POTU-"...best song she's done" (ipod article)

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Pop quiz: What's on your iPod?
Emmy Wade - 14 - Crestline
Friday, November 03, 2006
KATHY KEMP
News staff writer

Emmy, a ninth-grader at Alabama School of Fine Arts, co-starred in the school's recent production of "Wind in the Willows." She played Mole, a tunneling critter who gets tired of staying underground. "He gets up out of his hole and starts to explore," says Emmy, who would like to become a professional theater actress.

Her dream roles? "I'd like to be Viola in 'Twelfth Night.' And at some point in my life I'd like to play an evil villainess." Her hobbies include belly dancing, which she picked up for an earlier role in "Arabian Nights." She's been taking lessons for a year with Aziza.

Emmy has about 460 songs on her video iPod, which was a birthday gift last March. Her taste runs the gamut, though she's not big on today's pop and rock music.


PLAYLIST

1. "Planets of the Universe," Stevie Nicks - "I think it's the best song she's done," says Emmy, whose iPod is loaded with Nicks and her old band Fleetwood Mac. "Her style is really unusual and really interesting. She has that gravelly voice - not pretty, but powerful. Her lyrics are intriguing and beautiful, like poetry. And they're cryptic. You can't always tell what they're talking about."

2. "Layla," Eric Clapton - "I'm not really an Eric Clapton fan, but I love that song. It's a great classic, and great to dance to." A close family friend, Suzan Blackshear, introduced Emmy to both Nicks and Clapton.

3. "Habib Ya Albi," Ihad Tawfik - As a belly dancer, Emmy dances mostly to Arabic music. "This is like a wave-your-lighter kind of song, but really fast. Arabic singers have beautiful voices. They can slide from note to note really fast."

4. "Caislean Oir," Clannad - This quiet Irish Gaelic song, by the group that recorded "In a Lifetime" with Bono in 1985, is performed a capella. "It's a little bit like Gregorian chanting, except in Gaelic. And it's probably not about God." The song is on an album Emmy's Aunt Lynn Wade gave her for Christmas.

5. "The Engine Driver," The Decemberists - "It has a nice, smooth sound, and cool lyrics. All their songs have cool lyrics. Each one tells a story." Emmy first heard the band on National Public Radio. She bought their CD and was not disappointed."



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