Talk:Morning Dew

Deletion of gushing over the Grateful Dead version

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 – Deleted material was in violation of 2 policies and a guideline.

I removed "The song is most popularly known today as a cover by the Grateful Dead." It's only fairly recent that I heard their version: aaround the same time I heard the version by Einstürzende Neubauten (I wonder if Test Dept has a version :-D

In Toronto, the only Dead songs we got on radio were Trucking and Casey Jones. Other wise it was Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart from Truth, and Long John Baldry.Civic Cat (talk) 17:53, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

More to the point, the assertion that the GD version is the "most popularly known" isn't just absurd, but unsourced, point-of-view pushing and peacock language. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 11:40, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

actually there is some validity to it..the dead have played live to more people than any act in history..that is a fact not opinion..no I`m not going to waste any time trying to source it but it is true..this was one of their signature tunes and they played it for a lot of people record sales not withstanding..most of the opposition to them is purely political..in terms of shear numbers of people who are familiar with their version of it I doubt anyone else comes close. 24.213.122.169 (talk) 01:39, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

a few more covers

Langerado 2008 - MatisYahu "Morning Dew" by Matisyahu and
The Human Beans - Morning Dew.Civic Cat (talk) 17:17, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Meaning or interpretation

In addition to listing all the various versions by various artists and describing all the authorship conflicts, maybe it would calm this article down a bit to say that it's not merely "post-apocalyptic" but explain what the song says. One person is asking to be walked "out in the morning dew" and the answer is that there is no morning dew. Likewise, there is no baby crying, no young man moaning... there are other verses, I'm sure, or they could be invented. But finally, the second voice agrees to walk out in the morning dew, saying, "I guess it doesn't matter, anyway." The implication is that is it suicidal. The reference to "On the Beach" is appropriate but not explained. 173.174.85.204 (talk) 03:11, 10 May 2017 (UTC) Eric