10 Artists Who Hate Their Own Songs | Rocked

Sometimes an amazing track loved by fans and generations is hated by the song creators. This video looks at 10 artists who hate their own songs.

Songs featured on the list:

Big thanks to Dominic Noble, PushingUpRoses, and Crash Thompson for their help with this video. Check out their videos below:

Video Intro by InfinityOnHannah
Title Cards by Andy Rocketeer

Thumbnail Images:
Thom Yorke = Kevin Winter/Getty
Liam Gallagher = Jordi Vidal/Redferns/Getty
James Hetfield = Michael Campanella/Getty
Amy Lee = Luke Spencer/Rocked
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[Tunanocrust]

Slash HATES Sweet Child O’ Mine “with a passion” but “gets why people dig it”

[alexschofield]

With Don’t Stop Me Now, you’ve got to bear in mind that Freddie wrote the song during his most “out of control” period, which was likely the time which ultimately killed him. The song likely represents the death of their friend to the rest of Queen, so it’s understandable why they dislike it so much.

[davidcaskie]

I always loved the quote from Joe Elliot of Def Leopard... “If you can’t handle the responsibility of writing a hit, don’t write it.”

[davidfabish-wood]

Not only does Robert Plant hate Stairway to Heaven, every music store employee does too

[catjudo]

I remember reading an interview with Lemmy where he said that he was tired of playing Ace of Spades at every single show, but he always played it for Motorhead's fans that paid to attend the shows and wanted/expected to hear it. He didn't hate Ace of Spades, he just got weary of playing it after all those years. In a separate interview, Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell said he loved playing it every single time.

[Spookybluelights]

I was gonna leave a like for the term “Grocerycore” but then you said Friends was boring and repetitive so now *that’s* what I’m leaving a like for.

[Rgemma]

As a cashier, the big 4 of grocery core are: Post Malone, Taylor Swift, Michael Buble, and Michael Jackson.

[chrismouton]

Lemmy hated playing the Ace of Spades, but he understood why it was expected at the shows. He mentioned in one interview that he would expect other bands to play their famous songs, so he understood why the audience wanted it. Guess that's the price of fame?

[radskrbigollies]

"Escape" is really not a bad song! Metallica has a lot of songs later in their career that are a lot worse than escape.

[joanhoffman]

When Chuck Mangione was asked how he felt about “Feels So Good”, he replied that it helped put his kids through college.

[TheWwwyzzerdd]

I actually did hear "My Immortal" in a grocery store once. It happened when I was going through a bout of depression brought on by a reeeeallly bad breakup and I was going through the "tubs of ice cream and watching sad movies in the dark" phase. I was in the store to get more of the aforementioned ice cream and as I was picking out which one I wanted, "My Immortal" started playing. When I realized what was playing, I was like "Oh, come on! That is so not fair!" and I started laughing at the sheer hilarity of the timing of it all.

[Saimeren]

Amy Lee also hates Bring me to life because the record label forced them to have a guy sing on the album. They wanted a rapper on the song, and Amy fought over it and they nearly cancelled the recording time they had with the label. They eventually decided to go through with it, but Amy wanted to have heavy input on what and how this guy is used on the track. They eventually settled on what we hear on the album, but Amy hates it to it's core.

I guess she performs it live quite often without the male vocals at all, even though her guitarist performs that part from time to time. She refuses to do it the way the record label wanted her to, saying they were too pushy and it put a bad taste in her mouth when they tried to curb her creativity and writing talents. The only reason she even does the male vocals half the time is because she knows that's the version her fans know, and she doesn't want to disappoint them. It's a massive hit for them, and to leave out a key role in one of the fan's favourite songs doesn't do the fans justice.

She also does a full piano version of the song live from time to time. (Without the heavy guitars)

[baganleleo]

I remember reading somewhere that Shiny Happy People was written because the label wanted R.E.M to include a more upbeat song on Out of Time and they wrote it as a joke expecting it to get rejected

[ondreibazant-fabre]

Great work!
I actually heard Radiohead play Creep live in Mexico City in 2009 during their In Rainbows tour. They tried some kind of "mash-up" and fucked it up, they forced and encore and returned embarassed and explained that, as a penance, they would regretably play Creep, with a great cheer from the crowd nonetheless.

[davidpowell]

"Grocerycore", you are now responsible for a new genre in music, well done, each time I hear any of these songs I will remember you.

[kenterminateddq]

Anyone wanna bet that Smells Like Teen Spirit or Creep (from Radiohead) will appear on this video?

[LiquidAngel]

That version of "My Immortal" was a demo? Sounds a lot better than a lot of well produced songs. Jesus Christ.

[ideitbawxproductions]

funny story about Creep: the random chugging guitar before each chorus was the guitarist *trying to sabotage the recording!* even when they were recording the song, they hated it

[meboyotube]

Huge Radiohead fan. I like "creep" as a stand alone song but it doesn't match the entire body of work the band has created. I think the issue is: if you only know Creep it gives you a false idea of the kind of music you can expect from the band. So buying the album based on Creep would be disappointing. It's so different from the deeper and moody stuff they are known for (in spite of the lyrics). It's almost like a different band. Its still a good song though... but i get it.