Just Don't
I'm just a soul whose intentions are good ...
Because you folks have better musical taste than I do, and because I keep finding great new songs (and great old songs) by doing this, and because I have rehearsal all afternoon and work all evening and won't get to Left Behind until tomorrow, sorry, and because the last two posts were about stem cell research and heated debate isn't the best way to easy into the weekend. And because it's Friday. Here's the next alphabetical list (this one is considerably longer than 10 songs -- think of it as a Friday 10 plus 15 "bonus" picks).
Tell me what I'm missing:
"Don't Be Cruel," Elvis Presley
"Don't Dream It's Over," Crowded House
"Don't Ever Fall in Love With Someone (When You're Already in Love With Someone Else)," Green
"Don't Explain," Billie Holiday
"Don't Fence Me In," David Byrne
"Don't Fuck Me Up (With Peace and Love)," Cracker
"Don't Get Around Much Any More," Nat King Cole
"Don't Get Me Wrong," The Pretenders
"Don't Give Up," Peter Gabriel
"Don't Go," Kasey Chambers
"Don't Go," Matthew Sweet
"Don't I Hold You," Wheat
"Don't Know Why," Norah Jones
"Don't Let It Bring You Down," Annie Lennox
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," Elvis Costello
"Don't Let Me Down," Stereophonics
"Don't Let Me Explode," The Hold Steady
"Don't Make Me Dream About You," Chris Isaak
"Don't Talk," 10,000 Maniacs
"Don't Talk Back," Kasey Chambers
"Don't Tango With the Freak Show," Don McCloskey
"Don't Toss Us Away," Lone Justice
"Don't Worry Baby," The Beach Boys
"Don't You Forget About Me," Simple Minds
"Don't Be Afraid, I've Just Come to Say Goodbye," Spider
"Don't Cry," Guns'N'Roses
"Don't Ever Fucking Question That," Atmosphere
"Don't Explain," Billie Holliday
"Don't Fear the Reaper," Gus Black (Blue Oyster Cult cover)
"Don't Give Up," Peter Gabriel
"Don't Make Me Come to Vegas," Tori Amos
"Don't Need a Gun," Billy Idol
"Don't Save Me," Marit Larsen
"Don't Stop," Fleetwood Mac
"Don't Stop," Rolling Stones
"Don't Stop Believing," Journey
"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," Bob Dylan
"Don't You Want Me," Human League
Lotta arena rock in there. Kind of embarrassing, or would be if I didn't absolutely love, you know, Journey, and didn't have approximately 200 Rolling Stones songs on my iPod. Sigh. So much for being cool. At least there's some awesome indie-flavored stuff (the intensely lo-fi Spider, the yummily pop Marit Larsen, and the charmingly offbeat hip-hop Atmosphere, all three of which I recommend highly).
Posted by: Luna | Jul 21, 2006 at 11:47 AM
Don't Ask Me Why Billy Joel
Don't Blame Me Charlie Parker
Don't Bring Me Down Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Don't Chu-Know Jimmy Buffett
Don't Come Around Here No More Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Don't Do Me Like That Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Don't Fence Me In Ella Fitzgerald (Cole Porter)
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight James Taylor
Don't Lie To Me Mike Bloomfield
Don't Look Away The Who
Don't Start Me Talkin' James Cotton
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers seem to be disproportionally represented here. I'm not sure why. I only have 2 albums.
Posted by: Indiana Joe | Jul 21, 2006 at 12:02 PM
Don't Change Your Plans - Ben Folds Five
Don't Leave the Light on Baby - Belle & Sebastian
Don't Tell Them You're Sane - The Jam
Don't Panic - Coldplay
Don't Have to Be So Sad - Yo La Tengo
Posted by: Matt | Jul 21, 2006 at 12:14 PM
Don't Steal Our Sun - The Thrills
Don't You Want Me - The Human League
Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra
Posted by: Steve | Jul 21, 2006 at 12:14 PM
Why go for Blue Oyster Cult covers when you could listen to their version of Don't Fear The Reaper?
Posted by: Axiomatic | Jul 21, 2006 at 12:18 PM
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Roger Daltrey
Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Police
Don't Take Your Guns To Town - Johnny Cash
Don't Damn Me - Guns N' Roses
Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
Don't Lose My Number - Phil Collins
Don't Speak - No Doubt
Posted by: Matthew | Jul 21, 2006 at 12:23 PM
Let's not forget that Leonard Cohen classic, "Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On".
Posted by: Beth | Jul 21, 2006 at 12:27 PM
Don't Be Afraid, You Have Just Got Your Eyes Closed - Mum (Finally We Are No One)
Don't Forget About Delight - Bruce Cockburn (You've Never Seen Everything)
Don't Get Your Back Up - Sarah Harmer (You Were Here)
Don't Give Up The Fight - The Magic Numbers (The Magic Numbers)
Don't Go Down - Elliott Smith (From A Basement On The Hill)
Don't Stop - The Stone Roses (The Stone Roses)
Don't Wait - Buddy Miller (Universal United House of Prayer)
Don't You Fall - The Be Good Tanyas (Blue Horse)
Posted by: Kari | Jul 21, 2006 at 12:42 PM
Don't Let's Start - They Might Be Giants
Posted by: Ian | Jul 21, 2006 at 12:49 PM
Don't Believe in Christmas - Pearl Jam
Don't Gimmie No Lip - Pearl Jam
Don't Follow - Alice in Chains
Don't Call me a Fool - Charlie Robison
Posted by: Evan | Jul 21, 2006 at 12:50 PM
"Don't Bother Me", the Beatles
"Don't Let Me Down", the Beatles
"Don't Pass Me By", the Beatles
Posted by: drinkcoffee | Jul 21, 2006 at 01:01 PM
I have the Blue Oyster Cult original on a CD, and in the seven months since I got an iPod I have been too busy loading it up with new music and stuff I only had in mp3 to get around to adding most of my random collection.
Kari--Yay, Sarah Harmer!
Posted by: Luna | Jul 21, 2006 at 01:04 PM
Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down - The Toasters
Posted by: Drew Johnston | Jul 21, 2006 at 01:22 PM
Don't, This Way - The Seventy-Sevens
Posted by: Steve | Jul 21, 2006 at 01:32 PM
Couple more I drummed up:
Don't Forget - Del the Funkee Homosapien
Don't Make Me Pay For His Mistakes - B. B. King
Don't You Lie To Me - B. B. King
Don't Do It No More - Bo Carter
Don't Cry, Baby - Lonnie Johnson
(Don't Go Back To) Rockville - R.E.M.
Posted by: Drew Johnston | Jul 21, 2006 at 01:43 PM
Don't Ask Why - Neil Finn - One Nil
Don't Bang The Drum - The Waterboys - The Secret Life Of The Waterboys
Don't Be Afraid, You Have Just Got Your Eyes Closed - Múm - Finally We Are No One
Don't Be Scared There Is A Savior - Joel Pickell - Krismus Karuls
Don't Believe Anything I say - Graham Coxon - Love Travels At Illegal Speeds
Don't Breathe - Duke Special - Duke Special
Don't Call Me Red - Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine
Don't Get Lost In Heaven - Gorillaz - Demon Days
Don't Get Your Back Up - Sarah Harmer - You Were Here
Don't Give Up The Fight - The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
Don't Go - Nouvelle Vague - Bande A Part
Don't Go Down - Elliott Smith - From A Basement On A Hill
Don't Go Into The Barn - Tom Waits - Real Gone
Don't Look Back - Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
Don't Stop - The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Don't Sweat It - The Soft Drugs - In Moderation
Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) - The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Don't Understand - Calamateur - Tiny Pushes Vol. 2
I also posted the list on my blog (there should be a trackback) with links for each artist and album.
Posted by: James | Jul 21, 2006 at 01:58 PM
Don't Turn Around - Ace of Base
What ? What ? *runs away*
Posted by: Bugmaster | Jul 21, 2006 at 01:59 PM
Don't Put it Down (from Hair)
Posted by: Eva-Lise Carlstrom | Jul 21, 2006 at 02:33 PM
Don't Go Away -- Toad the Wet Sprocket
Posted by: Amanda | Jul 21, 2006 at 02:40 PM
Don't let us get sick -- Warren Zevon
Posted by: Gustaf Erikson | Jul 21, 2006 at 02:44 PM
Someone you might like to try (can't remember any songs of his that start Don't) is Jake Thackray. I've explained why he was great on my LJ, but briefly, he was folky, clever and melodic, and with a sensibility that reminds me of this blog - someone with a real love of life, an earthy sense of humour, and a religious faith that let him write some of the best religious songs ever (The Country Boy, Remember Bethlehem) but still poke fun at his own religion. An example of his lyrics should tell you everything you need to know about him:
There may be better-cooking, better-looking women,
Better-slung and better at buns than you.
And if I were a man for simple things,
Like flawless skin and bigger dinners,
My dearest, I might have no more to do with you.
But you know well enough that I am much more choosy.
I want day-to-day to find myself with you.
With the cheek-to-cheek, the tooth and claw,
The milk and honey and the bread and water,
Dearest, I want everything to do with you.
A marriage is supposed to go like happy-ever-after clockwork,
Marking time with a regular chime of "I love you!"
But there are days enough when the love is racked and pinioned,
Which nobody else knows better than we two do.
There may be better-read and better bed-time women,
Eruditer wives at night than you.
And if I were the simple sort of bloke
For Kierkegaarde and Kant and cocoa
Dearest, I would have no more to do with you.
But there's no such dependably stupendous woman,
Up to the scratch, no match, not a patch on you.
And eye to eye, or toe to toe,
Kiss for kiss and blow for blow,
My dearest, I want every thing to do with you.
A marriage is supposed to go like happy-ever-after clockwork,
Marking time with a regular chime of "I love you too!"
But there are days enough when the love keeps coming and coming,
Which nobody else knows better than we two do.
There may be smoother-moving, tongue-and-grooving women.
Better-spoken, shorter strokers than you.
But they've all got, as like as not,
A lot better taste in men than you've got.
Dearest, I shall have to just make do with you.
There's no such one-caress-and-leave-me-breathless woman,
No such tender, godsend friend as you.
And not now and then, nor if and whether,
But time and again for ever and ever,
My dearest, I want everything to do with you.
Posted by: Andrew Hickey | Jul 21, 2006 at 03:02 PM
My obsessive-compulsive side always comes out with these. Ten recommendations, then everything else that fits within the range and isn't on Fred's list.
1. "Don't Forget To Dance," The Kinks
2. "Don't Know Why (You Stay)," The Essex Green
3. "Don't Leave Me Now," Pink Floyd
4. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," The Animals
5. "Don't Let's Start," They Might Be Giants
6. "Don't Marry Her," The Beautiful South
7. "Don't Stand So Close To Me," The Police
8. "Don't Stop Me Now," Queen
9. "Don't Touch My Sister," Pat McCurdy
10. "Don't Wait Another Day," Pat McCurdy
A lot of embarassments among today's runners-up.
"Don't," Elvis Presley; "Don’t Ask Me," Pat McCurdy; "Don't Ask Why," The Urge; "Don't Be Cruel," Cheap Trick; "Don’t Bother Me," The Beatles; "Don't Cry," Asia; "Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone," Glass Tiger; "Don't Get 2 Close 2 My Fantasy," Ween; "Don't Give Up," Chicane; "Don't Go," Yaz; "Don't Go [Club Remix]," Yaz; "Don't Let Me Down," The Beatles; "Don't Let Me Go," Michael Penn; "Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down," The Toasters; "Don't Look Back," Boston; "Don't Look Back," Luscious Jackson; "Don't Lose Your Head," Queen; "Don't Pass Me By," The Beatles; "Don't Stop," Fleetwood Mac; "Don't Tell Me You Love Me," Night Ranger; "Don't Think Of Me," Dido; "Don't Touch Me There," The Tubes; "Don’t Wake Me Up," Pat McCurdy; "Don't Wanna Be Here," Cool For August; "Don’t Wanna Be The One," Midnight Oil; "Don't Wear Those Shoes," Weird Al Yankovic.
As a Blue Oyster Cult purist, I have four versions of "(Don't Fear) The Reaper."
Posted by: cminus | Jul 21, 2006 at 03:14 PM
"Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing", Nina Simone
Posted by: John Robinson | Jul 21, 2006 at 03:17 PM
Wait, nobody's thrown out
"Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)" By the Crue?
Posted by: matt | Jul 21, 2006 at 03:23 PM
Also, I second Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) - one of the most gorgeous songs ever written. Also
Don't Be That Way - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Don't - Elvis Presley
Don't Go - Yazoo
Don't Look Back - Temptations
Don't Look Back (same song as above) - Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger
Don't Let Her Know She's An Angel - Brian Wilson
Don't Be Careless Love - Paul McCartney
Don't Go Near The Water - The Beach Boys
Don't Make Me Over - Dionne Warwick
Don't Make Me Over (cover of the above) - Swingin' Blue Jeans
Don't Put Your Daughter On The Stage Mrs Worthington - Noel Coward
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough - The Jacksons
Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree With Anyone Else But Me - Glenn Miller
Don't Sleep In The Subway - Petula Clark
Don't You Just Know It? - Professor Longhair
Don't You Just Know It? (cover of the above) - Brian Wilson & Jan Berry
Don't Eat The Yellow Snow - Frank Zappa
Don't Marry Her (Fuck Me) - The Beautiful South
Don't Smoke In Bed - k d lang
And one you should not listen to if you value your ears - Don't Cry Daddy - Elvis Presley
Posted by: Andrew Hickey | Jul 21, 2006 at 03:28 PM
This is my home don't list (like most of us, I have a more extensive collection at work)
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight James Taylor
Don't Take My Coconuts Kid Creole & the Coconuts
Don't Be Cruel Elvis Presley
Don't Do Me Like That Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Don't Fence Me In Roy Rogers & Sons of Pioneers
Don't Stand So Close to Me Police
Don't Fall Back Again Josh Rouse/Kurt Wagner
Don't Touch Josephine Baker
Don't Think Twice It's Alright Indigo Girls/Joan Baez
Don't Rock The Boat The Hues Corporation
Don't Pull Your Love Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
Don't Fence Me In David Byrne
Don't Get Around Much Anymore Bobby Darin
Don't Rock The Boat Bob Marley
Don't Think Twice Bob Dylan
Don't Fence Me In Bing Crosby/Andrews Sisters
Don't Go Breaking My Heart Elton John/Kiki Dee
Don't Worry Baby Beach Boys
Posted by: julia | Jul 21, 2006 at 03:59 PM
"Don't Ask Why", the Replacements
"Don't Bring Me Down", the Pretty Things
"Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight", Bob Dylan
"Don't Give Me No Lip, Child", the Sex Pistols
"Don't Go", the Ramones
"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right", Bob Dylan
"Don't Wanna Be Your Pal", the Humpers
"Don't Ya Tell Henry", the Band
Posted by: Theo | Jul 21, 2006 at 04:23 PM
Dammit.
"Don't Go Away", the Runaways
"(Don't Let 'Em) Grind Ya Down", Motörhead
"(Don't Need) Religion", Motörhead
Posted by: Theo | Jul 21, 2006 at 04:25 PM
hey, forgot:
I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby Dolly Parton
Big Girls Don't Cry Four Seasons
Since I Don't Have You The Skyliners
Baby Please don't Go Van Morrison
Mama Don't Allow Austin Lounge Lizards
I Don't Want To Live On The Moon Sesame Street
If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want To Be Right Millie Jackson
If loving you i don't want to be Luther Ingram-
You Don't Know Me Eva Cassidy
It Don't Mean a Thing Ella Fitzgerald
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Dusty Springfield
It Don't Mean a Thing Duke Ellington/Rosemary Clooney
Since I Don't Have You Brian Setzer
I Don't Want To Be Alone Billy Joel
Posted by: julia | Jul 21, 2006 at 04:27 PM
don't even sing about it - The Books
Don't Let it Get You Down - Spoon
Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby - Islands
Don't Cry - Seal
Don't Love You - TV on the Radio
and it's doesn't really stand on it's own, but It's worth mentioning:
Don't Deconstruct - Rilo Kiley
Posted by: Stephen | Jul 21, 2006 at 05:16 PM
(Don't Let 'Em) Grind You Down - Motörhead
(Don't Need) Religion - Motörhead
Don't Be Afraid - Love/Hate
Don't Fuck With Me - Love/Hate <-- Best song starting with "Don't" ever.
Don't Go - Hothouse Flowers
Don't Let Us Get Sick - Warren Zevon
Don't Lose Your Head - Queen
Don't Tread on Me - Metallica
Don't You Ever Let Me Down - The Crack
Posted by: wintermute | Jul 21, 2006 at 05:23 PM
I'm still on a disco kick so..
Don't Rock The Boat - Hues Corporation
Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmerelda
Don't Stop Til Ya Get Enough - Michael Jackson
Posted by: Duane | Jul 21, 2006 at 05:26 PM
did any one get "Don't Change the Earth", INXS and "Don't eat Yellow Snow", F. Zappa...
Posted by: Mr. Bil | Jul 21, 2006 at 05:50 PM
Both the Warren Zevon version of "Don't Let Us Get Sick" and the cover by Jill Sobule on "Enjoy Every Sandwich" are good.
Also: "Don't Look Back"--Srpingsteen
Posted by: Emma Goldman | Jul 21, 2006 at 06:10 PM
"Don't Let the Man Get you Down" - Fatboy Slim
Posted by: twig | Jul 21, 2006 at 06:14 PM
Don't Be Sad - Dwight Yoakam
Don't Cry No Tears - Neil Young
Don't Do It - The Band
Don't Forget Me - Harry Nilsson
Don't Know Why - Norah Jones
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - Dave Alvin
Don't Mess up a Good Thing - Ry Cooder
Don't Push - Sublime
Don't Set Me Free - Ray Charles
Don't Take Me Alive - Steely Dan
Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong - Albert King
Don't Want You No More - The Allman Brothers Band
Don't You Ever Wash That Thing - Frank Zappa
Posted by: spluffer | Jul 21, 2006 at 08:45 PM
Don't Ask Me Why - The Eurythmics
Don't Lets Start - They Might Be Giants
Don't Make Fun of Daddy's Voice - Morrissey
Don't Wear Those Shoes - "Weird Al" Yankovic
Posted by: Louis | Jul 21, 2006 at 09:07 PM
"Don't Follow Me (I'm Lost", Bobby Bare Jr.
"Don't Forget to Breathe", Beulah.
"Don't Let it Show", The Alan Parsons Project.
"Don't Talk About My Music", Violent Femmes.
"Don't Want You No More", Mano Negra.
Posted by: mart | Jul 21, 2006 at 09:44 PM
Don't Leave - Faithless
Posted by: Laertes | Jul 21, 2006 at 10:58 PM
"Don't Go Home", Kirsty MacColl
"Don't Have To Tell You Why", Bruce Cockburn
"Don't Leave Me Now", Pink Floyd
"Don't Let It Bring You Down", Neil Young
"Don't Let Me Down", The Beatles
"Don't Pass Me By", The Beatles
"Don't Pity Me", The Foremen
"Don't Renege on Our Love", Lucy Kaplansky
"Don't Sleep With Your Ex", Romanovsky & Phillips
"Don't Speak", No Doubt
"Don't Stop Me Now", Queen
"Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)", The Beach Boys
"Don't Turn Your Back", Blue Öyster Cult
"Don't Use Your Penis For A Brain", Romanovsky & Phillips
"Don't You Think Too Much", Greg Brown
"(Don't Go Back To) Rockville", REM
"(Don't Go To The) Surf Bowl", Deth Specula
Posted by: Evan | Jul 22, 2006 at 12:12 AM
"Don't Dictate" / The Penetrations
"Don't Hang Up" by the Orlons
"Don't Throw my Love Away" / Rodd Keith
"Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O" / Lonnie Donnegan (also covered by the Ugly Dog Skiffle Combo on JOE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH v.1)
"Don't You Knock On My Door" / Billie Davis (covered by Sue Moreno on JOE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH v.2)
Posted by: Tim Lehnerer | Jul 22, 2006 at 12:45 AM
Don't Fence Me In - David Byrne
Don't Get Lost in Heaven - Gorillaz
Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel
Don't Go - Hothouse Flowers
Don't Go Down - Elliott Smith
Don't Leave the Light On, Baby - Belle and Sebastian
Don't Marry Her - The Beautiful South
Don't Panic - Coldplay
Don't Stop - Stone Roses
Don't Worry About the Government - Talking Heads
Posted by: Ray | Jul 22, 2006 at 01:59 AM
Some gems not already mentioned:
(Don't Make Me) Nervous - Figures on a Beach
Don't Take Me Down - Pretty and Twisted (Johnette Napolitano project while Concrete Blonde was split up)
Don't Take My Kindness for Weakness - The Heads (Talking Heads without David Byrne)
Don't Be a Lemming Polka - kd lang
The rest of my matching collection not already mentioned:
Don't Abort that Baby - Dead Milkmen (x2)
Don't Ask Why - My Bloody Valentine
Don't Bring Me Down - Harvey & The Wallbangers
Don't Call it Love - Dolly Parton
Don't Change - INXS
Don't Cry for Me Argentina - Madonna
Don't Cry for Me Argentina - Sinead O'Connor (x2)
Don't Deny Your Inner Child - Dead Milkmen
Don't Drop the Baby - The Judybats
Don't Ever Change - Jesus & Mary Chain
Don't Ever Leave Me - Patsy Cline
Don't Ever Major in Physics - Tom Lehrer
Don't Fence Me In - David Byrne
Don't Forget This Son - The Carter Family
Don't Go - Ganymede (Yaz cover)
Don't Go - Spray (Yaz cover)
Don't Go Home with Your Hard-On - David McComb (Leonard Cohen cover)
Don't Kill for Love - Lords of Acid (x2)
Don't Know Why - Norah Jones
Don't Leave Home - Dido
Don't Leave Me Now - Luther Wright & the Wrongs (Pink Floyd country cover)
Don't Leave Me Now - Roger Waters (Post-Floyd)
Don't Leave Me This Way - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Don't Let Him Waste Your time - Nancy Sinatra
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmealda
Don't Let Me Down - No Doubt
Don't Let it Get You Down - Fine Young Cannibals
Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You - Rosie Ledet
Don't Let the Stars Get in Your eyes - kd lang
Don't Look Away - Magnetic Fields
Don't Look Back - Fine Young Cannibals
Don't Lose Your Head - INXS
Don't Make Me Go - Johnny Cash (x2)
Don't Mean Nothing - Nancy Sinatra
Don't Mess with Orgasmatron - DJ Earworm
Don't Pray on Me - Bad Religion
Don't Pretend - Gordon Gano
Don't Say No - Tom Tom Club
Don't Say Nothing - Patti Smith
Don't Slander Me - Lou Ann Barton
Don't Start Me on the Liquor - Violent Femmes
Don't Stop - Madonna
Don't Take Five (Take What You Want) - KLF (x2)
Don't Talk for Me - Bill Hicks
Don't Tell Me - Blancmange
Don't Tell Me - Madonna
Don't Think What Jack - Man or Astro-Man?
Don't Touch too Much - Benny Benassi
Don't Worry About the Government - Talking Heads
Don't You (Forget About Me) - AM
Don't You Think? - Natalie Imbruglia
Don't be Lonely - Quarterflash
Posted by: Todd Larason | Jul 22, 2006 at 02:25 AM
Don't Be Long - The Walkmen
Don't Be Scared - ARE Weapons
Don't Bomb When You're The Bomb - Blur
Don't Call Me Baby - Client
Don't Come Close - The Ramones
Don't Drop The Baby - Low
Don't Falter - Mint Royale
Don't Flake Out On Me - Hefner
Don't Fool With The Dips - A-Trak
Don't Give Up Giving Up - Alto45
Don't Hold Your Breath - Calla
Don't Mix Your Drinks - Elbow
Don't Need A Drum - Teenage Fanclub
Don't Save Us From The Flames - M83
Don't Stare - Pilate
Don't Tell Me Your Troubles - The Sundowners
Don't Tell The Horses The Stable's on Fire - Bear Vs. Shark
Don't Think Of Collapse - A Northern Chorus
Don't Understand - Low
Don't Worry About Me - Joey Ramone
In my pursuit of only posting songs nobody else already has, I was extremely chagrined/impressed that beth had already mentioned Leonard Cohen's "Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On"...
Also, at some point when I wasn't looking, 40(!) songs starting with "Don't" made it onto my iTunes.
Posted by: Ian Mathers | Jul 22, 2006 at 03:04 AM
(Admittedly, I haven't tried to avoid duplicates with any of the lists left in the comments section.)
"Don't Break" - September 67
"Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby" - Islands
"Don't Change Your Plans" - Ben Folds Five
"Don't Drop the Baby" - The Judybats
"Don't Forget About Delight" - Bruce Cockburn
"Don't Forget About Me" - Nanci Griffith
"Don't Get Your Back Up" - Sarah Harmer
"Don't Go (Giving Your Love Away)" - Sonia Dada
"Don't Have to Be So Sad" - Yo La Tengo
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" - Santa Esmeralda
"Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down" - The Toasters
"Don't Let's Start" - They Might Be Giants
"Don't Look for Me" - Jeffrey Foucault
"Don't Marry Her" - The Beautiful South
"Don't Take Your Love Away" - Jennifer Kimball
"Don't Talk to Her at Night" - Marc Cohn
"Don't Try" - Built to Spill
"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" - Joan Baez feat. Indigo Girls
"Don't Wait Too Long" - Madeleine Peyroux
"Don't Want to Be a Part of Your World" - David Byrne
Posted by: zalm | Jul 22, 2006 at 03:42 AM
Richard Thompson:
"Don't Renege on Our Love"
"Don't Tempt Me"
"Don't Let a Thief Steal into Your Heart"
"Don't Sit on my Jimmy Shands"
Patty Larkin:
"Don't"
Posted by: Josh | Jul 22, 2006 at 10:37 PM
"Don't Answer Me", Alan Parsons Project
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