{"id":632,"date":"2015-11-06T12:54:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T12:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/?p=632"},"modified":"2017-02-09T15:31:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T15:31:46","slug":"elvis-costello-veronica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/?p=632","title":{"rendered":"Elvis Costello &#8211; Veronica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_87957\"  width=\"500\" height=\"281\"  data-origwidth=\"500\" data-origheight=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vM8Vu1YU-J4?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I was 15 or 16 when I heard my first Elvis Costello song. \u00a0I was in the back of a Volkswagen GTI. \u00a0Gary was driving. \u00a0Charles was in the passenger seat, and I was in back, with Veronica, Gary&#8217;s girlfriend. \u00a0That was over 25 years ago. \u00a0Must have been a spring day because we were still in school and I remember the windows were open and the music was cranking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Well I used to know a girl<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and I would have sworn<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">that her name was Veronica&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It took me 25 years to hear the song again and realize what the song is about. \u00a0Costello&#8217;s inspiration for this song was his grandmother, who suffered from Alzheimer&#8217;s. \u00a0When talking about the song on a VH1 interview, Costello reminisced about his grandmother having &#8220;terrifying moments of lucidity&#8221; and how this was the inspiration for &#8220;Veronica&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Well she used to have a carefree mind of her own<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and a delicate look in her eye<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">These days I&#8217;m afraid she&#8217;s not even sure<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">if her name is Veronica&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Matt Becker Portsmouth, NH<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Live from Matt&#8217;s House<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was 15 or 16 when I heard my first Elvis Costello song. \u00a0I was in the back of a Volkswagen GTI. \u00a0Gary was driving. \u00a0Charles was in the passenger seat, and I was in back, with Veronica, Gary&#8217;s girlfriend. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/?p=632\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=632"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1023,"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions\/1023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}