The Lights and Buzz
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| “The Lights and Buzz” | |||||
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| Single by Jack's Mannequin from the album Kevin & Bean's Super Christmas |
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| Released | November 15, 2005 | ||||
| Format | iTunes Store download | ||||
| Recorded | October 12, 2005 at 4th Street Recording (Santa Monica, California) | ||||
| Genre | Rock, piano rock | ||||
| Length | 3:35 | ||||
| Label | Maverick Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Andrew McMahon | ||||
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"The Lights and Buzz" is a song by Jack's Mannequin. It was released on November 15, 2005 as a digital download exclusively through the iTunes Store. In 2006, the song appeared as a bonus track on the Japanese version of Jack's Mannequin's debut album Everything in Transit, as well as on Kevin and Bean's Super Christmas.
It is the first song frontman Andrew McMahon wrote and recorded after his stem cell transplant in connection with his leukemia diagnosis in late 2005. The song's lyrics are heavily influenced by his recovery from the disease, indicated in lines like "I'm coming home from my hardest year" and "It's good to be alive". With a rather depressive holiday theme, a lush piano accompaniment and seemingly less emphasis on the vocals, the song stands, both musically and thematically, in contrast to the uplifting summer feel of McMahon's 2005 album Everything in Transit.
[edit] References
- ^ 3 days in LA. Jack's Mannequin Blog. Retrieved on November 26, 2005.
