just the name James Dean

?[James Dean?s] antiheroic tendencies have resulted in some commentators calling him the ?first hippie.? Several rock stars, from the Beatles to Bob Dylan, have suggested this then-new development in music had Dean as a catalyst. For example, John Lennon once noted, ?I suppose you could say that without Jimmy Dean, The Beatles would never have existed.? Moreover, as one biographer has suggested, just the name James Dean has become a metaphor for rock music, such as in David Essex?s rock anthem, ?Rock On,? with the lyrics ?prettiest girl I?ve ever seen, see her shake on the movie screen, Jimmy Dean?James Dean.??

?Wes D. Gehring, from James Dean: Rebel with a Cause, 2005.