October 22, 2025 • 5 mins
Across Telethon weekend, Ben O’Shea dressed as Bruce Springsteen for a lip sync challenge and today he had the task of reviewing Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.
Ben has said the movie is not what you would expect and is about one of the darkest periods in Bruce’s life.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Great the flick with Beno, Well, good morning, ben O'Shea
who actually dressed as Bruce and did a dancing in
the dark.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Look you think a telephon on the weakend?
Speaker 1 (00:10):
How ominous? Yeah, exactly. I'm not sure if I pulled
it off quite as well as Jeremy Allen. I've got
in Springsteen delivered me from nowhere. I heard you play
some of Jeremy's singing yesterday on the show, and doesn't
he sound like the Boss? Well, it's uncanny, it's incredible,
(00:33):
and that's why he's on the soundtrack doing you know,
all the Nebraska songs as well as a little bit
of that one and a little bit.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Of a mumpire.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
And if anybody didn't hear it yesterday, let's just let's
just have a listen to just how close he does
he does it.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
That is amazingly convinced.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
I don't know, but anyway, he does do a very
very good job.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Please tell me the movie is good.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
The movie is good, but it's not what you might expect.
You know what to expect, so you know, I mean
it's not a bio pick of his whole life. Yeah,
that's right. Oh, when I say, when I say you.
I don't mean you, Lisa, I know you've done your research.
I'm talking about me average, the average Joe blowout there
who maybe has you know, seen a lot of the
(01:22):
recent musical biopicks like we're talking, you know, the Whitney Houston,
the Bob Marley, the Freddie Mercury, the Amy Winehouse, and
they're all kind of similar, very generic. It's basically just
all the hits you can cram in two hours and
a pretty a pretty formulaic kind of They go from nowhere,
find fame, struggle with fame, and then have some kind
(01:45):
of comeback. That's basically the formula. This is. This is
not like that at all. It's a very slow burned
film about one of the darkest periods in Bruce Springsteen's life,
when he'd already been successful. He had already released five albums.
His last one, The River, was a big hit. He
had this very successful tour. His record label said, Bruce,
(02:06):
you are at the top of the game. All you
need is one more big album and you will be
an absolute superstar. But instead he's like, no, I can't
deal with all of this stuff. He has gone back
to his hometown in New Jersey and recorded this introspective album, Nebraska,
which he released in nineteen eighty two in his bedroom
(02:27):
on a four track tape recorder, and it was completely
unlike anything he'd done. The record company hated it. He
didn't want to tour it, he didn't want to release
any singles, and he didn't want to do any press
to promote the album. So it was like a really
huge departure from what everybody expected from Bruce Springsteen, and
this film kind of unpacks why that happened and what
(02:49):
was going on in his life at the time and
some of his childhood trauma that influenced that album. But
at the same time, while he was recording Nebraska, he
also came up with Born in the USA Glory Days, uh,
and so he was doing these incredible songs and the
studio bosses said, Bruce, why don't we just release Born
(03:12):
in the USA and these other hits, and he was like, no,
I refuse to let you release those songs. I want
you to do these these really introspective, dark acoustic, like
home brand recordings that didn't sound good at all at
the time, and then it turned out to be, you know,
an album that people look back at now as incredibly
(03:32):
influential Artists like The Killers, Rage Against the Machine, Kelly
Clarks and.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Steve Not like the Kelly look look look, you can
hear it in classon Kelly, I think, yeah, look it.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Maybe Kelly Clarson isn't quite on the same level. Also
the National the Nationals, Iron and Wine, lots of bands
really look at Nebraska as hugely influential. Kelly Clarsson, did
I put it out to you and so now it's amazing?
Of course, no one, no one really thinks about it
(04:09):
as an iconic Bruce brings In album because his next
album two years later was Born in the USA with
Dancing in the Dark and I'm on Fire and you know,
all of those iconic hits. So but probably the best
scene in this film, somewhat ironically, is not any of
the scenes where he's recording Nebraska. It's when he's in
the studio laying down Born in the USA. So if
(04:33):
you have to excuse the irony, and I think that's
probably the one drawback of the film that, you know,
in making the point that Nebraska is such an important
moment in time, they also acknowledge that no one will
watch this movie unless they have born in the USA,
I'm on Fire, and they find excuses to have those
songs in there as well. But Jeremy Allen White is
(04:54):
fantastic as Bruce Wrong. Jeremy Strong from succession as his
manager John Landau is fantastic. Could really do with some
more Jeremy Strong in this movie and explore the relationship there.
It's overall probably all we're getting. We're getting played off.
We're getting played off.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
It is.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
It is full of great Jeremies.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Now then, how many Courtney Cox.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Is an minutes?
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Are you giving?
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Are you giving it? Oh? Courtney Cox was also hugely
influenced by Nebraska. I'm going to give it three and
a half, three and a half and a half, or
you could say three and a half.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Kelly Clarkson's out of five years. How's your ankle after
your fat cat tattoo?
Speaker 1 (05:33):
It's healed up, beautifully, beautiful.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Took one for the team there, didn't you tattoos?
Speaker 1 (05:40):
The forever kids.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Think wisely?
Speaker 1 (05:44):
All right, thanks, thanks guys,
Great the flick with Beno, Well, good morning, ben O'Shea
who actually dressed as Bruce and did a dancing in
the dark.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Look you think a telephon on the weakend?
Speaker 1 (00:10):
How ominous? Yeah, exactly. I'm not sure if I pulled
it off quite as well as Jeremy Allen. I've got
in Springsteen delivered me from nowhere. I heard you play
some of Jeremy's singing yesterday on the show, and doesn't
he sound like the Boss? Well, it's uncanny, it's incredible,
(00:33):
and that's why he's on the soundtrack doing you know,
all the Nebraska songs as well as a little bit
of that one and a little bit.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Of a mumpire.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
And if anybody didn't hear it yesterday, let's just let's
just have a listen to just how close he does
he does it.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
That is amazingly convinced.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
I don't know, but anyway, he does do a very
very good job.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Please tell me the movie is good.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
The movie is good, but it's not what you might expect.
You know what to expect, so you know, I mean
it's not a bio pick of his whole life. Yeah,
that's right. Oh, when I say, when I say you.
I don't mean you, Lisa, I know you've done your research.
I'm talking about me average, the average Joe blowout there
who maybe has you know, seen a lot of the
(01:22):
recent musical biopicks like we're talking, you know, the Whitney Houston,
the Bob Marley, the Freddie Mercury, the Amy Winehouse, and
they're all kind of similar, very generic. It's basically just
all the hits you can cram in two hours and
a pretty a pretty formulaic kind of They go from nowhere,
find fame, struggle with fame, and then have some kind
(01:45):
of comeback. That's basically the formula. This is. This is
not like that at all. It's a very slow burned
film about one of the darkest periods in Bruce Springsteen's life,
when he'd already been successful. He had already released five albums.
His last one, The River, was a big hit. He
had this very successful tour. His record label said, Bruce,
(02:06):
you are at the top of the game. All you
need is one more big album and you will be
an absolute superstar. But instead he's like, no, I can't
deal with all of this stuff. He has gone back
to his hometown in New Jersey and recorded this introspective album, Nebraska,
which he released in nineteen eighty two in his bedroom
(02:27):
on a four track tape recorder, and it was completely
unlike anything he'd done. The record company hated it. He
didn't want to tour it, he didn't want to release
any singles, and he didn't want to do any press
to promote the album. So it was like a really
huge departure from what everybody expected from Bruce Springsteen, and
this film kind of unpacks why that happened and what
(02:49):
was going on in his life at the time and
some of his childhood trauma that influenced that album. But
at the same time, while he was recording Nebraska, he
also came up with Born in the USA Glory Days, uh,
and so he was doing these incredible songs and the
studio bosses said, Bruce, why don't we just release Born
(03:12):
in the USA and these other hits, and he was like, no,
I refuse to let you release those songs. I want
you to do these these really introspective, dark acoustic, like
home brand recordings that didn't sound good at all at
the time, and then it turned out to be, you know,
an album that people look back at now as incredibly
(03:32):
influential Artists like The Killers, Rage Against the Machine, Kelly
Clarks and.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Steve Not like the Kelly look look look, you can
hear it in classon Kelly, I think, yeah, look it.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Maybe Kelly Clarson isn't quite on the same level. Also
the National the Nationals, Iron and Wine, lots of bands
really look at Nebraska as hugely influential. Kelly Clarsson, did
I put it out to you and so now it's amazing?
Of course, no one, no one really thinks about it
(04:09):
as an iconic Bruce brings In album because his next
album two years later was Born in the USA with
Dancing in the Dark and I'm on Fire and you know,
all of those iconic hits. So but probably the best
scene in this film, somewhat ironically, is not any of
the scenes where he's recording Nebraska. It's when he's in
the studio laying down Born in the USA. So if
(04:33):
you have to excuse the irony, and I think that's
probably the one drawback of the film that, you know,
in making the point that Nebraska is such an important
moment in time, they also acknowledge that no one will
watch this movie unless they have born in the USA,
I'm on Fire, and they find excuses to have those
songs in there as well. But Jeremy Allen White is
(04:54):
fantastic as Bruce Wrong. Jeremy Strong from succession as his
manager John Landau is fantastic. Could really do with some
more Jeremy Strong in this movie and explore the relationship there.
It's overall probably all we're getting. We're getting played off.
We're getting played off.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
It is.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
It is full of great Jeremies.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Now then, how many Courtney Cox.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Is an minutes?
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Are you giving?
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Are you giving it? Oh? Courtney Cox was also hugely
influenced by Nebraska. I'm going to give it three and
a half, three and a half and a half, or
you could say three and a half.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Kelly Clarkson's out of five years. How's your ankle after
your fat cat tattoo?
Speaker 1 (05:33):
It's healed up, beautifully, beautiful.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Took one for the team there, didn't you tattoos?
Speaker 1 (05:40):
The forever kids.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Think wisely?
Speaker 1 (05:44):
All right, thanks, thanks guys,
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