So I’ve mentioned before that I on occasion alphabetize all the songs on my Ipod by title, just to see if anything interesting pops up.  For example, I discovered that I have two songs called Kite (U2, Ivy) and five songs entitled Lullaby (Alana Davis, The Cure, Jack Johnson, Dixie Chicks and James).

I also have discovered that my Ipod is very negative.

It enjoys saying no.  In fact 26 songs start with the word “no.”  Taking the list of prohibitions to a seriously strict and surreal extreme, this might be the sign at my Ipod’s juke joint:

NO Dancing (Elvis Costello), NO Spill Blood (Oingo Boingo), NO Cheap Thrills (Suzanne Vega), NO Surprises (Radiohead), NO Sleep Tonight (The Faders),  NO Woman No Cry (Bob Marley), NO Cars Go (Arcade Fire), NO Ceiling (Eddie Vedder), NO Air (Jordan Sparks), NO Rain (Blind Melon), NO Time (Frente), NO Time This Time (The Police), NO Compassion (Talking Heads), NO More Love (God Lives Underwater), NO More Understanding (The Soup Dragons), NO Reason (Ben Kweller), NO Better Place (Fountains of Wayne), NO Need to Argue (The Cranberries), NO One Is to Blame (Howard Jones), NO One Lives Forever (Oingo Boingo), NO One Said It Would Be Easy (Sheryl Crow), NO Meaning No (Chuck D and Fine Arts Militia), NO Sale (The Suicide Machines)

In case you were confused about other things not to do, my Ipod offers a list of 50 songs that start with “Don’t,” including:

Don’t Ask Me (OK Go)
Don’t Ask Me How To Choose (Fine Young Cannibals)
Don’t Answer Me (Alan Parsons Project)

Don’t Come Around Here No More (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
Don’t Leave Me (Blink 182)
Don’t Stay Home (311)
Don’t Go (Yaz)
Don’t Go Back To Rockville (R.E.M.)
Don’t Let Me Stop You (Kelly Clarkson)
Don’t Make Me Come To Vegas (Tori Amos)
Don’t Miss You At All (Norah Jones)
Don’t You Forget About Me (Simple Minds)
Don’t Look Back (Lucious Jackson)

Don’t Drink the Water (Dave Matthews Band)
Don’t Drink Poison (Le Tigre)
Don’t Forget To Breathe (Beulah)
Don’t Worry About the Government (Talking Heads)
Don’t Fear the Reaper (Gus)

Don’t Change (INXS)
Don’t Cry (Guns ‘n’ Roses)
Don’t Grow (Stewart Matthewman)
Don’t Matter (Akon)
Don’t Panic (Radiohead)
Don’t Speak (No Doubt)
Don’t Talk (10,000 Maniacs)

And if you’re ever looking to pick a fight, trying opening with one of the following:

Don’t Call Me Whitney, Bobby (Islands)
Don’t Get Your Back Up (Sarah Harmer)
Don’t Let’s Start (They Might Be Giants)
Don’t Love You (TV On The Radio)
Don’t Make Me a Target (Spoon)
Don’t Tell Me To Do the Math(s) (Los Campesinos)
Don’t Think Of Me (Dido)
Don’t Touch My Hat (Lyle Lovett)
Don’t Wake Me (Toby Lightman)
Don’t You Evah (Spoon)