John Otway's attempt to parody Dylan does have some of the typical Dylanesque vocal exaggerations stretched to a pretty ridiculous extent...as was clearly Otway's intention...and it's a piss poor and wretched attempt to sound like Bob Dylan, in my opinion. ;-) He manages to be a lot more annoying than Bob at his very worst. That also was probably his intention, so I guess he sort of succeeded...but I'm not impressed.

You want to hear a really good parody? Check out this marvelous parody of Neil Young:

Southern California Brings Me Down

Now THAT is a good parody. It's tuneful, and it's fun to listen to. It catches virtually every Neil-Youngish kind of riff and wordplay you can name, and it does so in an affectionate manner.

It's not bloody annoying and mean-spirited like Otway's tuneless mangling imitation of Bob Dylan's most aggressive vocal phrasings.

(However, I bet Otway had fun doing it.)