James feels so much shame and can hardly think clearly because of it - he has a lack of hope and social ties. Without having your psychological wits about you, acts of kindness like these are just temporary and creates a dreading feeling of a countdown for when the next bouts of deprivation begin.

@corawinter1374

9 жыл бұрын

Polycube And imagine the shame of having to bathe on camera just for a place to sleep. Russell should not have "helped" this guy the way he did. He made it worse.

@ToothlessGetRuthless

9 жыл бұрын

Cora Winter Cora, I agree with your sentiment. I found it highly inappropriate and dehumanising.

@-1-1-10lil

8 жыл бұрын

+Cora Winter i imagine he's been compensated now russel is a multi millionaire. The truth is we know now that this IS just Russell being himself, he's awkward and very straight. at the time of release though i agree it was very risky on the poor guys mental health. Id love to see how james is doing nowadays...anyone with any info plz link

@Trysmiling

8 жыл бұрын

Bertram Onionburger Russell was asked about him in 2013 in a tweet and he said that James died from a drug overdose. He doesn't say when though. :(

@-1-1-10lil

8 жыл бұрын

oh no :( thats upsetting. Poor guy

Russell has always been an amazing human. True and honest and James bless him 💔

2023 and this man has become at least one of the top 5 most trusted people on the internet for truth and news. Crazy!

@ivanconnolly7332

10 ай бұрын

Are you having a laugh?.

@Harryistired

10 ай бұрын

He’s very trusted I like him!

@Wake-Up-Everyone

10 ай бұрын

Its upto the individual to believe it or not but look around you. Everything he talks about is happening. If you can't see that your ignorance, and others is going to be the end of us having freedom.

@ryanbuckner2405

10 ай бұрын

@@ivanconnolly7332 I’m actually not. But I’m really just speaking on how much he has evolved as a person. I’m sure he’s not absolutely right about everything, but dude is wicked smart and he’s very open minded. I like him a lot. I trust him more than any other major media outlet. Rogan, Brand, Peterson, Shapiro. Modern Mt. Rushmore

I don't think Russell does this stuff because he is crazy or that this behavior is strictly a byproduct of drug use. He is trying to re-brand the social norms by placing himself in these situations first hand to see how he feels, reflect upon it, and then deciding for himself how he should feel and behave instead of just taking society's word for it. I think he is more brave and loving than I am, or anyone I have met for that matter. He is trying to show us that the reason we fear what society tells us to fear, is not because what we fear is implicitly dangerous, but because we have been told that bad things will happen if we do these things

@buddhamagictv

9 жыл бұрын

he knows how to market his product. He is a good orator, because he understands what moves people, and he uses true personal thoughts and ideas as the springboard.. not difficult if you learn how to be real, and you understand what the favorite fodder of the era is

@AdamTerror

9 жыл бұрын

Buddha Magic that's a mega skeptical take on things, maybe he wasn't putting his all into knowing how to market the 'fodder of the era' maybe he's just genuinely a nice person, whose passion and kind-hearted nature shine through.

@corawinter1374

9 жыл бұрын

***** Getting in a tub with a homeless man and sitting on the street with him does not put yourself in his situation. Brand knows he has the security of a home to go to. Its that lack of feeling secure, feeling you have to beg, not simply trying it out, feeling you have to get naked and let Brand bathe you for a camera, not simply wanting to. Its that lack of choice that Brand simply cannot immolate. As such it all comes across as mocking the poor guy. The begging, dirtiness, addiction, depression are all just bi-products of not having a place to call your own each night. To living your existence with the rug pulled out from under you. Russell did nothing heroic in this video, just hurt a poor man even more.

@ivanconnolly7332

10 ай бұрын

He is an attention seeking narcissist and you are meat for chancer's like him , get therapy!.

Just read that James died from an OD, gutting.

@user-ly8bq3tx5j

10 ай бұрын

that's so sad

This actually made me emotional I've been homeless for 2 years and this right here fucked me up I know how it feels odd I respect Russell so much

homelessness is one of the - if not THE - largest humanitarian tragedy of our time

At the end of the video 📹 Russell looked shocked and you could see sadness in his face with James going back on the streets. Russell witnessed him being so happy about being back with his mates. The look on his face was so genuine they are worlds apart, but in reality this is how it is. It was James way of life, and he didn't want it any another way at the time. (Love them old videos) This is the first time I've seen them. Keep them coming :)

@ehLeanne311

10 ай бұрын

He didn't look that happy to be back on the streets, it's a psychological dependency like the shared bond between drug addicts, he's conditioned and for him easier "comfort zone" and he doesn't have belief in himself to be anything more than acting the part of a low rank of society rather than being open to real relationships based on real qualities other than those based on share survival

@kimsherlock8969

10 ай бұрын

I agree with you Ethnographic experience in a great realistic documentary 😊 Well done to all the amazing people who put it together ❤

@kimsherlock8969

10 ай бұрын

​@@ehLeanne311You are probably correct if dependence on drugs is the magnetic force pulling them to easy access 😮 Sad to settle for oblivion , to manage being alive .

I've never been technically homeless, i.e. without any other option, but when I was 19 in the late 70s I packed a rucksack, went to northeast Scotland find a job on the oil rigs and camped out by the Hazlehead golf course in Aberdeen for a while. It was the loneliness that got to me as much as the discomfort, coming back in the dark to that one-man tent at night, trying to look as if you have a purpose while wandering the streets by day. It doesn't compare with real homelessness because I knew my parents would have me back anytime, although I couldn't face the sense of failure that would have brought. But it gave me just a small taste of what these people go through, and at least I had a plan, and hope (I got a job offshore eventually) These poor people don't even have that.

@Sheriff_GrimLaw

9 ай бұрын

Hey man. I understand and empathise that that situation. You're obviously a little older than me (I wasn't born til 81), but would you be willing to share more on how that journey unfolded and brought you to where you are forty years later?...👣💚

@justinneill5003

9 ай бұрын

@@Sheriff_GrimLaw Sure. Eventually I got hired by one of the oil drilling contractors and started working offshore, 2 weeks on / 2 weeks off so my accommodation was taken care of half the time and the money was very good (because it was dirty, dangerous and physically exhausting work.) After a couple of years I’d had enough of spending half my life on a North Sea oil rig and tried to follow my 3 brothers into IT (they were building successful careers as computer programmers whereas I was a bit of a rudderless ship) so I enrolled on a training course. I had a lot of savings from my offshore work to keep going. But I loathed computer programming, lacked the aptitude for it and flunked the course. Then a friend of a friend told me that an airport near my hometown was hiring temporary ground staff on 6 month summer contracts with the possibility of being made permanent at the end of it. I applied and was taken on, and at the end of summer they gave me a permanent contract. So I did 5 years as a “flight dispatcher” working shifts at the airport till I got the itch and tried a career in sales which I hated and was no good at. Meanwhile a new company back at the airport was looking for experienced staff so I was able to get back in and became the company Training Officer. My big break came a few years later when a new airline set up its base at the airport and was looking for someone with experience to work in overseas ground operations, assisting the manager to manage the services provided throughout a network of destination airports.I spent the next few years Irving out of a suitcase, travelling literally all over the world, averaging 2-3 nights away each week. I was later promoted to become manager of that department. A few years on, after a few changes in the company, the usual corporate in-fighting, back stabbing and office politics started to creep in, so when the company offered generous voluntary redundancy packages to cut back in reaction to 9/11, in anticipation of the travel industry collapsing, I took it and moved abroad to work for an executive aviation handler in Athens, Greece. I did that for a year but it was a lonely isolated existence so after a spell in a Greek hospital following a pulmonary embolism (a near miss for me) I moved to one of the Greek islands to set up a company with an ex colleague providing flight support services to the airlines. Eventually I wanted to use my old contacts to expand the services beyond Greece but he wanted to limit his activities to Greece so we split the company and I relocated back to the U.K., expanding to provide services worldwide. I spent the next few years often working 16 hours a day, running a busy international operation single handed 24/7, but when business eventually inevitably contracted I had made enough money to invest in real estate and built up a modest debt-free portfolio of rental properties to provide a steady source of income, alongside the income from the aviation business. On a personal level, I married quite late and now have an 11 year old daughter to keep me young. And that’s pretty much where Immat now. It’s been a long and winding road but I’m happy with where it led me.

It could happen to anyone. Thank you Russell for reminding us we are all human beings, so be human and never assume to know another's life. Everybody is someone's kid. Think. Be kind. Stop judging what you have no idea about and Be Human. A smile or kind word costs nothing so spread that shit everywhere!

This is so heartbreakingly _real_. There's no fakeness about this, no happy endings or the homeless person having the time of his life, figuring it all out and becoming the man he was always meant to be. No... this is awkward and cringe-y and depressing, and James' life ends because he OD's. This took guts to do on Russell's part.... not many people could. I certainly do not think I could muster the courage or overcome that awkwardness barrier to pull a stunt like this.

@TomSmith-jp1es

9 жыл бұрын

Gingerbread Girl Wait, he OD'd? How do you know this?

@ninjabreadgirl

9 жыл бұрын

Thomas Smith Russell tweeted it on November 21, 2013 when someone asked him about it.

@alfsmith4936

10 ай бұрын

​@@ninjabreadgirlMust be true then..

@Sheriff_GrimLaw

9 ай бұрын

​@@alfsmith4936I dont know if you're being sarcastic but that is about as _"true"_ a confirmation, without knowing him personally.

This really made me cry , poor old Russel , and poor James i heard he died

@Jame629

10 ай бұрын

Not surprising addiction kinda desensitised me from people dying.

Russell almost seems more lost than James by the end.

@bjornherchenrother60

9 жыл бұрын

zdillz Yea he's lost for words. First and only time I've seen him like that. It's like he realizes what he has done. Powerful.

@aceman0000099

Жыл бұрын

He was taking as much heroin as him

@alfsmith4936

10 ай бұрын

He ran out of smack.

Imagine being picked up from the street. You get to sleep in a bed. Have a bath. Get some new clobber. But you have to endure a drug addled, twenty something, egotistical Russell Brand sticking his nose in every few seconds. Referring to you as a homeless guy. Pushing a camera in your face. This series feels so exploitative but I can't look away.

@deagle2yadome696

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@mrtoad1408

2 жыл бұрын

You'd definitely take it.

@alfsmith4936

10 ай бұрын

​@@mrtoad1408That's what he says.

@lukeluke7082

3 ай бұрын

hes at the very bottom of current society - nothing else to lose. you have no idea what he was thinking you cheeky making this observation. imagine: everyone looking down at you swearing at you pissing on you beating you up to put it mildy. then someone comes along offering you a change to that even for only a moment. you sit behind your computer in a warm house thinking you have any idea what the situation is. get some sort of perspective pleaseeeeeee

Wow russell has such kind heart. His is trying so hard to help James. Russell has grown into a great soul over the years. Wish one on our celebs here in america had half the balls that Russell has but they care more about their image then people. As john lennon said do what you can. Much love Russell from us yanks

@killercraigaaaw

9 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Flanagan, I don't know who you are speaking for, it surely isn't for me. You must be a liberal if you think anything Brand did accomplished anything. Right now you're probably thinking, "Russell is bringing awareness.... blah, blah, blah!". People are already aware. Brand told one of the escorts that the reason he invited James to stay at his place was so Brand could feel closer to the idea of what homelessness was like. The first night he was there Brand is getting in the tub with him. The dude only stayed one night and bailed. Brand took him to a trade-show, out for a fancy dinner, and to work with him. James was probably very uncomfortable. Br

@rikicooper3169

9 жыл бұрын

Craig W Too much too soon

@TomSmith-jp1es

9 жыл бұрын

Craig W OH IT SURELY ISNT ME!! Come on man, Russell was trying to talk to the guy like a human being as he is. You show me any sort of media coverage of homeless people in the US like this? Yeah it wasn't great, he made stupid jokes and made it awkward when it didn't need to be but for fucks sake man, it's better than the homeless berating we get on US TV.

He felt like a dependant it killed his manhood you can see. James isn’t someone that’s comfortable being dependant

Well, that came as a shock, although why should not be a surprise. Russell knows what he's talking about. Brilliant interview with Jeremy Paxman recently. A great admirer of this guy.

He's really weighed down by all these feelings of the past - and Russell 15:28 - "You felt outta place?" - Of course he feels fucken weird with you carrying on.... He's a person carrying around massive burdens, just psychological burdens that leave someone incapable of enjoying a fancy meal or whatever it is. Argh, I really feel for the guy... feels he deserves to be on the streets, probably. And he shouldn't. Though, to Brand's credit, he did bring up those points WITH James like about him maybe being patronised, that everyone watching would be wondering. I think he did do a good job.

Blimey, smoking in a restaurant, this was a long time ago.

Om Mani Padme Hung dearest man. rest in peace.

Helping people on the streets is an endless task, You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. There are so many out there like James, It's almost seems like it's their destiny to live that kind of life.

@Wake-Up-Everyone

10 ай бұрын

I agree in some cases, but it's also the governments and other enterprises and agencies that put people on the streets. There is no choice for some. It could be homeless over health paying for medical treatment or surgery in some places around the world 🌎 The more money they spend on war the less money they have to help fighting homeless. They give money away to other countries to kill people to not save people in there own country. The problem will get worse before it gets better.

@raycroal

10 ай бұрын

oooohhhhhh i hope you worded that wrong

When I was 15, upon being released from a group home for running away, I was given the choice to go live in a foster home or go back with my mom. I thought a foster home might be more normal, but then I would not have the freedom of living with someone who didn't care what I did as long as I did my chores and did not bother her. I understand why homeless people have trouble with the "programs" designed to make them normal.

@fishncapt26

10 жыл бұрын

Every homeless persons completely different diff circumstances personalitys some very good hardworkin normal but were injured prmntly some have plethora of mental illness some just lazy cunts etc if russ did this with 50 ppl in row he'd have countless diff outcomes.there's few paradigms that hold true w hmlss ppl its unbelievably ignorant to say any blanket statement about em

So many lessons to be learned from both sides, very sad that James wanted out, but in another sense has Russell a dynamic light at the end of the tunnel.. and thus Russell's drive to do good for humanity.. . Maybe not harbour the out come to be the tragedy of Russell's opening a can of worms...but more on the balance of James feeling in a passing breeze he had a friend in Russell, feeling euphorically ok to douse the occasion with more drugs than needed..who knows..God Bless James and Russell for this unique insight x

He seemed to exploit James forcing him to share a bath and taking him to a well to do restaurant with a date that he knew would make him feel out of place. He seemed to have alot of dignity for a man who was constantly robbed of it.

Beautiful film and thought provoking.....

Love Russell!

He feels patronised and worthless.

@jamiefitzgrade7960

7 жыл бұрын

Still gave him a voice

@stephencasey6218

3 жыл бұрын

Russel literally had that conversation with him and made it clear he don't want to make him feel patronised

RUSSELL IS TRYING SO HARD TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE BUT RELIEZES THAT JAMES IS ONLY GOING TO GO BACK TO HIS SAME LIFE. SO SAD

I'm not sure of course but I think 'e might have lasted much longer if it hadn't been for that bath. Makes me feel like crying the shame he must've felt - probably compounded by other things in his past. But from Russell's world it seemed more normal for him. Plus he probably wasn't used to so much activity - probably just wanted to rest. I totally get the draw to the streets for freedom

@ninjabreadgirl

9 жыл бұрын

Marianne Hartigan I totally agree... that bath totally threw him off for the whole experience. I love Russell to bits, but stripping down nude and getting in the tub with the homeless man.... you could see James' entire body tense up, and he kept his head down. Plus, a camera focussing on your private bits... it had to be a strange, perhaps even awful (for James) experience.

@corawinter1374

9 жыл бұрын

Gingerbread Girl It was horrible. It was using this man's desperate situation to make a tv show. I love that Russell regrets this and I understand he was on drugs at the time, but to truly respect james he should have this video removed and give poor James back his dignity. James can't exactly get a job very easily with a video like this around. If I were James I'd sue the show for forcing him by way of his destitute situation. to expose himself.

@melodyvalentine8779

10 ай бұрын

@@grahamanderson4928 That pissed me off so badly. He was proper looking forward to that and Russell ruined it and make him feel ashamed. Then in this one, just before they're getting ready to go out with the lasses he says to him "if you get pissed off at me, tell me, yeah?" He can't tell him he's pissing him off when he knows he's at his mercy. I've been on the streets before and been put up for the odd few nights by people and had to put up with their shitty behaviour coz I knew they'd kick me out otherwise. I've had to have sex with people to keep a roof over my head when I was a homeless teenager, it was horrible. James probably felt like telling him to fuck off MANY, MANY times over those few days but didn't feel like he could. You can see he's very uncomfortable loads of times.

Yes, kindness is Free so spread that shit Everywhere!

All these victims coming forward now 😮

@summercoat

10 ай бұрын

Accusers, not victims. Calling them victims assumes Brand is guilty. If he is proven guilty in court, he loses his status as innocent, and only then will the accusers be referred to as victims.

I tried panhandling once, in college, to see how it felt and I once danced in a strip club for the same reason. Both were bad but begging was exceedingly worse. I can't articulate how demeaning it is to be ignored, dismissed, shunned. That was years ago. Last winter I took in a homeless man for 7 months. Older, honest, kind. There are many reasons people are homeless and some will stay that way without addressing inner issues that got them there. I felt bad for James. No matter what anybody says, Russell exploited him. That ain't kind. Don't get me wrong. I'm a fan of his work and that was long ago. I'd like to know where James is now. If he wasn't paid for the show, maybe the older and wiser Russell would find him and pay him for his services.

@mrtoad1408

2 жыл бұрын

Neither of them thought this would be some sort of salvation. Russell was up front from the start, and throughout, about how what was expected. James is a conscious adult and can make his own decisions and he decided to go ahead with it. You infantilise him when you take away that responsibility.

@samuelmmmk181

9 ай бұрын

The man died of an overdose.

Considering Russ was on a concoction of heroin, alcohol and other drugs around this time he seems relatively calm here haha.

@simonalexandertolhurst-sim9995

10 жыл бұрын

Lukas Trimble But he got clean in '04 right?

@trachtaire

9 жыл бұрын

He seems a lot more erratic in 'Wanky Wanky'.

@Polycube I've come to here through a long list of more recent Russell Brand documentaries, trews and interviews and I understand that he has openly and consciously grown into the much more refined version of the Russell seen in this series. I can forgive the flaws in the angles this documentary projects. Its clear to see that he's impulsive and that he learns from his many mistakes. I totally agree with your comment on one side of a psychological level but James also knew before this began that it would end. I'm hoping that James feels he's contributed to a beautiful thing having tens of thousands of people watch this video and hear Russell: how can people make a difference? James: By stopping and talking to us, instead of just ignoring us And I hope this has had enough of an effect on people to stop, say a few words and give someone like James some hope because a lot of the time its the lack of that that puts people on the streets in the first place.

Russell u madman in the tub with the guy clipping his nails hahaha

Who's idea was it to go on the date?? If I was James, I'd like to do things in my own time, share my private infomation when I'm ready etc. ....also, how about Russell and co asking James if he'd like to have his teeth fixed up?

I can't help but feel this man maybe one day will find himself a place , or at least I hope. Bless you both

@Damn4got

9 жыл бұрын

Surrendering Flag 45 he died in 2003 from a drug overdose

@surrenderingflag4549

9 жыл бұрын

Oh God I'm so sorry, may he be at rest, this is terrible news

@jackiemoon4587

10 ай бұрын

​@Damn4got was it really in 2003? Fuck that's so sad

One of the sweetest episodes ... Really teared up....

Homeless guy manages to look homeless in Russell's clothes.

Homelessness today in 2023 is a f…ing disgrace the world should be ashamed of itself!

i went to oxford street after i saw this and met up with James, i asked him about his experience with Russell. in a nutshell he said, Russell tried it on him but he refused his advances and thats the reason he left. only joking. I think Russell bit more than he can chew in this case, however, he meant well.

@ramesjeed

9 жыл бұрын

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@14:50 is the moment for the reaction afterwards how he feels like he shouldn't have been there. Because he wasn't paying his share and Russell and the girls had a dig.

he is probably shy because he has no teeth not joking, it must make one incredibly self conscious

Ah James died such a lovely guy😢

Would you please upload other episodes of "Re: Brand"? I just watched it for the first time, ever, and it's _Fantastic_!!!

I think we all feel we would like to take a homeless person into our home for a short time and sort them out, but the sad fact is their problems run deep and inevitably they can't stay forever. Most of us can't afford another dependent either so it's a tough situation.

@petergartside442

9 жыл бұрын

Major MajorMajor Yeah, ultimately it's up to the homeless person to sort themselves out.

@TomSmith-jp1es

9 жыл бұрын

Peter Gartside Well the best thing is a place inbetween the two in my opinion. We shouldn't have to take people in individually and they shouldn't have to pull themselves out alone. That's why we should pay a little in taxes to fund homelessness programs, be those drug rehab, housing benefits etc. I know I'd be on the street a few years ago if it wasn't for my parents being able to loan me a couple thousand to live.

@tomdarrington

9 жыл бұрын

Thomas Smith And this is why the UK is such an amazing place. UKIP supporters and the like would have anyone out of work or non-White on the streets, but the rest of us are proud that we can try and help those who need it.

@melodyvalentine8779

10 ай бұрын

I've been on the streets a couple of times so I always give people money when I see them begging or I've paid for people to stay in hotels for a few nights when I had a bit of extra money but I wouldn't take anyone in again, for a few reasons. First one is nothing too serious but years ago, I let a lad stay who was supposed to be trying to get somewhere through the homeless team and just sleeping at mine as a temporary thing but he was up all night then lying in bed til 3pm every day, and not trying at all, like he'd got his feet under the table and was gonna live there forever. I'd come home and his dog had pissed and shit on my floor and he'd gone out and left it. A couple of nights he'd snuck out in the middle of the night, leaving the dog inside, coz when we got up in the morning there was loads of food he'd got from the bins of a supermarket. He was known for burgling cars in the past so if he'd done anything bad he could have had my door put in by the police. I told him not to do that and if he got caught doing anything he might end up back in jail and I'd be left with his dog but the next night I heard him trying to creep out again and the dog was still in the sitting room. After 10 days I had to kick him out coz he took the absolute piss. The second reason is much worse. I'm an addict in recovery, been clean for four and a half years, and I go to groups at my local recovery centre. There's a lass who goes there who I consider a friend now, she's an alcoholic but she's got a heart of gold. She's just got out of rehab and is doing well now. There's often people coming to the centre who are homeless and one day last year there'd been this lad none of us knew who said he was sleeping at the beach in a tent and his THIRTEENTH tent had been set on fire so he didn't even have that. I can't remember how long afterwards it was but she came in one day and her face was black and blue, she'd tried covering it with makeup but it didn't work and one eye was red with burst blood vessels. I asked what the hell had happened and she said she'd taken him back to hers coz she felt sorry for him. He was fine for the first night, she'd bought him his drink and a takeaway, let him have a bath and a place to sleep. On the second night he was drinking vodka and she said his whole demeanor changed. He attacked her, battered her so badly he left her for dead with a bleed on the brain. This lass is the sweetest lass you could ever meet so I know it was totally unprovoked, not that there'd be any excuse either way. Unless it was one of my close friends who I know wouldn't take the piss and that I could trust, I'll never take anyone in. You could get killed if it's a total stranger. My friend is lucky she didn't die that night. I feel bad leaving people outside but I can't put my life at risk. If it was really cold and I saw someone outside I'd let them into the building, just not my flat. It's carpeted in the communal areas and there's a room on the ground floor where you could sleep overnight and nobody would be likely to come in. At least they'd have a bit of shelter. I'd offer to wash clothes, feed people, and sort them some cigarettes and anything else they need too. I'll always help as much as I can without actually letting someone stay. They can use my phone to ring the homeless team if they need to.

James was clearly a heroin addict as he overdosed and died - but for the 3 days he was without heroin he didn’t rattle once. It’s possible he was sharing russell’s heroin or bought some from russell.

Hopefully, the organization responsible for making this programme assisted the individual, if he so chose, to improve his situation. And can provide evidence of it.

@TheAlisondixon

10 жыл бұрын

You may wish to watch Russell Brand live instore @ hmv Oxford Sreet, London Part 2 from 01:25 onwards..

@crct2004

10 жыл бұрын

TheAlisondixon Thanks for the link. There are a couple ways to look at it I suppose. I heard James, I know of him, I heard him say, talk to us...I won't forget him.

@jordangeorge7042

Жыл бұрын

James passes away in 2003 for a overdose

man... back when restaurants used to have a smokers section.. as if it made a diference where you sat because the whole place ended up smoky anyway. i was only a kid back then and im not sure whether its a good thing or a bad thing that ive never experienced a restaurant that i can smoke in.

I feel I could be an asset in humanitarian efforts of this nature.

bro had fugazi in the intro i never knew russ this way before

They got a name for the winners in the world And I want a name when I lose Deacon Blues

Why do l get the feeling that Russel would've had a better 'result' with James' mate?

TY Russell

awww man smokin in restaurants.........

shit... when that boy has u its hard to stay away... dude I've been where James was... someone took me in... but I feel like a burden... however I've been clean 6 mons...idk wish Russell come bring me to he's home. I hate being here in chicago... but happy not on the streets cuz fuck its cold outside..

A enjoy Mr Brand who appears to intergrate extreme contortions in a form of phycological relationships around choices 😊

Don't know if James had a feed before bed.

Whats the songs name ? the one that stars in the beginning

@Woodman538

7 жыл бұрын

Paul Borg fugazi - im so tired

Could anyone tell me the name of the songs on here (other than Fugazi's I'm so tired). I'd really appreciate it. Any song at all with any time marker would really rock. Thank you =)

@lapooh

9 жыл бұрын

13:20 Whirlpool - Wasteland 21:50 Pinback - Byzantine

@dustinreedy30

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@lapooh

9 жыл бұрын

anytime

What's the song at 13:34 ?

@23:25 just notice the look on russell face, the sense of impotence...

@TomSmith-jp1es

9 жыл бұрын

Mad:) Shit you're right, that's fucking pulling at my heartstrings there. I hope James is alright now, this is the first time I've ever seen this show, Russell with all his over the top pisstaking at least has compassion.

2015 now. Wonder where this guy is now

@dollynjohnxx7443

9 жыл бұрын

I read he overdosed a yr or 2 after this was filmed mate. such a shame :(

whats the song played in the middle of this episode?

@lapooh

9 жыл бұрын

Wasteland by Whirlpool

anyone know the nirvana-esque sounding outro song???? dope!

@kidkustom

9 жыл бұрын

fugazi - i'm so tired

@SaulTeebolz

9 жыл бұрын

thanks... but im talking of the one that starts at 21:50

@lapooh

9 жыл бұрын

northCALIFA Pinback - Byzantine ;)

So, what if he didn't want to go back? He would still have to go back regardless right?

😂😂😂😂😂😂

smack is a hell of a persuasion tool

10:45 👀😖😹

whats the song at the start called?

@smokeathon13

10 жыл бұрын

Fugazi - i'm so tired. Great song :D

@Jackdagigalow

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you

I wonder if some homeless people may have kind of a hypo-sensitivity, to where they don't feel fully alive unless their nerves are stimulated by heat, cold, sound, or some such extremes. Some seem to have a aversion to being indoors, as well.

This was fucking stupid, I'd feel well uncomfortable moving into a house with a random nutter who I had no idea about because I was desperate and in exchange I have to be made a spectacle of ........

what a shit having to go back. I know russ wasn't very famous or rich at this point but I'm sad he couldn't have put him up somehow. In his spare room.

@sarahc561

8 жыл бұрын

Ah, shit. I was just looking at it from James' side.

@statiq1941

8 жыл бұрын

James OD'd in the end, so there was obvious drug influences still around him, and I doubt Russ could have really got where he is now if he shared a house with this guy. He's a layabout whom Russel seems frankly kind of disgusted by, if intrigued and curious and wanting to help. Watch how he responds to james throughout.. Also, I've seen you all over Nevermind the Buzzcocks and WILTY and Big Fat Quiz of the year comment sections. Gosh.

@sarahc561

8 жыл бұрын

so?

@izzymeadows1748

3 жыл бұрын

James asked to go back. What was Russ to do? Lock the door? Chain him up? He wanted to go back to the street, he said he missed it. He didn’t feel comfortable in Russels world.

Whats the intro track called anyone?

@brucestrathclyde4755

5 жыл бұрын

5 years late, but 'I'm so tired' by Fugazi

Really annoying me, anyone know what the very first track is?

@Woodman538

7 жыл бұрын

Anton Haq fugazi im so tired

Russell, why didnt you give him new teeth bro? I mean seriously man.

@battlecitysinner

9 жыл бұрын

how was he suppose to do that lol

Whats the song at 22:15?

@user-jj4pk5uy2h

8 жыл бұрын

+Ember Strike yes please somebody tell me

@user-jj4pk5uy2h

8 жыл бұрын

+OGBindy J found it, Pinback - Byzantine

Why did it get so weird towards the end?

@statiq1941

8 жыл бұрын

Because he actually asked to be taken back to homelessness

@frankienamosaki7547

8 жыл бұрын

Oh I understand now, I thought it was a mutual decision or something weird like that, actually I'm not sure why I ddn't get it kind of makes sense now you said it so plainly. To be fair I know people that are like that with jail. They'dbe happier just chillin in jail, cell on their own, 3 meals a day, I suppose some people are just built for certain things. We can't all be Prime minister...

And he didn't even get him a new sleeping bag....

@billyhouldsworth9818

8 жыл бұрын

Yes he did ..

Battlecity. It is easy to do that man. Dentist can do implants these days.

I wonder what ever happened to this homeless guy? Did he get things back on track for his life?

@darrenh0218

10 ай бұрын

He died

@Elise2010able

10 ай бұрын

@@darrenh0218 oh, I was hopeful he got on his feet.

Its sad James died but at least he got to share a bath with the great Russell brand..his street friends must have been very jealous!!

@rikicooper3169

9 жыл бұрын

Scooby Doo ooo, he died. Anyone know the circumstances ?

@ninjabreadgirl

9 жыл бұрын

Riki Cooper He OD'd

Does anyone know the song at 21:50?

@craig9786

9 жыл бұрын

Reuben Tobolewski Fugazi - I'm so tired

@dancelittlesquire

9 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks, I found out later that day. Love Fugazi.

@craig9786

9 жыл бұрын

fair enough - no worries bruv

Virtue signaling narcissism.

16:00 What a shoddy, tin-pot radio station! Looks like the Mir Space Station. Or Bontempi 'My First Studio.' Absolute shambles.

I wonder what became of James?

@jamesrandy8298

9 жыл бұрын

he die. leg get more infected and he is diabetic.. so got grangel and he didn't get his foot cut .. so his gone.. 2004. x RIP James.

@worldpeace8299

9 жыл бұрын

james randy I am sad to hear that

@jamesrandy8298

9 жыл бұрын

world peace awh let me take that sadness from you... I LIE, i do not know what happen to James..

@ramesjeed

9 жыл бұрын

Russell was asked on Twitter what happened to James and he said that James overdosed and died. :( Very sad.

@jamesrandy8298

9 жыл бұрын

oh sad... must be hard to be human one must kill them self.. :(

James giving off some Ian Curtis vibes

james was obviously still using heroin, you can tell by the way he keeps sniffling and how he tossed and turned all night in that bed, and how he nodded off in the taxi in the first episode. i dont know why they chose to ignore that, since Russ as an addict himself could most definitely tell. otherwise, really interesting doc.

@spinblackcircles

9 жыл бұрын

you know this guy died of a heroin overdose right? he's obviously withdrawing from heroin in this video. its hilarious that you've freaked out and said thats a dumb thing to say while making all these excuses for the symptoms of heroin withdrawal being from something else. you are a fucking clown. YOU obviously don't know the facts, i have no idea why you decided to make yourself look like a fool but he is OBVIOUSLY withdrawing off of and high on heroin at different points in this video. so FUCK you.

@spinblackcircles

9 жыл бұрын

haha ugly and fat? you're obviously blind. i can't even comprehend how sad your life must be. take care.

@smokeybirdman

9 жыл бұрын

Sniffling has absolutely nothing to do with heroin withdrawal. Believe me I aught to know. Don't talk when you don't know. Okay.

@smokeybirdman

9 жыл бұрын

And if he were hanging out he wouldn't be sleeping let alone snoring.

@spinblackcircles

9 жыл бұрын

***** you seriously have no clue what you're talking about.

this shit is soooooooo demeaning its fucking sad...

@richie616799

8 жыл бұрын

+electric indigo Must admit, there is a conflict within me also about it.

@richie616799

8 жыл бұрын

+electric indigo At least I believe it wasn't meant to be.

@richie616799

8 жыл бұрын

+electric indigo 'Wasn't mine to take was it' a realisation I think

song @ 15:48 plse

@j34200

8 жыл бұрын

Fugazi - I'm So Tired.

@britishfreeliberationparty912

8 жыл бұрын

+j3420 thank you my brvr

I can't adam n eve it! DESTROY the homeless doc PLEASE....I get the reason & the power of the camera - but it will only work if you were homeless too... being subject and author of your own , in the now, reality. That creates a way in that all participants can allow themselves some authenticity. That doc was so extremely painful that i need to express my critique & can't ,cos i'm here & I dunno where you are & this is directed at you. To anyone watching,"yeah the work of Rustle Brand is a refreshing laugh wiv serious topics, & a great learning tool BUT DO NOT VIEW 'Homeless James". I understand you gotta a heart but fuckin hell remember your junki days & the darkest of times ! if someone wanted a to film you, the gulf between you and cameraman/sound guy etc... is so fucking huge - it can take years & years to re-intergrate, and another zillion years for other regular housed people to understand where he was coming from mentally please don't allow anyone to put it online or anywhere....(unless James gets any royalties or signed something that makes him think he has NO CHOICE) it doest educate & it possibly reinforce old values & attitudes. Russ, Love You , Love The Trews, Love wot U R trying to do but DESTROY 'Homeless James' Please!

@465marko

9 жыл бұрын

RealLifeProductions ride on.

@jlipson1259

9 жыл бұрын

RealLifeProductions Yup. Super patronizing, tokenizing and exploitative. I hope Russel at least left him with a solid chunk of cash in his pocket, but I know he didn't.

Russ happened pick wrong guy and few things must be saidA- that dude was on heroin your fool if not know he wasn't clean and that had A LOT to do with him bailin 4 days in CAUSE RAN OUTTA SMACK DUH u can see him MUCH clearer eyed n minded at end and can tell withdrawls bout to step up..

2)- & B- the junkies gotta VERY difficult time communicating if this wasn't the case he and russels experience woulda been liteyrs dfrnt. & russ`uncomfortableness caused him say n do shit made dude further uncomfy & HE clammed up tighter could speak less n less as russ did it but russ was driven to it by the awkwrd/discmfrt-whatta disaster

he is on drugs most of the time :D

@buddhamagictv

9 жыл бұрын

so what?

@465marko

9 жыл бұрын

Buddha Magic it destrys da integrity of da film

9.59 Russells bum bum

@simonalexandertolhurst-sim9995

10 жыл бұрын

Go to the previous video and you'll see his bum bum and nob nob. you enjoy that kinda stuff Lenny?

@cadnewham

10 жыл бұрын

Tolhurst-Simms the third

@simonalexandertolhurst-sim9995

10 жыл бұрын

:O The third you say, then whom, whom you say are my predecessors?

Hope they paid James well for this, something exploitative about it.

Russell Brand For Prime Minister??

it really has come to this hasn't it? so, suicide or celebrate? post post post.. what? how did so many brilliant ideas get into the head of this archangel of sickly trivial narcissm? if we stop laughing at his generally unfunny jokes will he go away? hey -- and i don't even hate him -- on the contrary -- but --- do us a favour..

@worldpeace8299

9 жыл бұрын

aattitude not sure what "brilliant" means in this context. He is a smart, reflective person. He is open and is trying very hard to do something good, helpful and meaningful. He is easy to relate to - if you are wanting to be ok with your own humanity. Come to think of it, that is brilliant. Not in the clever clever way - though he is very tuned in and very of our time - but because its something sorely needed today, and in the media too! I think we watched a man come of age, in an age (we hope) of spiritual growth

Speaking for myself I am absolutely stunned and furious that ne'er do wells like James exist. The UK is the cradle of civilisation in the west. What with Magna Carta and the Industrial Revolution that spawned a myriad of industry and opportunity this lad only has to knock on an employers door and he would have been set for life. In fact the Brit economy is so swelling they have to reach overseas for workers to fulfill all the thousands of positions required to run this industrious nation. I find no excuse for James at all. The British leaders run by example. They sit on much wealth because we are all on a level playing field and as David Cameron said, we are all in it together. Jobs are trees people with branches reaching out. Just because we all can't be famous can't mean we all can't be reachable to our local altruistic employers. chin chin .

@tcritt

4 жыл бұрын

It's called mental illness. Some people have such awful experiences growing up that they are broken. They don't develop the coping skills that you take for granted. You didn't work for these either: they were given to you by your parents or any other role model you had growing up.

@marcp3788

2 жыл бұрын

Spoken like a typical clueless tory 👏

At 2:45 Russel Looks like a tool mutated Tom Cruise.