Scott Henderson's blues: "I Hate You" (actually a love song)

Scott Henderson's album "Tore Down House" (1997) has been on my play list for about a month or so. It's Robben Ford meets Jeff Beck meets Stevie Ray Vaughn.   If your curious, I can cite many of his improvisation licks to these guitarists: the long "Gittar School" is a tribute to Steve Ray Vaughn,  "Dolomite" is a tribute to Robben Ford, and "Xanax" is a tribute to Jeff Beck.

His vocalist Thelma Houston is a fantastic vocalist, too, and she does a duet with Masta Edwards, in this song "I Hate You" (see lyrics below).  On face, these two people hate each other, and they really can hurl insults at each other, both raw and refined:


Here it is on You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qCRjuPDVR8


He:

"... From your implants that failed
To the milkman that you nailed
It's been you, it's been you
That's tried to make me lose my mind ..."

She:

"... Well, you come on so tough
And then you can't get it up
And if you do
Then it's still hard to find ..."

They keep upping each other with insults, until the tender words of their last lines:

He: Sweetheart, I hate you
She: I hate you too, baby

I guess we can conlcude that their relationship is complex, right? :-)

I suggest the following songs on album:
- Gittar School (Texas blues, a wonderful tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughn)
- Tore Down House
- Mocha (classic slow blues)
- Xanax (spaced out Jeff Beck and his whammy bar)
- Dolomite (Scott Henderson doing Robben Ford's impression of the Vaughn Brothers, and then add in a big horn section)


Let me know what you think!

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"I Hate You" by Scott Henderson


Spoken-
Sweetheart, you know it's been awhile -
Something that's been on my mind that I really needed to express to you....
I must tell you how I really feel....

Oh you are an angel
An angel sent from hell
Your mouth like a sailor
Your cheap cosmetic smell

Darling you are a loser
It's you I love to kill

Darling you ruined my life
So I hate you and I always will

From your implants that failed
To the milkman that you nailed
It's been you, it's been you
That's tried to make me lose my mind

Well, you come on so tough
And then you can't get it up
And if you do
Then it's still hard to find

You cheap little ho'
Slippin' out the back door
You go out with any man
For a nickel or a dime

You no workin bum
You never made me come
Yeah, I faked it
Each and every time
Oh you are a big fat couch-sittin' sport-watchin' alky
Corona's by the keg

Oh darlin' I'll stop my drinking
If you'll only shave your legs

It's too bad your mama wasn't on the pill

Leave my mother out of this

Darling you ruined my life
So I hate you and I always will
Darling you ruined my life
So I hate you and I always will

You ruined my life
So I hate you and I always will

Sweetheart, I hate you

I hate you too, baby