LYRICS THAT SPEAK TO THE HEART!!!!!!!!! Blind reaction to The Longest Johns - Bones in the Ocean 

This is such a beautiful song. Dave is such a great songwriter and storyteller. I know this song has helped a lot of people deal with grief and survivor's guilt. Btw, Bones in the Ocean is about to become a community song some time in the near-ish future. The Johns will provide a few guide tracks for different harmonies, and then other people will film themselves singing along to them. And then TLJ and their team will make it into a beautiful video with hundreds of faces and voices singing this amazing song. If you're at all interested in singing yourself, do consider participating! It's such a cool feeling to see and hear something really beautiful, and know that you played a small part in creating it. We don't yet know who will be singing the lead in the project, since Dave left the band last year. JD (the tallest guy with glasses) has been leading it when they play live, so it'll either be him, or they might ask Dave if he wants to do it.

Thank you for your heartfelt reaction to Dave's amazing song. You understood it perfectly. Dave has now left the band but his masterpiece lives on. My son, the bass singer, now sings this at gigs & gets a great reaction too.

I love a good shanty. I love the Longest Johns, although I do wonder if there is a group out there called the shortest skivvies

This song is such a departure from their usual songs, or at least the previous ones we have heard on the channel, and I love it...it's so beautiful and the lyrics are phenomenal...that's two days in a row that you have had a song that was surprisingly emotional/heart touching from a surprising source and I LOVE it! Thank you Sally for this wonderful suggestion, absolutely loved it! And thank you, as always, for all the things you put in front of DJ... Thank you for this heartfelt reaction DJ.

Thank you so much for a wonderful, thoughtful reaction, DJ - this is such a special song to so many people.

Thank you for a touching analysis of the lyrics. I wouldn't have understood the song as well without you. Yes, it hurts, it's sad, but it also tells a story that is helpful to hear. Really awesome reaction, DJ. Thank you.

It was gorgeous! Great reaction DJ!

Wonderful video. I love seeing videos reacting to TLJ and this song is so special to a lot of people. When I saw it live I know a lot of people cried during it. Thanks for the reaction, and thanks to Sally for suggesting it (and always letting us know when there's a reaction video we should watch!)

So beautiful - my son adores TLJs and had played it to me before when I pick him up from work - great to hear it again

Fantastic reaction, and I'm glad that I randomly decided to see if anyone else gave this song a listen lol. I think you've really hit on a big reason why shanties/work songs resonate so much, the fact that we can relate/mourne/empathize with who we're singing about and it not be necessarily a painful thing. It's shit, and the world doesn't care about us so we might as well sing through it anyways. And in the end, at least we have each other to remember us by. I wish we had half as eloquent a way to sing though our miseries and sorrows nowadays, in person to really feel the effects of being seen and valued, and maybe the "self-exit" strategy would be decreasing instead of vastly rising. I can't really imagine a work song about "Ohibidi Toilet" really having the same emotional weight to it 😂😅 Edit: It reminds me a lot of an Irish wake. Where no matter how sad the death, or the circumstances, we try to celebrate the good times and choke back the tears in their memories, while still raising your glasses to those sad memories too. Don't ever let those sad memories go, because that's what they struggled through but now that they're gone you should celebrate their life and what good they brought to you ✌️💜

Damn it! I wanted to come in and shit talk you but after 4 mins you clearly are actually listening to the song.... Good on you. Turned the hater in me to a fan... Damn it 😂😂😅

I know a lot of your content comes from Patreon requests, but if you enjoyed this you should also check out their song Ashes, which is a similar mood and incredibly powerful.