Cheers, Will, and damn right. Saying it can sound sanctimonious, and it probably means we're terribly uptight & got potty-trained too early, but yes - it's just politeness. Or lack of. What was going through the head of the guy who did Desolation Row I don't know, but it must have been some variant on "that doesn't apply to me..."

(Incidentally, I was planning to blast through Idiot Wind. The first time that club had a Dylan night, I did a spoken-word version of Hard Rain - three minutes flat. Get on, knock 'em dead, get off.)