James Blunt - No Bravery (Official Music Video)
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- The official music video for James Blunt - No Bravery
Taken from the debut album 'Back To Bedlam' released in 2004, which featured the singles, 'High', 'Wisemen', 'You're Beautiful', 'Goodbye My Lover' and 'No Bravery'.
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The official video for No Bravery uses footage from James live at the BBC, and his own footage taken from the Kosovo War in 1999.
About James Blunt:
James Blunt is an internationally acclaimed multi-million selling artist known for his powerful performances, distinctive voice and a knack for crafting melodic, contemporary pop songs.
His catalogue includes 2004's 'Back to Bedlam', which became the one of the best selling albums of the Noughties, as well as albums All The Lost Souls, Some Kind Of Trouble, Moon Landing, The Afterlove and Once Upon A Mind, which have spawned hits such as 'You're Beautiful', 'Goodbye My Lover', 'Wisemen', '1973', 'Stay The Night', 'Bonfire Heart', and ‘Monsters
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I served in Bosnia (Sfor) is in Kosovo (Kfor) in the Arma dei Carabinieri italian iHow much pain I saw, how much sadness in people's eyes. the barefoot children in the snow chasing our vehicles to get something to eat .. the makeshift tombs, the homeless houses, the mass graves .. James this song reminds me of many things. You are great !! You are a brother in arms !!
And yet Serbia doesn’t accept that they did genocide on Bosnia and Kosovo
@@SuperGeent dude ,that you know history ,you wouldnt write that.I wish you all the best
@@dragojlavuklis6105 Why not ? I will never forget even after 100 years . There is only one reason that Balkan is a shit hole and that is Serbia
@@SuperGeent Albania is shit.
@@borsxYT monténégro is shit
This song needs far more recognition than its received.
Laura Williams True
My teacher played it so you got that
yes
Very much so
He personally risked a court martial by defying an order to start WW3. See "Singer James Blunt 'prevented World War III'" on the BBC.
This song is relevant NOW MORE THAN EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was relevant more than ever when it was written as well
I served in bosnia in 93, life changing experience. Get a lump in my throat everytime i hear this song
where are you served which city? I'm from Bosnia.
Vitez and Gornji Vakuf, but obviously travelled around most parts of the country.
John Barker Nice I'm from Tuzla
Respect and honor to you
from Albania.
troy4452
Thank you, means a lot
As a Kosovar, I am profoundly grateful to James Blunt.
Thank you very much James. You are a great person. Thank you. Respect From Albania...
Fuck Albania
@@nemomoriarty4303 Stop thats No respect
@@nemomoriarty4303 no need for this at all. why be a dick in these difficu;t times? i dont get it ?
@@nemomoriarty4303 you like 5
Thank you from the world! He stopped WW3. Look up "Singer James Blunt 'prevented World War III'" on the BBC.
His performance of this is incredibly real, just look in to his eyes.
James Blunt delivers a more powerful anti-war song than any rock or metal or folk artist ever could.
He has been there.
It IS Real.. Military personnel & families call it " the Thousand Yard Stare".. it see it almost every waking moment in my husband's face. 😥
Yes he has, don mac lean also made one thats very touching g.
As I was watching him sing, I saw how his eyes still said so much more than the words he was singing.
@@1979Shilo The Eyes Never Lie .. Windows to the Soul/spirit ..
I served out there in 1999 with the Irish Guards. I recognise some of those children. Lovely people. I’ve never forgotten them.
Where are you now in Ukrain? You nazi natoa, have no guts, you did so many shit to my Serb brothers and sisters, now you gonna pay! Slava Rusiji!!!
I was in my early teens in 1999. Our house got torched and some of my family members have not been found to this day. Probably burried in a mass grave somewhere. I dont know what you as soldiers went through and saw, but I know that when I saw the NATO forces I knew this fucking nightmare was finally over. The relief of that realization was enough to make even the hardest man cry like a baby. Words alone can never express my emotions, but from the bottom of my heart, thank you for stopping that evil insanity. I personally will never forget what you did for us.
@@DarkEagle99 NATO did more harm than good for your people, and every Albanian knows that. Nobody is willing to talk about it though.
@@Dule-my1yc i cannot at all see how you arrived at that conclusion? I probably will not agree, but I must admit I am curious of the logic of how you arrived at your conclusion?
@@DarkEagle99 Don't you remember NATO killing over 200 of your refugees "by accident"? Don't you remember all of the deaths caused by NATO's use of depleted uranium throughout Kosovo? Now you have a US army base in the centre of your "republic", I don't think it's something anybody should be proud of. The West only cares about itself and its interests, which is mainly to "intervene" in any wars or governments throughout the world.
I cry to this song every time I hear it. It kills me inside, the horrors that we cause people everyday.
The saddest songs are the most true songs and the most beautiful.
This song is beyond phenomenal.
It's horrible that people have to go through this. Just heart breaking.
I know, I feel bad that I didn't even know about this song until now, this song is amazing.
Hannah Oh It's definitely heartbreaking, Im from Kosovo and looking at this video nd listening the song makes me cry a river 😭😭😭😭
So sorry for your loss, it must of been terrible to see your country ripped to pieces like that.
Jody Knight
All I have to say is mad respect to James Blunt. I have never seen a artist who wrote such a passionate song about a experience that they got emotional over performing.
You should see his rather new theme "Monsters", in which he sings to his dad:
ruclips.net/video/DTFbGcnl0po/видео.html
This song deserves more attention than it has gotten, beautifully written and performed.
The world needs to know more about the song that mentiones Kosovo war , they are still living in hell , they are still suffering from rights
I agree with you Roborne but just like the people of the Balkans they are forgotten also and in a few more years a war will start there again.
It's an exceptionally Beautiful song about the futility of War
i could'nt agree more,what a waste of life,and we let it happen again.will we never learn.i think his time over there has touched his soul
iSmokyBacon
I was there with James. Feels like yesterday. Great song. Brings back alot of memories
I was there in there in the LABG on the way in from Macedonia. Irish Guards. I’ve never forgotten that place. We did a good job there...
Thank you for your service!
@@rab1978uk thank you for your service!
Thank you for your service from the daughter (my Dad served 32 years) and granddaughter (WW1 and WW2)
Thank you for your service. This song brings me sad memories. I was just a teen during the war in 98-99, we lost our home and several family members som of wich have never been found. But it would have ben worse if you guys didnt come and stop the insanity when you did. For that I am eternally grateful. Thank you. Love from Kosovo.
Damn dude. I fought in Iraq and heard this song yesterday. It's a real touching and powerful song. War is a mess.
My dad actually fought in the Iraq Iran war, and your comment is leading me to show this video to him, thank you
215dagby
Sorry, some dutch girl here, but why did you fought in Iraq when you’re against war? Just asking, you don’t have to answer of course!
+Meggie
> but why did you fought in Iraq when you’re against war?
Disclaimer (kind of): Please don't take my answer the wrong way. I definitely don't intend to be rude in a "what do _you_ know?" way, I just want to explain possible reasons why fighting a war might be necessary sometimes.
So I hope I can answer your question; if not, please feel free to ask, debate and/or maybe disagree (that's perfectly fine, too).
Sometimes it's not enough to just be against war, but it might be necessary (or sometimes even inevitable) to take up arms to end one or prevent people from starting one in the first place.
By the way, there's an interesting video from TEDxAmsterdam in 2012, where General Peter van Uhm (the former Dutch Chief of Defence) explains his reasons why he became a soldier which might provide you with some answers, or at least interesting insights. You can watch it here on RUclips: ruclips.net/video/LjAsM1vAhW0/видео.html
Speaking from my personal experience, I served as an NCO in the Austrian Army for eight years back in the 1990ies.
I first started in 1991 as a conscript in a Gebirgsjäger (mountain infantry) batallion and left after my six months of compulsory service, only to rejoin again as a professional soldier about one year later. After two more years with the "mountaineers", I joined the paratrooper company(*) of our air assault batallion for another two years. After that, I applied for Selection for the Jagdkommando (the Austrian Special Forces unit), passed (not at all with flying colours, I have to admit, but at least "in the lower half of the top quarter", according to our instructors and the CO), and stayed with SF for the remaining four years.
Originally, I joined the army for similar reasons why people become a member of a police force: There are bad guys out there, and thus there's the need for people willing to either prevent them from harming others, or make them pay for it fair and square if they do.
And when I became an SF soldier, I do have to admit that the main reason for my application for Selection originally was very much out of a lust for adventure and being "one of the big tough fellas who can achieve anything and beat anyone" (yes, I was young, naive and quite cocky).
But soon I realised that being a member of SF was much more, that a small team of us very highly-trained professionals could be able to prevent much bigger bloodshed which happens e.g. in large battles. By training for things like, for instance, conducting long-range recce operations to provide valuable intelligence, or conducting covert sabotage raids and offensive actions against high valuable targets (not only persons, but also e.g. enemy supply installations or communications infrastructure) to possibly reduce the combat effectiveness of an enemy force or maybe even prevent an attack in the first place, which in the end would actually save lives on both sides.
That's why I didn't just stay with the long-range recce troop, but volunteered for every opportunity to attend additional training in parachuting, communications, weapons, EMT, scout/sniper and what have you. So yes, I became some kind of an "educational junkie". :-)
I also served three tours in the Balkans with IFOR, SFOR and KFOR because I wanted to make a difference.
I was part of recon operations to ensure that IFOR forces could move safely into Bosnia and do their thing (i.e. end the war and pacify the country), member of anti-sniper elements in various places to detain snipers who were terrorising the civilian population, doing reconnaissance work later on to provide intelligence for SFOR forces, extended patrol duty to detain war criminals and also took part in operations to locate and exhume mass graves like the one in Srebrenica. I wasn't part of that actual operation, though, because that happened before my time. But I've seen my share of mutilated and decomposing corpses and lost my lunch over it (or decided to postpone chow to prevent same) a few times.
In addition, I also took part in a a private initiative of an Austrian reserve NCO who works as a master-builder in civilian life which assembled a team of volunteers to rebuild a schoolhouse in a village near our camp. Just to make a difference, and because going to war isn't everything.
So, TL;DR:
"Being against war" sometimes does mean "having to fight one", or as I liked to say: "if humanity should decide to disband all armed forces because they're not needed anymore, I'd be among those who would be delighted to be out of a job; sadly, reality is different - yet".
Or, as US president Theodore Roosevelt put it: "I have always been fond of the West African proverb: Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." (BTW, Roosevelt also said "But if I must choose between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness", which I also subscribe to - partly. Partly, because that has to be taken with a _huge_ grain of salt, because righteousness without humility, self-criticism and common sense can - and almost inevitably does - lead very quickly to people becoming self-righteous and sanctamonious, which must be avoided for obvious reasons.)
(*) Yes, our armed forces are so small indeed that we have only one company of Paras. :-)
(But we nevertheless proudly wear our maroon berets, because we are professional paratroopers and thus rightfully deserve to do so.)
Meggie I don’t see how a brazilian guy can answer a dutch girl about war (we had some for the last 500 years as you guys had too for some millenniums during medieval ages, but not as big and as important as those others out there and recent ones) and i highly recommend reading the commentary above mine, I’ve seen his responses in other people’s comments too, but my view in a nutshell is, people that are against war, join them to be part of the force trying to end it. Unless it’s a thing like nazis, trying to take over the world with the “arian race” or palestine, trying to claim israel’s lands for religious reasons even not having the right and being clearly positive about war, unless it’s a situation like this, no parts of the war wants it. They just have war because they believe in their ideologies and the other part won’t accept it. Like the famous medieval war of the bucket. There cities that were against the pope, others against the emperor. Both were trying to get absolute power since to that day, both had equal powers and one depended on the other. That war was with Bologna and Modena. Modena pretty much won, but in the end no one wanted a war. Well, except the one who started it in Bologna. In the end both came to an agreement
One of the most underrated songs ever.
To me it looks like James was back there when his eys were scanning around, looking at everything he saw way back then. The pain in that man's eyes and emotion in his voice is truly touching. My favourite of his songs.
he was there, James Blunt was here in 1998-1999
@@uraantopalli9155 I know, that's why I said it looks like he was BACK there.
To me too. He was reliving it.
Im a 90's Kid from KOSOVO ... I am thankful to God and all the People who stuck with us from that time till now ... Thanks a million times to all those people and their Countries. Peace!
My brother is a combat veteran with severe PTSD. Sadly, he can only talk about what he did, what he witnessed in war when he has drank the last sip of a bottle of rum. He now battles an addiction to alcohol from the pain of war. My heart is broken for him and this song reminds me of all his pain that I cannot take away for him.
One of the most powerful songs ever written
There aren't many modern day war songs, and this is the one I go to.
BKMPictures. If you speak french, listen the song "Soldat" by Florent Pagny. He talk about the WW1 and it's very powerful too.
Yes 🙌
This is a song reminding us of the universal truth. There is no winner in war... no hero, no bravery. This song is resonating with my mind ever since I first herd it many years ago.
I felt then, as I feel now, that the politicians who took us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, instead of organising nothing better than legalised mass murder. - Harry Patch, The Last Fighting Tommy
Every now and then i have to come back and listen to this song. I was 5 years old during this slaughers. Greetings from a Kosovar.
Jesus there is no time in recent history that this song needs to be blasted everywhere in the world right now....
this song is totally underrated, so well written and sung.. James sang his heart out... very emotional. Just heart breaking and sad this song is still relevant today
The pain and anger in his eyes, he looks like he's about to cry. The way his voice catches with emotion is almost impossible to bear. The two lines that get to me are: "A child afraid to even cry out," and "Wives and daughters cut and raped". It's always the weak and vulnerable who suffer the most in wartime. The beautiful melody makes the heart ache about man's inhumanity to man. But there are good people like Blunt in the world and I suppose we must take some comfort in that.
When I saw the reports of the travesties in Bucha of mass graves, dead civilians executed in the streets and allegations of a rape of a 16 year old girl (later reported to be pregnant at the time), I immediately thought of the lines:
"Old men kneel to accept their fate. Wives and daughters cut and raped."
It's not just the soldiers that suffer from war. The same travesties would be happening in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Gaza etc. It's just not reported on daily like Ukraine is being.
Yes, his eyes say it all, sadness, rage at the absurdity of all that death and who knows what oter emmotions. He seems to be reliving the expierience as he sings.
@@RicardoJoseReza He does, indeed. The song is timeless. "He has been here". Death. Song-writing at its very, VERY best.
Summed up war in a sentence. Never were these words more true. You start brave, you end up sad. That's war, that's the truth.
One of the most powerful songs of all time, the last song on one of the greatest albums ever made, by one of the most underrated artists of all time.
A MAN I KNOW SERVED WITH JAMES BLUNT IN KOSIVO HE WAS SUPPORT GROUP FOR THEM QND ONE OF THE SIMITER TANK COMMANDERS WAS INDEED CAPTIN JAMES BLUNT. HES USED TO STRAP HIS GUITAR ON THE SIDE OF THE TANK. HE USED TO SIT WITH THE TROOPS THEY ALL CALLED HIM BOSS PROPER SQUADDIE AT HEART GOD BLESS YOU JAMES SIR he used to write the songs sat on the tank. What a man god bless you
Still one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking songs I've ever heard xxxxx
Add to that he served overseas some things stay unadulterated in your mind.
the pain is his eyes just rips my heart out
The anger, too.
James Blunt, first of all i gotta say that you are a great singer.
What u make is awesome, but overall i gotta thank u for ur BRAVERY saving my country, Kosovo and my rest of my family from being killed.
I am the luckiest person in the world cuz after no bravery murder of my father and uncle in front of my family the rest of my family were saved cuz of this brave people like James Blunt.
Thank u for making us possible to live free
I was deployed in Kosovo, in 2001, and it was an experience I will never forget, thanks Lieutenant James Blunt, at your service always Sargent First Class Jose Ahumada, Spanish Army.
His debut album was 100% phenomenal all the way through. And this was such a deep and intense way to finish it up.
I'm Albanina girl🇦🇱 ,I was 9 years in war,thank you ,James Blond for dedicating this song to us, you really say thank you for your contribution as a soldier!!! GOD BLESS YOU,Right now live in Usa.
God bless
Was there
This song is not for Albanian killers
Thank you for your support of James I can only imagine the horrors of what you have been through in Albania..
You are strong and bold
Here in the UK the media does not show what happens in USA
Thinking of you all at this time 💗 Helen & James Blunt
Живела Србија, Косово је Србија ❤❤❤
While I have been a fan of yours for a long time and have listen to this song many times i have never commented before. As a Army veteran who served in the Balkans this song and the footage in your video hits home and brings back memories. Some bad and some good. Its amazing to think in the 24 hour news world that we live in today that most people have no clue of the true devastation of the Bosnia/Kosovo wars. It simply didnt get the coverage like it would today. Its amazing to see someone else who served in country bring light to it. Thank you.
This song deserves more attention than it has gotten, beautifully written and performed. Beautiful song .....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I no he's my idol it's what's gonadotropin happen if we don't do anything listen to Winston Churchill what he said
I come back to this video often. The look in James’s eyes never lessens. It is pure haunting.
I was a teen during that war. I still have PTSD from the nightmare of 98-99, and this song somewhat gives me an oulet for the feelings I have inside. Especially with everything that is going on in Ukraine.
I was one of those kids.Just an 8 year old boy with everything he had burned down,but the most happiest moment of my life was when i saw NATO soldiers and i can't believe its 18 years ago but thanks to you we have peace at least and we are moving forward.
Just want you to remember that no matter what happens to your music career you and all of them who participated on our freedom will be always the HEROES of my people.
From deep down of my heart.THANK YOU.
> but the mos happiest moment of my life was when i saw NATO soldiers
So we _did_ make a difference? I'm glad to hear that (I was a member of Austrian SF doing covert work down there back then).
> From deep down of my heart.THANK YOU.
You're very welcome, and I'd like to suggest that the best way to thank those of us who were down there to help you is: Pass it on.
I.e. do some good to any other human who is in need, regardless if he belongs to your town, creed, ethnicity or not.
I think the only way that Kosovo might someday be a country in its own right (and maybe even an EU member, who knows) where people can and will live together in peace and friendship without caring about one's ethnicity is to work out: how to accept what happened, how to punish those responsible, and how to leave the past behind at some point. Those who committed crimes have to be held responsible, that's a no-brainer - but not their children, relatives or others of the same ethnicity who did nothing wrong.
All that hatred has to stop at some time.
I can understand that those who fought each other might find it difficult to forget what happened and trust each other, but it's young people like you _from all sides_ who can start to let bygones be bygones (while remembering what happened to not make the same stupid mistakes again), cooperate and leave behind such obsolete and asinine concepts like ethnicity etc.
If you can achieve that, you can and will do better than many of those of my age and older (I'm due to pass the mid-forties this year), and you might be those who make ethnic differences a thing of the past which people in the future might shake their heads in disbelief and ask why we and the ones before us could have been so unbelievably stupid.
You are the future, so please make the best of it, so that those good things we might have started after being bloody idiots will not be in vain.
As Martin Luther King put it so brilliantly: "The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind".
We humans have to end that, at long last. Links arms, don't bear them.
I was was part of the first foot soldiers back in 99. Spent 5 months in Gjilan. Beautiful country and people.
@@drops2cents260 Wir hatten so viel gluck im ungluck ! So viele liebe Menschen, mit so viel Herzlichkeit,
waren bereit uns zu helfen, vor allem das Vertrauen in die Menschheit wiederzufinden.
Vielen lieben Dank !
@@tsean24 thats how we are friends like family.. after the rain will always shine.. after a lot of suffer from Serbian forces, nothingness, you appeared, just like in a movie.. Sean was there to help me for everything, not just my people, especially me, from 99 till now we are good friends, our family respect and know each other. All I'm trying to say is, we don't hate serbia, all we want is, to admit what they done and to know the Republic of Kosovo as a State of Eu, thats all .. We don't have time to hate.. we LIVEE babyyyy... aaand we havin' fuuun :D
The Austrian NATO are idiots wo let people die in Bosnia, the French and from Netherland did it too. U made this War even harder for the people bottom. During the War u did the same Crimes like the Serbian Army
Wow...... You make us feel that..... For which i am strangely grateful. God bless you JB and thankyou X
Just beautiful.
James Blunt I felt so much emotion 😢🦋and I feel so much anger that so many children all over the world, live in so much sadness and pain. 🦋🥀
I don't care if anyone thinks that this is weird, but this is my favorite song by James Blunt
Noel Heeter no, not weird at all. it's amazing in a raw and very sad way.
kosovo 1999 :(
For some reason it's also my favorite song of his. You so rarely come across songs with a strong emotion as this one. No wonder it didn't "go big". People hate reality.
Noel Heeter mine too
Same here
As an albanian born after war I cry every time I hear this song. “Is another family’s time to die ? “ is a real used word from our families not just a song verse 😢
Me too so sad! :(
So sorry 😞
It was same in Croatia and Bosnia,insane scary times. Showed true faces of many people. I was 11 when shell hit the road,bunch of us was crossing it to get to shelter on the other side.. all of those as"es politicans are dead, half of monsters who used situation to fulify their sick dreams walking free, never payed for crimes they done. And we common people payed the ultimate price. With our lives, our bodies, our sanity,our health.... Almost 30 years passed and it was like yesterday for many of us...we take meds,pills, see shrinks and shit coz we all have severe PTSD coz of few politicans and bunch of disturbed unleashed sycos who should be locked far away from society and general population..every war is same without any winners, everyone loses and we ordinary people always pay the price. Same pattern for centuries, we are born to be cannon fodder in some future war for some old f#s who wants to be in history, then we give birth to some future cannon fodder who will die in a name of this shit or that shit led by some other old f#s.
@@boredutopiatrue story, man. A year and a half ago piggy politicians brought the war to my home. I’m from eastern Ukraine, and since 24/02/22 I just looking for people’s hysteria. Someone already has lost beloved person on the war. Someone is going to lose him in counteroffensive. But there is no bravery, because our politicians force young guys go to die for their interests. God damn assholes who brought the war to our land
Sorry but how can you calle it a war.
Whoever calls slaughtering and raping of civilians by military and police a WAR is either sadly unaware of disrespect or totally uninformed :(
#GENOCIDE
I pray for the day when all world leaders find, throughout their hearts, souls, minds, the beauty of peace, love, brotherhood from within themselves and spread it throughout their peoples and lands❤love from NYC Grandma 💖
The strongest song my ears have ever heard, and the most powerful energy my brain has ever felt.
this song made me go back to the days of war when I was just 4 years old
thanks a lot james for not forgeting us
you just gave another prove of how much my country has suffered
have been 12 years since then but there are people crying today for the one they have lost
This is the first song to ever make me cry. The video adds to the emotion but this song is just emotionally beautiful and deserves much more credit than it has got.
RIGHT?? love how much blunt spills in his songs. Its breathtaking
Although not the first and probably not the last song to make me (properly cry) I do shed tears when I listen to 'Brothers In Arms' by Dire Straits. Particularly if I'm drunk and watching the 'Falkland' video. Whilst working at the hospital (The Red & Green Life Machine') in San Carlos, I watched a Royal Marine bleed to death in my arms. I didn't know him then and I don't know him now. But the line 'You did not desert me my brothers in arms' haunts me to this day.
This truly needs a comeback this should be playing along with so many others right now that sing about the true horrors on this world to fellow human beings 💔😭♥️ what a genuine heart and soul this man is on how he delivers everytime
I served in the lasva valley 1993 b4 Kosovo. James is a genuis what he sings idid in art. He knows. So do I. 😊
Beautiful. To all our Troops, Police officers, K9s, Firefighters, Paramedics, Australian, American, European, English, Israeli, I salute you. "In the arm's of the Angel's beautiful Michelle"
I can barely listen to this without choking up. I have no idea how you sing it. Such a powerful and haunting song. Needs more airtime.
I had not heard of James Blunt before my wife went shopping for a Christmas gift for me a few years ago and asked a clerk at a now-closed chain store for a recommendation. The album soon became one of my favorites and this song has long struck me as one of the best commentaries on war that I have ever heard. James was a lieutenant in the British contingent fighting in Bosnian/Kosovo war. This song will stick with me forever. Thank you young Mr. Blunt
James actually made it to captain and his father is a colonel. He' such a gifted singer!
I served in Lebanon during the civil war 1979-80. This song and James Blunt is the real thing.
I have never been a great fan of Blunt, but this has changed with this song. In the course of war, you lose track of why and what for, and in the end it is just hatred, death and confusion. And there is always a war somewhere. Why are we human when we do not know what humanity and caring for others mean? Thank you for this, James Blunt. I hope you do not suffer from your experiences.
James, you caught my heart with reality when you shared this. Now it’s more pertinent than ever. Thank you for all you & your colleagues did for it then. & now 💔
OMG, Watching this, his eyes, expressions, , Um I at a loss for words. What an amazing human, talented, great voice. GOD Bless you James
Je crois que c'est ma chanson préférée! James Blunt est vraiment un artiste formidable, il arrive à nous faire ressentir ses émotions comme aucun autre artiste!♥
C musique c'est pour la guerre du Kosovo les vidéos sont au Kosovo quand James Blunt a visité l Kosovo pendent la guerre
Si bien dit, merci...
I have no idea what you wrote, but it looks beautiful.
You are very BIG human. I'm just listen your song "No bravery" and... dont know what to say just thank you and you are always welcome to Serbia and doors from my home is always open for you. 💙
The passion and compassion in his eyes, delivering this song to us; pure art. Thank you, James. A wonderful contribution to being human. 🥰🥰
You can see the raw emotion in his eyes as he's singing. It gives me goosebumps.
I remember when i was young i usually skipped this song cause i was afraid to listen to it..... hard to explain, but now ive come to love it.
Such a good song. And such a performance. You can see in his face he is performing this with passion and that this really means something to him.
The way he sings at 2:54 makes me catch my breath every time
my Mate served 3 tours of duty over there with Canadian Infantry 2RCR. in 92-93,& 94-95. 99 (+3 more tours Eritria 2000-01, Haiti 04. Afghanistan spring 07 bison Ambo driver) Haunts & terrorizes his Soul to this day.... this song tells a Story that Haunts every Service member ever served Tour of Duty .. Thank You for Serving James. Pro Patria!
Let me say that this song has forever changed the way I look at war. Although I’ve always been a pacifist, it took this painful rendering to really hit home. As a young woman I watched family and friends go off to war, many never returned. But no one told what really happens during a war. Families are slaughtered, according to who’s wrong and who’s right. Thank you, James, for sharing your pain with your listeners. You are an incredible songwriter and musician. ❤️
I think its not enough to be a pacifist as there are always evil governments and soldiers do need to go to war to fight for our freedoms we have today.
Thank you for this song James! And for your bravery! Its because you guys came that people in Kosovo have been able to dream and move forward and live their lives in peace. I appreciate this peace so much here in Kosovo...feel terribly sad for the people in Ukraine right now and wish that it would end soon!
Your service to Kosovo will never be forgotten.
And we see in you only beauty, love, compassion, empathy, true humanity, beloved James Blunt. The world needs more human beings like you. Abundant blessings to you.
I cant say that greatest hits wasnt good songs,but when I hear now other songls like this,Im sorry that I didnt hear them before...we need in lifes this real emotions more than anything...Im from Croatia my country was in this terrible war..that James for this song its all true...Im thinking of our town Vukovar now😢😢😢
Dear heavenly father.My son did 3 tours in Iraq it took him 10 years before he could speak about it.I cry with you.
Why did your son go to Iraq 🇮🇶?
#Iraq 🇮🇶 was a beautiful country.
#Bush lied, bombed and destroyed Iraq 🇮🇶 and many lives there. He was not arrested for the deaths. He was not punished.
This sing is so heartfelt adds even more meaning when he keeps saying "he was been here" he is referring to one of the four horseman of the apocalypse.... the horseman of war
This song is still relevant today in 2023, it's so sad. All for a man who wants even more power.😥
You mean comrade Starmer?
One of the very few artists in the industry that sound just as good live as they do in a recording studio.
I cried at his expression, you can see all those emotions in his eyes
I do agree James. No bravary. What a song! What a performance!
In the Mid 1990s I managed a Parcel Delivery Depot near Heathrow Airport. So many of the the people I managed had fled from conflicts and opression all over the World... Bosnia, Croatia, Chechnya, Georgia, Somalia, Algeria, Rwanda, Venezuela, Iraq, Iran, Turkey are just some of the Nationalities I remember. I was so loved by the team every one even the English called me Bwana Mkubwa.. It means Big Cheif!! It was probably around 2004 the first time I heard this song on the Radio. I was in the Car with with my very wealthy very posh girlfriend .. I couldn't help the tears roll down my face as I listened to the words.. My gifriend asked me what was wrong .. I said nothing.. I just thought about all those people that had worked for me and what they must have been through.
I’ve served 13 years in the navy, I can say that this is the most emotional song I’ve ever heard
As far as war songs go, I put this up there with Goodnight Saigon by Billy Joel. He didn't serve in Nam but wrote it as a tribute to many of his friends that did.
ive only just discovered this video and i had no idea what this song was about until now...like i knew it was a beautiful song but WOW! its so deep and just amazing! i truly admire you James Blunt...I think your songwriting talents are really underappreciated by todays society...on the upside, theres more for us who actually appreciate good music when we hear it!
I believe in your vision, poetry and song. Live and feel the truth.
James Blunt i love you from the deepest bottom of my heart!
Greetings from an at that time 4years old young boy that fled together with his family to Germany..
It would feel so nice to be able to just talk with you about the past... You are a great man!
We all have to thank you for all your written and so beautifully sung songs, and also for what you have said and done for our community! 🙏
I still cry every time I hear this song. Thank you James and the Guards, Gurkhas, Paras and all for saving us from Him!
May be one of most wonderful song!
Such an emotional performance
A child needs love and hope. It's a seed of humanity.
I´ve been there a few years earlier, OTAN mission.
I will never forget, neither will James. It´s clear to see his choked emotions and memories as he sings this.
Wow! Have always loved this song but this is the first time I have seen him perform it. You can see in his eyes how personal it is to him. Painfull, passionate and brilliant
Oh my God... The pain in his eyes.... : ((
you want to see pain . look in any servicemans eyes who has deployed my friend .
+Aleksandra Perovic
> The pain in his eyes.... : ((
That's true, you can also see the pain in his facial expressions.
But out of that pain also came real beauty, i.e. this song, and the manner in which Blunt performs it.
He looks so angry no one should have to see this it shouldn't be happening
Aleksandra Perovic Feel it through his eyes and interpretation
Thought I was the only one who could see it
How relevant this song is today ... It is sad that there are people fleeing the war again, that there are casualties and destruction again. No child should experience the horrors of war.😥🙏
I was a teenager during the war, we lost our house and many family members. I was full of sadness and hatred. I thought these wars in Europe was forgotten history. But now when I see what is happening in Ukraine, it brings back bad memories and I feel sick. I hope the people in Ukraine will be ok.. allthough in my heart I know they are not ok, I sadly know all to well the horrors and sadness they are going through.
Heartbreaking. This song should be blasted from the rooftops every time a group of people feel compelled to squash another.
very sad,very great composition! James Blunt created the great dedication!
My dad served in the regiment one across to his in bosnia... We have to do a essay on a song so I’ve picked this as it’s got a lot deeper meaning to me than to most.
how did the essay go?
James i think this song hurts your soul and must be hard to sing...We do see YOUR bravery. Thank You..goosebumps and tears as usual
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Бог је ВЕЛИКИ, Бланте!
Yessss, It's true. Your Genocidal Country Kill 1468 Albanian Kids. Your Country Killed 15000 Albananian Girls,Boys, Women's, Man's and old People. Your Genocidal Country Rape 20000 Albanian Girls and Women's. God is Biggg. Thank you
Probably the saddest song I’ve ever heard and also one of the most beautiful. So much pain and emotion. Tragic loss. A lesson for the world to learn.
at least there are some people that really cared for what weve passed through
ty james blunt ull always be in kosovars hearts
I listened to this song then I stumbled on to two other of his songs "Monsters " and "The greatest " , great music songs with meaning and feeling . A Truly amazing man , a soldier ,a leader and now a great singer and composer of songs and he is only 46 years old !
46 that's well old - still a legendary composer in his own right
This is touching the deepest parts of my heart!
Also the violinist does a beautiful part to the song, it beautifully adds to the piano and rounds out and captures the mood, incredible music,esp from just 2 instruments.
This song can be related to any war around the war ... this song always touch my soul I can't help but to cry with such emotions
i can't decide whether the way teenage James is smiling and excited for an adventure, unable to conceive of the horrors he's about to face, or the way mid-30s James is brought to actual tears at the end of the performance more heart breaking. My heart goes out to James and to all veterans still suffering as a result of their experiences.
Why is this song not more popular. These lyrics are stunning and so so so real!
Such a powerful and beneficial voice