James Blunt "Monsters" Reaction - Well, now I'm an absolute mess! 😭😭😭

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• KA

  @karenstrong8887 · 3 years ago

  That was no auto tune and only one take. James’s father Charles allowed him to do this with him because he only had weeks left and it was for James to have. Everyone in that room was crying at the end except Charles. He told them he wasn’t dead yet. You cannot sing some notes when you really cry but no one cared. <br>James is a prolific song writer and He got the idea from a poem his sister wrote. If this song hadn’t been released then a first cousin also named Charles that no one knew wouldn’t have come forward and been a match. His Dad deserved that because he donated one of his kidney’s years ago because he is a rare match, James and his sisters were not matches. Charles was doing well last we heard.<br>After his Dad was better James did this in another video playing the piano and it isn’t the same. It is the raw emotion that made this so great. Thank you.

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• PA

  @paulfredericksen6565 · 3 years ago

  I appreciate you noticing and pointing out how James, despite saying we&apos;re just two grown men, still calls him Daddy. &nbsp;And that goes both ways, at the end of the video, Dad pats James on the arm, just like a Daddy does, to say, &quot;Well done, son.&quot;

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• DA

  @dagmar.6954 · 3 years ago

  James dad was actually dying from kidney disease &amp; this was his tribute &amp; farewell to his dad. Thankfully his dad received a donor kidney &amp; is doing okay now. &nbsp;If this song doesn&apos;t get to you emotionally, there is something wrong with you. This song resonates with me as I was my dad&apos;s caregiver for 5 years until he passed away a few years ago.

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• ED

  @eddieboy4667 · 3 years ago

  If you don’t cry a bit the first time you hear this, you have no soul. I did.

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• DO

  @docholliday5439 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I didn&apos;t know who James Blunt was until a week ago. I will never will forget who he is now. I am a great grandfather now and this is the saddest song that I have ever heard...

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• QU

  @queenrosered · 3 years ago

  He wrote this song when his Dad was going to die from stage 4 kidney failure. Luckily, after he recorded it,a cousin who was a match stepped forward and donated a kidney and his father recovered. This wrecks me every time I hear it also. Thanks so much for your heartfelt insight. ❤❤❤

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• LA

  @LadyIrrigator · 3 years ago

  There aren&apos;t many songs about a positive relationship between a father and son. So this is part of the reason I think it hits so hard aside from the lyrics and performance being simply beautiful.

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• MA

  @Maerahn · 3 years ago

  Yes, that was his father in the video; it was all filmed in one take, and that was the first time his father had heard that song. He was terminally ill at that point with stage 4 kidney cancer, but fortunately a donor was found after this video went viral, and he survived.<br>James Blunt often writes about his real-life experiences, and another I can recommend is &apos;Carry You Home,&apos; which was written about an event during his time serving in combat. I won&apos;t spoil it any more than that, but you&apos;ll probably need the tissues for that one too - it&apos;s a beautiful song.

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• LA

  @LadyIrrigator · 3 years ago

  This performance was live singing to convey the emotions.

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• KA

  @KarenDay-me8ri · 3 years ago (edited)

  Well said young man. Still got mine, he&apos;s about to be 91 but the dread of that moment is still there.

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• HA

  @halichamney5337 · 2 years ago

  James was a captain in the british military and fought in the kosovo war. His father ( in the video) was a colonel. They had both served and when they would get deployed, they would tell each other they were just 2 grown men saying goodbye. His dad had stage 4 kidney disease and dying, but after the video a distant relative came forward and donated a kidney and he survived. The video was taken in one shot as James stated he wouldn&apos;t be able to do more than one take, so it&apos;s completely real and raw. <br><br>I lost my mom and my dad 3 months apart, my dad coming up on 4 years. The video has me bawling every time.

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• TR

  @trudywolfe2795 · 2 years ago

  Look at his face. Hes so full of sorrow. 😢😢😢😢

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