They filmed this video in one take because it was too emotional and James couldn't do it again. I have watched this countless times and after the first note, still cry.

You made the right choice watching to the original 1st , u can never beat the original

Real man indeed and also a professional soldier, a Captain in the British Army which make this emotional openness more powerful imo..it’s just not what a British Officer does..

I totally agree with you that real men aren’t afraid to show their feelings and to be vulnerable. Also agree James Blunt must be a beautiful human being.

Alot of James blunts music was beautifully written he didn't churn out hit after hit year could go by and he would just appear with something beautiful.

Your comment about a "real man" was very healing for me. It took me many decades to be ok with showing my emotions to others. But, with songs like this one, how can a guy not spill tears? 😢Thank you, Lucie. This is my first reaction to you, and you now have another subscriber. 🖤🎹🎙

I do NOT want to cast shade on any artist on earth. Just my opinion knowing the story why James wrote this and what it is about. I don't think I will ever be able to watch someone else cover this. Just would not be real to me. (great reaction)

James dad was actually dying from kidney disease & this was his tribute & farewell to his dad. Thankfully his dad received a donor kidney & is doing okay now. If this song doesn't get to you emotionally, there is something wrong with you. This song resonates with me as I was my dad's caregiver for many years until he passed away 4 years ago.

You can see the struggle he went through. Understandable. Even more so when you realize that he sat next to his dad all the time. Never in a thousand years would I be able to gather the strength for something like that. At least I think that now. My dad is still here. Maybe when the time comes you think and feel different. Fist time I saw this video I cried my eyes out so hard that I wasn't able to see clearly for almost half an hour. But thanks to this song his dad could be safed by a donation from a distant relative. Last thing I heard is that his dad was alive and well.

That’s his real father in the video and yes, those are real tears. At the time he did this video his father was only had two months to live. His father was actually a kidney donor at one time and wound up with stage four kidney disease, James would not let them edit this video. It was one take !! After the video James made a plea to anyone with type o blood which is very rare if they would consider donating a kidney to his father because no one in his family was a match ! By the Grace of God someone donated and his father survived ! His father was sitting next to him throughout the whole video……

Great reaction Lucie! This is a very emotional song, but IRL it has a Happy ending. James father needed a kidney transplant (he had only one) and was on a waiting list. After this song, a remote relative tested and was a match.. His father is alive today.

James Blunt - carry you home. Another great song.

A very heavy song , great Reaction. Anyone who has a Parent, feels this song

As someone that has lost their dad I can say that this is exactly how it is. I lost him in 2020 at the beginning of November (3 days after his 84th birthday) and James perfectly encapsulates what the feeling was like. Bit by bit as he got older our roles shifted and reversed. I became the one to comfort, the one to remember things, the one to help arrange his everyday life for him and the one to help him get around places. Especially the line "And while you're sleeping I'll try to make you proud, so daddy will you just close your eyes." fits my thoughts at the time when he was about to pass away perfectly. I went to visit him the day before and he wasn't conscious. He had suffered a significant infection in the weeks before and gotten so small and thin and looked to be struggling just to breathe. I couldn't bear watching him like that, my big strong dad that had been a pillar for me to lean on for my entire life so utterly undone by illness. I sat there for a long time, held his hand and told him that I loved him and that things were going to be ok. Then I left and early next day I got a call from the retirement home and they said he had passed around 11 PM the night before. Thanks for a great reaction Lucie :)

Glad you choosed the original version first Lucie :) Wise decision 👍

Two great ex soldiers from my home county of Norfolk 🇬🇧 met them both . Was filmed in one take Carry you home by him is sad and true about his solder days

love your opinion of what a real man is. It's so much easier to be all stoic and hard than it is to actually feel your emotional pain. I know, I've had plenty. He's very brave to show this kind of vulnerability to the world. But I'm so glad he has because it's enabled me to cry for the love ones I've lost, including my dad. I've seen this video a hundred times and I cry every single time. And I believe that's a good thing

It is the original song!

When his dad was seriously ill , his sister wrote a poem and James wrote this song from the poem , his dad recovered and is in the video . Very emotional and very brave . By the way james and his dad were in the army for quiet a few years

The song James wrote "Monsters" was a real situation inside his father body the "kidney",and you can see james in tears because he was going to loose his father and no doner was available.This song made it around the world and a doner came forward otherside of our world and it was a match.So james writing this song saved his fathers life.Had he not wrote that song then the situation mybe would have turned out different.

If you want another cry watch James Blunt I will carry you home

You can see and hear in the second verse he is trying to not cry.

James and his father with him in the video both served in the British military, and the phrase in the song, I'm not your son, you're not my father, we're just two grown men saying goodbye, is how they used to say goodbye to one another when they were deployed somewhere. Apparently, the entire crew was in tears after this was done recording, it was done in one take, and James' dad asked why is everyone crying, I'm still here? He had donated a kidney earlier in life and the one remaining was failing at the time this video was shot, and a distant cousin saw the video, was tested, and he received a donated kidney and survived but the emotion from James was absolutely real here.

One of my favorite reactions to this song. You didn't shy away from the emotional parts like many others do. Beautifully authentic reaction. Thank you for doing this song. ❤

I am a man. I wept. You wept. I am glad you felt the depth of this song like I did.

I'm a 65 year old Australian father of 3 daughters & the first time I heard this song, I started balling & sobbing. My wife came in to see what I was carrying on about & when I played it for her, she started. Haha. As a human being, I don't think you can not be emotionally effected by this song. I must admit although my father passed more than 30 years ago, I still miss him & think of him.

The record company wanted James to use 'Auto-Tune' but he insisted against it because he wanted the recording (done in one take) to be completely raw and genuine because he thought his father was about to die if they couldn't find a donor. James donated all the proceeds from this remarkable video to the UK charity 'Help For Heroes' who do wonderful work for ex-servicemen and women. 🙋‍♂

Hard song but o so beautiful....

First time here...love your reaction.....try Eva Cassidy OVER THE RAINBOW LIVE..,she has the greatest female voice of our lifetime

It is a beautiful song. A sad song. We all need to cry once in awhile.

Thank you for saying that because true men have emotions and stuff, it doesn't make you a bitch. I appreciate that as a true man.

Hope you get round to queen at live aid ❤❤

i dont remember James Bond 007 Sing any song on any of his movies😢

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Heartbreaking

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Ты невероятно красивая. Нежная, ранимая, добрая. Твоя душа прекрасна. Я бы познакомился с тобой.

Please react Chakra Khan - "Monster" (James Blunt) cover.

Check out I'll carry you home by James blunt have tissue Ready

They should have warned you. That's unfair.

Sister please react THE POWER OF LOVE(Celine dion) cover by Vanny Vabiola. Thanks so much

Man, I am no internet perv (I hope). You are Brooke Shields gorgeous. I AM NO INTERNET PERVY. I am regular Perry. jk

Chakra khan rendition more soulfull on this song.