He actually said in an interview that he refused to use autotune on this song because he wanted the engineers to capture the real emotion behind the song. Apparently the record execs weren't pleased because they want a "slick" product, but he said no and cut the song on the first take without autotune.

@TheHighFlys

4 жыл бұрын

I'd be so heated if the execs ruined the emotion in this song

@SaintPhoenixx

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheHighFlys I feel like James would have just refused to release it if they did and release an acoustic version or something.

@donkingbong420

3 жыл бұрын

respect he was making good songs without all Auto tune dosnt need it nevervwill

@chuckfriebe843

3 жыл бұрын

@@donkingbong420 you’re correct, but he uses it a lot on this new album.

@donkingbong420

3 жыл бұрын

@@chuckfriebe843 ye probably now to keep up with times don't really listen new stuff don't like the new songs really 🤣

. I saw this song today in the cancer clinic. My daughter told me the story behind it. She has yet to be able to watch it. I'm in my 50's and dying of cancer. Chances are that I won't last the year. This song made me break down sobbing uncontrollably ...just touched me so much. James has such a pure, emotion-filled sound.

@firelands80

4 жыл бұрын

Prayers for you.🙏🙏🙏

@Unforgiven-ui5qu

4 жыл бұрын

I’m so sorry to hear about your situation. May God shed his light on your life and may your final journey lead to happiness. My prayers are with you and your family...

@danielmendes8721

4 жыл бұрын

Wish i just could just give you a long hug.

@PaulinoRayla

4 жыл бұрын

I lost my dad to cancer in 2018 and this song makes me cry uncontrollably, even if it's not in my language. You are 50 years old and you are a young man. I hope and hope you win this battle !!

@markwilken2492

3 жыл бұрын

Wish I could give you a big hug. I had cancer myself when I was 20 and I remember how horrible it was. All my best wishes to you and yours x

James Blunt is probably the best artist in the world today. And probably the nicest person as well.

@mapetrix

4 жыл бұрын

Correct

@mrp9023

4 жыл бұрын

Well that's all a matter of opinion....

@d-lp2665

4 жыл бұрын

di brentley I can’t agree more

@johnneal7832

3 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine met him,he said he's a really nice bloke

@MARTIN-bd7gm

3 жыл бұрын

Hes also a hero , went into Kosovo as a tank commander and went against orders to attack the Russians and because of that he actually saved hundreds of lives , he was demoted but later reinstated and the officer giving the order was reprimanded .

That was pure emotion singing while trying not to break down crying. That is his father beside him.

I so disagree with those "artists" who discount James. He has such a gift for bringing emotion to music--I love him.

@judithmacdonald4001

Жыл бұрын

Me too!

@patriciaalvareztostado8170

Жыл бұрын

He could sing with more emotion i his voice than a most singer, you could hear his emotion in You are beautiful but espcially in Goodbye my lover, and he has a very unique voice, you know is him singing....

To sing like this while actually trying not to cry is the most impressive thing I have ever seen anyone do ❤

I saw James Blunt live last night and he sang this song. The emotion he brings is so powerful, there wasn't a dry eye

@adammishan

4 жыл бұрын

I would love to see him live

@sallyallerton9279

4 жыл бұрын

Leanne Etheridge We were at the Brighton concert, it was just so amazing.

@mapetrix

4 жыл бұрын

Flying from Manchester to his Berlin show 9th march 2020

The song is about his dad unfortunately having stage 4 kidney disease, they couldn’t find anyone with matching kidneys and James lost hope.. very sad indeed. But good news to you all, a participant with matching kidneys has volunteered to donate their kidney. I’m so happy 😊

@pennyroberts8763

4 жыл бұрын

they have found a match and by now he should have had his transplant

@McGeorge01

4 жыл бұрын

penny roberts Yes, everything is good now 😊

@VegasBabe

4 жыл бұрын

Two people came forward apparently x

@Alexamdern

4 жыл бұрын

I like the melody of the song. Its a powerful song. However everyone dies, so its nothing unique he is singing about. If everyone made a song about it there would be billions of songs by now.

@McGeorge01

4 жыл бұрын

Lejonet I understand, but imagine how he felt while his dad was dying, it’s a way to clear his head by making the song.

the way he did this song is the only way to get his point across ... in my opinion .... he hit a home run with this one ... one take ... no auto tune ... powerful

I've took real comfort from the lines "no need to forgive, no need to forget - I know your mistakes and you know mine" and "while you're sleeping, I'll try to make you proud." I really needed to hear those. I miss you dad, I hope you're proud.

I don't get how it is possible for him to get trough this song and not crack down. I mean I cry every time I am just listenig it.

@richardhammer187

4 жыл бұрын

I rarely cry at anything, even funerals, but this broke me within 30 seconds the first time I watched it, and has done every time since.

@JamesSmith-cm7sg

4 жыл бұрын

He did cry and was struggling to talk

@von6413

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardhammer187 exactly what just happened to me. No song, movie, anything has ever done this to me so I’m just shocked.

This was no performance, that was real emotion for his father

Possibly the most powerful song I have ever heard. I tear up every time I watch the original version.

I was just driving my car, when I first heard this song on the radio. I didn’t even focus so much on the lyric, but the melody immediately caught me. Then, standing at the red light, I concentrated more to the text and sobs broke out of me immediately. I had to park, because I couldn’t see anything from my tears. Luckily, my Dad is alive and well, but this song has left such a deep mark on me that every time I listen to it, tears well up in my eyes.

There are no words for this song, and his performance.😢

My father is currently in end stage Parkinson’s disease. This song wrecks me! I love James. He has such a distinct sound, and I feel that’s really rare these days.

@elenaromero3213

2 жыл бұрын

Mi papá también falleció días antes del día del padre el 2021 de parkinson y no paro de llorar con esta canción

@BethanySchmidtEsthetics

2 жыл бұрын

@@elenaromero3213 hugs to you ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

In the official video clip the used no autotune at all and they filmed it in one take and in one try.

I listened to this over 20 times. And every flipping time it tore me up!

@jeffstevens4262

3 жыл бұрын

You're not alone in that regard.

@waynedein8024

Жыл бұрын

I listen every year on his day of passing ...... ours wasn't the best relationship but I pray that he knew just how much I wished to talk to him once more .

His dad had stage 4 kidney failure when James wrote this and a donor couldn't be found. After the video was released a distant cousin came forward who was a match. He donated all the profits from this song to Help For Hero's a UK veterans charity (both him and his dad were in the military). They did this in one take and at the end everyone in the studio was crying except James' dad who said 'why all this I'm not gone yet'.

"No Bravery" live is another that is just emotionally crushing, in a good way.

I can't count the number of times I've watched his song and I still can't watch it without tears rolling down my face. It hits a chord with me because I recently lost my beloved mother, and although this message is to his father, one can certainly transform his words into "mother." I loved your reactions and your review of this song. Thank you, sir.

This song hits home so hard. My father passed when I was 14, now I have a mother with MND. I put her ti bed every day seeing her beautiful smile makes me happy with a hollow sadness. Not after sympathy just a passing stranger sharing a story.

@paulal.o.aplaylist6234

Жыл бұрын

Lots of Love and good wishes to you Harry. And remember to take care of yourself too. All the very best. X

@carbine5378

7 ай бұрын

I’m so sorry Harry❤

The more you listen to the lyrics, the deeper the meaning, I cry every time

Being a 10yr Breast Cancer Survivor and having 2 brain surgeries and I'm in my 60's now, but I give God all the Glory and Praise because he brought me through things and I'll say an extra prayer for anyone that's dealing with or is still, just the word of Cancer scares me, Thank You Sir for your reaction hope you have a blessed day 🙏 sending love from Lafayette Georgia 🍑

The first time I heard this song I broke down. I lost my beautiful momma to cancer in 2011. I took care of her for 4 years as she battled it. I fed her (feeding tube), gave her medicine, bathed her, put ointment on her bedsores, everything. I'd do it all over again too. What I wouldn't give just to hug her 1 more time. You should watch Craig Morgan - The Father, My Son, and the Holy Ghost. He wrote it about his 19 year old son that was killed in a boating accident. The live version from The Kelly Clarkson Show is so powerful and emotional.

Such an underrated song, he’s an amazing artist xx

I was in the hospital room with my dad as he passed away and I held my grandfather's hand as he passed so this song kills me.

Captain James Blount ( Blunt ) must have seen some horrific sights whilst a tank commander in the British Army in Kosovo, but this is probably the hardest thing he's ever had to do singing this to his Father Colonel Charles Blount ......hope the transplant went well and was successful

@KnigthMare69

4 жыл бұрын

For his time on the war, there's his song no bravery

@DINGERscotland

4 жыл бұрын

He single handedly prevented WW3 starting in Kosovo by refusing to listen to an American general! kzread.info/dash/bejne/q52Gwcmpdc6al9o.html

Dude I'm 18 and I love my dad so much and when I heard this I cried

Oh my God! I CANNOT stop crying! 😭😭 My daddy died in Florida without me cuz I couldn't get there fast enough from Maine. I tried...dear God I tried. I hate that I wasn't there to hold his hand...kiss him...hug him...and HOLD HIM! 😭😭 I will never forgive myself for getting the message too late. I miss him and this song is killing me. BUT HOW BEAUTIFUL IS IT? For real? I'm so thankful for this song. And James Blunt is HIGHLY UNDERRATED!!

The good news is that his father had an operation a couple days ago. Hoping for the best. Also I have seen James many, many times live in concert and he sounds even better live.

Thank you, thank you for being a compassionate, empathetic grown- up who's willing to be absorbed in an incredible song!

I played this to my father who passed away on 1st dec 2019 this song means so much to me

@mrsme1707

4 жыл бұрын

❤💐💐

@chefmuallafmr.farhan867

2 жыл бұрын

Be strong my brother

Adam, I loved your reaction to this amazing, beautiful, emotional song. Frankly, I don't know how James managed to do it. I heard this was the first time he'd sung it to his father who was suffering from terminal kidney cancer, but thank God, they managed to find a distant relative who donated his kidney and his father is still very much with us. Both James and his dad are former British military officers, so I reckon emotions were scarcely exchanged in their earlier years, I'm just guessing, but this song just rips your heart out. The emotions are real and his delivery is real too, so no wonder his voice wavers a bit, I think we can forgive him that.

Amazing he can sing while crying. It takes a lot to do that. Beautiful song. A tribute to all fathers

Your reaction was genuinely moving. My dad didn't care for us but I had a lovely stepdad and uncle and this song reminds me of them. Bless them 💜

I have watched this dozens of times but still cry

Your reaction was pure magic. It hurts to see him sitting there with his Dad as many of us have been through it. Thank you. x

I can’t understand how you can sing something so personal and not break down.or how you keep singing the same song in the further. We all are enriched for the gift of there music that touches our hearts and makes us feel what they feel.

This is a mans song, God we are so deep we have so much trouble saying what we feel, J/B did not always have a good relationship with his father but has got better now and his father got stage 4 kidney disease with not that much hope for a new one age etc, but back to the song this is so much of a father and son song and not many of these around maybe (mike and the mechanics living years) the best other one.

@mapetrix

4 жыл бұрын

So true. My dad always says Mike and mechanics living years will be his funeral song. He lost his dad when he was ten. Plus first line is brilliant. Tears and Rain has a similar effect on me

@Sarah-Harvey

3 жыл бұрын

My Husband lost his Dad 13 years ago, his Dad was only 53, hubby was 27. To this day he still can’t listen to Mike and the Mechanics without crying, also Father & Son by Ronan Keating with Cat Stevens. This is the first time I’ve heard this song and it’s made me sob like a baby even though my Dad is thankfully very much alive. I really wouldn’t want to see the impact it would have on my hubby! What an emotional song 😢

@debmundorf3551

3 жыл бұрын

It's a woman's song too. My dad knew my mistakes and I knew his. He chased many monsters away when I was young. This song makes me cry no matter how many times I hear it.😪

@rick038

3 жыл бұрын

@@debmundorf3551 Yes it is but men are so deep and hold in so much some women do also, it like men don`t cry its a hard one to put in words, any song can fit any one.

This definitely is a heart wrenching song that’s relatable to everyone, whether it applies to them directly or their life experiences. It was nice to see you as a man, embrace your feelings and allow your tears to fall. I’ve watched several reactions to this song and it’s unfortunate that so many men feel the need to restrain their emotions. James Blunt is a talented artist, who has a fair share of heartbreaking songs. 🥹

2 times ,2 times, I’m on 12 and still bawling,

Daddy still puts his arm on him

I went to his concert last week in Lille...the emotion was just breathtaking...with old pictures of him and his father together showed on the screens during his performance, it was just impossible to hold your tears...

Beautiful heart felt reaction ...Gotta love James. Much love and respect from the UK 🙂

When I saw those genuine tears fall from your eyes, I loved you for it. You have a good soul, fella. x

I can’t watch when people cry ... Such songs, words, music are always emotional .. Your trembling chin and tears flowing down your cheeks 😢 ... Thank you for the opportunity to watch this video with you 👍

This is a beautiful song my grandson just lost his father and he listens to this song and he cries. My son was in a coma for a week my grandson had to disconnect him from my support. It was the hardest thing how to say goodbye to his dad. That's why he loves this song.😢😢😢😢

Absolutely Adam! He *could* have made it easier in places, but this was a very deliberate *choice* for him. It must be nice to be so good at your craft that you have choice in your live performance toolbox!

3:41 you cried that really got me this is a genuine reaction right here

This obviously is a very emotional song and the lyrics really speak to me, having lost both my mother and father. On another note, rare are the singers whose elocution is so perfect that you can understand each word and so really get all the song all the way into your heart.

So powerful. Brings tears to my eyes every time I hear this. My two grown children are losing their dad to cancer, he’s my ex-husband, married to him for 19 yrs. I had three grown children, but my beautiful daughter died from cancer in 2017 from 9 yr battle with cancer. My heart hurts for my kids, losing their sis and now watching their dad fighting his battle with cancer. This song is sad, but beautiful.

@joed4283

Жыл бұрын

🙏

The song is for all of us. "Son" can be changed to "Mom". "Father" to "Daughter". We will all reach this moment in our lives. A universal truth. A moment that can bring us together in understanding and compassion. Brilliantly well done.

James Blunt has a voice that can break your heart out....wonderful performer and man x

God, it is toooo moving... i love this song. James Blunt have special voice. Thanks his voice i always know who singing ❤️ (btw. Sorry for my mistakes I’m form the Czech Republic🙃)

His acoustic version playing piano himself, is also great to listen to. What a message. Great reaction!

@theonlypinky

4 жыл бұрын

Btw Adam, can one get their singing voice back if they seem to have lost it? At 61?....nope 62...forgot I just had a birthday a couple of weeks ago.

This is the true power that singing possesses. Life in a sung story.......... this means everything to James and I can honestly say after losing my wife, mother and recently my dad, all to cancer, it does to me also. Thank you so very much for sharing this with us James and your dad too.

🧡! James made his way through this emotional tribute to deliver his best yet.

I was there tring to be strong, for my dad, when he passed. Wish I had these words for him then

Bless James...this song has opened the emotions in we all in regards to father's, mother's,loved ones. The irony is my Father's name was James and I am in stage four kidney disease. This is a brilliant cathartic and simultaneously healing song... bravissimo James...thank you. Brilliant reaction, compliments! 🌹💞🌹🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

I think that little momentary struggle to hit that high note expresses the massive struggle it is to keep it together when your loved one is passing. It's perfect.

A brilliant reaction video, this song gets me crying every time I listen to it and I love watching these types of vids to see how quickly engaged people get into his voice and lyrics.

James Blunt has sooooo many good songs, hes well underrated! Hes a funny dude as well lol

I remember the first time I heard this. I was sat in the bath with Spotify on and it came on. Needless to say I sat there and blubed like a baby

This song took me like a solid ten times before I could get through it without getting at least choked up if not outright bawling

So I was just reminded of a song of his which I had to hear again and in doing so I've come across all the reactions to monsters, now I've sat for a good half our in tears. Sucker for punishment I am, but in all seriousness I absolutely love and and all of his songs and your reaction was amazing and real ❤

i cared for my mother when she was ill and had dementia; i was glad, grateful to be able to do so, to keep her out of a "home" or a nursing facility. i don't remember how long it was -- three years? four? -- before she passed, and then, two weeks later, my father fell and broke his hip. the site of his surgery became infected. he was in and out of hospitals and physical therapy rehabs for a couple of years and then stabilized, just in time to come home for his onset of dementia. he died almost exactly ten years after my mom, and i spent those ten years taking care of him. when i first heard this song, i was bothered by the line, "i'm not your son, you're not my father" because i thought it was a rebuke, a disavowal of their ties, until i thought back to caring for my mom. she was so sweet and funny, and i felt the kind of fiercely protective love for her then as i had for my children, and i realized he meant -- or i think he meant -- that death is the great equalizer. the child becomes father to the man. we drop our roles for love. there's deep irony here for me: i was recently diagnosed with dementia. while i am still mostly lucid, i am struggling with a couple of comorbid issues, and my 29 year old daughter has begun to care for me, a little bit here, a little bit there, as it was for me and my mother, in the beginning. i'm hoping that her experience will be the same kind of gratifying, almost redemptive task that mine was, and that my granddaughter, who's 6, is taking notes.

This was a great reaction, I just found this song and have watched several reactions to it today and broke down crying every time, uncanny. I am trying to have my first child with my wife, and we have not had success so far. We found out I might not be able to get her pregnant, we need to have a follow up appointment, but it's hitting me hard as I want to have children. This song is just powerful

I lost my dad in 2019 and this song really hits me in my feelings.

Beautiful song, beautiful reaction.

Adam your engagement is almost as powerful as James Blunt, the best reaction vid on KZread. This is a real man's song. I don't think people are going to underestimate this musician from now on

i NEVER cried to a movie or song... until I became a father

Props to James for making all these men be real human and crying. I just watched a dozen reactions, not one could get throught it without tears. Love to see all of us connect in such a way.

I’ve listened/watched this song so many times and it brings me to tears every time - it’s a real mix of sadness and uplifting at the same time - uplifting because real emotion that means something is something to celebrate. James Blunt is amazing and such a lovely, genuine and funny guy that doesn’t take himself too seriously - very inspirational.

Thank you for this reaction and for your raw emotion, you made me cry a few tears. ❤️

Dear Adam, you are probably one of the best looking men in the world. But that's just as uninteresting as your religion (I love that you wear the yarmulke) and your job. In this video you show more joy, sadness, emotion and devotion with your face than so many other people who think they understand James Blunt. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! The "analysis" is the icing on the cake. Best regards from East Germany.

I really hope he plays this song next week! Can't wait to see you live James, finally!

His voice's unique So British 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I lost my uncle this past november and when i listened to this song it immediately made me think of my big cousin who had to have her last goodbye with her dad. It made me hope that it was in any way as satisfying a goodbye as the song paints a picture of. It made me take stock of my relationship with my own father and it made me think of my mom and her father and my hopes for their relationship. The story behind the song is that james' father is desperatley ill with stage 4 kidney disease and awaiting a kidney transplant. After the song came out they got a lot of offers for kidney transplants so i hope things worked out ok. Either way its james' eulogy to his dad.

This is a awesome reaction of this song the best I have seen us dads truly understand the emotions here its amazing he could get through this.

I can't imagine trying to give a technical critique of this song. And James's ability to sing through that emotion is even more impressive than the vocals themselves which are incredible.

I've seen him live, he is emotional To the core, true songwriter Even this review made me cry

Very honest reactin. I really appreciate. Greetings from Hamburg/Germany. Shalom

This hit me hard back to when my dad died after getting hit by the car me by his side deciding to turn off his machines per his request that he did not want to live on machines and saying goodbye by his side. 😭

Oh my! Your reaction made me cry too. Then again, listening to the lyrics explains all.

See him live last night, and this song was just so emotional & powerful. Truly breath taking.

I have listened to this song a few times now and it always makes me cry... its about love and the ending of something and even though I have not experienced what his story is about it creates a deep emotional reaction in me. A beautiful story and a beautiful song. A great example of using vulnerability in performance

Man I love how you analyse it, but impossible to stay objective because the song is heartbreaking. Right now there's a soccer match being played but I can't watch my TV screen 🙂 Shalom!

Beautiful reaction to an amazing song thankyou

It just goes to show that pitch isn't everything ... you just have to touch someones soul. Basically he's singing as if his father's life depends on it ... turns out he may have just saved his father's life!

@teresareeves7853

2 жыл бұрын

But, I love his raw pitch.

James is an amazing artist thank you so much for reacting to his song! Any person who appreciates James’s talent is a great person in my book! Totally subscribed!

Well done for making it through, and actually being able to articulate your thoughts 🙏 I am glad you allowed your own emotional response to remain though - our reaction to this song, in particular, really shows our humanity, IMO. If you have ever loved someone, and considered how life would be without them, this song will break you. I lost my dad when i was 19, and I miss him every day. Great video, thank you 🌺

So glad you did the live reaction as well. Such a powerful song, the imperfections make it and although live is sung a little differently that I think makes it even better.

Such a deep well meaningful song... butterfly moment 😞

I saw james last week live in Manchester.. And he wowed me.. Such an amazing man!!!

This is an amazing song and sung beautifully. I have been following James Blunt. This is one of his best.

Moving reaction. Thank you.

look at his Twitter he is brilliant at comebacks lol

I read that JB refused to have his voice corrected with autotune. He wanted the rawness. Thank you for such a candid and heartfelt review.

I Love that you are not afraid to show your emotion. Love your reactions!