I'm not really a David Bowie Fan, but something about "Rebel, Rebel"

[raccoon]

Really grabs me.

How do y’all feel about it?

And those of you who have a musical education, what is it about that song that is so appealing?

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[Pobeka]

1. Perhaps because it sounds like the Rolling Stones?

Put Mick Jagger's voice on this and I'd have a very hard time to not be convinced it was an original stones' song.

[Ziggysmom]

2. Awesome guitar riff! The lyrics are provocative for 1974. It's part Stones and part punk with

gender bending tossed in for good measure.

[Boydog]

3. Bowie

Great riff great song

[ProfessorGAC]

4. The Riff Is Quite The Hook

Others have provided good reasons why it catches the ear.
If you dig that sing because the riff grabs you, check out "Panic In Detroit". There's 2 hooky riffs in that song.
BTW: Rebel Rebel was a song Bowie wrote, with Alan Parker's help, in about 2 hours, because the producer said they needed a hit single.

[Goonch]

5. This is Bowies' response to Lou Reed's 'walk on the wild side'

which shares the same origin and influences. around the same time Lou Reed had a trans lover and Bowie admitted to being bisexual.