James Blunt - Monsters (Live on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky)
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- Опубліковано 25 лис 2021
- A single from James’ 6th album ‘Once Upon A Mind’ - the song is for his father who was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease
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"We're just 2 grown man saying goodbye", that phrase hit so damn dip, I used to have long conversations with my father about death, his last years weren't his bests, he distanced himself from the family and made some huge mistakes, but in the end, we were 2 grown man saying goodbye, farewell dear old man
I was on an offshore drilling rig off the coast of Angola the first time I heard this song. In 45 seconds I reduced to tears. Back in 2000, my father lost his battle with his demon and died of cirrhosis. Ever since that time, I stayed angry at him for the torment his alcohol abuse inflicted on his family. This song slapped my face and made me realize that nothing positive was coming from me holding on to that anger for decades and understanding that none of us is without imperfections. My family deserves better. I forgive you dad!
Thanks for sharing and nicely said mate.
Good on you brother, may he rest in peace, and it's good you found your peace.
Huge respect.
RIP to your dad, and long may you live in peace.
My condolences bro
Oh, wow ❤
one song - what a energy 🙌🏼
It sounds like you healed yourself as you saw a chance to let it go and forgive.
Thank you for sharing!
Can’t stop listening to this song since my Dad passed away with Cancer 2wks ago 😢, British Veteran🇬🇧
RIP sorry for your loss ❤
🙏
Sorry for your loss.
Bless yous both bro🤜🤛
Sorry for your loss 🙏🏻
happy fathers day to all the dads we've lost along the way
His hands shaking while playing the piano... good Lord. Shows that none of us are above grief. And he still gave a beautiful performance through his pain. Just amazing, thank you James
His Dad is still alive though.
Yes the song sounds like his dad died. His emotions are real from when he was preparing to say goodbye. The father miraculously got a kidney transplant and survived. But the song hits with people who have lost a loved one. It's beautiful.
So emotional. He’s actually shaking while playing the piano. Amazing performance. So…human.
He is just unbelievable. He strikes the balance between a passionate performance and a fake one perfectly.
His honesty is so loud every time.. so pure
I have tremors and his shaking seemed liked a tremor. I wonder if he has something medically going on?
thats damage done by the vaccin.
@@johnshanklin5467 I know what yout mean, but I beleave his was just shaking, because this song is very personal and emotional.
Such a CRIMINALLY Underrated artist. People got stuck in "You're Beautiful" and missed out on an amazing catalog filled with emotional masterpieces.
Very true. Such a well written song.
Absolutely agree I for one am getting caught up 🙏💙🎶
I totally agree with you. It's criminal!!
yeah man. so many wonderful songs!!
Yes I’ve always liked and respected James as a artist and as a man. He comes across so well in interviews with wit and without a hint of arrogance.
My dad was an imperfect man, with an imperfect son. The line "I know your mistakes and you know mine" hits me hard. My dad died in hospice or cancer, and I was fortunate enough to be by his side when he did, and this song speaks to me like nothing else, like it was written just for us. I love you dad, and thank you James.
When he got to the part where he says don't be scared, my heart cracked. My dad died suddenly and I wonder if he was scared as we tried to help him. I'm sorry for your loss.
I was brought to tears when i first heard this, my father passed away from cancer and few year before he died we were getting really close, so yeah this was hard to listen to
My dad past away a month ago, in a hospice too because of cancer 😞I feel you
Same for me, Lost my Dad 2wks ago to Cancer, The 4 days at his bedside hit me hard my hand on his heart then it stopped. I won’t forget those days, We talked & Reconciled. He’s at peace now
my dad died and yesterday was 5 years ago. he's gone. i stand beside him while his breath for last. miss him so much....
I lost my father just this week, i cant stop to hear this song. :(.
Iam Tongi brought me here due to his emotional performance on multiple occasions so i was curious. I find this and i see James literally shaking while playing this live.... Whew! You don't have to be an empath to feel either the original or any cover, this is a powerful song...
He's definitely underrated as an artist, and his father must be really proud of him after hearing this song
Spot on ❤❤🎵🎶🎶🎶
No my friend, no one underrated james Blunt, they just keep him for self
@@truecrystal1747 not appreciated 😀
His father was with him at the time he recorded it
Think he was proud way before
This is the song we chose to carry dad from the funeral service to the hearse before his burial.
I’m not emotional whatsoever (normally), I didn’t think I had a heart, but pretty sure the ache I get in my chest when this tune plays means something is going down…(spoke to Dorothy and I’m not the Tin Man…)
Miss you Dad x
Hes unbelievable
He feels every note. Every word.
Puts 110% in every time.
Powerful.
I haven't once listened to this song without losing it. Makes me miss my dad even more
So true. I weep all the way through, every time.
If it makes you miss him more it also makes you remember him more , for that we owe James alot. My go to song when I want to be close with my dad who left me a year ago .
You are definitely not alone in losing it every time you hear this song! Besides, I think James is losing it as well whilst singing it;)
You are not alone.
Not 1 single time, in the dozens of times I've heard this, have I made it through without tears.
Beautiful performace, how can you not love James Blunt?
Absolutely ❤
James doesn't need auto tuning his voice is pure and raw. A pure talent he has not been given the opportunity he deserves. He writes from his soul and life experiences. Listen to no Bravery he was on the front line during the Kosovo war. How many singer/song writers have done that!!!
Man, he plays it so raw. James Blunt will be eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2030. He has made several hits over a 15 year period, and still going strong. It would be well deserved!
I defy anyone to get through this song without weeping. This is James Blunt at his best.
I found this song after my grandfather died, i never met my father but he stepped up and raised me as his own. I wasn't his son but that great man treated me as his own and gave me the mindset and strength to be a great man god bless
I love the fact that no matter how many times he sings that song he still gets emotional and his eyes to get watery. Which shows how much that song means to him.
To all the dads still with us and to those we're without.
To all the sons and daughters, never miss a chance to tell your parents how you feel.
The raw emotion in James singing this song is remarkable. Miss you Dad!
I don't know how he could sing this live. I can't even listen to it without crying and I don't cry. Ever. 😢 Absolutely beautiful song. Respect for being able to sing it.
James stop making me cry !!!
You can see the pain in his face as he sings, clearly even though he has sung this song hundreds of times at this point, it even strikes a chord for him ! What a songwriter and story teller ! Truly just one of those once in a lifetime songwriters
Seeing someone put so much into a song not only vocally but physically seeing the emotion (the shaking) is just overwhelming. This is truly a song you can feel. THIS is how you connect with others by music and, cannot help but get emotional too. Love it.
A staggering feat of emotional control. I can't get through any version of this song, whether it be live, video or album, without being in bits.
Mr Blunt you have my utmost respect and admiration for crafting such a beautiful and poignant song x
What a song, what a performance, just brilliant….
My Father passed away 2 weeks ago. This song hits much differently now. I miss you, Papa.
This was my dad funeral song and i cried every time, i had listened to it in my personal time so many times to not let my mum see me upset so she didnt think he was ripped away from us
I think this man is some kind of Angel on earth 🌎. His music 🎶 🎵 is universal.
Vocally live he is perfect,no auto tuning here,just a great voice
The nod at the end... what a hero this man is.
There has never before been an arrow in the heart like this
Im a 50yr old who hardly cries, my partner is a professional singer of 40yrs so ive seen some emotional songs, but, my dad is ailing in his 80s now, i worry about him daily....this song turns me to blubber...amazing how he can hold it together..what a great song
🙏🏽 take in every minute with you dad
❤
My dad passed away in 2009, yet each time I hear this song, I tear up. Today was no exception.
It is quite remarkable to see a performer sing and play a song that clearly means so much to him.
Love this song. My dad is still alive. I'm so afraid of the day when the song becomes true for me. 🙏🏼
How the hell can he perform this song like this over and over again!! every time I listen to it I feel like I die a little. I can't imagine how this impacts him 😥
This song kills me every time. Went through this with my Dad.
James has to have played this piece so, so many times, yet you can see his hands shaking while he plays. 😢
One of the most emotion pricking songs ever written, simple and yet hauntingly beautiful, played and sung to perfection. A masterclass in song writing, executed perfectly.
Art. We see it so rarely that most don't even know what it is.
This man is so relatable. Especially since he is a veteran of war. The extra layers that adds. Will always be a fan.
This means alot to him. You can see it in him
You can see it in nearly every song of him. I believe every single word and note that comes out of his mouth.
Never ever was a song enough to let a tear leave my eyes.... 1minute of james singing monsters and my eyes are kinda sweaty.
My Father passed 2 days before this post. Nov. 24 I posted this to my FB the 23rd. We had bumps in the road of life but, we were good for several years leadng up to Cancer taking him. I love this song.
I don't think I've ever seen a song performed so perfectly.
James blunt is so underrated. His songs and voice are unique
I lost my dad when I was 3 years old in a car accident. This song hits me hard.
I saw this at the time I have just lost my Dad on New Years Day just managed to listen too it in the last coupe of days…this is my song too you dad I Love You and hope I always make you proud….
my dad died two years ago on xmas and i held his hand as the end was near. this is first time ive heard this song and it is the most beautiful tribute
Dad died last year and listening to this yanks hard on my heart strings as I look back when he pushed me on the swings as a
Child.
I don’t understand how anyone makes it all the way through this song. Beautiful
I’ve watched this at least 3 times consecutively, and I’m astonished by the depth of performance
One of the most underrated musical geniuses of our time
It's a little past midnight. I'm just sitting here wrapping up a project due tomorrow, letting youtube do its thing on its own. This is the only song to cycle through youtube tonight that I've never heard before. This afternoon I told my elderly father that tomorrow we need to have an important and honest man-to-man conversation about some things related to his business and failing health. God always knows when I need to hear the right song.
James... Thank you ❤️
Regardless of a man’s age they will always tell you how much their dad means. I’m lucky that my dad is still alive but I’ve never met his dad, my grandad and I can’t imagine how my dads life was growing up without a father figure. My dad is incredible and I couldn’t ask for a better one. I love him
Lost my dad to colorectal cancer back in 2019...and I just came across this song through William Tongi of AGT. This song really hits me deep, but at the same time reassuring that my dad is at a better place...
Just as perfectly performed as his video - that's a real artist.
He's such a legend yet every time he plays live he's a nervous wreck. I kind of like it, shows his human side. Love his music!
What a song...his reaction at the end makes it, like hes looking for approval as it means so much to him❤❤
A heartbreakingly beautiful song with a even more devastatingly beautiful performance…. My goodness…
This was the most moving performance I have ever seen in my life absolutely beautiful
There is so much emotion in this James performance that his hands are shaking while he tickles the keys…
❤️❤️
He’s absolutely such an amazing songwriter…..beautiful
You can feel this takes so much outta him. And I never knew my father, he passed away when I was 3 months . I'm 43 now and I still miss him.
Such heartfelt emotion in that performance. This is why James is such an utterly brilliant artist. He puts his heart and soul into every song and performance. Mesmerising.
You can tell James is pushing his limits with nearly every song. Such talent!!
Mesmerising indeed 😌
I spent my whole life trying to make my dad proud of me. I watched his last breath. Never said he loved me, never said he was proud of me, never even said well done. This song is mine. 😢
Sometimes the hardest things to say are the things you feel the most. I’m proud of ya bud. Keep going!
Your song.
Yes sir. Healing is yours too.
Make youself proud of what you do with your life. It's your journey.
❤
As a son who lost his dad in a traffic accident, I can relate to this song deeply ❤
Lost my dad just over two years ago. This hits me everytime I have heard it. The pain of knowing someone you love is fading away and there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop it. You can only be by their side and look after them as they did you.
One year since I lost my father, so much connection to this. I play and sing it on my own just for me and him to be back in the room together.
Thanks to James blunt .
Heard this song just recently having lost my father to cancer almost 12 years ago this broke me in half. Such raw human emotion and the lyrics just wow
Lost my dad (and best mate) 8 years ago in December. It was a privelage to look after him in his last days. Dad I love you mate...
One of the truest live performances I've ever seen. At the tip of breaking down by the overflow of memories of a loved one while you play the song you wrote about it all perfectly while emotionally performing it trembling. ❤ thank you James for sharing your talent.
His fingers trembling kills me. I love this man
The sheer emotion coming from his voice, motion and heart makes this song so much harder to hear, every single time he sings this live the emotions coming from him never weaken. This song means so much to him and so many people listening
A truly beautiful song, sung with true emotion.. I lost my dad 25 years ago, still feels like it was yesterday. ❤️
My mum passed this month and although this is about his father it still resonates
How can a song be so beautiful, yet hurt so much. James really pulled a lot of heartstrings with this amazing song.
That vibration in James Blunt voice is Angelic😮❤
His emotions run deep when he does this song.
His hands trembling.
He knows the reason for the song and that gets to him every performance.
Such emotion, tears and thoughts of my father, I never got the chance to tell him close your eyes.
I know how you feel
This song is unbelievably well written wow 😢
Musical genuis I can't stop crying and listening to this song 😭
This is what song singing is all about. This is how you tell a story with song... Sadly, not many artiste can do this... I hate this song because my eyes will never fail to tear up... damn...
This is the most moving performance you will ever hear in your life.
This is one the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. He sings it amazingly.
The part where he says “daddy” literally rips my heart out. This song is amazing, heartbreaking, and now I have to go hug my baby a little tighter.
this randomly came on when i was in class and i couldn't help but cry because i lost my father
Aww what a lovely guy he was choked up. This song is so important to him and I love it too
I'm a 37 year old man with 3 kids and I have no shame admitting this song makes me cry everytime.
Even performing it now he’s having to hold back tears
Not many singers sound as good as the studio recordings but this is perfection!
I have to say I’m not the type of person who easily cries but this absolutely, emotionally melted me, I know this song is about his father but it made me think about my brother, he died a year ago at 35 year old I just wish things could of been different it’s not fair the hands life deal some people.
My Father sadly passed away in 1997 when I was 15, two months before Biggie died. I'll be missing you by Puff Daddy will always be the song associated with that tragic year. 26 years later, cant quite believe how time has gone, but the raw feelings are still there when hearing this song. Thinking now suddenly I have to chase the monsters away and protect my Mother and Sister. I remember the night he left us. Two grown men saying goodbye.
The song writing talent is absolutely undeniable
It's been 20 years since I lost my dad and this song always makes me feel like that 13 year old kid who's world just imploded one summer morning out of nowhere, then brings up amazing memories I haven't thought of in years
Like you I lost my dad 20 years ago but still going through the grief as it was yesterday this sad song is how I felt saying goodbye
Dang! This song strikes a chord every time I listen to it. James is such a beautiful human being with a big heart. I have greatly respected the man since I first heard him.
My younger sister just passed away a week ago. She was only 37 and was a healthy person! No words can tell the sorrows , I could stop my tears . One day during my silence time , i saw her smiling at me and feeling the warm, it was like a few second but my sadness was then covered by this love. ❤Namaste 🙏
I lost my dad a few years back I’ve held everything together for so long until I heard you doing this and you’ve helped me to start accepting.
The tremble. It's in his fingers, in his lyrics and voice, and in my heart.
Wow, started tearing up... James you delivered the song with such beautiful emotion. What a beautiful way of connecting with your audience and touching hearts with this amazing song. Great performance Sir. Definitely one of my favorites.