{"id":15730,"date":"2018-04-24T21:14:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T02:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/?p=15730"},"modified":"2018-06-05T21:26:27","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T02:26:27","slug":"ouch-the-i-want-you-gets-all-beat-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/ouch-the-i-want-you-gets-all-beat-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Ouch! The I Want You Gets All Beat Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheIWantYou\"<\/p>\n

Have you ever felt that life just keeps punching you in the face? Jim Gerdeman of the Boston band The I Want You<\/a><\/strong> knows that feeling well. Their new song “All Beat Up” was written as part of the annual RPM Challenge<\/a><\/strong> that has artists writing and recording an entire album in the month of February. The video portrays singer\/songwriter Jim Gerdeman getting the sh*t kicked out of him. But no worries, kids, this was an entirely artistic and not physical brawl, conceived and directed by the band’s 8-string bassist and producer Blake Girndt (who is also a member of Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys<\/a><\/strong>. The video features some very realistic and disturbing “makeup” from violence artiste<\/em> JoJo Lazar (also of the Broken Toys). It’s upsetting to watch, but as the protagonist readily admits, it’s his own fault.<\/p>\n