r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Hassaan18 • 4d ago
James Blunt's emotional performance of "Monsters"
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u/Vanstrucker2222 4d ago edited 4d ago
I remember when my Moms cancer came back (4th time) she had me listen to this song. It was her way of saying she knew her time was coming to an end.
If I’m not mistaken his father also passed of cancer.
Fuck cancer
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u/MrPigcho 4d ago
James Blunt's father did suffer from Kidney cancer but received a transplant from James Blunt's cousin and is alive and well. Still, I think this song resonates for everyone affected by cancer, regardless of the outcome
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u/Sharpymarkr 3d ago
Damn this cover was hard to listen to.
My wife passed away at 34 from cancer in August 2023.
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u/samplema 3d ago
Awful. I was 29 when my 32 year old wife died of cancer almost 12 years ago. It gets easier but it never gets easy. Connect with your family if you have one and know there’s no right way to do this. Wish you the best.
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u/Sharpymarkr 3d ago
Thank you for the kind words friend.
I just hate going through each day without her. it's a pretty empty, purposeless life without her in it.
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u/Western_Spirit392 3d ago
Sorry for your loss.
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u/Sharpymarkr 3d ago
Thank you friend.
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u/Western_Spirit392 3d ago
When it rains look for rainbows and when its darkest look at the stars. Keep your chin up.
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u/redrumretsim 4d ago
What I've read - and I might be wrong as my sources are Youtube comments - is that his father was sick and dying from renal failure but had a kidney transplant in time and survived.
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u/kayzerkimmie 4d ago
I'm mostly into blues music, but this guy's lyrics and music in general is something else. Really like him. Btw, he seems to have a great sense of humour too. Just read his tweets
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u/BreakingThoseCankles 3d ago
One of my favorite phrases ever
"Me and James Blunt both agree, 'YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL'!"
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u/RRSC14 3d ago
PLEASE check out Iam Tongi’s version of this song for his American Idol audition. If you like these lyrics and blues music you will love Iam’s version. Heartbreakingly beautiful.
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u/powertripp82 3d ago
Before this morning I had never heard this song before. I’ve listened to it three times now. This live version, the music video, and now your suggestion for that cover. I absolutely cried every time. What a beautiful song
Here is the version from the Idol audition. You can skip the intro, but I feel it adds some context. Strong recommend if someone is looking for something to watch this morning
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u/LoneHistoryNerd 4d ago
Damn this hits hard, dads going for a cancer check today.. damn.
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u/happychillmoremusic 4d ago
As someone who lost their dad to Covid and someone who loved james blunt countless years ago but totally forgot about him, this was great.
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u/Penguings 3d ago
I can’t listen to him without crying- that’s my issue with James Blunt. So many of his songs have hit me in hard times and this mother fucker always does it to me.
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u/Penguings 3d ago
I just listen to this I’m balling. I sat with my Dad in 2017 and said bye to him- he didn’t tell us he had cancer till it was too late, he didn’t want to scare us. When JB says just two grown men saying good bye- waterfalls.
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u/DulcisUltio 4d ago
I heard his song 3 days before my Dad passed. To say it hits hard every time is the understatement of the millenium. Truly a beautiful song. <3
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u/gohomepat 3d ago
Nothing against James Blunt but American Idol winner Iam Tongi really made this song his own. If y’all are somehow in the mood for a good cry, watch this young man’s audition.
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u/Evered_Avenue 3d ago edited 3d ago
thanks for sharing.
Edit: Damnit, just found that he did a duet with James Blunt too. Very emotional - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9hdHDXyo-8
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u/ScienceAndLience 3d ago
Well shit, thank you, I been a bit tear congested and this helped clear me out
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u/FreshHawaii 3d ago
I used this for my grandpa’s memorial video. Captures the feelings exactly with how he was like my dad.
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u/Hicklethumb 3d ago
13 years later and thinking of that goodbye really caught me off guard now. I really wasn't ready to have an ugly cry today. Thanks OP
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u/FuklzTheDrnkClwn 3d ago
My dad died of cancer really recently. This song really cut through and fucked me up.
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u/kinkysmart 3d ago
Jesus fucking warn someone before you lay that out. Fuck. I can't do shit for the rest of the day and I can't be crying in my office. WTF, man.
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u/HonestWeekend89 3d ago
back to bedlam is and always will be one of my favorite albums. he’s so talented.
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u/hyzerKite 3d ago
It’s too early in the day to cry this hard. That is a heart piercer.
I always thought Jimmy Blunt was a rapper./s
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u/SnooCauliflowers5512 3d ago
To hell with all his haters! His music has always helped me to get through hard times. He seem like a awesome dude, plus he was also one of the first troops into Kosovo ..Capt. Blunt ,great as always
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u/lennycooke 3d ago
I think James is an undeniably talented performer, but I'm not a fan of his high pitched, nasally voice.
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u/Mainemannak 3d ago
Wow, what a powerful and personal song. Just beautiful. My dad is battling a chronic autoimmune disease and it effect his muscles and his ability to control them. He has always been a man who could physically power his way through life’s challenges, so seeing him so weak now is just crushing. Now, it is my turn to be strong for him.
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u/DanishPsychoBoy 3d ago
While James Blunt's music has never really been my go-to, it does hold a special place in my heart as my mum was a huge fan of his and we listened to his music quite often on family trips. This October it will be 4 years since she died at a far too young age. Grandma (father mum) died late last year, and my grandpa (mums dad) died in the spring of this year making it so that there are no more grandparents. My dad is the one I have left (besides siblings). I cannot listen to this song, even though it is on my main Spotify playlist, because it just makes me think about when it becomes his turn, and it brings me to tears to think about it.
If you still have your parents/grandparents, and have a good/ok relationship with them, make sure to spend time with them and tell them that you love them, it can all be gone in the blink of an eye.
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u/bunnahabhain25 3d ago
I've never been a big fan, but I heard this for the first time a couple of months ago after losing my dad. It breaks me every time.
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u/Spirited_Peen 3d ago
My dad passed a few weeks ago and this song was therapy. Fuck, that was good.
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u/Oisdealbh 3d ago
I lost my dad this year, two weeks before I turned 30. I wasn’t able to say goodbye to him. I had no idea what this song was, but I guess it was time for some unscheduled ugly crying.
Hug your parents.
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u/Illcmys3lf0ut 3d ago
My mom got taken by brain cancer. F*CK cancer. Great song. Who’s cutting onions, btw.
I’ll see myself out
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u/neazwaflcasd 3d ago
Music is quite powerful in how it can evoke such raw, deep, emotional reactions. My dad passed away yesterday and I'd held it together until hearing this... it opened the floodgates of my emotion. I'll miss my father dearly
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u/Head-Specialist-6033 3d ago
I’ve been to many concerts in my life and James’ was one of the best. A little old theatre in Toronto about 10 years ago. Such an talented artist and I hope to see him again.
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u/TheStraggletagg 3d ago
My brother introduced me to this song a couple of weeks after our dad died. Still gets me emotional months later.
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u/Asleep-Pension5546 3d ago
Damn..Kids with Dad issues anthem right there. Reminds me to call him. He won't open up but at least I can remind him even with his shortcomings he wasn't all bad & he's loved
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u/usriusclark 3d ago
Beautiful song; I’m glad he wrote it, but Iam Tongi’s version hits so much harder for me.
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u/damosaurus 2d ago
this song came out as my father in law was in hospital dying.....it always gets me. I love James
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u/sonofaww2pilot 2d ago
For someone who spent time with his father (also my hero) during his last days, this song just tears at my sole……🥲
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u/k2nxx 4d ago
what happened why he not make new songs anymore?
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u/-_-_____-----___ 4d ago edited 4d ago
Take a balloon and fill it with air.
Then pinch one end so it resembles a vagina and slowly let air of the opening until it starts sqeaking.
That, is what James Blunt sounds like to me.
No idea what the song is about.
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u/phan_o_phunny 4d ago
That dude looks good for 100 years old and 70 years past relevant
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u/nuu_uut 3d ago
who the fuck cares about 'relevant'
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u/phan_o_phunny 3d ago
Um... You sure you know that word?
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u/nuu_uut 3d ago
Yes. Just not a tik tok brained dumbass who cares about what someone's "relevancy" is when they're simply featured in a video showing their craft.
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u/phan_o_phunny 3d ago
Haha, who cares if he's relevant... Haha, go back to dikdok, you're projecting too hard
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u/Human_Taxidermist 4d ago
I'm sorry... the only thing next fucking level about James Blunt is how astoundingly annoying his voice is. I appreciate what he's doing with this song and such it's just... that shrill voice.
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u/Fantastic-Safety4604 4d ago
It’s not shrill, it’s resonant. His pitch is awesome and his phrasing impeccable. Nobody’s voice is going to appeal to everyone but I can tell you that his is perceived as beautiful by a great many people.
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u/BKStephens 4d ago
Never understood the hate James gets. His music may not be your style, but you can't deny the talent.
Plus he's ruthlessly hilarious on social media.