You Do, You Don't

it's like shedding your skin ...

"You Do," Aimee Mann
"You Do Something to Me," Sinead O'Connor
"You Don't Belong Here," Charlie Sexton
"You Don't Belong Here," Tonio K.
"You Don't Get Much," BoDeans
"You Don't Know Me," After Eleven
"You Don't Know Me," Emmylou Harris
"You Don't Know What Love Is," Chet Baker
"You Don't Love Me," Matthew Sweet
"You Don't Owe Me Nothing," Steve Taylor
"You Don't Treat Me No Good," Sonia Dada
"You Don't Know Me at All," Betty LaVette

Typing up this list it strikes me as a crime of sorts that Emmylou and Sam Llanas haven't recorded anything together.

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[Rosina]

"You don't have to say you love me": Dusty Springfield

[Geds]

"You Don't Care Nothin'," Rancid
"You Don't Have the Heart," Idlewild
"You Don't Know What Love is (You Just Do As You're Told)," White Stripes

And I think I'll take this opportunity to mention that I have 11 versions of Pearl Jam's "Yellow Ledbetter." It doesn't come up much and I rarely get to force it in to conversations, so there.

[Lewis]

"You Don't Know What You've Got," The Flower Kings

[Tonio]

"You Don't Own Me" - Lesley Gore

[Jack Bishop]

"You Do Something to Me", by Cole Porter, performed by the Andrews Sisters
"You Don't Know Me", by Ray Charles
"You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies", by Simon & Garfunkel
"You Don't Love Me", by Jools Holland

[cminus]

I seem to be a negative person, since I've got no songs beginning with "You Do." As always, eliminating duplicates:

"You Don't Care Nothin'," Rancid
"You Don't Fool Me," Queen
"You Don't Have To Walk In The Rain," The Turtles
"You Don't Know What Love Is," Warren Zevon feat. Mark Isham
"You Don't Love Me Anymore," Weird Al Yankovic

I guess the recommendation of the week would be Warren Zevon's cover of the jazz standard "You Don't Know What Love Is."

[vanya]

I've got very little this week. I'm surprised to find I don't have the Aimee Mann - I have it on CD but that doesn't count for this exercise. Time to rejigger the iPod - Bachelor No. 2 is a great record. The Matthew Sweet song was one of the songs from Girlfriend I trimmed when I was trying to make space - that's one of the weaker cuts on that CD. Anyway:

"You Don't Know What Love Is" - Sonny Rollins
"You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)" - White Stripes
"You Don't Send Me" - Belle & Sebastian

[Nicole J. LeBoeuf-Little]

What? No "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"?

[cjmr's husband]

I had a dozen songs in this list before I looked again and dropped everything that didn't have a "Do" or "Don't". Drat.

You Don't Know Me At All - Don Henley
You Don't Love Me Any More - "Weird Al" Yankovic

[cjmr's husband]

Missed this one, since it's not in my iTunes, just a CD:

You Don't Bring Me Floriculturally Diverse Polyfragrant Soilistically Challenged Multipetaled Victims of Pesticidal Foodchain Chauvinism -- The Capitol Steps

[mmack]

"You Don't Move Me" - Keith Richards, off Talk is Cheap

[Todd]

After 11. Tee Hee. That's awesome Fred....

I always feel somewhat hip when I have either heard or have at least one of your songs on my iPod....

Have a good one Fred!

Todd

[wanderingoutlaw]

Only one song this week

"You Don't Miss Your Water" - The Byrds

[julia]

You Do Something To Me Ella Fitzgerald
You Don't Have To Cry Crosby, Stills & Nash
You Don't Have To Cry Rene & Angela
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Dusty Springfield
You Don't Know Me Eva Cassidy
You Don't Know Me Ray Charles
You Don't Know Me Van Morrison
You Don't Know What Love Is Dinah Washington
You Don't Know What Love Is John Coltrane
You Don't Miss Your Water Otis Redding
You Don't Miss Your Water William Bell

[Mark]

"You Do Something To Me", Dums Dums
"You Don't Have the Heart", Idlewild
"You Don't Have the Heart (live)", Idlewild

[Theo]

You Don't Care Nothin' - Rancid
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield

[Geds]

"You Don't Have the Heart", Idlewild

Wow. I think this is the first time I've seen an Idlewild song posted on here by not me. Good show.

[Greg]

You're the reason I'm Leaving-Franz Ferdinand
You Always Sing-Red Hot Chili Peppers
You and Whose army?- Radiohead
You are my love-Jamiroquai
You Could be Mine-Guns 'n' Roses
You Create-Lacuna Coil
you don't Love Me Anymore-Weird Al Yankovic
You Got Lucky-Tom Petty and the HeartBreakers
You Know What you Are-Nine Inch Nails
You Know Your Right-Nirvana
You Never Give me Your Money-the Beatles
You Shook me All Night Long-AC/DC
You Think I ain't Worth a Dollar, But I feel like a millionaire-Queens of the Stoneage
You Will be a hot Dancer-Incubus
Your emotions-Dead Kennedys
Your House-Jimmy Eat World
Your Time Has Come-Audioslave

Whew

[Linkmeister]

Huh. Only one:

You Don't Have to Cry, CSN

[Kayte]

What, no "You Don't Mess Around With Jim"? (Jim Croce)

[Chris Koeberle]

Only 17 this week, and "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" and "You Do" have already been mentioned, leaving me to mention:

"You Don't Know," Jean Grae (not my favorite Jean Grae track, but I dig it, and I have a fanboyish adoration for her stage name)
"You Don't Own Me," Rasputina (I like the original, but I love this cover)

And I'm going to mention "U Don't Dans 2 Tekno Anymore" by Alabama 3, even though it doesn't really count.

[Ray]

The Sinead O'Connor, plus
You Don't - Tricky
You Don't Send Me - Belle & Sebastian

[Noah Ramon]

I've noticed a predilection for BoDeans tracks on your lists in the past.

That makes me VERY happy.

Also : "You Don't Know How It Feels", by Tom Petty?

[borealys]

You Don't Know Me - Ray Charles
You Don't Know Me - Ray Charles and Diana Krall
You Don't Know What It's Like - Econoline Crush

[Selcaby]

I've only got one.

"You Don't Make It Easy Babe" -- Josh Ritter

[Mrs. Kessler]

You Don't Have to Be a Star -- Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.

[Tonio]

Trivia - the McCoo/Davis song's bass part was played by Motown legend James Jamerson.