Rapper FIRST time REACTION to James Blunt - Monsters! Oh my lord…
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Rapper FIRST time REACTION to James Blunt - Monsters
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This song is beautiful and gut wrenching. I am pleased to hear his Dad made it through and didn’t pass. So much to process here. Love you guys ❤️
I bawl every time I hear this song.
My mom passed in 2020 and my brother in 2021. ❤
It's simple. You take this song and you allow it to make you go to your living parent and give them the longest hug you have ever given them and TELL THEM all the things you wanted to tell your other parent but did not get the chance to. Or...to make sure they hear the things you did get to say to MAKE SURE they know it now.
As for his father. He was diagnosed with a failing kidney with none to give him was given a year to live. James made this song right away for him and did this video with him...this made a bunch of people come forward to donate and they found a match and saved his life.
After I heard this song, I knew I had to play it for my Dad. We're very very close. He was, of course, heavily struck by it as well, as it made him think of his father and his passing some forty years ago. I understand your reaction completely.. and what you meant. It's not in my playlist yet either.
James Blunt - The Girl That Never Was. Knowing what you and your wife have been through in the past, it WILL get you, so no big deal if you don’t post it, but it’d be cathartic for you and your wife to react to together ❤
I read James served under his Father in the Military & that’s why he said that line, “ I’m not your Son, your not my Father “ because on the job it doesn’t matter. Idk 🤷♀️ but interesting prospective I thought. Aloha from Hawaii, btw 😉😎🤗🤙 Your my Favorite reaction guy !
I chased the monsters away for my dad a week ago. We buried him yesterday. This song gutted me but it brought me peace too. Prayers for all who have lost a parent. 🙏
I'm so sorry for your loss.
I sorry, life is too damn short
You are right, James cried while he sang this. His Dad is sitting next to him and allowed this for James to have. James would only do one take with no auto tune and if he hadn’t released this a kidney donor would not have been found for his Dad. I saw James sing this in a newer video when he knew his Dad would be okay. It didn’t have the same impact, still great but not like this. This is watching his heart bleed. James’s Dad served before him and he donated a kidney years ago.
James is a prolific songwriter and an amazing singer, he is from England. I lost both of my parents very young and I was afraid of death, I thought about it all of the time until it started changing how I lived. Then I died for 20 minutes. What I saw and experienced in those 20 minutes changed everything, all fear was gone. Do not let it take over, there is no need. I got to spend time with my Mother again and she was so young and beautiful. I think that was supposed to happen to help me.❤️
There is nothing wrong with a man crying, if anything it means he’s a real man. I’ve been there dude
That is James' father Charles who was a Colonel in the British Army and James was a Captain. His father was in stage 4 kidney disease at the time he wrote the song when a match could not be found. His father had previously donated a kidney and his only kidney was failing. Eventually a match was found and his father is still alive today. James donated all profits from this song to two Charities Help for Heroes and the British Legion
I think his sister wrote this in a form of a poem.
This was done in one take. James insisted on NO autotune.
Oh thank goodness they could save his father
He insisted that no autotune be used to keep his voice sounding raw and real. It's an incredible song.
I know the Blunt's, having served for many years in the same unit. I am naturally very interested in the reaction to young James' song. I have listened to many such. My compliments to you. This is the most sympathetic and empathetic not over the top reaction I have yet listened too. Well done......and thank you.
James's dad was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney failure. They had pretty much run out of time, but when this song came out, a distant cousin came forward, tested as a match, and Mr. Blunt was saved at the last minute. He did spend all of 2020 in the hospital to recover and remain germ free. As far as I know, Mr. Blunt is doing fine. My mom died in 2014 of a neurological brain disease that we didn't even know she had. When this disease though affects your brain, there is nothing that can be done. She was fine, then she wasn't, and then she was gone. Two weeks from the time, she went into the hospital, 2 weeks of daily, making an 8 hour round trip to sit by her bed and hold her hand. She had slipped in a coma almost immediately, so I got to say goodbye and tell her I love her and I know I'll see her again. My deepest sympathies to you and anyone who's lost a parent.
Thank you.
Thank you
Thank you
Sorry for your loss! And thank you 🫶
I don't think people requested to make you cry
It's more to let everyone know times precious
Regardless of your differences make sure you let them know you love them
James producer wanted to cut and retake when his voice cracks and the tears
In respect for kames
But James wanted it left in their as it was the first time he sang the song to his dad and wanted it to be real emotions
They had their differences and didn't talk at times and why the line we know each other's differences but not father or son but two men saying good bye
Both military and from memory special forces sas as from England
The release of the song saved his dads life as a distant relative was perfect match and donated a organ as no one else in family was close
So,the song saved his life in the end
The song reminds me of johnny cash hurt they both get 99% of people in their feelings and if it doesn't something wrong with them
Just raw and honest and it's transmit through the lyrics and vocals visuals
But either song would evoke these feelings without the clips and there What breaks most people
Always remember time is the most precious thing we have with the people we love
No amount of money percussion will satisfy us over loved one's for the majority of us
There are some people's live that don't have this because of thing happened in their families
We watched my mum die in hospital unfortunately never got to speak to her was in coma
A couple years later dad was sick in hospital found cancer had to operate when visiting him
He was shocked we cared as had our differences and said of cause we care your our parent no matter what's happened
Never hated either of Youse but wasn't going to watch you both kill yourselves as both alcoholics and only ever seen them sober once
It was the only time I ever seen the true them and as their friends described them nicest people and caring but it only lasted weeks
He survived the operation of kidney removed and he's was the last person alive he knew all he's family dead mum and all her family dead and all he's friends dead
He battle health issue's for several years and died at home alone during the night of heartack
But he atleast knew we loved them
So buy 40 I'd lost all grand parent and parents aunts and uncles only have a couple siblings left
As I said earlier time is limited and cannot be gotten back so enjoy your loved one's
Nothing else matters as for money and percussion they come and go but you always manage to get enough to survive regardless
These songs are sole clensing,especially for us manly males and out of all reactions it hits them the hardest
Most females are shocked seeing their partners so emotional and I think a little easier for female's as their regardly in their feelings
I also look at it they've done what there ment to have and now making room for a new one
Everytime I herd someone dying or died someone else was having a baby or other way round
It the cycle of life as the plant can only sustain a certain ammount of us
Just remember their never gone we carry them with us everywhere and alive and well within us
How often do you do,something or say something and reminds you of them and kids do things they did
I like to believe that's them communicating with us only in a different way that all
Quite often when we need them the most it happens so their never gone live on through us and then the next generation
As they Lean there quirks from us in every day activity and we don't even know where doing it
Cheers mate 🦘🇦🇺👍
My dad fell and hit his head at home, and he passed from a massive brain bleed. He was found and rushed to the hospital where he was put on machines until I could get there. They said he couldn't see or hear me. But he looked right at me. When I cried, kissed his forehead, and told him it was ok to go home, tears ran from his eyes. I stayed with him until the end. I hope I gave him comfort and made him feel safe.
We ALL had a breakdown the first time we heard James sing/ cry this to his father that was dying!😭😩His dad needed a donor match,and because of this song,one was FOUND! James and his dad are military men,brave,loyal,kind,and loving!
The winner of last season American idol Iam Tongi did it for his audition after his father passed and ended winning the show. In the finale he sang it with James Blunt. It's a must watch
Was just coming to say this. Its even more emotional than the original as you can see it in them both.
Yes, that is Jame's Blunt's Dad in the video. His Dad rose to the rank of Colonel in the Army Air corps and was a helicopter Pilot. James rose to the rank of Captain in the British armed forces and served in Kosovo. I would think that both of them would have quite a story to tell on their military service alone. The dad seems like quite the bad ass - everyone cried during the filming of this and he was like, "why are you are crying? I'm still here." (Or words to that effect.). The record company wanted James to re-record or use some auto-tune when he broke a couple times during his ONE take of this song. He refused, wanting the rawness and emotion of this song to shine through, I think that was definitely the right choice! Such a BEAUTIFUL song! Beautifully performed. ❤
You might be interested to hear he's just released his autobiography.
His podcast interview with Louis Theroux to publicise it is well worth checking out.
I'm a 57 year old grown man...I've heard this song about 30-40 times & it makes me cry every single time!!
Same. EVERY darn time
I am 57 also, and I cry every time, too.
He is not afraid to tackle difficult, deep subjects. "Carry you home" is about a soldier taking a comrrade's effects back home to the comrade's widow; "The Girl that Never Was" is about the heartbreak of losing a child before they are born.
Kleenex should pay James and Ren to make an album.
Seeing people “feel” makes us feel less alone. This song gets me every time!😢
Keeping singing a song for your daughter every evening - she will never forget her daddy when your time comes.
This song of James Blunt’s, “Monsters” was a heartfelt tribute to his father. The emotional track reflects the deep bond between them and a touching farewell. In the music video for “Monsters,” James Blunt sings directly to the camera, his eyes welling up with tears...The video is so powerful because sitting beside James Blunt is his real-life dad, Colonel Charles Blount. who was a former cavalry officer, & battling stage 4 chronic kidney disease. The song captures the raw emotions of facing mortality and saying the things one wants to say to a loved one before it’s too late 💗 I can never get through this, without crying..........
Please don’t ever stop singing to your daughter. My Daddy was my entire Universe, he was literally my everything. He too used to sing to me, he would read to me….Heck we did everything together. Eventually I became his full time caregiver. I refused to put him into a home. He lived in my home. As a wounded Combat Veteran I would not do that to him. We sang together and eventually I was singing & reading to him. Unfortunately I don’t know if I made the right choices. I can only hope. I never got to ask him, or be certain he wasn’t alone when he passed. As he passed suddenly & unexpectedly one afternoon in his bed; only an hour after I checked on him as I was cleaning up the house. He wasn’t even on hospice. The VA had sent him home just a week before; refusing to listen to my requests. So I can only hope that I have done him proud. But he will always be my best friend & superhero so long as I am able to tell his story. It was only he & I growing up really. He taught me everything that I know. Music & kept the monsters away even as I grew to be an adult….into my own career as a LEO & Wildland Firefighter HS; right up until I retired. His music helped me battle & win my journey with cancer as well. Now it’s with music that I continue searching for peace in this Universe whilst I’m physically here alone awaiting my journey home to be with my makuāka’nē (Daddy), ke’īkī (child), other loved ones 💖
I don't think that your other listeners want to see you break down, they want to see your genuine reactions to great music that deserves to be reacted to. Love your work, keep it up.❤
James Blunts song Girl That Never was" is a heart breaker but it's real. This happened to him and his wife are his feelings are raw and real. They did have 2 sons and bless them.
James and his father were both captains in the British army. I can't confirm it, but I have seen others say that James' dad would tell James "I'm not your father and you're not my son. We're just two grown men saying goodbye." whenever one of them was being deployed in an attempt to make saying goodbye a little easier for both of them.
James was a Captain, his father was a Lieutenant Colonel. His father told him that it had be be like that because he couldn't treat James and different that the other troops. On a good note, when they were finish recording this video, his dad looked around at everyone and, with a smile, asked everyone why they were crying and said, "I'm still here."
I have massive respect for James Blunt. He could have waited for his Dad to die to write this beautiful song. But had that happened he would have never written it and that would have been a damn shame because a lot of people need this song. I'm glad his father is well.
James gets you in the feels -- The Girl That Never Was, Carry You Home, and No Bravery. The Girl That Never Was has a personal message for you.
The girl that never was will hit him especially hard knowing what he and his wife went through
It's a long story, but I'm living this song now. This is my autobiography. I'm living with my dying father and bathing, changing him, protecting him, and waiting for him to die. He was a firefighter who, in 2012, died in a fire, and they brought him back. He's a shell, he's not my father, but I'm trying my best to honor him. 40
God bless you
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It's so difficult to slowly say good bye. When my mother was bedridden at home dying i had to change her and clean her. She changed so many of my diapers and bathed me when I was little. Hard to realize you are a child all your life.
He is very lucky to have you care for him. As a father he taught you so well. Keep strong
God Bless you!! You are doing your father proud. ❤️.
I'm here in Montana, when I found out my daddy had a stroke, I knew he wasn't going to make it, so over the phone, I told him I was sorry for all my mistakes and the way I may have treated yall, I had to make it right in my heart, he was cryin over the phone as was I, I told him I love you and thank you for choosing me, I was adopted, I did get some closure, yet the hurt is always there, my Momma was a whole different level, she passed in 08 and I still break down, she was my anchor, thank you P!!!!
I'm a 37 year old man and you just made me cry. I hope you are happy in life.
James Blunt No Bravery. Is a must after this. Its the song he made after he had been to war.
What a tune!! Back to bedlam is a masterclass
Mom passed on March 29, 2024. I stayed with her so she wasn't alone in her passing. She was in hopsice as well. Mom lingered for days, not really "here." The nurses told me i needed to leave because mom was lingering for me. I left and she passed. It's still so raw and this makes me cry. Don't forget that Alzheimers patients are gone to us even before they die. Mom died on Good Friday. I believe she is in heaven.
God bless you! This is my story as well. I stayed in the bed with my mother the last week of her life in hospice. My brother came to check on us and insisted I go home for a while. Fifteen minutes after I left she was in the arms of God. I cherish that time I was able to be with her. To sing to her. To talk about our life. She has dementia. Awful awful illness. 😢.
Sorry for your loss. I can believe what you were told that your mother was lingering. there is something about being a mother that pushes us to keep going. Many years ago now, i had my first anaphylactic shock (and wasn't aware that I was having one) it wasn't what most people think of as anaphylaxis, but i battled it for hours, and then toward the end I called an ambulance and then called my daughter to wake up because I needed help to put my nightie back on (I'd been running back and forth to the shower and become fatigued and weak). Once i was in the ambulance and away from her I 'relaxed' and unbeknownst to me i started to sink. the ambos asked me later what had changed because they thought they were going to lose me and I recall saying "i didn't have to act strong and brave anymore' plus i knew that i was safe (for some reason). they got me there just in time (the hospital). I also believe your mother is in heaven.
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Blunt wrote "Monsters" to "express his feelings about his father and his illness, almost as if it's a touching farewell to his father". Blunt chose to donate all of the profit made from the song to Help for Heroes and British Legion charities.[
He didnt write this just himself , it was adapted from a poem his sister wrote
He's not only a britan veteran, he literally prevented world war 3 when he serverd
He wrote a song called No Bravery about his time in Bosnia worth a listen
A lot of James' songs are about his life experiences, from his time in Kosovo to his saying goodbye to Carrie Fisher after she passed. He's real, he's not gonna sugar coat things and it's pure.
British Veteran and his Daddy too.
His father had kidney failure and this was his goodbye song to his father, then a kidney match was found 7th cousin. His father is still alive
They did this video in one cut...everyone was bailing and his Dad laughed , chuckled, stop crying im still alive and with a healthy kidney.
Beautiful loving tribute to a loving Father.
His Father was deployed to war and he said to James, his son, we're just 2 men saying goodbye.. Then when James was deployed to Afghanistan he saud the same words to his father he said " just two men saying goodbye"
Yes those are real tears because when he wrote the song his father was in his last 3 months of expected life... This is a video of James singing all in weong take. Those are tears and true feelings from his heart.
Beautiful song of love. I lost my mother to cancer... saying goodbye is hard even when you know its coming 💔 😇😧😨😢😭😭😭😭
James is wonderful...people don't give him enough credit!
The next song along these lines that is a truly amazing listen is called,The Living Years,by Mike and the Mechanics! Mike Rutherford was part of the super group Genesis with Phil Collins. Don't wait,listen to this song IMMEDIATELY! God bless you!
When I did this one it destroyed me. At the time I was facing the inevitable prospect of my father passing. He was 89 at the time and lived with me and was living this song. Doing the reaction and the comments really helped me. Ultimately my dad passed away last month but I greatly appreciate the time he gave me. Thanks for the reaction.
P.S. I still cried like a baby watching your reaction. Scars may fade......
How lovely that you sing to your daughter every night. What precious memories you are giving her.
How anyone can't cry listening to this blows my mind. Every single time I hear it breaks my heart. Obviously not everyone is going to cry, but feeling the emotion. I have a son that passed away and Thursday, May 2nd would be his birthday. No greater loss or pain can compare to every day wondering what if.
That's the worst thing a parent ever has to do, to bury one of their own children. So sorry for your loss. ❤
My father died in 2016. I had to listen to it multiple times a day every day for a month before I didn't cry when it came on - I wanted to learn how to play it on piano but couldn't cause I couldn't get through it - I don't get as emotional now, but man it took a long time.
his voice is annoying and I can't even take any song he sings seriously, my dad died and i'm not even slightly emotional about this song. Still think this song sucks lol....another reason being this song was overplayed and covered too much it's just annoying now. Another reason his dad never actually died he's still alive so it like negates the message of the song anyway
Did you both know the other cared? If that's not true, I don't agree with you, but I understand. Find somebody to go deep with🕊️
@maniacalrage I am incredibly sorry for your loss. As my parents are getting older it's something I am terrified of.
My dad died when I was 15. But no one told me he was dying they thought I was too young. I’ve lived with the guilt of not saying goodbye for 55 years 😢
😢 it's not your guilt to hold. Remember that without knowing. You never changed the way you treated your father everyday and that was probably heaven to your father when everyone that knew had the cotton will out. 😢❤
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How sad you lived with the guilt that was not yours. You can speak with your dad every day and I am sure he will here you and send you his love.
Your dad knows that❣❣❣❣♥️
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another very powerful song from James is No Bravery its based on his experiences during the Bosnian war
Good suggestion, that one hits hard too
It's simple. You take this song and you allow it to make you go to your living parent and give them the longest hug you have ever given them and TELL THEM all the things you wanted to tell your other parent but did not get the chance to. Or...to make sure they hear the things you did get to say to MAKE SURE they know it now.
As for his father. He was diagnosed with a failing kidney with none to give him was given a year to live. James made this song right away for him and did this video with him...this made a bunch of people come forward to donate and they found a match and saved his life.
James is a master songwriter. He knows how to pick the lyrics to explain what’s in you mind and in your heart. This is one of the toughest songs to watch and listen to, but it definitely gets you in the feels. Glad you finally reacted to this. One day it will be our turn, and our children will be chasing the monsters away 💔
We just want you to experience this song. It's so beautiful and heart felt. His father was dying of kidney failure and a match could not be found until this song went viral and then a distant cousin came forward and was a match! When this was recorded they thought he didn't have much time!
They did the shoot in 1 take because James wanted to keep the emotion intact and make it as simple and bare as possible. Production wanted to do another take for more perfections and less tears in the voice, but he refused.
Everyone on the set was crying by the end of the recording, talking about a moment suspended as if out of time.
Only James's father asked why everyone was crying when he had his cancer and end-of-life diagnosis at the time. 😮
Since then, things have moved in the right direction with his transplant, but this moment will remain unique.
He did try it without his dad there first
I'm not crying, you're crying..... 😭😭😭😭
That’s his dad in the video. A distant cousin saw the video and got tested to see if he was a match and was and ended up saving his dad’s life. I sobbed like a baby the first time I heard it. Such a beautiful song.❤
My husband of 41 years passed away February 1st. This song made me cry before all this and it still does. Hoping to have some closure.
This man has the courage to be vulnerable.
This song makes all the men cry, James did such a beautiful tribute to his father….thank God he got a new kidney
This song always makes me cry. Lost my dad in 2013, my mom in 2015, my husband in 2020. This is a great advert for organ donation. Gives people more time with their loved ones. My hubby had a kidney transplant in 1999.
Wow that's a lot! Much love to you and your hubby! ❤❤
James, father, Colonel Charles Blount, was a Cavalry Officer in the 13th/18th Royal Hussars, before becoming a helicopter pilot and Colonel of the Army Air Corps. James, himself, attended the illustrious boys’ public school, Harrow, went on to Sandhurst military academy, and served in the British Army as a Captain.
James is not afraid to break your heart. Goodbye My Lover is one of his songs that I always go back to. I saw him when he opened for Ed Sheeran and he is amazing live as well.
You should watch his 'No Bravery' video and song. It's about his time in the Army. It packs a punch!
This is such a tear jerker but it’s also oh so beautiful. All music should evoke emotion. That’s when you know it’s great music.
His sister wrote it in a poem and he sang it ❤
Another beautiful experience of this song is Iam Tongi, winner of American idol, audition piece and Iam with James on the finale.
Iam Tongi’s audition was so powerful. I knew then he would be the winner with this song as his choice, just months after his father, Rodney, passed.
I had to watch my mom suffer through Cancer treatments for a year and a half....She also passed at home with hospice care....Even tho I was there almost daily helping her, I didn't actually get to say goodbye on the day she passed....I was on my way to my parents house to celebrate my middle son's first birthday when I got the call....My heart goes out to anyone who has lost someone they care about deeply! It changes u forever! ❤
His song from last year is heartbreaking too. “The Girl That Never Was”
One take, no autotune !!! great reaction.
Everyone crys, one take, Everyone cried during the making except his father who said he wasn't gone yet, but at this time he was dying 😢 God bless
This song killed me too. My Daddy passed from cancer in 1998. I was, am, and always will be a Daddy's girl. In fsct, I joined the Navy because of him--he's a Navy vet..seerved in WW2. I am also a nurse. The closer his time of passing came--the more the nurse in me faded and the little 3 year old girl came out. Daddy, the man who was supposed to live forever! I spent his final 2 days by his side, never leaving. The night he passed, I climbed into the hospital bed with him and held him til he breathed his last. I told him you held me when I came into this world--I am holding on to you as you pass through. Look for grandma and reach for her arms--she waits. I will see when when it's my time. I am crying as I watch this and type this, but it's also therapuetic in a way. Love your reactions, don't stop!
Although bittersweet,what a beautiful passing your daddy had with his" little girl" by his side! Thank you for sharing such an intimate moment.He sounds truly amazing,and so do you❣
Sorry for your loss! Thanks to your dad and to you for doing your service as a nurse and the military! Such a wonderful story to read and sad at the same time. Stay safe! 🫶
I’m sorry for your loss and thanks for your service, and I am sure your dad will be very proud of you.
Peace be you.
@@maryannturton9830 Thank you--he was amazing!
This song isn't just about a son about to lose his father. It's for anyone who has lost someone they loved. My mum passed 5years ago at only 68yrs old, and I tear up every time I heard this.
It's such an important song.
Another gorgeous James Blunt song is called The Girl that Never Was. It's about when James and his wife experienced a miscarriage, and it's just as heartbreaking.
My Daughter is 13, my Son is 10 and we still sing them at bedtime everynight, my Mom also died from cancer when i was 12yrs old. Hold and sing to the ones you love. ❤😎🤙🏼
Since you both know they served in the British Army, in the line "I'm not your son I'm not your father, we're just two grown men saying goodbye" was what they would say to each other before each deployment.
This video gets me EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!
Every single time...
No bravery is my fave from James, I’ve seen him in concert and he is fabulous singer live
BP, young one with an old soul, I read an article that said both of the Blunt men were actually in service at the same time. In true British fashion, when James was being deployed, that was the phrase (I’m not your son…)they used to say goodbye. Same article said that his sister wrote the poem that James added to and created this heart wrenching tribute. I have found you to be a good man with the ability to laugh and cry and hopefully continue to live and love for the rest of your life.
My Dad always said..."Be Tough Enough To Cry."
I chased the Monsters away for my father and my mother in 2020...still crying... What a powerful song.... I am watching from France 🙏
it's never a bad intent to see people in pain. It's too see how people respond to a song that connects you to so much of your emotions. 100% of the people asking you to react to this have sat there and cried to this song too (probably multiple times).
yep, pretty much every time, well said ❤❤👊👊
Thanks for this one. It was his father.
Tears can be cleansing. I lost my dad in 2005 from prostate cancer.
My last time with him, I held him and talked to him. He was on hospice. He reached up and grabbed my cross and then held my hand. I knew It was his way to say goodbye. Then he mouthed love. He was given last rites that night and died the next morning.
This was one take. No auto tune. Everyone in the room was in tears. He wanted it as raw as possible.
And yes, he served in the queen's guard. Very high up, so did his dad.
Back to bedlam is a great album from him.
Nice reaction, brother. From Scotland 🏴
My father passed in 1992 and when I hear this song it still chokes me up and sometimes I cry. So beautiful 💔
As with this song, ‘carry you home’ is such a powerful, deep, emotional song.
The thumbnail in the upper left at the conclusion of the JB video shows Iam Tongi singing this as his audition (for America’s Got Talent, I think.) It was an incredibly emotional performance as well, because his father (who had nurtured his interest in music and always sang with him) passed away shortly before the audition.
Jelly Roll was in the audience, and visibly reacted as well, based on what he’d experienced with his father. There’s a fascinating video by @The Behavioral Arts examining the body language of the performance and JR’s reaction, validating the authenticity of the emotions involved.
All just FYI. This is an amazing song.
Music is nothing if it doesn't move you. If you don't cry during this song, then you have no heart.
He did chase the monsters away for his Dad. Because of this song James father received a kidney transplant and is doing good at this time. Such a beautiful tribute to his father. Even the toughest man cannot get through this song without crying. ❤
Iam Tongi did such a great job with this song after just losing his Dad a few months before that audition.
"Dark Thought" and "goodbye my lover" are also real impressive Songs of James Blunt.
Greetings from Austria !
Death isn't scary it's a beautiful thing life is scary.
My mom loved James Blunt so much. She passed in 2018 unexpectedly and then my dad passed in 2021 unexpectedly as well. Both were just 60 when they left me. Love your mom and dad with everything you have. Take in everything you can. And never take time for granted. Much love❤️
The release of this song brought out a lost relative that was a match and saved his dad. He had stage 4 kidney disease.
I helped my mother through at home hospice in 2020 for breast cancer, and my father now lives with me and has Lewy Body Dementia (which is snatching him away from us, as you said, like a thief in the night, a little at a time). I didn't expect to *weep* while listening to a song today, but here we are.
The title of the song is misleading, but when you realize the son is taking the dads place to protect, it hits hard. It took me for a ride. Love the song.
Lost my mother in January.
She would not accept what was happening.
So even though we knew it was coming. We didn't get to say goodbye, or talk about the things you wish you could have talked about.
Losing someone is always a special feeling. Didn't know losing someone right in front of you, you cant say goodbye to.
My Dad passed at home on hospice care as well. He didn’t go until I told him it was ok (he was non-responsive at the time). I promised to take care of mom and he was gone two hours later. I hope I gave him peace. I still talk to him. He taught me so much. I can work on my own car and drive a stick shift because he never wanted his girls stuck in a situation they couldn’t get out of. Every time I work on my car, I think of him and have great conversations with him. Sometimes they involve swearing and always bruised and greasy knuckles, lol. Love you Dad!
No matter how many times I hear that song, tissues at the ready… gets me every time x
James Blunt was an officer, a Captain, in the Household Cavalry and served in command of armoured vehicles in Kosovo as part of the UN Peacekeeping force. His recording, No Bravery, looks at kids during wartime. You'd appreciate it. His father, Charles, was a Colonel, and his grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather were all army officers.
Youre reaction does touches my heart. Listened to this song maybe twenty times. I was with both my parents when they died and we could say goodbye. My father asked: "who are these people in the room?" I did not see them. Three months after he died at 95 he stood very clear before me in a crowdy street. Very young and smiling happely. I shouted: "Pa!" and he was gone.
You are not alone. I was my mom’s main caregiver for her two year fight with cancer. That period of time is etched in my head. I cherish the memory and curse it at the same time. Me and my sisters were with her when she took her last breath. I closed my eyes during her last moment just to save me from having memories of the sight of the moment I lost her.
I balled my eyes out the first time I heard this song. Tearing up just a little now… ❤
Crying is good for the soul ❤️❤️. Lost my father and mother 2015 two months apart, my husband in 2016 . Was with each of them when they took their last breath. For me it helped to be there for them. I focus on the beautiful moments we had together. And family keeps you moving ❤️❤️❤️. Blessings BP, love your story about your little girl ❤️❤️ Gmaw👵🏼
This song is absolutely gut wrenching. I don’t know how he sings with such passion, depth and strength every time he sings. When he’s live, it sounds the same - all the strength and passion is there every time. I don’t see how you can possibly listen to this without feeling something deeply.
Goodbye My Lover is another gut punch. It’s about a relationship ending - how it ends can be up for debate but the heartbreak of such a loss is felt in every single line.
“While you’re sleeping I’ll try to make you proud” 💔
My momma passed in December, and I got to say everything I needed to say, as did she. We were blessed, buy not everyone is as blessed. My faith got me through, but I cry every time I hear this song. I cried the first time I heard it and every time since.
Lost my dad 3 months ago to stroke and couldn't be there becasue he was half way across the globe .... I found this song between that time and now and man, just a gut punch
Dude, I’m a 56 year bloke that has just come across your reaction video for the first time and have seen and heard this song /video many times which is so emotional but your reaction is so +++king heart felt. Thank you 😔🇬🇧
Legend has this was recorded in one take and when done everyone in the room was crying and James' dad said, why are you all crying, in not gone yet.
Wonderful reaction, thanks.
Goosebumps everytime I hear it. The whole background of the song, video and James' dad, makes it even more beautiful. I want to call my dad after I hear it and thankfully, he's still with us!
I've never heard this sing until just night. And I had tears streaming down my face throughout. I'm 62, my dad is 82 and he's had a heart attack and a stroke in the last 2 years. This hit me hard, I don't have much time left with him.
Big man - i cry everytime i hear this. and i'm sure that everyone want sto see how you react - because you always come across as big strong guy - that serious rapper style gangsta in you ... and we want to see your other side - that human weakness - they want to see you cry.
You need to watch the Iam Tongi version. Iam's father died 2 months before he performed it for American Idol. Ultimately Iam won the whole show because he is that good.
He is crying while he's singing. James wouldn't let them clean up the parts where his voice cracks with emotion. Sure, there are people who want to watch others break down, but with songs like this, I think it's more about sharing the emotion. The shared experience of the depth of this song. I haven't lost a parent but I still have tears when I listen to this. He evokes so much love and devotion to his father in this. This song has such a universal message. Our fathers chasing monsters away when we're kids...and then our wanting to care for them in their final moments. It's a powerful song because he doesn't hold back.