I’m sure tons of people will tell you the story of this song, but I will too… His dad was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney failure and needed a transplant. Things looked bleak. So James wrote this for his father while believing he was going to lose him. But his dad DID end up getting a transplant after this song’s release and is doing well today. Sorry for the novel length comment. Always enjoy your reactions, Highly. Much Love and Respect, Mandi 🍃💕🍃
Just to add a few things, this was the first time he'd sung this song to his dad and all the emotion in his eyes and his voice are 100% genuine. This video was recorded without any 'Auto-Tune'. James' record company insisted he use it but he refused because he wanted everything to be exactly as you see it. James was, like his father, an officer in the British military and served out in Kosovo. I have no idea how he managed to make this video as he did, but I think it's unique and absolutely real.
@@aussieginger1960 I think it was mentioned in dispatches ,luckily A British general backed James and they circled the airport instead .. I believe James refused the order ,it was the British general that said we won't start wwlll for you ...
Despite this being about the son chasing the monsters away, when his dad puts his hand on his arm it just shows the father's instinct to comfort his children never leaves.
Just a little background here. James is a former commander in the British military who served out in Kosovo, and his father was also a former military man. When this video was made, this was the first time James had sung this song to his dad who had only recently been diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer which was terminal. James's record company had insisted he use 'Auto-Tune' when he recorded this but he refused because he wanted this to be 100% real, raw and genuine. Towards the end of the song, we can hear James's voice wavering slightly but he managed to hold himself together. What you see in this video is real and absolutely authentic. Thank God, they managed to eventually find a kidney donor and his father survived and is still with us. To be honest, I don't know how James managed to do this, but he did, and God bless him for that. Family love is so so special and the bonds so strong, even when we choose not to admit it.
Beautiful song - James Blunt's father was diagnosed with stage four chronic kidney disease. He wrote "Monsters" to "express his feelings about his father and his illness. His father did managed to get a Kidney transplant not long after this song was released. Still make me cry every time.
Even though his dad is going to be fine , for which we all need to thank God, I dare anyone who hears this tribute to withhold their emotions...especially their tears. Thank you James, and God Bless you and your dad.
My dad lived with us the last 5 years of his life. Precious time. Passed 2 years ago. Was in great pain at the end and in hospice for a week or so. I KNOW exactly what he is talking about. I don't think it had to do with a bad relationship. By the way dad had a GREAT relationship with all 5 of us kids. He was the greatest father we could have wanted...
His Dad was actually dying from Stage 4 kidney failure and he wrote this song for his Dad. He sang it to his father before he recorded it and his father was good enough to star in the video with him even though he was given weeks to live. This video saved his Dad's life. Up until this point, there were no matching donors. Once the video was released, a distant cousin came forward, was a match and James' Dad was saved by that distant cousin giving one of his kidneys.
Beautiful song . Glad his dad survived in the end . Anyone losing a parent . Can,t help but be choked up by the line. It's my turn to chase the monsters away ! 😭 🌍✌
Such a beautiful song.Before my dad passed he told me how proud he was of me and how much he appreciated how I helped him while he was suffering with cancer.He passed less than an hour later.
This is truly heartbreaking…. How he managed to sing this without breaking down completely is an astounding achievement… I say this as I sport a massive snot bubble an remember the losses that have scarred my soul
This song hit me hard. I cared for my mom in her last years in my home. Holding my frail mom in my arms as she left this world. My thoughts are with everyone that has lost a parent. It is forever a heartache 😥 P.S. Great review. I'm now a subscriber
It's an awful but beautiful thing to be able to say goodbye. Seen it twice with my grandfather and father it never gets any easier. Sorry for your loss ❤️
He donated all proceeds from this record to two UK charities. British Legion and Help for Heroes. Who help services and ex service people in the UK and Commonwealth.
And I was thinking that St. Helena was the most intense video of the day. My god! When you started your reaction you said that this was the next one in your James Blunt journey so I looked up your previous reaction which was no bravery. I must say this man was incredibly brave to share this very intimate moment with the rest of the world. Beautiful reaction as well Highly!
Good for you to call your Mom every day. My son calls me every day also. I can’t tell you how much it means to me. Love to you and your family. ❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦
This song kills me every time I hear it, I lost my father to colon cancer like a week or two before I heard this...effin beautiful and hard to listen to now
How the fuck James holds it together I’ll never know especially when at the time his dad was dying of stage four kidney failure, luckily they found a Suitable Kidney and he’s doing well .
Very similar story bud, I've always been a "manly man" because I had to be strong for others around me. I bubbled like a baby the first time I heard this and made me realise that I had monsters I never knew were there.
My mother died on cancer in 1993 het mother my my father and onkel were there you never forget that i was there there for my father his hart left him , hè told me i was still his little girl but. I have to remember this nobody is perfect but try everything and love everything.thanks higly and love to everyone that been try this it will be oké the monsters will go away be there ❣️
I read a comment somewhere that said while making this video everyone in the room was crying, except his dad. He just said, why is everyone crying? I'm still here 🙂
Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence, But never tax'd for speech. -William Shakespeare
Both were military men and when JB went to Kosovo with NATO and it's rumoured that his father said to him "you're not my son, I'm not your father, we're just two men saying goodbye". Equals.
My father brought me, my twin sister and my brother up. We got in touch with us years later and she's now rejected us again. Not all families are good. 😫
I lost my dad two weeks ago to lung cancer. I had not spoken to my dad in over 10 years because of his new wife. My mother passed away from cancer in '93. I believe he should go forward in life. She was just very nasty. I found out from someone else that he had passed. While my dad was going through treatment she told me she had asked him if she should get ahold of me and tell me. He said no because he didn't want me to see him because of cancer. So now I have to live with the fact I never got to say goodbye and I love you. If anyone reads this and has parents that you have not spoken to please try. You will regret it in the end as I do. RIP and God Bless dad.
You are so right, make amends now, not later. I loved my dad so much, we never said I love you because we knew, there was no need. In his last days we said it spontaniously, and it was the best ever. I will cherish it forever
I had a great relationship with my dad, but he died six years ago. I still miss him, every day. And this song makes me ugly-cry every time I hear it. It’s one of those songs that just wring you out, emotionally 🤷♂️🙏
My father was so broken he wasn’t able to be there for any one of his children in an emotional way. But I was there when he took his last breath, and I am forever, grateful that I was there to help him onto his next journey. This song could be for anyone who’s had a close relationship with somebody 🇨🇦♥️🇨🇦
This song makes me cry every single time. It has inspired me to show love and gratitude to those around me because one day, they'll be gone from my life.
I'm 55 years old now and i have lost my dad to cancer back in 2008, at the age of 69, i still have regrets about the things i wished i would have told him, but thought there was still time..... Well, there wasn't,.............Then my mom past suddenly because of an aneurism, in may 2021, at the age of 77, and because it was so suddenly , i also didn't get to say everything i wanted to, so here i am, telling everyone to take and cherish every moment you have with your parents, because you never know wen it's their (or your) time......
Love this song so much. So much love for family. Just subbed. Lost my brother in 18 to the same (I'm stage 3). Side note: Great to see who I've been talking to in the live. Now I have a face.
Thank you. I appreciate a true reaction to this song, without indiscriminate pauses and analysis. My own father is going through something similar and I just hope I can be this strong when the time comes. Keep well
As was said below, James as you know was in the British army and his Dad was in the British army. His Dad got diagnosed with Kidney failure and he wrote this song and they both recorded the video during this time thinking he was going to die. Thankfullly they found a transplant match and he is alive still
For me one of the most powerful songs I've ever heard lost my dad to cancer September 2020 and this song helps me let it all out love the channel man new subscriber
Seems like you looked away at the very tail end and missed what I thought was the best part of the song: when his Dad reaches over and pats James's arm reassuringly, as if to say, "Son, it's all gonna be OK."
I’m sure tons of people will tell you the story of this song, but I will too… His dad was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney failure and needed a transplant. Things looked bleak. So James wrote this for his father while believing he was going to lose him. But his dad DID end up getting a transplant after this song’s release and is doing well today. Sorry for the novel length comment. Always enjoy your reactions, Highly. Much Love and Respect, Mandi 🍃💕🍃
❤️thank you Mandi
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I really love that story. It gives all of us hope.
Just to add a few things, this was the first time he'd sung this song to his dad and all the emotion in his eyes and his voice are 100% genuine. This video was recorded without any 'Auto-Tune'. James' record company insisted he use it but he refused because he wanted everything to be exactly as you see it. James was, like his father, an officer in the British military and served out in Kosovo. I have no idea how he managed to make this video as he did, but I think it's unique and absolutely real.
Sadly, I heard his father wasn't doing so great lately again, but I hope I heard wrong.
James Blunt ;the only cavalry captain to refuse an order from general Wesley Clark in Kosovo.
"we're not going to start WW3 for you here general"...
@@aussieginger1960 I think it was mentioned in dispatches ,luckily A British general backed James and they circled the airport instead .. I believe James refused the order ,it was the British general that said we won't start wwlll for you ...
@@carolynneal102 correct. Was another General that made the quote.
@@robironside8276 General Mike Jackson a British general backed James refusal of the order ,He was the one who said it ..
Despite this being about the son chasing the monsters away, when his dad puts his hand on his arm it just shows the father's instinct to comfort his children never leaves.
A father will always protect his son.
Seen 20+ reactions to this song..still tearing up. Powerful music.
Me too.
Same been crying for like an hour now in bed watching these. Lol imma look like an alien when I wake up in the morning.
Same here 💔😢🥺
Same same my dude.
Взрослые мужики плачут, слушая, Джеймс взял сердце и постирал его в своем горе, будем жить дальше
My father is my Hero. He passed from cancer in 2016. This video breaks me down to tears every time. RIP Dad. 🙏
Just a little background here. James is a former commander in the British military who served out in Kosovo, and his father was also a former military man. When this video was made, this was the first time James had sung this song to his dad who had only recently been diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer which was terminal. James's record company had insisted he use 'Auto-Tune' when he recorded this but he refused because he wanted this to be 100% real, raw and genuine. Towards the end of the song, we can hear James's voice wavering slightly but he managed to hold himself together. What you see in this video is real and absolutely authentic. Thank God, they managed to eventually find a kidney donor and his father survived and is still with us. To be honest, I don't know how James managed to do this, but he did, and God bless him for that. Family love is so so special and the bonds so strong, even when we choose not to admit it.
Beautiful song - James Blunt's father was diagnosed with stage four chronic kidney disease. He wrote "Monsters" to "express his feelings about his father and his illness. His father did managed to get a Kidney transplant not long after this song was released. Still make me cry every time.
I cried a couple of hours...after hearing this song.
I have been crying most of the day. I just lost my dad and this song hit me hard.
Cried my eyes out. Love this song. My dad died in 2010. ,Hè had also kidney failure
Crying cleans the soul ;) I use this one as a therapy song from time to time
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Back for some therapy ;)
🧡. THIS IS A TOUGH ONE. James made it through this emotional performance to deliver his best.
The moment where his stoic father gives that double-pat at the end just frickin kills me.
*Sobs*
I lost my dad in 2013. I wasn't there when he died, but he always let me know how proud he was of me. I still miss him every day.
Grief is the price we all pay for love ❤️
Remember the first time I heard this man. First thing I done was call my dad and tell him I loved him. This song makes you think dude!
Even though his dad is going to be fine , for which we all need to thank God, I dare anyone who hears this tribute to withhold their emotions...especially their tears. Thank you James, and God Bless you and your dad.
You need to thank the doctors, god did'nt saved his fathers life, doctors did!
This hits me, hard and deep, every time I hear this song.
This song really makes me cry,
My dad lived with us the last 5 years of his life. Precious time. Passed 2 years ago. Was in great pain at the end and in hospice for a week or so. I KNOW exactly what he is talking about. I don't think it had to do with a bad relationship. By the way dad had a GREAT relationship with all 5 of us kids. He was the greatest father we could have wanted...
I never got the chance to say goodbye to my father and this tears my heart out, every time. Every time.
I didn't get to say goodbye to my dad, either. I get it.
His Dad was actually dying from Stage 4 kidney failure and he wrote this song for his Dad. He sang it to his father before he recorded it and his father was good enough to star in the video with him even though he was given weeks to live.
This video saved his Dad's life. Up until this point, there were no matching donors. Once the video was released, a distant cousin came forward, was a match and James' Dad was saved by that distant cousin giving one of his kidneys.
Beautiful song . Glad his dad survived in the end . Anyone losing a parent . Can,t help but be choked up by the line. It's my turn to chase the monsters away ! 😭 🌍✌
Such a beautiful song.Before my dad passed he told me how proud he was of me and how much he appreciated how I helped him while he was suffering with cancer.He passed less than an hour later.
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It doesn't get any more real than this. This is about as raw as raw can be true pure emotions no auto-tune just him his dad and a song from the heart.
This is truly heartbreaking….
How he managed to sing this without breaking down completely is an astounding achievement…
I say this as I sport a massive snot bubble an remember the losses that have scarred my soul
This song hit me hard. I cared for my mom in her last years in my home. Holding my frail mom in my arms as she left this world. My thoughts are with everyone that has lost a parent. It is forever a heartache 😥
P.S. Great review. I'm now a subscriber
Welcome! Thanks for the sub and I appreciate you. I am sorry for your loss.
I lost my mom to cancer in 2011. I understand how you feel all too well. You never "get over" losing someone. You just get use to the pain.
It's an awful but beautiful thing to be able to say goodbye. Seen it twice with my grandfather and father it never gets any easier. Sorry for your loss ❤️
I cry every time 😢
Seen at least 25+ reactions of this song I still cry aswell and I’ve never seen anyone react to this and not cry
He donated all proceeds from this record to two UK charities. British Legion and Help for Heroes. Who help services and ex service people in the UK and Commonwealth.
And I was thinking that St. Helena was the most intense video of the day. My god! When you started your reaction you said that this was the next one in your James Blunt journey so I looked up your previous reaction which was no bravery. I must say this man was incredibly brave to share this very intimate moment with the rest of the world. Beautiful reaction as well Highly!
This is the song that got me into James Blunt. Heard it 100s times and still cry like a baby every time. One of those songs most of us can relate to
what a song, leaves me in tears
This song can be sung to any close relation who is passing away
Great Reaction!!!
Beautiful reaction on your part
Sobbing 😭 😭
It really kills, Brother.
OMG😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Good for you to call your Mom every day. My son calls me every day also. I can’t tell you how much it means to me. Love to you and your family. ❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦
I've heard James Blunt sign this song -so many times, and I cry every time. Such a beautiful song.
I don't trust anyone that doesn't cry during this song..loved your reaction. Thanks ❤️
This song kills me every time I hear it, I lost my father to colon cancer like a week or two before I heard this...effin beautiful and hard to listen to now
How the fuck James holds it together I’ll never know especially when at the time his dad was dying of stage four kidney failure, luckily they found a Suitable Kidney and he’s doing well .
U have a beautiful heart
Broke me every time
My Dad is not a good man, this song makes me cry my eyes out. I wish I had a real father
Very similar story bud, I've always been a "manly man" because I had to be strong for others around me. I bubbled like a baby the first time I heard this and made me realise that I had monsters I never knew were there.
@@froggy187888 I’ve known they were that way for decades now, but like you I’ve had to be that person. Cried like a baby to this song
@@benwheeldon9055 Hope you find your peace mate. The toughest demons to face are always the ones behind the mask.
True songs like this always convey what the singer says, I can see how much it touches your heart, greetings from Peru.
I am not a James Blunt fan, far from it but this song hits hard and true. Most of us will go through something similar one day! Stay safe 🤘 ✌
😭 Aww been a while since I heard this song and here I am crying my eyes out.
Such an incredible song!! I really do not know how he made it through the song without totally breaking down. Love all his songs💖💗
This song has always made me ugly cry, never even heard the end because its to much...
I am conviced that this is the most raw and honest Song about the fear of loosing your Parents.
Loved your reaction and wise words , subbed
😭 Remembering my dad. Tissues...😥
Yep.
You are correct, I have a horrible relationship with with my father and this song just breaks me down.
My mother died on cancer in 1993 het mother my my father and onkel were there you never forget that i was there there for my father his hart left him , hè told me i was still his little girl but. I have to remember this nobody is perfect but try everything and love everything.thanks higly and love to everyone that been try this it will be oké the monsters will go away be there ❣️
If you can,call your Dad. Today. Now. Tell him that you love and appreciate him. Time is short,and he probably really needs to hear it.
I read a comment somewhere that said while making this video everyone in the room was crying, except his dad. He just said, why is everyone crying? I'm still here 🙂
yep his dad is old school UK military, stiff upper lip and all that. so doesnt show emotions often. this was James showing his dad his love
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.
-William Shakespeare
Oh Highly tell him ❤️✌️
Both were military men and when JB went to Kosovo with NATO and it's rumoured that his father said to him "you're not my son, I'm not your father, we're just two men saying goodbye". Equals.
My father brought me, my twin sister and my brother up. We got in touch with us years later and she's now rejected us again. Not all families are good. 😫
ur my favorite reactioner
Respect❤️
That's his real dad in the video .
I lost my dad two weeks ago to lung cancer. I had not spoken to my dad in over 10 years because of his new wife. My mother passed away from cancer in '93. I believe he should go forward in life. She was just very nasty. I found out from someone else that he had passed. While my dad was going through treatment she told me she had asked him if she should get ahold of me and tell me. He said no because he didn't want me to see him because of cancer. So now I have to live with the fact I never got to say goodbye and I love you. If anyone reads this and has parents that you have not spoken to please try. You will regret it in the end as I do. RIP and God Bless dad.
OMG OMG wouahhhh JAMES NO 😭🙏👍👏💖😱LOVE MERCI À VOUS REACT LE MONDE ENTIER PLEURE
You are so right, make amends now, not later. I loved my dad so much, we never said I love you because we knew, there was no need. In his last days we said it spontaniously, and it was the best ever. I will cherish it forever
I had a great relationship with my dad, but he died six years ago. I still miss him, every day. And this song makes me ugly-cry every time I hear it. It’s one of those songs that just wring you out, emotionally 🤷♂️🙏
I haven’t talked to my dad in 9 years. I would love this in my life. Him and his dad had a great realizations-hip. I’d love to have that.
Just to add : Years ago, James dad donated a kidney for someone in need. Also...All proceeds go to British vets.
My father was so broken he wasn’t able to be there for any one of his children in an emotional way. But I was there when he took his last breath, and I am forever, grateful that I was there to help him onto his next journey. This song could be for anyone who’s had a close relationship with somebody 🇨🇦♥️🇨🇦
I liked your response. The song is so emotional and has such a strong message, not much you can say about it.
you two guys could be brothers
it's so sad, he's telling his dad that hell be the last one to leave his room and he'll leave his light on
This song makes me cry every single time. It has inspired me to show love and gratitude to those around me because one day, they'll be gone from my life.
And when I hear ur voice I know it's you
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Broke me !!!
True emotion,one take plus no autotuned
I'm 55 years old now and i have lost my dad to cancer back in 2008, at the age of 69, i still have regrets about the things i wished i would have told him, but thought there was still time.....
Well, there wasn't,.............Then my mom past suddenly because of an aneurism, in may 2021, at the age of 77, and because it was so suddenly , i also didn't get to say everything i wanted to,
so here i am, telling everyone to take and cherish every moment you have with your parents, because you never know wen it's their (or your) time......
This song kills me every time. My mother was terminal (glioblastoma) while still pregnant with me. Our family cared for her at our home at her request from diagnosis until the funeral home came to get her body. My dad completely switched careers from engineering to hospice care after that experience and he was phenomenal at it. I too have been a caregiver from my earliest memories and have been blessed to be present & support the dying in their final weeks, days, hours and after. I couldn't have done that without having lost my mother, without having to learn to live without her & seen my dad do what he did for her & so many others. My dad is a very complicated & flawed man but he ALWAYS got the dying right...ALWAYS. Now my dad has been diagnosed with dementia and has decided to starve himself to death before he succumbs to dementia & becomes "living furniture" - his words not mine. He just wants to be with my mom again...his only peaceful place he's ever known. He is the MOST difficult person I've ever encountered and that is entirely due to him having to watch the love of his life, in their prime at 27 years old, slowly succumb & die over 18 months leaving him alone with a baby & 2 year old to raise alone. He had no control & couldn't make her better but he did give her a stunning last year & a half & peaceful death with us at home as she wanted. Afterwards...he had a complete personality change. People tell me of the person he was before and one of my deepest regrets is that I never got that chance to know the "before" him. With anything he did from then on, he either knocked it out of the park or fu©ked it up completely....there was no in between. But he always got the dying right. Dementia coupled with his already difficult personality has made it impossible for my brother and I to care for him at home which has been a constant knife in my heart although I know we are doing everything we possibly can for him. He's always, literally for decades, said that he will be dead by 75 and that's the perfect age to go out by. He'd be 75 in October. Through my own experiences with the dying over the years, I know better than to doubt his word on that. This song touches the rawest parts of my relationship with him. When I need a good ugly cry in my grief I listen to this song...it helps every damn time.
u have a good voice too
Love this song so much. So much love for family. Just subbed. Lost my brother in 18 to the same (I'm stage 3). Side note: Great to see who I've been talking to in the live. Now I have a face.
Dear Mary...much love...strengh..light..from me....
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@@ciskadebart1763 Much love Ciska. Thank you
@@marycasanova8905 youre very welcome..huggs🙏😇
Thank you.
I appreciate a true reaction to this song, without indiscriminate pauses and analysis.
My own father is going through something similar and I just hope I can be this strong when the time comes.
Keep well
He is loving his father right to the end ❤️
James and his father had a very fine relationship. Confused.
Butifull song 😪
As was said below, James as you know was in the British army and his Dad was in the British army. His Dad got diagnosed with Kidney failure and he wrote this song and they both recorded the video during this time thinking he was going to die. Thankfullly they found a transplant match and he is alive still
My father passed away from cancer, such an emotional time as you can imagine. The man who is with James is really with his own father. xx
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I lost my Dad to Prostate Cancer a few years age so this hits hard. Loved it.
You said it right when this video affects you whether or not you had a great relationship with your dad or a bad relationship with your dad.
For me one of the most powerful songs I've ever heard lost my dad to cancer September 2020 and this song helps me let it all out love the channel man new subscriber
HXC, thank you for being so vulnerable like that. I feel real men SHOW their emotions. You are a real man and real good one at that!
❤️❤️❤️ grande James...
Thank you highly 👍💕👍
You are so welcome!
@@HighlyCombustibleReacts Bless you're heart ❤
Seems like you looked away at the very tail end and missed what I thought was the best part of the song: when his Dad reaches over and pats James's arm reassuringly, as if to say, "Son, it's all gonna be OK."