# Singers, composers, etc. who came to hate something they created **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059 "2014-05-23T02:36:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/61 "2014-05-25T22:28:49Z")
Al Stewart’s not all that fond of [Song On The Radio.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS-1ZTSCqio) Pity, that. I like the song. Oh, well. ---
**Author:** ![MyLiliMarlene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MyLiliMarlene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyLiliMarlene)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/62 "2014-05-26T00:42:38Z")
Artie Shaw hated big band music. He hated all the songs he made famous. He was also a notorious asshole… ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/63 "2014-05-26T05:53:14Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Seriously? Yes. I’m not seeing an insult in her questions. Ignorance, but no insults. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/64 "2014-05-26T17:26:27Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > Yes. I’m not seeing an insult in her questions. Ignorance, but no insults. Ignorance is no excuse. She engaged a very famous artist in an interview for broadcast, then made it crystal clear that she did little or no preparation beyond looking up his name. It showed laziness and/or ineptitude on her part, and a lack of basic respect for her subject. That’s my take on it. Apparently you’re more tolerant than I am, to your credit. And for whatever it’s worth, I love Paul Simon’s work (up to the Graceland album), but from all I’ve read about him I don’t think he’s someone I’d want to be in a room with. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/65 "2014-05-27T01:53:21Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Nah. Assuming it was a radio interview in a professional setting, I’d say her lack of preparation merited his reaction. Ignorance is no excuse for insulting an artist like that. Even a well-known dick like Paul Simon is entitled to a minimal level of professional respect. I should add that after the dried up husk of her body was cut down and taken away, Simon did try to make the best of the situation, saying something like “… but yes, working by yourself is different to working with a band like I am now …” etc. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/66 "2014-05-27T02:08:18Z")
Not much in the way of classical music in this thread so I’ll pop in to say Ra… …vel’s Bolero. What? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/67 "2014-05-27T02:48:27Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Ignorance is no excuse. She engaged a very famous artist in an interview for broadcast, then made it crystal clear that she did little or no preparation beyond looking up his name. It showed laziness and/or ineptitude on her part, and a lack of basic respect for her subject. Hey, it worked for Larry King. ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/68 "2014-05-27T02:59:48Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Funny, I also have thought it’s about two gay men. But that’s just me, not Sinatra. 😃 Is there something in particular that makes you think that? I just reread the lyrics and dont get that impression ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/69 "2014-08-03T17:36:58Z")
Inversely related to the OP, I’ve heard that Dionne Warwick hated “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” and only recorded it as a favor to Hal David. She doesn’t mind so much after winning that Grammy. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/70 "2014-08-03T18:16:36Z")
By the time I saw him play it, **Warren Zevon** was obviously sick to death of **“Werewolves of London.”** During the opening riff he rolled his eyes and gave the audience a rueful smirk. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/71 "2014-08-03T18:36:07Z")
I’m a straight guy, and I just can’t hear “Strangers in the Night” as anything other than a gay pick-up song. The lyrics evoke the time period when most gay men had to be extremely circumspect. Careful glances sure doesn’t sound like a man trying to pick up a woman; most straight guys are direct to a fault. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/72 "2014-08-03T18:37:17Z")
When I saw Edgar Winter, he introduced “Frankenstein” with “here’s my monster”. It didn’t seem affectionate. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/73 "2014-08-03T18:38:31Z")
Not quite on topic, but Louisa May Alcott hated \* Little Women.\* ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/74 "2014-08-03T20:33:52Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Not quite on topic, but Louisa May Alcott hated \* Little Women.\* Heh, on first reading I thought you were commenting as a contemporary of Louisa’s, then I checked and saw she’d passed in 1888, before either of our times.😃 ---
**Author:** ![BaldDudePeekskill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/75 "2014-08-04T11:34:28Z")
As a gay man, I’ll concur about Strangers in the Night…totally sounds like a veiled homosexual encounter…or maybe something related to infidelity… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/76 "2014-08-04T15:14:45Z")
The First Time Every I Saw Your Face, written by Ewan MacColl > [@Wikipedia](#): > > Ewan MacColl himself made no secret of the fact that he disliked all of the cover versions of the song. His daughter-in-law wrote: "He hated all of them. He had a special section in his record collection for them, entitled ‘The Chamber of Horrors.’ He said that the Elvis version was like Romeo at the bottom of the Post Office Tower singing up to Juliet. And the other versions, he thought, were travesties: bludgeoning, histrionic, and lacking in grace ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/77 "2014-08-04T16:22:13Z")
IIRC [Tchaikovsky](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky) absolutely hated “The Nutracker” but what do people go see every Christmas? ---
**Author:** ![fjs1fs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/78 "2014-08-04T16:27:46Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > He also hates perforiming “We Didn’t Start the Fire”. He has trouble remembering which order the lyrics are in and has to focus on someone in the audience. He says that real fans _always_ get it right. I’m so glad to hear this. I hate that song! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059/79 "2014-08-04T19:36:42Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Inversely related to the OP, I’ve heard that Dionne Warwick hated “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” and only recorded it as a favor to Hal David. She doesn’t mind so much after winning that Grammy. Just about the only thing where San Jose rates. No other songs, no TV shows… And our weather gets lumped in with SF, which is so completely fucking wrong. USA Today, _I 'm looking at you_. San Jose is the tenth largest city in the USA and it’s weather is significantly different than SF’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-composers-etc-who-came-to-hate-something-they-created/689059.md?page=3)