here were Springsteen's choices:

      * "Born to Run"

      * "The Rising"

      * "Thunder Road"

      * "Nebraska"

      * "Racing in the Street" (after first saying "Jungleland" before changing his mind)

      Springsteen is also featured as the October cover story in Vanity Fair, which is accompanied by amazing Annie Liebovitz photos. 

      And Springsteen has called Donald Trump a "moron" in a separate interview with Rolling Stone.

      "When you start talking about elections being rigged, you're pushing people beyond democratic governance," Springsteen told Rolling Stone. "And it's a very, very dangerous thing to do. Once you let those genies out of the bottle, they don't go back in so easy, if they go back in at all. The ideas he's moving to the mainstream are all very dangerous ideas—white nationalism and the alt-right movement. The outrageous things that he's done—not immediately disavowing David Duke? These are things that are obviously beyond the pale for any previous political candidate."

      The Boss acknowledged that entertainers can only have a "limited impact" on the presidential campaign. He should know. In 2004, he held concerts in the swing state of Ohio to get out the vote for Democratic candidate John Kerry, only to see George W. Bush triumph on election night. (It's worth noting that a small minority of political analysts feel that this election was rigged.)

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