Ex Metal Elitist Reacts to James Blunt "Monsters"

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  @SheriRoyston · 2 years ago

  Read the description of the song. His father was dying from kidney failure and was at 11% function with no available donors. Blunt wrote the song to say his goodbye to his dad, played it privately for his dad, then asked his dad if he would sit in on the one take video. The video was released, blew up the charts, was heard by a distant cousin who was moved to get tested and was found to be the only compatible donor, which ultimately saved Blunt's father's life.

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• KA

  @karenpower1643 · 3 years ago

  The producers of this song wanted James to have less emotion in his voice and he said no way. I want it authentic because this is real.

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• CA

  @CarolMcKenna-yf5uq · 1 year ago

  When he sings “Daddy “, it tears me up.

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• IN

  @ingeborgbrodersen1718 · 5 months ago

  I hope you’re allright. I just want to give you a hug

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  @besping · 3 years ago

  There is no pity, only empathy and compassion. You lost your dad, very young, I lost my dad in February. He was 88 and I was 64. This song hit me like a ton of bricks. I don’t think I even cried that hard at his funeral or burial, but to see the pain I saw in James and saw in you, that connected to the pain in me.

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• FI

  @FienHerreijgers · 1 year ago

  Thank you for your honesty

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• CA

  @catsandcrows8880 · 1 year ago

  This is very far from a cringe video, you made the right choice publishing it. It´s real and deeply human, so it reaches many watching this. Thank you.

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• DE

  @DeeDeex2 · 2 years ago

  I know when your dad passed away in front of you, it marked you. My dad died in my arms of a massive heart attack the day after my mom died. I was hysterical, screaming at him not to leave me because he was all I had left. It marked me. This is something you just learn to live with. It's been over 20 years, but I'm still dealing with it. I was very close to my parents.

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• JO

  @johnjohn37371 · 3 years ago

  I'm so sorry, my friend...my pop died in the car, sitting beside me, as I tried to drive him to the E.R. in a blizzard...I watched him have a heart attack. When we got there and I opened his door, and he fell out of the car onto the snow...but I was in my twenties. I'm so sorry you experienced that so young...

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• GU

  @guiwhiz · 1 year ago

  No worries brother. That seems to be an almost universal reaction to seeing this the first time. "I need a minute."

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• CR

  @CryptidsRoost · 3 years ago

  Both James and his dad were officers in the British Army: James was a Captain and his dad was a Colonel. The line; &quot;we&apos;re just two grown men saying goodbye&quot; was said by James to his dad as he was leaving for the Kosovo war in &apos;99. &nbsp;At the end of the recording, James and the crew were all in tears. His dad snarked &quot;I&apos;m not dead YET&quot;!! and had to console them all. <br><br>After releasing this song, James gave all proceeds to the British charity &quot;Help For Heroes&quot;, which aims to help veterans. What a champ!!

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  @stephenclark5812 · 3 years ago

  I have seen this video dozens of times and I cry every damn time I watch it!

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