WE HAVE A NEW MERCH STORE! www.redbubble.com/people/mike... AND colouring books for adults, made by us! www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks... Mike and Ginger check out the very emotional Monsters, by James Blunt.
@MikeandGinger I'm loving your reactions from Kylie Minogue. Please, you need to react to two incredible Kylie Minogue videos. The first and Closer / There must be an angel live in the Aphrodite Les folie tour. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6_qmVnFg0Oo.htmlsi=9mVZ4mrWcpzF61HL The other is the end of the show with the song One night like this/ All the Lovers. You can watch this until the end including the credits because this is magical, excellent and a masterpiece. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gofJMfdlM9A.htmlfeature=shared I recommend these links because they are for the alternative version, yes the DVD has two versions and this one was made for TV so it has more details and closer cameras. Thank you very much and a big hug from Brazil.
My 30 year old son sent this video to me a few months ago and I cried like a baby😩. I'm a few days away from turning 69 and have COPD and 3 stints in my heart, so I have to face the fact that my life is almost over.😢 But I don't have to be afraid, my son will keep the monsters away.💯🤗❤️✌️
james wrote this when they found out his father had stage 4 kidney diease and no donor could be found. After releasing this song, thousands of people responded by offering their own. Later they found a distant cousin who was compatible and he had the surgery and is doing ok now.. During the recording everyone in there was crying. Only his father was calm asking why is everyone crying? I'm still here.
I once answered, I'm crying because I'm selfish, afraid and learn to have courage is very difficult. You are my strength Jesus 💪 ♥ My Rock 🏔 My peace 🕊 My Sunrise 🌄 My one True Love.
I'm new to this page but not the song lol the man in the video...has his father passed yet? Because I heard this beautiful song about a week or two after my dad had passed...and let's just say I'm glad I wasn't in front of a crowd or something because I would have ruined the Mic with the flood of tears
James blunt ...served as an officer in the British army....led his men in Bosnia....had his guitar with him always ...mans a legend..thank you for your service and your music
James and his father were both officers in the British military, as has been mentioned, and despite being very close, were never overtly emotional with each other, and when this amazing video was made, James's father had only recently been diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney disease, so this video ( done in one take) was a very tough one for James to complete, and we can hear the slight wavering of his voice on occasion. He refused to use 'Auto Tune' because he wanted everything to be 100% real and genuine. I heard he donated every penny of his royalties of this song to the brilliant UK charity' Help For Heroes' who do so much great work for ex-servicemen & women, which was a lovely thing to do. God bless him. ❤ 👍 🙋♂
@@russthompson9080 His father was dying here, with really no hope of a solution, and you say its a plastic pop song, you're unbelievable, inhuman is the word, God help your father or poor children if you have any. Go and see a psychiatrist and soon, you're not normal, and if you're trying to be a troll you're hopeless at that too. What a PRAT....
I lost my dad to stage 4 brain cancer 20 years ago when I was in the ‘sandbox’ on the other side of the world. By the time I got back home on emergency leave I was too late. Of course I shed tears & felt the huge hole left in his absence. Over the years since I’ve been back to visit him graveside many times and countless times even tried to express myself but could never get my words right….. until I heard this song yesterday. I was at his grave today and unabashedly said what I wanted to say. I sang from my heart and I cried from my very soul. The tears I shed remain at the site and as I walked away I knew that I, for the first time in 20 years, said what had been in my heart all this time.
Love the song....very emotional....Mike is very cool ....and handsome ....and please don't take this the wrong way but Ginger is gorgeous ❤❤❤ keep smiling ... love from the UK
I break down as soon as he says Daddy. I lost my father when I was 28 and 8 months pregnant. I got special permission from my doctor to fly to Arlington cemetery for the funeral. I was a Captain in the Air Force, so the 21 gun salute had me crying. I miss my Dad so much. He was my rock and a hero to me.
Carol your daddy is with you all the time. He's smiling when he sees his wee grandchild. I'm sure he's so proud of you for your service to your country. I don't live in the US so I really want to thank both your daddy and yourself for your service to not only your country but to the rest of the world. My children and grandchildren live in a safer world thanks to you both and all the US military. ❤❤
"It's my turn to chase the monsters away." is such an impactful line. It's come full circle and the roles of the father have become the son's. As he sleeps, his son will watch until his time comes. It's so poetic...
Sent to me via my son. As I sit here waiting to head off for my next blood test prior to my weekly chemo sessions, I now have lump in my throat and tear or three in my eye. Beautiful song, thank you for posting this
James being the man he is, always takes the horrible comments from trolls on social media and laughs at them, often laughing at himself with them. None of those idiots are fit to lace his shoes. God bless him, he's an extraordinary fellow.
Yes. It's incredible how he has this ability. He conveys his feelings to music very well. He also did this with "Goodbye My Lover". There's a video of a performance where he seems to travel around singing this song. And when he finishes, he stands up to receive the applause, and looks at the sky, as if looking at the person for whom he made the song. But in this song "monster" he outdid himself. I met her today, and I've been crying for hours. How can he do this? And look, my father is alive and well, I even saw him in the morning.
When you recently had situation of parent slowly fading away from terminal illness, then this "chasing monsters away" hit on completely different level. And I'm know I'm not the only one. 😥
I held my Mums hand as she slipped away from Cervical Cancer in our local hospital.I also held my elder Brothers hand as they turned his life support off in the same hospital 7yrs ago. Theyre buried side by side. This track always brings me to tears. RIP Mum and David.❤
@@MikeandGinger Thank you guys.People die but their spirit doesn't as long as they're remembered and I just picture them in another room which helps.❤️
I’ve watched this video so many times. Lately I just watch her reaction from the start of the video to the finish. She gets me every time. Can’t help but to cry along with her. So genuine. So heartfelt. 😢
His father had stage 4 kidney disease and was not expected to live unless he could get a transplant. They eventually found a match and he had the transplant. It was a distant cousin who gave his kidney.
I couldn't finish this song. Not quite the same, but the last time I said goodbye to my son, was my last. I told him how much his mother and I were so proud of him. I told him how much I loved him. That we would always be there for him. That was the last words I spoke to him. He is gone now, and I won't get to see him till I see him in heaven. Love you son. So much.
It's impossible to watch this for the first time without crying. I've seen it a hundred times and still get tears. His eyes, the emotion in his voice....it cuts you. I heard that every person in the recording studio cried.
Agreed lol. Totally wept uncontrollably the first time and still cant get through without tears. A beautiful song from a talented artist. So glad it worked out for his father. Check out Australia’s Dean Lewis” “how do I say goodbye”. Similar story/song.
The moment this video always REALLY breaks me is about 2:59 (in this video here) when he ends his refrain for the first time. You can see and feel the pain, the emotion, maybe the fear of loss in this moment.
I lost my brother in 2012 and my father in 2015 after a long struggle with Cancer. The last 6 months were so hard for him/ for everyone. Watching him wither away. I hoped every day that the Good lord would just take him. Such a man was he, that as i held him at the end and he was hemmoraging blood from his throat, he assured me, " it was some hot chocolate he drank". That is a father, who would try and spare his son the horror of death amidst the throws of it. Ultimately i am very proud. I didnt get to say it. So i say it now. This song, gets me every time, i am broken.. I am now a father, may i be half the father that my father was, may i be half the man. May the love i have for my son, mend my broken heart. May your love do so, for each and every one of you.
That is a devastating and touching story. Thank you for sharing it. Ultimately, I think creating a legacy that goes forward with your own children, is the best way to thank your father for the love and grace that he gave to you. Well done, and take care ❤️ - G
I found this reaction video and this song for the 1st time on the September 19th 2021, just an hour before i got a call saying my dad took his own life. I have been hearing this song in my head since then. If anyone out there is reading this and feels like harming themselves PLEASE talk to someone and reach out for help.
Gotta say, she's not the only one sobbing their damn heart out. I love my dad. He's my hero, my idol and I try to make him proud every day and help him as much as I can in his later years. I love you Dad
Never be sorry for being human. James Blunt is a poet - amazing, fearless composer, singer. Always gives 100%. Carry you Home is about his experience as a soldier in Kosovo. SomeoneSinging Along -- overlooked. Bonfire Heart , Cold, Unstoppable .....and on and on
Here in Canada during the covid lockdown my father has been living in a extended Care facility which also in lock down when he passed away. His health was continuously fading and I was not allowed in to see him for months. With the time of his passing drawing near and with him no longer being able to verbally communicate I had to say my goodbyes to him over a video call. During the call I played this song for him and I could see the tears starting to roll down his face. At that moment I knew he could still hear, and understand everything that was being said to him. And just how much I loved him and was proud to be his son. It was the hardest time I have ever faced in my life because I just wanted to be there to hold his hand before his time came. This song will forever remind me of that moment.
I am so sorry for your loss. Not able to say goodbye to your dad face to face, my god so sad, may you find peace brother. God bless you and your family.
I too have faced the loss of someone close to me...... ya see, my Father abandoned me when I was 3 years old, I'm now 55.... this tune doesn't register for me on a Father/Son level..... but....I was close to my Grandfather and Uncles who have passed....loss is sometimes overwhelming, in my case, detrimental, but here are my words of consolation to you...... You Never really lose someone you love, you leave a part of yourself behind, and take a part of that person with you moving forward...... I pray those words will find you and give some comfort.....
So james blunt's dad col charlie blount was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney disease and desperately needed a transplant. James lost hope that there would be one and did this song as a preemptive eulogy. It caught fire and because of it they got the colonel his transplant and hes alive and well. This is a very hard song for me to listen to because i lost my paternal grandfather last october and it brings back the memories i have of that time where my siblings, dad and i were there for grandpa's last three weeks.
Women have so many songs that they get an emotional reaction from but I think this is a male orientated one and that's why it hits home wether you grew up with a dad or not
I follow James Blunt from his start, this song is his masterpiece. This is a hymn, not one more music. I like how this music gives us the loosing feeling but also the feeling that all is ok and in the way it should be.
Oh wow, the lovely red head knew how it hit home, dried her own tears but had to give the bear a hug, thats a keeper. I got very little time to say goodbye to both my perants, even the velcro dog just goy up and went to the hallway, i gess he couldnt handle tears, but credit to him, just had to say Noodle i NEED a hug. Boom nearly took the door off. Live long and prosper people.
I was fine the first time listening to this until he mentioned it was his time to chase the monsters away. That got me. I can remember my Father clearing my room of monsters when I had nightmares. I did the same for my children and sometimes for my grandchildren. Soon it will be my sons' time to chase the monsters away.
Such a universal message ... THIS song . I don't know if anyone mentioned this yet but the record label wanted him to use auto-tune to smooth out the ' ugly crying / singing ' but he REFUSED , ~ thankfully ; It's what makes this song so relatable ; ~ `the honesty in delivery ....
I’m so sorry for your loss, Sue. These kinds of losses do really change us forever. But you can always fill that hole with the lovely memories you have of your time together. ❤️ - G
This is a sad one for me☹️I was cheated of these feelings by my abusive father so it made me cry because when he died I couldn't be sad and that's wrong, but I have a son and I know he feels different to how I did so it did make me into a good loving father❤️❤️
Me too, I was speechless and sobbing after watching this video. I lost my Dad to cancer three years ago. And he died while I was on his bedside. Still fresh to me though.
Im 63 and this song breaks my heart every time I hear it it brings tears to my eyes every time. It always reminds me of the last one to one conversation with my father just a day or so before he passed away. I think about him every single day. 💔
I lost my dad to cancer some 12 years ago now, and I miss him more everyday. This song says everything I could not! I loved my father, and hope that I am at least half the man he was. Take time to say I love you. Leave the past behind you and embrace whatever time you have together. Because when the time is all used up, and you close the door for the last time… 💔 Very moving and beautiful song indeed Mr. Blunt!!
Such a beautiful song filled with true emotion, love, respect and honesty. And bravery, let’s not forget bravery to show his emotions and depth of his vulnerability. Definitely from the heart. Anyone who fails to tear up has ice in their veins & no heart and in need of deep psychiatric therapy. Lovely song that tears me up and draws out such raw emotions in me. How many performers can really perform this song other than James Blunt ? None.
everyone feels grief differently, it's people like you who judge others because they don't react the same way as you that really need help. Your narrow mindedness is disgusting to see
Brits tend to find it very hard to talk to each other about feelings and emotions, this is his living eulogy to his father, done in the only way he knew how, by song.
I understand. I cry every time I hear this song. My husband is honestly sick of it. I've played this song about a dozen or so times today and cried every time.
I dont think I have seen anyone not react to this beautiful song like you did..i know i was in floods of tears the first ,second and every time i hear it😢
I'm fortunate enough to still have my dad. We had a lot of differences when I was growing up. We've forgiven eachother unspokenly. I told him the other day how much he means to me. It was so hard to fight back the tears but I'm glad I did. My mum is gone and my dad was a rock through out. There was a lot of crap on top of more and I developed PTSD. He stood by my every step of the way. I hope my kids will love me as much. This song makes everyone cry.
Oh wow. The tears are definitely welling with me. My father was a multi decorated WWII war hero. Sadly PTSD and his abbreviated childhood as a result of WWII created some challenges for all of us as a new young family. It has no doubt made me stronger as a person but the damage remains too, and something I have to care for each day.
What a beautiful and honest reaction to this song. No one seems to be able to react directly after this song because it is so emotional and beautiful. It is amazing that he got through it.
Its almost Sept 2021 and i am doing another hunt for new reactions to this song. Its a song very close to my heart as i just went through this with my father a couple of years ago. I watched your reaction months ago and i cant recall if I commented or not. I suppose i didnt as i dont see it here. Anyway, having just watched another spate of reactions to this amazing and moving song i decided to come back to yours and tell you that this is the most wonderful of all those i have seen. As i have said i have literally watched every single reaction to this song that i can find in not just one search but several times during 2021. Your reaction and sweet words especially, Ginger, make this the number 1 reaction to this video in my humble opinion.
Thank you so much for that. I’m so sorry to hear you’ve had similar struggles with your father. Mike was going thru the same thing with his own dad at the time, which made the timing of this song so poignant. It was very sweet of you to share this with us ❤️ - G
My dad passed away on 17 August 2021, 2 weeks after being released from the hospital. We never really "knew" each other, but I always knew his love. This song has been on my playlist ever since. All I can say, while everyone still has time with your loved ones, use it, don't abuse it. Tomorrow is never promised
I totally agree Raven. This reaction is special. Ginger, your orah radiates such humility... love and companion... a true gift! Never lose sight of that... it's Special! Greetings from a rainy, cold UK.
This song hits so hard. I lost my parents in a car accident 27 years ago. I never got to say goodbye or tell them how much i truly loved them. I just turned 48 and i am now older than my parents ever made it to. I miss and think of them everyday. Great reaction video.❤❤❤
Ginger just watched for the first time and balling my eyes out as well lost my dad to stage 4 lung cancer after he fought throat cancer for 18 months was like a grenade went off inside him..ill be crying for an hour now,
He sang with so much emotion believing he was going to loose his farther. Thankfully they find a Kidney and all is now good. But this song gets us all thinking about our fathers. Whether jolts us to visit, Or just wish we could have time with them again. The hug at that time was perfect and shows your heart.
Thank you. Truthfully, Mike’s own father was imminently due for kidney surgery at exactly the time we recorded this, so the hug was purely genuine. Such a scary time - G
I wish I could call my dad. I sat with him as he passed away exactly 1 year after I held my mums hand as she passed away. This song hits me hard, but I’ve not cried as much watching it as I did seeing your reaction to it. Beautiful ❤️
Thank you, Jason. I’m so sorry to hear you’ve lost so much ❤️ I hope that being able to share their last moments with them was at least a comfort for them, and for you 🙏🏻 - G
@@christienzamari4059 Thank you, Christien. My theory is this: To the degree of anger family is capable of projecting toward one another is to the same degree each loves one another - anger, hurt and pain being proportionate to the level of love each feels may have been compromised. Yes, Dad loved me and I loved Dad. This will never be refuted. Please stay safe and thank you again for the kind support.
another singer who got better when time clocked in on his voice, like this much better than his teeny hit songs, wow this chokes me up !!!, thanks for reacting to it
Gingers face says it all with this song, you start out thinking it sounds beautiful, and then it punches you in the gut and you break down. I felt the same exact way.
That was... speechless (i losing my father in 2017 June... have no word for that lost, just Rest in Peace Daddy & thanks for all the things you making for us...) Thanks a lot for sharing this pure emotional moment... (In loving memory to ours fathers we lost...)
This is a beautiful song and very emotional. I am lucky to still have my Dad who is 91 in April and still in relatively good health. Sadly Mum passed in 2014 after 62 years of happy marriage - the loss of a close loved one you never really get over, so my sympathy goes out to all the people who have commented. Supermarket Flowers by Ed Sheeran is another one of those songs which get to you emotionally.
