The Clapton racist stage rant reminds me of Elvis Costello getting drunk and telling Stephen Stills that Ray Charles was an ignorant blind you know what, but Costello immediately apologized whereas I don’t know how Clapton handled his thing. Costello got in more trouble then though, right?

I really, really hate to tell you this, but while I may hate “Flesh” and “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing”....I didn’t think “Angel” was that bad. I mean at least it kind of broke up the monotony on that album a bit for me.

Since you said “live staple,” I can’t nominate Weezer for this, but “Beverly Hills” is the other big case I can think of where a band’s most-played (“biggest”) song is probably their most hated. (Billy Joel could also be this, if we’re talking about “We Didn’t Start The Fire.”)

(And yes, “Beverly Hills” IS the best known Weezer song, sadly–it used to be “Buddy Holly,” but hasn’t been that way for a long time.)