I completely hear where you guys are coming from, people think they are the shit cause they can play Crash, it's like Dave's easiest song. I only play crash when someone begs me to. Plus, Crush, Loving Wings, and so many other songs are so much better for the ladies. I would only play Crash if people in the crowd were yelling at you to play it.
mostly i use a combination of listner supported and album, sometimes i like to come up with my own lyrics cept they change all the time and i never can sing it the same way. I think its a good way to help lyric building for origonals