THIS DESTROYED ME Vocal Coach reacts to James Blunt - Monsters

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James Blunt (James Hillier Blount) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. A former reconnaissance officer in the Life Guards regiment of the British Army, he served under NATO during the 1999 Kosovo War. 

"Monsters" is a song by English singer-songwriter James Blunt. It was written by Blunt, Amy Wadge and Jimmy Hogarth for Blunt's sixth studio album Once Upon a Mind (2019)

Songwriters: Blunt, Amy Wadge and Jimmy Hogarth
Producer: Jimmy Hogarth

Performed by James Blunt

Genres: Pop, folk, folk rock
Origin: Tidworth, Hampshire U.K
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[stevem-h]

He takes a lot of stick, but theres no doubt about it, the man can sing. And is a better writer than what he gets credit for.

[leslieoneal]

Yes, that's his Dad in the video and it was the first time he'd heard his son sing it! Sheesh I'd never have been able to hold it together! Apparently, everyone there (cameramen/lighting/etc) were crying at the end and his father said, "Why is everyone crying?! I'm not dead yet!" 😂😉 A distant cousin saw this video and came forward to be tested and was a match! So, even though things seemed very bleak when this was filmed, his Dad did get the transplant and lived. ❤

You mentioned about his voice breaking in the song... The people in charge of creating the video wanted to auto-tune and tweak those parts and James said "Absolutely not!" He wanted all of the emotions of the moment to come through. I think it was a very smart move to leave it be.

[bloodsling]

most of us will outlive our parents, as it is the way it's supposed to go. That reality of eventuality doesn't make losing a parent any easier. This song is a kick to the balls, miss you Dad.

[Danielthescientist]

These lyrics are such a masterpiece. James Blunt is so underestimated. I went to his concert and it was the best I have ever been. He doesn’t have one bad song. Beth kudos on your great musical taste. And your Wicked Game cover was just flawless ❤. Please do more of that.

[contactlight]

20 years as a psychotherapist helping people over this sort of thing. Nothing prepared me for my own fathers death. This song help more than anything. 6 years later, this song now makes me smile, despite the sadness.

[gavinholt]

Watched over a hundred reactions to this. Cry every time. So raw. I love that he actually stopped them from using autotune on this. It needs to be this way.

[Lb_Collects]

It's the emotive "it's my turn, to chase the monsters away". That gets me.

Not only makes it a full circle - life and death, but, emphasises the vulnerability of you as a kid, and your dad afraid of death. It's just sad, but a beautiful lyric.

[leslieoneal]

By the way, his father was also a military man and had trouble showing emotions. At the very end, after a couple seconds, his Daddy patted his arm to comfort him and I lost it! I just recently lost my Daddy who was also a veteran. It was a surprise as we had no idea he was even sick and in 10 days he was gone! 💔 He had stayed with me to take care of me after my husband died suddenly in 2015 and he used to pat me just like that!

[danchamberlain]

As a hospice nurse, I loved the song and I loved your reaction. So genuine...

[erivera]

I just learned of this song's existence the other evening. I sobbed like a child. It reminded of the words/message I tried to convey to my father as he was dying. He was so scared, and I felt like a parent trying to comfort their child. This song broke me because it said everything I've been feeling since my father passed that I could not put into words.

[KingFozzie]

Every time he sings it’s my turn to chase the monsters away I tear up… magical singer

[Jinty]

James's dad apparently used to say the You're not my son, I'm not your father phrase to James when he was deployed to Kosovo. They weren't father and son of two British Army Officers but we're 2 grown men saying goodbye. My dad died last year and this song gets me every time.

[queenbabylonia]

This song was done in one take, James blunt wouldn’t let them alter or use auto-tune. It’s raw, it’s real. His father (who had also been a kidney donor), was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney disease and they had no donee for him. Both Army men. At the end of the take apparently everyone was crying except his dad who said, why are you crying, I haven’t gone yet.. it was the first time he had sung this song to his dad and it was with his heart. Luckily after this aired a distant cousin was found to be a match and he had the operation and was fine. Don’t know how he’s doing now though. Brilliant song.

[Aaryq]

My church had a Men's Conference and one of the other speakers brought up this song. He played it at the end of his lecture and we had a room full of manly men talking about masculinity just bawling their eyes out. It's such a beautiful song. My dad died from cancer from Dow and Monsanto's Agent Orange he was exposed to in Vietnam. He passed away in 2015. This song gets my eyes flowing every time. I'm chasing the monsters away, dad. I know you're proud of me, dad. Mom's okay. I'm taking care of her. She'll see you soon.

[obiwanquixote]

Well that unexpectedly hit me like a ton of bricks. My own father passed away over a decade ago and I relive those last awful and beautiful hours regularly. The terror, the sadness, the reassurance made by the inner little boy trying to be brave that everything will be ok. And the father, reaching across and providing comfort even as the sky shatters and the world ends.

The line "I'm not your son, you're not my father" felt to me like the tearful post hoc rationalization of the singer to regain his composure. And the touch on the arm.... the father silently says "I am your father, you will always be my son, and I will chase this last monster you face away. My final gift to you will be to show you how a man dies, and I am proud of you. It'll be ok." So much in that moment and so much to think about as I prepare my own children to face the inevitability of my passing.

[jsauce]

Yeah definitely weeping like you. I just lost my father last month and discovered this song a few weeks ago and play it every day and cry every time. Such a beautiful song and the emotion is so raw and powerful. Simply stunning.

[DavidGowers]

This song makes me weep every time. Slightly different circumstances but I went through something kinda similar when my mum was dying from cervical cancer. I was lucky enough to be able to make her wish of dying at home come true so I was her live-in primary carer for the last few months of her life and this song just brings that all back like it was yesterday. I just love how he strips away all of the parent/child 'baggage' so simply with "I'm not your son, you're not my father, we're' just two men saying goodbye", showing that while they're obviously still father and son, they've grown beyond being 'just' that...

And yes, that's his dad with him in the clip and he IS still alive, apparently due to this song getting to the ears of a geographically-distant cousin of James' who was able to donate a kidney. Or something along those lines.

[Fatherofheroesandheroines]

This song reminds me of my father passing. He said one more I love you, then asked me to take care of my mother. An hour after we got off the phone, he was gone. Beautiful.

[neurotic]

Man you NEED to react to The Girl that Never Was by James Blunt. It’s insanely emotional and beautifully written, not to mention his great voice.

[CleoCat]

how the heck can he SING that song and not completely break down, like all of us. How does he keep control with all that emotion flowing thru him?! AMAZING. <3