Coming Saturday: Exclusive Interview with French Author and musician Enrique Seknadje

Today’s featured cover from Enrique is “Rebel Rebel” — one of Bowie’s best known songs and certainly the best known from Diamond Dogs.

“Rebel Rebel” was a mainstay in Bowie shows since 1974. It is often regarded as a Glam-era anthem, but was really one of Glam’s last gasps. In any case it is enduring. When I look for “covers of the week” for my weekly Monday posts, this song is probably on the top ten list of most covered Bowie songs, but not nearly as Mitch as “Heroes,” “Space Oddity,” or “The Man Who Sold the World.” In any case, there’s a fair chance that you can compare in your. Ind this cover not only to Bowie’s original but also other covers.

Enrique Seknadje is a French author and musician who, among other things, wrote DAVID BOWIE Le phénomène Ziggy Stardust and recorded his own cover of the entire Diamond Dogs album. His book is not available in English, so English speakers who visit this blog will have their first exposure to Enrique’s thoughts on the topic this upcoming Saturday!

All week, I’ll feature a different song from Enrique’s Diamond Dogs.