Editing Desolation Row (section)

=== References in popular culture ===
[[Laura Branigan]]'s 1985 single "[[Spanish Eddie]]" mentions the song in its chorus, "''The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in / they were playin' "Desolation Row" on the radio''" <ref>{{Cite web |title=Laura Branigan – Spanish Eddie |url=https://genius.com/Laura-branigan-spanish-eddie-lyrics |access-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123221823/https://genius.com/Laura-branigan-spanish-eddie-lyrics |url-status=live}}</ref>

A line from the song "''At midnight, all the agents and the superhuman crew, go out and round up everyone that knows more than they do.''" is the closing quotation in chapter 1 of "[[Watchmen]]" by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Dave Gibbons]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Dylan comic book references |date=May 24, 2022 |url=https://www.cbr.com/bob-dylan-comic-book-references-81/ |access-date=October 11, 2022 |archive-date=October 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011175920/https://www.cbr.com/bob-dylan-comic-book-references-81/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In a foreword for the collected editions of the series, Dave Gibbons claims "it began with Bob Dylan", that the lyrics reproduced for chapter 1 were the "spark that would one day ignite WATCHMEN."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Moore |first=Alan |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/73994755 |title=Watchmen |date=2005 |others=Dave Gibbons, John Higgins |isbn=978-0-930289-23-2 |location=New York |oclc=73994755}}</ref>

The same line is evoked in Bruce Springsteen's  [[4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)|4th of July, Asbury Park]] as follows: "''Did you hear the cops finally busted Madame Marie, for telling fortunes better than they do''".

The title track of [[The War on Drugs (band)|The War on Drugs]]' fifth album ''[[I Don't Live Here Anymore]]'' contains the lyrics, "''Like when we went to see Bob Dylan/ We danced to "Desolation Row""''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genius.com/The-war-on-drugs-i-dont-live-here-anymore-lyrics |title=The War on Drugs (Ft. Lucius) – I Don't Live Here Anymore | access-date=November 29, 2022 | archive-date=November 29, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129130008/https://genius.com/The-war-on-drugs-i-dont-live-here-anymore-lyrics | url-status=live}}</ref>

In the sixth part of ''[[Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]]'', "Desolation Road" is one of the 14 phrases that are uttered by antagonist Enrico Pucci in order to activate the Green Baby and acquire the Stand C-Moon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DIO's Notebook |url=https://jojowiki.com/DIO's_Notebook |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia - JoJo Wiki |language=en}}</ref>