The Lights and Buzz

Infobox Single
Name = The Lights and Buzz


Caption =
Artist = Jack's Mannequin
from Album = Kevin & Bean's Super Christmas
A-side =
B-side =
Released = November 15 2005
Format = iTunes Store download
Recorded = October 12 2005ref|blog at 4th Street Recording (Santa Monica, California)
Genre = Rock, piano rock
Length = 3:35
Label = Maverick Records
Writer = Andrew McMahon
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "The Mixed Tape" (2005)
This single = "The Lights and Buzz" (2005)
Next single = "Dark Blue" (2006)
Misc = "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".

References

# cite web|url=http://jacksmannequin.blogs.com/jacksmannequin/2005/10/3_days_in_la.html|title= 3 days in LA|work=Jack's Mannequin Blog|accessdate=November 26|accessyear=2005

External links

* [http://www.lyricstop.com/t/thelightsandbuzz-jacksmannequin.html "The Lights and Buzz" lyrics]