I ALMOST CRIED! FIRST TIME HEARING! James Blunt - Monsters [Official Video] REACTION

[@anessalyn1035]

it's a very emotional song. he was crying, this was a tribute to his dad. his dad appears in the video. the dad had stage 4 kidney cancer and James didn't think his dad would live much longer. Luckily a distant cousin got tested after this video and was a match. and gave the dad a kidney. I have this song on my playlist and play it over and over. I lost my dad when I was younger and my mom on July 9th. It's a beautiful tribute

[@MultiMoo20]

Sorry for your losses💔💔🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@lynnepashley4281]

Kidney failure not cancer

[@anessalyn1035]

@@lynnepashley4281 ive tried to fix my comment but get an error every time. i dont know why i put cancer when i knew it was kidney failure

[@jeanettesmith765]

I recommend "Goodbye my Lover" sung live at Oxford University. It is one of the most beautiful performances ever.

[@teresareeves285]

Everytime James says OH...I feel my knees buckle.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

At the time of singing it to his dad, he had been diagnosed with end stage kidney failure, he had been given around a month left to live. He had already donated one kidney and no one was a match. He did this song in one take, refused to autotune the grief out and all monies went to Veterans. It was the first time he sang it to his dad and it was done in one take. The music track was separate to the singing so what you have here is pure, raw emotion. Within 3 weeks of the video being released, a distant relative with same name as his dad came forward and was a match. They love each other very much.

[@scottderechinsky9896]

My father is my Hero. He passed from cancer in 2016. This video breaks me down to tears every time. RIP Dad. 🙏

[@angelado3]

I just discovered this video too- it is amazing, so touching and I cry every time I see it !! " James Blunt wrote this song for his father, Charles Blount, a former cavalry officer in the 13th/18th Royal Hussars, helicopter pilot and colonel in the Army Air Corps. His dad has stage four chronic kidney disease, and this minor-key piano ballad is a tear-stained tribute to his sick father." From what I have seen his dad is doing okay now- and yes that is his dad in the video- "June 2020- James Blunt has revealed his father Charles Blount is doing well after receiving an organ donation following his fight with stage-four kidney disease."

[@garrymoore2161]

There was a time when I was the son needing to know I was safe from the monsters. You were the Daddy who chased the monsters away. That time is gone. We're just two grown men saying goodbye. At the time he was singing this, he fully believed his Daddy was very near death. How people can sing with all those feelings inside them is totally beyond me.

[@stoteles2]

James Blunt for President✌

[@JennRighter]

I lost my daddy, too, in 2019. This song never fails to get me.

[@allisonnancholas9620]

The line "I'm not your son you're not my father we're just 2 grown men saying goodbye" was what he dad said to him obviously in reverse, when he said goodbye to James when James went to the Kosovo war where he served as a tank commander. All proceeds to the song went to the veterans charity Help for Heros.

[@joelreid4676]

My father died in 1982 at 55 years old. SIX MONTHS after he retired. To Florida. He died suddenly. I was home when my Aunt Fran and Godmother called me. I then went over my brothers to tell him. My father was strong. He was all about work. We never really talked. I was a long hair guitar playing guy with a lot of girlfriends. I worked with him and my brother but we just never really talked. Then a few days before he passed we sat in his back yaed in Cranford NJ and talked about everything.. EVERYTHING... I finally felt close to my dad! I called him numerous times in Florida but never any answer. I found out when my brother and I went down there that I was given a wrong number. Never got a chance to talk again.... That now forty years has haunted me. THIS SONG.. just brings it back so hard! The Living Years used to do it. Cat STevens Father and Son...The same. But my god is this song tearing me up... I loved Blunt well before I heard this. Being Sick and disabled myself. This song really made me feel again! Thank you!

[@ardentynekent2099]

Jimmy was right. Brilliant. Thank you both!

[@TopGun86]

New to the channel man thank you for reacting to this. Lost my dad to cancer in 2020 and this song just means so much. Keep up the good work bro

[@marieraynock6440]

Hi Adogg just finished watching the video. I have never heard of him or the song but I can’t stop crying. It brings back memories of when I lost my dad in 2001. The pain never goes away. 😰 I miss him every day.

[@Rosiepooh75]

This song was with me throughout my father's illness and since he died this April. It stll tears my heart out each time I hear it...

[@froggy187888]

James is from a military family. His father is head of household. Regimented hierarchy. What he's saying is I love you, there is no ranks, we're just 2 men who love each other and I want you to understand that I love you dad.

[@ralph1270]

One cardinal rule of telling a story effectively, is that your tale, should have already become a part of you. The easiest way to convey or teach something, is to do so with something that is already apart of you. This song does it to me. My old man passed last August in my arms. I was the last person he saw in this world. I know this pain. Thank you for this genuine reaction. Just subscribed.

[@notnerbrenton]

It was his dad, and happily he received a kidney transplant and is doing ok now. According to James Blunt, when they were filming the video literally everyone on set was sobbing except his dad, who was basically “umm, guys. I’m still here!”

[@denisebrown6601]

I had never heard this before - thank you so much for your reaction. It is a beautiful song.

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

Tom Walker. ‘I’l Leave a Light On’

[@clivem.791]

Yep this is so so sad and relatable for everybody..Bonfire heart is another of James hits.

[@foots-qt4pk]

I love James Blunt. A little background. A former reconnaissance officer in the Life Guards regiment of the British Army, he served under NATO during the 1999 Kosovo War. Check out his other stuff too, especially , "Your Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover" And, yes, that's his dad, and yes, I made it to the end, with tears.

[@Rubytuesday1569]

I had my hand on my dad's heart when he died. Makes me cry every time. Beautifully written and performed. 🕊️

[@jessiem276]

I wish my daddy had not died alone. He was in a VA hospital, and I was going to see him in a few hours, but they called and said he had "expired". I had never heard that word used. I was just 35 when he passed away. I miss him so much 💔

[@ajandrianjafymusic]

From the perspective of someone that lost a parent at a very young age, it doesn’t matter how old you are, what you’re relationship with them is like. It’s a loss that leaves an unfillable void. This song hits out on the head perfectly

[@jadacaron269]

You're beautiful by james blunt 🖤

[@markomakela2360]

Hi Da Real Adogg! If this song doesn't move someone, it's probably 'cos there's no heart...

[@jackfrost0607]

I think the fact they were both army officers, him a Capt and his dad was a Colonel, that English stiff upper lip, he said they weren't very tactile or spoke about deep things. This was his way of saying what he felt. When his dad looks at him and touches his arm makes me cry every time 😢

[@ardentynekent2099]

Shame everyone stops the video before his dad does that soft, reassuring touch. It's so lovely. Try "No Bravery", a song about James, his guitar and an unstoppable war. Please.

[@9kefer9]

Yes it’s his real dad. He was dying from kidney cancer at this point. But a distant cousin was a match and he is now well

[@donnamire5512]

No matter how much I hear the song I still cry every time

[@ShirleyHickman-oy7go]

Crying 😢

[@horstschafer1839]

He and and his father were soldiers, the same as me and my father. He's Brit and I'm Austrian, no difference... At the end you have to fight "your own monsters" some day on your own!!! Beautiful song!!!!!

[@diperry4026]

He’s letting him go.. it’s ok for him to go.. dad no longer us to be brave and hang on… saying a lovely goodbye. No anger, forgive each other and telling him it’s ok to die.

[@ShirleyHardyAu]

Hi Adogg. I watched your lovely video all the way to the end. I've never heard this song before but have heard of James Blunt so thanks for sharing it. I cried. Never say Goodbye to the ones you love but as strangers you can. I guess that is the motto for this song.

[@elisabethmhawkins9025]

Before James became a recording artist, he was a Lieutenant and tank commander in the British Army, his father was a cavary officer and then helicopter pilot and Colonel of the Army Air corps. ❤ This was James's way of saying goodbye to his Dad, Yes that is his Dad in the video, and he needed a kidney transplant, luckily after this song was released (I think) a donor who matched was found, and all being well, Mr Blunt Sr continues to recover well ❤

[@WelshAmethystGirl087]

This video was made as they thought his dad was going die, the video has his real dad in it. Everyone including the crew were sobbing except his dad. A month after this was released they found a donor and he survived. They didn't know it at the time of this video though making it even more powerful

[@richardgould486]

Him saying I’m not you son your not my father is just a way to ease the passing of his dad. If their just two grown men saying goodbye it’s easier than leaving you child.

[@vtbn53]

"they're"

[@jeffstevens4262]

James, the same as his father before him, was an officer in the British military and was I believe, a tank commander out in the Kosovo conflict. I don't know how he managed to make this video, it must have been the hardest thing he'd ever done, but he did it without using 'Auto-Tune' as his recording company had insisted on. He wanted this video to be 100% real, and I believe this was the first time he'd sang this song to his father after his diagnosis. It's an amazing achievement on his part.

[@riawaikerepuru2239]

Beautiful healing song, release is joy x

[@Mikael_Puusaari]

It hits harder if u lost ur dad.. he made the song when he thought his dad was going to die, as it didn´t hit him that his dad could die until then I lost my dad 14 years ago and it hit me real hard, it is true that u don´t really think there is a possibility for ur closest ones to go before they do.. I failed to do CPR on my dad and I blamed myself for it for so many years even when the doctors hd said I was too late and couldn´t have saved him and with everyone close to me telling me I was the hero in the situation.. I just felt like I let my mother, brother and sisters down and on top of that I didn´t have my dad there to just tell me it is ok it´s a touching song

[@DirtySallysweetsally]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ghitafeldbk2250]

Background. James Blunt's father Charles, himself a kidney donor, was diagnosed with stage four chronic kidney disease. Blunt wrote "Monsters" to "express his feelings about his father and his illness, almost as if it's a touching farewell to his father".

[@larrymcauley3152]

Lost my dad to alzheimers. Not sure if it's the same thing here. This moved me.

[@vee5196]

Oh my goodness I want my daddy back 😩 😫 💔 Thanks

[@Cindrbell]

Nuthin happened. Just a son and a Dad. At the end of a life. I love u Steven Alexander Nardini. My son, my life.

[@joycemcgovern4167]

Get ready to cry

[@paulbriody297]

Great reaction. This song is truly beautiful.

[@johngibson3891]

Hi, bro his father needs a transplant. His whole family have served the British military for generations. I don't know if you have ever heard James speak? Very well spoken upper class. His father served in a few different regs. A helicopter pilot and Calvary just to name 2. I am very proud of our military. They go were asked and given 110%. We maybe not biggest but I think we are the best. A British soldier is the best in the recruitment moto. I thank him and his family for their service. We Russia building up troops on the Ukrainian border. And broadly the closest we have been since to war since the cold war. The younger generation is going to need a wake-up call. If we are to stand tall.

[@Yyyyyy5]

“I’m not your son your not my father we’re just two grown men (grown friends) saying good bye, refers to a father and son as adults not being able to say I love you as easily as when the son was just a child.

[@tomqueen3430]

He wrote it for his dad who had stage four chronic kidney disease. The man at the last of the video is his father

[@stephanietip]

The first pause you did is the spot where my years flow EVERY SINGLE TIME.

[@txlespaul30]

Dude, I thought I could make it through this video without crying, but then I noticed the Rams towel in the background. Can't stop the waterworks. Signed, a Cardinals fan.

[@knightngail1]

I cry every time at this song. Lost my Dad at the mere age of 17... I'm 58 now

[@bashab3098]

How is it the dying comfort the living ❤️

[@jamescgarrett6356]

Please don’t pause. Let us watch your reaction while the whole song plays. At the end, once the song has ended, then feel free to add any additional analysis. Keep well and happy Christmas

[@whitechocolate072]

Highly recommended No bravery from james blunt this is during his time in the army

[@johnraygun9868]

im not your son, your not my father. Just trying to be strong for each other like, hey its ok, we will see each other soon. Chase the monsters away i take as its my turn to put you at ease. Many times losing buddies in combat you kinda just have to say its just goodbye bye, i will see you in Valhalla but for now I have to finish the mission.

[@museborn7703]

I'm not your son, your not my father, we are just two men saying goodbye: I've always heard that as a way for James to make his Father able to leave easier, without worrying what he might be leaving behind. its easier to say goodbye when you are not related and when you have never felt responsible for another person and their wellbeing ... it's knowing how scared his father must have been to leave them when at the worst of his illness and trying to make the journey easier with reassurance.

[@vtbn53]

"you're"

[@janetcheatham7151]

It’s a metaphor to separate the pain of being father and son where men need to just be men

[@mondeo33]

When Da Real asked is that his real Dad. Who else nodded yes like me?

[@tiacalhoun3841]

James’ dad was dying of cancer when he wrote this song, such a beautiful tribute and yes that was his real dad

[@joannaterrell4747]

Home grown in Alabama by Afroman

[@brandonwright5614]

Yes it's his real dad

[@redindenver6666]

This video is so powerful .... James Blunt was very brave to make the video the way he did. You can easily see and hear the emotion. His voice is raw, while usually it's very smooth. I think the real emotion he shows and that you can hear make this song very powerful. Below is an example of his voice when he was much younger -- his hit "You're Beautiful". kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6O3pp-saJuUbpI

[@davidphillips4476]

Well damn.............that hurt.......beautiful reaction man...I'm out..

[@dawnbinns8481]

His real Dad

[@dwaynerhodes6423]

J b , is the shiznit, this song is tough, had a shytie relationship with my step pops, I have let alot of the bad stuff go

[@GaryG1974]

Another reacter without a clue!!! "You are not my father, I am not your son, we are just 2 grown men saying goodbye" is a statement of equilibrium between 2 people. It has nothing to do with a lack of respect for each other.

[@cob4128]

I’m sorry you lost your dad

[@elainehoward8822]

I think that was his real father, and like another commenter, I think this may be about dementia. Yes I made it to the end. Thank you so much for sharing xx

[@susannariera]

It's about cancer. Luckily he got a new kidney after the song was released and he is doing well now.

[@angelado3]

@@susannariera he had chronic stage 4 kidney disease which is not cancer

[@jennywren7822]

@@angelado3 Yes, I got it wrong from reading the comments, I'd never heard this song before till yesterday and knew nothing about James Blunt. I know a bit now 😪

[@glynthomas6025]

I gave up watching this half way through because your comments were too quiet to easily hear. The singing was fine.

[@booboo5544]

yes a very sad song, his dad was in the last stages of kidney failure and at the end he got a transplant and I believe he is still around. but at the time of this song he only had a few weeks or so.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

At the time of singing it to his dad, he had been diagnosed with end stage kidney failure, he had been given around a month left to live. He had already donated one kidney and no one was a match. He did this song in one take, refused to autotune the grief out and all monies went to Veterans. It was the first time he sang it to his dad and it was done in one take. The music track was separate to the singing so what you have here is pure, raw emotion. Within 3 weeks of the video being released, a distant relative with same name as his dad came forward and was a match. They love each other very much.

[@laurablassberg8559]

Wow. First time hearing this. I’m balling like a baby.

[@patriciacleary9146]

Me too.

[@maxinecheshire9628]

Same, so sad but so beautiful 😥

[@javierdieguez4765]

His father doing great

[@lynnedavidson4772]

Father and son have simply grown to be able to see and accept the man in each other.

[@alicesmith7020]

His pain is very real. That is his father in the video and at the time this was recorded he was dying. A distant relative turned out to be a match and was able to donate his/her kidney. I do not know if this video had anything to do with the relative coming forward to be tested but thankfully he/she did and now his father is doing well.

[@wwk68tig]

dad patting him on arm at end.......................gets me every time.

[@laurablassberg8559]

Omg. So emotional

[@christinestromberg4057]

Anyone not crying at this is lacking something. That's all. I didn't get chance to say goodbye to my father, and this tears me apart, every time. James and his father were both officers in the British army. His father was a colonel and helicopter pilot, and James was a captain and tank commander. He had his guitar strapped to the outside of the tank as there was no room inside for it. He did a song called No Bravery, about his time in Kosovo.

[@elizabethgari4909]

I've never heard this song before. It's beautiful. When he sang he'll be the one to chase the Monsters away, I lost it. My dad used to read to me as a kid when I had a bad dream to "chase the Monsters away " Thank you for posting this incredible video. Thank you.❤

[@espenvippen]

James Blunt's father Charles, himself a kidney donor, was diagnosed with stage four chronic kidney disease Blunt wrote "Monsters" to "express his feelings about his father and his illness, almost as if it were a touching goodbye to his father" His father got a new kidney after media coverage etc .. 😀

[@carolmckay9067]

I don't know why I keep listening to this. I'm crying like a baby as I always do 😭! It's definitely a 2 boxes of Kleenex song. This was one of my Brothers favorite Artists ( my Dear Brother passed of at age 48 after beating 25 years of addiction)At least he was clean and sober 3 years! He absolutely Loved James Blunt, that's Why I Love this. Can't believe, but I did Make it through. Love your channel 💜

[@davidbaker6912]

Yeah, too...

[@maureenlouisemcilkenny1377]

❤️, God rest is soul 🙏🙏

[@בלהאלגריסי]

שיר מדהים מלא רגש❤❤❤❤אהבתי את התגובה שלך🫶🫶

[@ardentynekent2099]

Love this and "No Bravery". Actually, he's written a boatload of beautiful songs. "No Bravery" is my all time fave.

[@Sarahr98998]

Oh god I was basically weeping lol. Not sure how anyone can get through this without crying!

[@osayenumchukszed7881]

He is my favorite.. he sang- same mistake, goodbye my lover, u ar beautiful, eg

[@TopGun86]

James Blunt one of the most underrated singers I've ever heard

[@alicehuddleston308]

NEW SUB. ANOTHER VIEWER MENTIONED JAMES BRITISH ARMY DAYS BUT ALSO HE STOOD GUARD OVER THE QUEEN MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS ON PUBLIC VIEW WHEN SHE DIED. THIS SONG WAS TOUGH FOR JAMES TO GET THROUGH SINCE HE AND HIS FATHER WERE MILITARY AND SUPPOSED TO BE STRONG. AFTER JAMES DID THE VIDEO A KIDNEY DONOR WASFOUND. THE DONOR WAS CHARLES' OWN DISTANT COUSIN WITH THE SAME NAME [CHARLES BLOUNT. ENGLISH SPELLING FOR BLUNT]

[@lukenap6216]

his father has a rare blood type and couldnt finbd a donor with the right Kidney (Kidney Cancer) so he wrote this to say goodbye as his times near. thats his real dad. Lost my mom to cancer November 3rd and this hits hard!, sorry for your loss too.

[@dianne8754]

Yes real father..very emotional ❤ get tissues..he is singing his heart out!

[@bruceadams820]

Hey partner, I’m 51 and let my father go. One damn good man. Then I heard this song. I balled like a baby.

[@christobevins6426]

Man. You were right there with him, to the end. Respect.

[@robjennings9143]

It hurts because of the amount we Love. Real men hug there father and tell them you Love them. Wish I’d done it more 🙏🏼

[@janellehasley8495]

I think everyone may hear or interpret this song differently, due to whatever their relationship is/was with their father or anybody they lost close to them.. that line "I'm not your son, your not my father, we're just two grown men saying goodbye". For me personally i hear it as I'm not just your son, and your not just my father, we're both grown men, best friends, that have shared lifetime of ups and downs. And for him too know he will be their for him now that he needs him.. but what speaks volumes even more is even though how sick is da was during this video and james being distraught trying to tell him his final words (if he hadn't of found match) was when his father touched his arm, to try comfort james, saying it's ok, it's all ok..

[@loramacrae-lopes6293]

I see several people have already written his dad had end stage kidney disease. It was very difficult to find a donor match and James wrote this song for him (that is his dad in the video) thinking his time was running out. The video had widespread circulation and a match was ultimately found and his dad has survived. The video was done on the first take and the emotion is absolutely real. James’ producers wanted to fix a few spots were his voice cracks a little and he said no, that he wanted to keep it real. A few other great songs by James are “You’re Beautiful”, “Goodbye My Lover”, and the lesser known but brilliant “No Bravery”, written about the war in Kosovo after his tour of duty there.

[@StellaMoon60]

Carry You Home - it's a very good one. It's from an album he did when he first came home from the conflict in Kosovo. That one makes me bawl too.

[@lianam2002]

When it comes to death, we are all on equal level. We are neither father nor son but two adults saying goodbye, Each in their own time.

[@1031irishqueen]

The statement "Im not your son, your not my Father", was what they would say to each other before a deployment...both of them were in thev service, James was a Captain and his Father was a Colonel..

[@elainehoward8822]

James Blunt is my husbands favorite singer xxx

[@gladyspoirrier8570]

I love this song I made it t[ the end of the video