Dont worry marsha. first time i heard it i broke down. Nothing wrong with that. We all have memories and things in our backpacks, noone will blame you for a tear or ffiftynine. 100% respect and love.
His father was sitting next to him the whole video ! Yes that’s his real father and those real tears ! James Blunt would not allow any editing on this video only one take !! His father who was a kidney donor ironically had stage 4 kidney disease ! Only a few months to live…. After the release of this song James asked anyone who was type 0 ! If they would consider donating one of their kidneys to his Dad ! None of his family members or he were a match but someone stepped up and gave him a kidney and his Dad is still alive and well today ! This song makes me cry every time…. You’re reaction made me cry ❤
Noones ever ready for this song, it hits you like a damn truck Such a raw, emotional, beautiful song I cried like a baby first time I heard it and have cried or teared up almost every time since
The first time I watched this, I broke the first time he said "I'm not your son, you're not my father, we're just 2 men saying goodbye." I lost my momma to cancer 11/11/2011. I know exactly how he is feeling in this song. You never "get over" losing someone. You just get use to the pain.
That's exactly where the tears started for me too when I first saw this video! The next 5 or so times after, knowing the story behind the video and the authenticity of his tears and expressions, the tears started as soon as his face appeared on the screen 😅
I've watched a lot of reactions to this song and I do like to see where people break....you broke so early and repeatedly..it must have hit you hard..it hit me hard....loved your reaction. My father and I were estranged and when he passed I didn't have the possibility of being alone with him..so this song really hit me hard. I think you must have had a similar experience.
The thing about this song is that he's singing about me and my father, or you and your Mother, Bother or sister lover or friend. we all relate to the pain of loosing loved ones. Your reaction was heartfelt. Enough said.
Marsha, thank you for sharing your viewing of Blunt's 'Monsters'...while not fighting to make sure your real emotional vulnerability to the piece was not visible...as so many reactors make the mistake in doing. In part...the song was beautiful for you...because Blunt is so honest in his emotional visibility...his honesty and openness...his transparency. When reactors are real...they also move their audiences...and in cases like this...help initiate the venting of stored memories and meanings that still have toxic sting on both sides of the screen. You started to share with your viewers why you were crying...and in touching it...had to quickly back away and sign off. I understand why people do that. You shared how you probably wouldn't have watched the video if you'd known what it was about. Let me offer something... That music video tapped in you places you're holding memories and the meanings you have assigned to them...and haven't figured out how to let go of the meanings or memories. Before the video...you were trying to go through the day as if those broken spaces don't exist...and James called to them and brought them front and forward again...in a manner in which you weren't ready...and in shutting off the feed...said loudly...'I don't want to deal with this emotional scarring right now'. I don't know what you know about how the mind works, but pain, emotional pain, is largely about expectations you had of the world...expectations that helped inform you of who you were in that moment in relationship to the world (i.e., good-n-bad, valued-n-nonvalued, smart-n-not so smart, etc) and in the breaking of the expectation...you internalized a breaking of how you wanted the world to think of you. Pain is the disorientation to our self-images of value that are broken in broken expectations that we valued so much...we can't easily let go the memory...because we can't let go the meaning. You seemed to make clear...you were carrying a lot of scarring of intense memories that the song stirred up. We are taught very little of how to deal with our emotions as simply reflections of how we're thinking...and more importantly...how we're believing. Not given much insight...we fear our emotions that are strong...and especially the one's that hurt. You might find it useful to listen to songs like 'Monsters' on a regular basis to assist you to look at what your emotions are telling you about...your self...not the world outside of you. About the world inside of you we've conditioned you to ignore and fear...instead...engage. Listening to such songs allows you to pull these emotions forward so you can watch and learn and inspect what you're feeling...and what makes real sense...instead of what is east to fear, ignore...deny? Memory...isn't here now...and the emotions they elicit help point us to how deluding memories are...and how much they trap us in them as we fear to look at them...in the light. I loved watching your tears stream down your cheeks as you made no effort for the most part to stop them. That is being present, in this moment...in your skin and not outside of you looking at yourself trying to primp your image...as if people want to watch you be 'cute' or whatever. Like watching Blunt...they want to see the real you. So go tackle those memories...and help yourself be ever more free and powerful before things that seem so frighteningly easy to overwhelm you...mark
Thank you for taking the time to hear this song. My Dad died a few years ago. Time doesn't heal grief, it only changes it. When I find myself trying to be strong, when really I should be vulnerable and allow myself to grieve, I play this song. It's like a key that unlocks a door so that I can take another step through and continue to heal. Thank you again.
"When I find myself trying to be strong, when really I should be vulnerable and allow myself to grieve, I play this song. It's like a key that unlocks a door so that I can take another step through and continue to heal." You put it perfectly. Watching this video is therapy.
Thank you, and yes...my lovely Dad died 18 months ago and I no longer cry every day, but the grieving process (and guilt...nobody warned me of the guilt about EVERYTHING, despite the warm and loving relationship i had with him 😢) is still very much on-going. When i first heard/saw this song I cried SO HARD, and then had it on repeat, practically. Eventually it was cathartic. Somehow it truly does help to know that this kind of pain of loss is so universal ❤️
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.. After media coverage, his father received a transplant. He's ok. 😀 Greetings from Norway.
Girl,you are rockin those headphones.They look great and so fun.Now let me say,oh lord have mercy,I have never made it through this song without crying
Hi Marsha, just a little background to this amazing video. This was the first time James had sung this to his father who had only recently been diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer and wasn't expected to survive unless they could find a donor, which they did eventually. James' record company wanted him to use 'Auto-Tune' but he refused because he wanted this recording to be real, and 100% genuine, so the recording was done exactly as we see it. One take. James and his father were both former officers in the British military. I have no idea how he managed to hold himself together for this, I know I could never have done in that situation. The song hits you right in the heart and the head at the same time. I get your reaction totally. It's exactly the same as mine when I first watched the video. I couldn't say anything for a while either. Bless you.
Kidney disease not cancer, Still a fatal diagnosis as his father had already donated one of his kidneys and his blood type made a match almost impossible. This song is why a distant cousin was found who was able to donate a kidney.
I’m so sorry for whatever loss or vulnerability that song triggered in you. It’s probably the most emotionally triggering video I’ve ever seen. But you are right, it’s also incredibly beautiful. And we can all feel fortunate that we have loved someone enough to feel the same way James does about his dad. It’s a blessing even if it hurts sometimes.
Thank you ❤️ the song was so powerful to me. It really hit home. Brought back some deep painful memories. Watching this video made me realize my hurt is still very much alive.
Miss Marsha, that was James' real father popping up in the video towards the end. He had a terminal kidney disease and the clock was ticking down in ending his life. With a rare blood type, no donors could be found for a transplant until a distant cousin, who had the same blood type, actually saw this video and contacted them. The transplant was successful, bur from what I understand, although still alive, the father has been in serious condition. The video and record producers did not want James to perform in this way because they thought it to be too unprofessional. But in paying tribute and honoring his dad, James insisted. Although James was emotional throughout and even at times sang out of key, the video was a sincere and brutally honest presentation of a father/son bond. To end with, you stated the video was beautiful and it was, but so too, even more was your reaction. You showed us how to conquer the cultural, racial, gender and societal borders that only point out our minute differences as opposed to our oneness in humanity. For that, I, we thank ya so much for that...
I've seen this song being reacted to quite a lot and it's easy to see the people who have felt the words as opposed to those who simply feel sympathetic. Sometimes letting the pain be felt is healing... sometimes not. Bless you sweetheart.
Such a beautiful, real world reaction to an incredible song. It's a hard song to listen to and you felt what most people feel when we listen to it. I'm 43 years old and have barely shed a tear in years until I heard this.
James Blunt has a way of pulling your heart from your chest. Great songwriters are like that. He is so so very talented. Marsha, no worries honey. I still cry and I've heard/seen this 100 times.
Its ok to cry. we're in this boat together, we've all lost someone. i lost my mother in 1974 from alcohol, i was only 4 years old, and i lost touch with my dad from the age of 16, i saw him from time to time until 2004 when he got lung cancer, i went to see him, cried my eyes out probably for all the years i didn't see him and regretted not having a better relationship, i wanted to know more about him but never asked. he died a week after i last seen him. You did a Great reaction.
i was about losing my dad. not physical, but emotional. we barely spoke to each other over the past 15 years and when i heard this song and looking at your reaction, i was thinking about it. i started crying when you cried. cause it fits so good on my situation: we both did mistakes in the past, but we never said sorry or 'i love you'...and after hearing this i decided to message my dad that i want to talk to him with my two sisters who are also very unhappy with the situation. i wanted to change our relationship. i wanted to have a family after we lose each other over the years. now we try to speak more to eachother and it gets better.
This song really hit home to me. It brought back deep hurt I pushed away along time ago. After hearing this song it maybe me realize that the hurt is still very much alive. I truly believe that whatever hurt and mistakes we made with our love ones in the past, if it is repairable then repair your relationship. Life is never promise. The biggest mistake a lot of us do is live with regrets. Blessing to you and your family 🙏🏾 Praying that you and your sisters and father find a place of healing ❤️🩹
@@MarshasWorld That's what i love about reaction videos. Real feelings and people who care about other people. that's so rare these days. thank you for sharing your emotions with us. I wish you all the best for you and your family, too. U deserve a long and happy life.
Mi hai emozionato tantissimo oh visto tutta la tua sofferenza che una figlia può sentire per la perdita di un papà un grande abbraccio dall'Italia love you 🥰🥰🥰🌹💓👍
Marsha I cried with you, I've seen it before and it hits hard, but it's kind of good it's cathartic to let the tears flow and not everybody does, I loved your reaction because it was honest and real you didn't hide anything from us and for that I thank you, I cried with you, you're not alone.
James’s Dad had stage 4 liver failure at the time of making this video, they didn’t think he had much time left, but a distant relation came forward and was a match and donated a kidney and his Father survived. While making the vid, everyone was crying and his dad said why are you all crying….I’m not dead yet!
Hi Ken thank you for being apart of Martians. ❤️ not too sure what song you would like me to listen to, send me a link and I will definitely check it out thank you 🙏🏾
I knew you knew what that pain feels like the moment your eyes went blank. I have felt it 3 times myself. Wife, Mother and Dad. You have my very best wishes and thoughts. 🤗.
Martians! I freaking love it! 😂🤣 First time listening to one of your reactions and I’m so glad you had the unicorn headphones on, my middle daughter is obsessed with Unicorns and I know when that day comes a long long time from now she is gonna be the one that it’s gonna hit the hardest! 😓
Don't feel bad. Everyone gets emotionly blind sided by this beautiful song. It made me wish I had been able to express such pure love to my dear mother as she lay dying.
Beautiful real reaction, sending you love Marsha, my father died 22 years ago I speak to him as if he's still here, It helps stop the hurt but doesn't take away the pain.
I dont care what anyone says. Everyone is the product of a father and mother, that's just how humans procreate. Everyone deserves to have their father and mother in their lives. If for whatever reason the biological parents can't be there, then a father and mother figure. YingYang
Wow such a beautiful and real reaction. This song hits home for a lot of people, and in different ways, and i think it's incredible how much emotion this one can pull from people, it really illustrates the humanity in us all. Thank you for sharing this.
This is an incredible song and a powerful reaction you had to it.. Just like me, and countless others.. I lost my dear mum a year and a half ago and break at this song every time.. I'm still trying to turn this grief into something positive that truly befits her memory, her life, her legacy.. But it's hard.. It is the flio side to the love you have.. the loss.. They are two sides to the same coin and it truly is, all that matters.. I can see this touched you deeply xx thanks for keeping it up.. Look after yourself x
That is such a beautiful song, however you are a more beautiful sole and a beautiful person nothing hidden it was your raw emotions. Loved it loved you.
I have to admit, it's adorable to see you sitting there with tears streaming down your face in unicorn headphones lol This song is wild. It's insanely sad.
I love you were emotional all the way through this song BUT waited till it was over to say something as you just absorbed it Sub from me just from the real in this reaction
