Times They Are Achangin'

We should do an experiment. We'll corral up some present-generation lab-rats and tell 'em to describe Bob Dylan's current, physical features. My educated guess would be that our current-generation's rats will screech descriptions like "poofy, curly, dark brown hair," "all-black sunglasses," "carries a gui-tar," and "he's hippy-lookin'." Etc. Etc. He looked like this way-back-when? He looks a bit different now.

Now this generation, in general, did not grow up on Bob Dylan. Sure, some can sharply name 5-10 songs, recognize Bobby's voice, or occasionally recognize him in a picture. And sure, there are those Bobdylanist know-it-alls, but there are those pure ignoramuses. Nonetheless, our generation, naturally, will always have a lack of exposure, even knowledge, about Bob Dylan.

All things considered, the cops, part of the present-generation, who arrested Dylan may be excused for not knowing whom they arrested. They may be excused for not knowing Bobby, but they're flat-out silly, too. Moreover, Bob Dylan doesn't quite look the part he did in the 60s and 70s. He's old. I mix up my grandmammies and 'pappies sometimes.

These cops really prove Bob's patented-point of "Times They Are a Changin'."