hahahaha jacks mannequin or something corporate is my fav band, and andrew mcmahon has influenced me in soo many ways... but MAN did he fuck up his own lyrics. however, he is still the most epic person that i have ever seen/heard in my life, so i cant really complain. his music kicks TOTAL ass. andrew, you are fucking amazing, but i guess your memory isnt great. lol
I just finished the movie, it was amazing, I lost my mom in December around Christmas and it was amazing, Andrew is a hero, to all of us and so many more, thanks for recording this for us.
I was at the screening of "Dear Jack" with Andrew last night. He is such a great person and inspired everyone in the room with his story.The "Jack" he is singing about is still alive. He appears with Andrew at the end of the documentary.
wow to think that his first time back playing (this vid) was just one year and one week ago. Im so glad he got through everything and has been able to continue with his singing, he is amazing, his voice is amazing!
this song is about a kid he knew when he was in the hospital and the kid has leukimia to and he died. its the saddest thing ever.i would cry if i heard this song live.
really? so wait Andrew knew Jack when they were both in the hospital for Leukemia right? So why does Andrew talk about Jack being in the hospital when he was 4 years old *or 4 months, cant remember* ? That means since Andrew was diagnosed in 2005 Jack would only be 8, maybe 9 years old now right? Then why does he look in his late teens, early twenties, in the picture of him and Andrew McMahon? not to mention he has to be alive to be in a picture with Andrew
@opethsoldier Jack is a family friend who has been through a ton of shit throughout his life, battling lukemia at 4 years old being one of them. Andrew was many years older than Jack, Jack is still alive and well - he was the best man and Andrew's wedding.
i was at this show and i couldn't believe how many people were talking and clapping it was so rude. they obviously didn't know what this song was about!
if they knew they would be on the verge of tears instead. anyone kno? jack is a five year old kid who had luekemia at the same time andrew did. they were at the same hospital and andrew was out, jack wasn't. andrew then made the Dear Jack foundation and this song
actually the mannequin part came from a name for the band, "the black mannequins" but seemed a bit too ambiguous, controversial and the jack part seemed well-fitting about his little friend jack. works out, huh? genius, that man
jack was a boy andrew knew when he was younger. jack got seriously sick and andrew later wrote the song dear jack. When Andrew got sick he became "Jacks Mannequin" because he was going through the same thing. He was the mannequin of Jack.
The story behind Jack's Mannequin was a mixture of Dear Jack and another band name he was interested in "Black Mannequins." He figured the Black Mannequin may be too offensive; as a result, you have Jack's Mannequin. Very awesome too, since they give so much to Leukemia research. As if they are representing Jack, as mannequins of him. Interesting shit.
I thought he wanted 'The Mannequins,' but he was sick of all the 'The ---' Bands, and sense he was into 'Dear Jack,' he incorperated Jack into Jack's Mannequin.
thats what i thought too! i was pretty sure that he was tired of all the band names that start with "the". anyways where do people come up with these wierd ass stories? black mannequins, come on that dosent sound right at all
no he wanted to name them black mannequins because he was walking in some town and their stores lacked black mannequins...but he thought the name was too racy so he did get jack's mannequin from the first song he wrote.
Jack is a 5-year-old boy with lukemia Andrew met when he was in the hospital. When Andrew got out, Jack was still really sick in bed, so Andrew dedicated the Glass Passenger tour to him so he could walk: Jack's Mannequin.
i remember reading when jacks mannequin first formed that this was the first song andrew wrote after soco broke up and this is where they got the name jacks mannequin from because he wrote it for a kid named jack who had lukemia and he was diagnosed with it himself a few months later. hence, he is jacks mannequin. ive been looking for a way to hear this song for three years. im so glad he decided to finally start playing it
As far as I know, Andrew combined a possible band name "The Mannequin" and song "Dear Jack". He was bored with band names that started with "The" so he combined them to form Jack's Mannequin.
i always wondered why he "forgot" the words to the song in the middle because i could never hear what he said. and now it was those people clapping. lol. gotta love mr.mcmahon and his add lol
Just as beautiful as I imagined... I hate rude people at concerts though - my biggest pet peeve.. Cheer and clap at the end of a song, not during it.. But the worst is when people talk through the whole concert and still push through to get to the front!
Ugh. I don't understand why people who aren't fans would go to his concert. Ughhh the clapping. I've seen a ton of videos where hes playing and people are talking gah.
i wanted to kill the bitch who started clapping. apparently they aren't too familiar with andrew and the whole dear jack foundation, cause if they were, they would realize how inappropriate the clapping was.
I know! I almost went to the GA show but couldn't because I already had tickets for Charlotte and Chicago. Now I wish I'd gone because he didn't do this at either of those!
hahahaha jacks mannequin or something corporate is my fav band, and andrew mcmahon has influenced me in soo many ways... but MAN did he fuck up his own lyrics. however, he is still the most epic person that i have ever seen/heard in my life, so i cant really complain. his music kicks TOTAL ass. andrew, you are fucking amazing, but i guess your memory isnt great. lol
ClevelandBrowns99 2 years ago
hahahhahaha after i got these comments about me being wrong i watched dear jack to see if i was right and i was wrong.
i feel like such a worthless fan and i disapoint myself.
amandammo 2 years ago
I love Andrew <3
LilyPhilavanh 2 years ago
I just finished the movie, it was amazing, I lost my mom in December around Christmas and it was amazing, Andrew is a hero, to all of us and so many more, thanks for recording this for us.
cool3929 2 years ago
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THE STUDIO VERSION SUCKS. FUCK.
daredbus 2 years ago
seriously dude. just sdfu and don't say anything kay? thanks.
sutikku 2 years ago
Live > Studio version, nigger.
daredbus 2 years ago
I was at the screening of "Dear Jack" with Andrew last night. He is such a great person and inspired everyone in the room with his story.The "Jack" he is singing about is still alive. He appears with Andrew at the end of the documentary.
ElocinStar 2 years ago
wow to think that his first time back playing (this vid) was just one year and one week ago. Im so glad he got through everything and has been able to continue with his singing, he is amazing, his voice is amazing!
eilrahc101 2 years ago
this song is about a kid he knew when he was in the hospital and the kid has leukimia to and he died. its the saddest thing ever.i would cry if i heard this song live.
amandammo 2 years ago
1. he didn't know him when he was in the hospital
2. jack is still alive
3. you're an idiot
opethsoldier 2 years ago
duhh nuhh uhhh i heard it in an interview what the song was about? and im right so shut the fuck up.
amandammo 2 years ago
really? so wait Andrew knew Jack when they were both in the hospital for Leukemia right? So why does Andrew talk about Jack being in the hospital when he was 4 years old *or 4 months, cant remember* ? That means since Andrew was diagnosed in 2005 Jack would only be 8, maybe 9 years old now right? Then why does he look in his late teens, early twenties, in the picture of him and Andrew McMahon? not to mention he has to be alive to be in a picture with Andrew
again, you're an idiot.
opethsoldier 2 years ago
dude you need to calm your shit.
fighting over youtube is the stupidest thing ever.
again,i know what im talking so dont try and correct me.i wouldnt say shit if i didnt know what i was talking about.
amandammo 2 years ago
@opethsoldier Jack is a family friend who has been through a ton of shit throughout his life, battling lukemia at 4 years old being one of them. Andrew was many years older than Jack, Jack is still alive and well - he was the best man and Andrew's wedding.
caitlynohh 2 years ago
@amandammo no... you are.... REALLY, really wrong.... sorry.
ClevelandBrowns99 2 years ago
for whatever reason they picked that name, i like the name and i absolutely love their songs!
baghli91 2 years ago
i was at this show and i couldn't believe how many people were talking and clapping it was so rude. they obviously didn't know what this song was about!
cocotreee 2 years ago 22
if they knew they would be on the verge of tears instead. anyone kno? jack is a five year old kid who had luekemia at the same time andrew did. they were at the same hospital and andrew was out, jack wasn't. andrew then made the Dear Jack foundation and this song
twilight0sylum0forme 2 years ago
no.. i thought it was..
Jack is Andrew's brothers friend who had luekemia before Andrew did, Andrew wrote the song about him, then andrew got lukemia. how crazy is that?
toxicsluge 2 years ago 4
andrew doesnt have a brother!
yoshielover 2 years ago
@cocotreee It is what you said tho, us hardcore Andrew fans know that this song is so special to him, others are just ignorant!
cool3929 1 year ago
I love thisss.
sowhathomiec 2 years ago
actually the mannequin part came from a name for the band, "the black mannequins" but seemed a bit too ambiguous, controversial and the jack part seemed well-fitting about his little friend jack. works out, huh? genius, that man
riotousprose 2 years ago
@riotousprose not true, its what yeti98 said.
ChristopherTAL 2 years ago
jack was a boy andrew knew when he was younger. jack got seriously sick and andrew later wrote the song dear jack. When Andrew got sick he became "Jacks Mannequin" because he was going through the same thing. He was the mannequin of Jack.
yeti98 2 years ago
where do you people come up with this nonsense?
opethsoldier 2 years ago
the band was called Jack's Mannequin prior to his cancer ...im just saying its irony ....not nonsense...andrew explains it himself in th film.
yeti98 2 years ago
wrong
jadonjadon1515 2 years ago
The story behind Jack's Mannequin was a mixture of Dear Jack and another band name he was interested in "Black Mannequins." He figured the Black Mannequin may be too offensive; as a result, you have Jack's Mannequin. Very awesome too, since they give so much to Leukemia research. As if they are representing Jack, as mannequins of him. Interesting shit.
noahg75 2 years ago
I thought he wanted 'The Mannequins,' but he was sick of all the 'The ---' Bands, and sense he was into 'Dear Jack,' he incorperated Jack into Jack's Mannequin.
sowhathomiec 2 years ago 2
thats what i thought too! i was pretty sure that he was tired of all the band names that start with "the". anyways where do people come up with these wierd ass stories? black mannequins, come on that dosent sound right at all
socofan4ever 2 years ago 2
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haha the nigga mannequins. :P
sowhathomiec 2 years ago
black mannequins.... i think they changed it from that cus of the racial implications. i think thats what it said on wikipedia anyhow :)
starlet24 2 years ago
no he wanted to name them black mannequins because he was walking in some town and their stores lacked black mannequins...but he thought the name was too racy so he did get jack's mannequin from the first song he wrote.
Chezmat1 2 years ago 2
Jack is a 5-year-old boy with lukemia Andrew met when he was in the hospital. When Andrew got out, Jack was still really sick in bed, so Andrew dedicated the Glass Passenger tour to him so he could walk: Jack's Mannequin.
marydbak6188 2 years ago
I don't think so, because Andrew wrote Dear Jack and started Jack's Mannequin before he got sick
xhopingforlovex 2 years ago 5
Yeah...but marydbak6188 is right, the Glass Passenger was for him.
sowhathomiec 2 years ago
soo i recently found out that my bosses nephew is Jack lol I've always loved this song and now to know the first hand story behind it is amazing!
sheeitsonn 3 years ago 3
i remember reading when jacks mannequin first formed that this was the first song andrew wrote after soco broke up and this is where they got the name jacks mannequin from because he wrote it for a kid named jack who had lukemia and he was diagnosed with it himself a few months later. hence, he is jacks mannequin. ive been looking for a way to hear this song for three years. im so glad he decided to finally start playing it
jonahdevorak 3 years ago 15
wait, so why the mannequin? 'cause he's in the same situation as jack?
Lonesomefolly 2 years ago
As far as I know, Andrew combined a possible band name "The Mannequin" and song "Dear Jack". He was bored with band names that started with "The" so he combined them to form Jack's Mannequin.
impertinenttalk 2 years ago 4
how can i rip this song from this video?
unravelingxx 3 years ago 3
i always wondered why he "forgot" the words to the song in the middle because i could never hear what he said. and now it was those people clapping. lol. gotta love mr.mcmahon and his add lol
dukefanatic789 3 years ago 6
Aww <33333
Speechless.
actorchild 3 years ago 5
i woulda given those people death stares.
seriously.
you don't fucking CLAP OR ANYTHING while he's signing.
no manners?
hahah i'm so protective of my music :p
nitaisgnarly 3 years ago 7
very true
murphy1737 3 years ago 2
i love this song. so much.
littleweaver86 3 years ago 3
Just as beautiful as I imagined... I hate rude people at concerts though - my biggest pet peeve.. Cheer and clap at the end of a song, not during it.. But the worst is when people talk through the whole concert and still push through to get to the front!
Lizzo13 3 years ago 6
oh my gosh, I'm dying. he takes my breath away
lilacks17 3 years ago 5
seriously, why do people talk during songs like this?and clapping.
anyway, love the song. so much.
hannax3elizabeth 3 years ago
I couldn't TALK while he was playing this. I don't see how people were even clapping at all.
ohheroine 3 years ago
Ugh. I don't understand why people who aren't fans would go to his concert. Ughhh the clapping. I've seen a ton of videos where hes playing and people are talking gah.
actorchild 3 years ago
I wish he had played this at MY show. :(
thanks for putting this up!
o0Sobe0o 3 years ago
i wanted to kill the bitch who started clapping. apparently they aren't too familiar with andrew and the whole dear jack foundation, cause if they were, they would realize how inappropriate the clapping was.
Kakramer913 3 years ago 6
Haha. I love this. But he didn't play it at the NC show the next day. Lol.
pagesinked 3 years ago
I know! I almost went to the GA show but couldn't because I already had tickets for Charlotte and Chicago. Now I wish I'd gone because he didn't do this at either of those!
Lizzo13 3 years ago 3
:')
iateafetusx9 3 years ago
Is what Andrew's saying at 0:23 part of the song?
BoltroBankai 3 years ago
see, just the clapping, i dont know what im doing
lol
lovesnickjonas95 3 years ago
noooope he just forgot the lyrics for a sec
aspeninthewindow 3 years ago
hellz yeah!!! so awesy!
marilyngould 3 years ago
this is WONDERFUL thank you soo much :)
WowHowLame 3 years ago
this is amazing. thank you so much for uploading this :)
schmoozles 3 years ago
THANK YOU for uploading this! Last night was so amazing no?
Chopstixfour11 3 years ago
This is beautiful.
themixedtape11 3 years ago
:O!!!!!!!!!!
:) lol. tegan & sara just talked about the clapping, and now he did. Haha.
They ruined his song.
Aliaschickita47 3 years ago 2
hahah, who the fuck claps while andrew is singing?
amazing song, though.
fadeinxscene 3 years ago 2
no, i think the question is who the fuck TALKS while andrew is singing.
especially a song like this.
MICH3LL3xo 3 years ago 3
AND SERIOUSLY. it was annoying me. i'd backhand anyone around me if i were there.
iateafetusx9 3 years ago 2
haha, seriously, that was annoying.
superllama80 3 years ago
amazing job filming this.. thank you so much
blacktearstain 3 years ago 2
outstanding video...perfect camera angle and great audio...thank you for sharing this historic performance.
healthiersolutions 3 years ago 2
brilliant.
absolutley brilliant
signsoflife14 3 years ago 2