1) Heron is a British folk band founded in 1967, which released two albums and two singles on the Dawn label from 1970 to 1972. Both albums were recorded outside. The first - self-titled - album was recorded in a field by the river Thames; the second was a double album, which they recorded outside a Devon country cottage. This album shows a greater variety of musical styles compared to the debut album.
But still the acoustic folk-style is dominant, mixed with some more rocking tunes.
The original line up consisted of Roy Apps, G.T. Moore, Tony Pook, and Steve Jones. After the two albums, some members of Heron went to work with Shusha. Moore was also busy recording and touring with a band called G.T. Moore and the Reggae Guitars, which split up in 1977. Later in 1983 a cassette called Open Up the Road was released, and shortly afterwards Moore left. But the band kept going, playing gigs with Terry Clarke and Big Tom Robinson. Eventually in 2005 Gerry Power joined, and they recorded a full new album called Black Dog. This album was once again recorded outdoors at the Black Dog cottage in Devon.
In 2006 Universal released a two-CD anthology, including seven previously unreleased recordings that were made for Dawn. Finally in 2010 the original line up got back together to record a new album for the Japanese record label 'arm'. The album was released in 2011, and was called Simple As One Two Three.
2) Heron is an instrumental collective hailing from Northwestern Pennsylvania. Their transcendent sound blends resonant, melodic elements with darker and more ambient tones. Evident in the band’s rich and swelling expression is their passion for authenticity, goodness, and beauty, and their love for the wild outdoors.
https://heronband.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/weareheron
3) Heron is a hip-hop/rap artist from NYC.
4) Heron is a black metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina with tinges in progressive and doom.
Created in the Fall of 2012, Heron became a vessel for trying to recreate the atmosphere one feels when faced with the formless misanthropy of depression amidst the tranquility of surrounding flora and fauna. It is this duality created from the raw bleakness of modern existence and the consoling environment we are steadily losing touch with that inspires our music.
http://heronmetal.bandcamp.com/
5) Heron is a metal band from Vancouver BC, mostly known as a sludge/doom metal band. Their double guitars create a sound that reaches new depths of consciousness. The drumming is an art most accurately described as sludge-in-your-face metal. The vocals exchange between guttural and screeching to add the finishing touches to an inventive, unique west coast creation.
https://heronsludge.bandcamp.com/
Id
Heron Lyrics
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Everybody uses black and white
To try to draw the line
Between wrong and right
But if you use your eyes to really see
You know we don't see realistically
So either you can't see or I can't think
Because skin that's black is really brown
But that don't make the world go round
Now to put a color on skin to me is a sin
That's why apartheid must never win
We must put an end to this my friend
And should never be allowed to happen again
It's time to wake up and do some good
To try to see each other the way we should
Because looking at the people
I sometimes find
That Sun City is in the mind
I was just watching the TV the other night
The should appear but you know
Walter Cronkite said the Blues
And it came to me how much of our vocabulary
We seem to get TV now a days
Calling things whatever they call 'em
Even if they collect
First thing that came to me was
Like third world you know?
Like, if you ask someone from here like
Where is the third world
They might say "Oh yah man, I know I know
It's the disco
You go about three blocks then take a left"
Or they might tell you the third world
Is a new health food restaurant
I know the first time I heard there
Was trouble in the Middle East
I thought they was talking about Pittsburg
Let me see your ID let me see your ID
Let's get down to the real nitty gritty
Talk about the crimes in Sun City
Let's get down to the real nitty gritty
And talk about the crimes in Sun City
A city of diamond, a city of gold
A city of sorrows with horrors untold
But even the should be able to tell
Sun City, a charade for hell
It's a death called genocide
People dying to a called apartheid
South Africa, starvation right here
Politicians and leaders living in fear
South Africa, from coast to coast
Colored people got the least
White people got the most
The way casualties comes up a lot
And then South Africa
They seem to make it feel like theres a
Battle against - between isms going on
Between one good ism an done bad ism
But what they're talking about is nightly
South Africans die, casualties
There were eight more casualties
In South Africa nothing casual about dying
Nothing casual about standing for freedom
My grandmother used to say
"if you don't stand something
You will go for anything"
We stand against apartheid
Stand against apartheid let me see your ID
Let me see your ID
Well we're sick and tired of what we heard
The apartheid is quite absurd
Prejudice is the reason people have died
Yes, prejudice stands for apartheid
So we all get together to lend a hand
To bring people to peace all across the land
We gots that running
And all this has got to stop
I had never met anyone from Southern Africa
'til I started going to school
I was going to Lincoln
University down in Pennsylvania
There was South African refugee students
There who uh uh
Many of them were athletes who
Started to compare experiences
And they were telling me that when
You walk around in South Africa
You gotta carry this little
Black book with you
Tells everyone whether you're supposed to be
In a given area or not
Damn thats about like my life ‘cause I got
To do that when I go Philly
Let me see your ID
Yah yah yah yah yah yah yah yah yah yah
We are waiting for the day
That how we feel today
Some people say that's a race
Some people say that's a race
Some people say that's a negro race
We don't believe in a race
All we know is the human race
We all say (We all say) remember them today
There will be a time
When apartheid's a crime
And the color factor won't bother the mind
When majority rules against the fools
And all those who oppose will become uncool
I'm talkin' ‘bout a place they call Sun City
The Vegas in the desert
In a town without pity south Africa
Yes the motherland
There are no human rights for the Africans
‘Cause Sun City's bright lights
Mow down their rights
And ain't nothing else to do
But stand up and fight (fight)
If I ruled the world and
Was king on the throne
I'd stop this mess and
Just need to think about it
I ain't going to Sun City
If-if somehow by the South African government
Sun City is described as
Though it's somewhere else
Not connected to South Africa or apartheid
Like someone in Manhattan trying
To describe the
Bronx to you as another country
As though it is no longer
Connected to New York
Let me see your ID
That it's all in your conscious
It's all in your minds let's all lend a hand
To fight against apartheid
South Africa must be free
Quality of justice the peoples' liberty
So for no money i will never play Sun City
USA we won't pay
Other than that i was watching TV again
And I seen this that'd
Been a representative of
The American people over there
In South Africa
Over there taking a from some body
Somebody in here said
"Hey what about the separation
Between church and state" i said
"Especially this church and that state"
We stand against apartheid
Stand against apartheid
Let me see your ID let me see your ID
Yeah
Politicians think they by shaking your hand
And then their hold your back
As much as they can
They try to keep you weak from getting strong
Because they know if they're strong
You're gonna change what's wrong
Ban my voice ban it now
Like Stevie Wonder ima speak out loud
‘Cause where you live is where you stand
And you shouldn't get chased by any man
Even if they got a stick in their hand
It still don't mean they in command
We're the Three Fat Boys
And we're here to sing
We're gonna stop apartheid in our own way
South Africa south Africa
The song "ID" by Heron addresses the issue of racism and apartheid in South Africa. The lyrics express the frustration with the use of black and white labels to define right and wrong, highlighting the flawed nature of such judgments. The lyrics critique the perception of white as superior and black as inferior by pointing out that skin colors are not accurately represented by these terms.
Heron argues against the categorization of people based on their skin color and emphasizes that apartheid, the system of racial segregation in South Africa, must never prevail. The lyrics call for an end to racial discrimination and for a society where people are judged based on who they truly are, rather than their external appearance.
The song also comments on the role of the media in shaping perceptions. Heron reflects on how television often distorts reality and perpetuates stereotypes. He criticizes the vocabulary used by the media to describe certain issues, such as "third world" or conflicts in the Middle East, showing how these terms can be misleading and misinforming.
The lyrics further highlight the injustices faced by the Black population in South Africa. Heron describes the city of Sun City, a symbol of luxury and wealth, as a charade for hell, drawing attention to the stark contrast between the lives of the privileged and the suffering endured by the majority of people. He denounces the violence, genocide, and starvation caused by apartheid policies, emphasizing the need for change and justice.
Heron himself shares his personal experiences and encounters with South African refugees, offering a glimpse into their lives and the oppressive reality they faced. His references to carrying identification books and the restrictions on movement echo the oppressive practices and restrictions imposed on Black people in South Africa.
The song concludes with a call for unity and the belief that there will come a time when apartheid is recognized as a crime, and racial discrimination becomes unacceptable. Heron encourages people to stand up against apartheid and fight for the freedom and equality of all South Africans.
Overall, "ID" is a powerful and passionate critique of racism and apartheid in South Africa, urging for a change in mindset and action to achieve a more just and equal society.
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