Review by Paul Steven Brown
Best Coast
"Boyfriend"
Crazy for You (Album out July 27, 2010 from Mexican Summer)
A girl's desire to win the heart of another's boyfriend is not uncommon in popular music. In the last year, the most recognized interpretation of this theme has been "You Belong to Me" by Taylor Swift. A few years before her, Avril Lavigne took a more direct and less wistful approach with her single "Girlfriend". Feeling concerned that the desire to steal boyfriends away from other girls was sending a negative message to young women, Eddie Argos and his side project, Everybody Was In the French Resistance...NOW, delivered a response from the boy's perspective on "G.I.R.L.F.R.E.N. (You Know I've Got A)".