1. Norma Jean is a metal… Read Full Bio ↴There are several artists named Norma Jean.
1. Norma Jean is a metalcore/ mathcore band from Douglasville, Georgia, USA- a suburb of Atlanta. They were originally known as Luti-Kriss. They released two albums: an EP (titled 5ep) in 2000, and a full-length release, Throwing Myself on March 13, 2001. After the release of Throwing Myself, the band changed their name to Norma Jean to avoid confusion with rapper Ludacris.
Their original vocalist, Josh Scogin, left the band right after the release of Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child and went on to start The Chariot. He was temporarily replaced by Brad Norris, who was then replaced by Cory Brandan, formerly of Eso-Charis, Living Sacrifice, Uses Fire, and The Handshake Murders.
On August 13, 2002, the band released Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child on Solid State Records which inculded released single 'Face:Face' with the video directed by Darren Doane. They released their second album in March of 2005, titled O God, the Aftermath. almost exactly a year later, they re-released O'God as a Deluxe edition CD\DVD combo with a few hours of recording and tour footage as well as three music videos for Bayonetwork, Liarsenic, and Absentimental.
Norma Jean's third studio album, Redeemer, was released on September 12, 2006, under Solid State records. This was the third studio album since changing their name. shortly after, they released a music video for the song "Blueprints for Future Homes" which was directed by the same Swedish twins that directed "Liarsenic"
In August 2008 Norma Jean released their fourth studio album, entitled the Anti-Mother. Featuring a new drummer, Chris Raines, who replaced former drummer Daniel Davison. Guests on the album include Page Hamilton of Helmet and Chino Moreno of Deftones.
2. Norma Jean is also the stage name of Norma Jean Wright, lead vocalist of the band Chic from 1977-78. Prior to her work with Chic, she sang with The Topettes and The Spinners. Most notably, she sang lead vocal on the 1978 album Chic, which includes the hits "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (#6 Pop, #6 R&B in January 1978) and "Everybody Dance" (#38 Pop, #12 R&B in April 1978).
Norma Jean left Chic in 1978 to begin a solo career. In July 1978, she scored her first R&B Top 20 hit, "Saturday" (#15), from her debut album Norma Jean on the Bearsville Records label, produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. In January 1980, she scored her second (and last) R&B Top 20 hit, "High Society" (#19), also produced by the Chic team. Other popular songs of Norma Jean Wright, include the following: "Sorcerer" from debut album Norma Jean (1978), "Having a Party" from Norma Jean (1978), "I Like Love" from Norma Jean (1978), "Hold Me Lonely Boy" (1979), "Love Attack" (1983), "Shot in the Dark" (1984) "Every Bit of This Love" (1985).
Norma Jean also sang as a backing vocalist with the following artists: C+C Music Factory, Constina, Randy Crawford, Will Downing, Aretha Franklin, Fantasy, Debbie Gibson, Nelson Rangell, Luther Vandross, Madonna, Sister Sledge and Nick Scotti.
3. Another Norma Jean, also known as Pretty Miss Norma Jean (b. Norma Jean Beasler January 30, 1938) is an American country music singer. She is best known for her spot on The Porter Wagoner Show from 1961 to 1967 before her replacement by Dolly Parton. Norma Jean, however, was a country singer in her own right, having a handful of country singles that hit the Top 10 and Top 20 between 1963 and 1966, including "Let's Go All the Way" and "The Game of Triangles". She proved instrumental and important in opening doors for other female country singers. Although she didn't have the songwriting prowess of Dolly Parton, her voice was warm, and her records are still easy to listen to.
4. Norma Jean is the artist's name of country singer, Norma Jean Basier (born Wellston, Oklahoma, U.S.A., 1938).
Norma Jean is best known as a regular performer on the Ozark Jubilee TV show (1955), the Porter Wagoner TV show (between 1961 and 1967). Her recording career started in 1963, the year in which she also became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. She had many country hits in the years thereafter.
She seemed forgotten by the end of the 1960s but returned in 2005 with the comeback album, The Loneliest Star In Texas.
A Grand Scene For A Color Film
Norma Jean Lyrics
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Unlearning the strange devices of the world
Is this the end of the earth. Or something like it
The great, the great universal coma has arrived
We are holding our hands towards the sun
Sit down, Come on sit down
Let's break out the shotguns, we're going to town
Return to sender, Carried straight from the womb to the grave
Your eyes have been paled to emptiness
All things have been carved out by the unceasing haunts of this
The Great Manipulator
The holding of our hands upwards and around the eclipsing sun
Has become empty and automatic
Sit down, Sit down, Come on sit down
Let's break out the shotguns, we're going to town
Let's break out the shotguns, we're going to town
You've given us user friendly grenades,
Just what are you trying to say?
Just what are you trying to say? (8x)
The holding of our hands upwards and around the eclipsing sun
Has become empty and automatic
Sit down, Sit down, Come on sit down
Let's break out the shotguns, we're going to town
The song "A Grand Scene for a Color Film" by Norma Jean is a song with deep and cryptic lyrics that somehow manage to communicate a sense of hopelessness and despair in the world. The opening lines talk about how the singer has fallen off the hint of suggestion, unlearning the strange devices of the world. The lyrics are trying to emphasize how people have become disillusioned with the world due to the constant barrage of negative events and the darkness that pervades society.
The song then goes on to describe how the world is coming to an end, or something resembling it, and how the great universal coma has arrived. The sense of hopelessness in the lyrics continues with the descriptions of people's eyes being paled to emptiness and how all things have been carved out by the unceasing haunts of the Great Manipulator. These lines are trying to convey a message of how the world has lost its soul and how people are just going through the motions of living without any real passion or love.
The chorus of the song talks about breaking out the shotguns and going to town. It can be interpreted as an act of rebellion or a way of fighting back against the darkness that surrounds us. The lyrics are trying to communicate that even though the world may seem bleak and hopeless, we can still fight back and make a difference.
Line by Line Meaning
Return to sender, I've fallen off the hint of suggestion
I am rejecting the influence of outside forces that previously guided my actions.
Unlearning the strange devices of the world
I am attempting to undo my conditioning to conform to societal norms.
Is this the end of the earth. Or something like it
I am questioning whether a societal shift or collapse is imminent.
The great, the great universal coma has arrived
A widespread societal numbness and apathy has settled in on a grand scale.
We are holding our hands towards the sun
We are reaching out for something greater, something beyond ourselves.
Sit down, Come on sit down
Take a moment to reflect and internalize these thoughts.
Let's break out the shotguns, we're going to town
We are becoming more aggressive in pushing for change and resisting the status quo.
Return to sender, Carried straight from the womb to the grave
We are born into a predetermined societal structure and die within it.
Your eyes have been paled to emptiness
We have become desensitized and lack depth of emotion.
All things have been carved out by the unceasing haunts of this
The institutions and systems that govern us are oppressive and relentless.
The Great Manipulator
Society is controlled and shaped by unseen and powerful forces.
You've given us user friendly grenades, Just what are you trying to say?
The establishment gives us superficial tools for change, but the underlying message is unclear and ultimately self-serving.
The holding of our hands upwards and around the eclipsing sun Has become empty and automatic
Our once noble and symbolic actions towards greater causes have become empty gestures devoid of true meaning.
Let's break out the shotguns, we're going to town
We are becoming more aggressive in pushing for change and resisting the status quo.
Just what are you trying to say? (8x)
The repeated question reflects a deeper frustration and confusion with overarching social structures and systems.
The holding of our hands upwards and around the eclipsing sun Has become empty and automatic
Our once noble and symbolic actions towards greater causes have become empty gestures devoid of true meaning.
Sit down, Sit down, Come on sit down
Take a moment to reflect and internalize these thoughts.
Let's break out the shotguns, we're going to town
We are becoming more aggressive in pushing for change and resisting the status quo.
Contributed by Alex V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
drivethrucarlos
Norma Jean and ESPECIALLY this song goes hard af. And it's catchy at the same time. Norma Jean IS the best hardcore band
Elemen4
that scram in the beginning dude I love it!!!
Jack Cravford
@Elemen4 there is maybe one more long scream before the "sit down" intro, but hard to tell, it is really distorted.
V H
Saw them perform this song at Warped Tour 2008, crowd went insane!
Control Room
Damn I went to that one in denver
Ra Prometheus
FFFFFFFUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!! <3 My 16 year old nostalgia!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "LET'S BREAK OUT THE SHOTGUNS, WE'RE GOING TO TOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I bought a physical copy right after listening to it for the first time in the CD shop! One of the most important albums to me. The fucking emotions this shit digs deep out of my fucking soul! You have no idea.
DEATHWISH V35
god this album as just as good as the first time I heard it.
EvilMonstar12
At 3:06 when it accelerates a little bit at the end ... always gets me going
Chris Randazzo
Best song on this album
Underfan15
best norma jean breakdown in my opinion