A Tribute to "Let's Get It On" by Matt Giraud

Arguably the most popular cover song Matt does is "Let's Get It On". It gave him that wonderful moment on the "Ellen" show, and it has become a crowd favorite at his concerts.

I thought it would be fun to put together all of Matt's performances of "Let's Get It On". Over time, you'll see how the crowd gets wilder and wilder when he sings this, especially as he moves around the stage. You may remember a lot of folks got excited about the Hayman Loft performance, and then later about the Forest Hills performance where he worked the stage for the first time since AI. Since Taste of Kalamazoo, the screams are pretty consistent throughout the song. His moves at the Battle Creek concert in August are particularly high energy, and the middle school girls close to the front go crazy, even with the PG-ified lyric changes. The last Bay City performance is the most lively, where he goes out into the audience, gets his ring, takes a picture and sits next to someone in the audience and puts his arm around her. Hilarious!

As a special treat, I was able to find a recording of his AI television performance. He sounded so good. Smokey Robinson said Marvin Gaye "would have loved that" and "would have been floored", and both Randy and Simon called him a frontrunner.

We may have another one to add next weekend from his Rockford concert, and I'm wondering if he can outdo Bay City???

WHEN	WHERE	VIEWS	LINK
Mar 2009	AI live performance	4,763	http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/54708521
Mar 2009	AI studio	52,757	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kFJ74AK9gE
May 2009	Ellen Show	65,114	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ApX8FRqc4
Nov 2009	Hayman Loft	11,371	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj_KUCMR6zY
Dec 2009	Ok City Thunder	1,678	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANbEwZ4f6bA
Jan 2010	Forest Hills	723	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK-f_xL_27A
Apr 2010	Gilmore	320	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSz3mjplxgc
May 2010	La Canada	245	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhshjIoI2W0
May 2010	Paso Robles winery	225	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzqE06-KGEY
May 2010	KIIS FM AI party	145	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=186Emcpt4VE
Jul 2010	Muskegon	270	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfmv0WmV_Ag
Jul 2010	Taste of Kalamazoo	451	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6el8XFR1uMM
Aug 2010	Battle Creek	235	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Ul7N4_A6Y
Oct 2010	KCB	163	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATjoReqHiQs
Oct 2010	Bay City	232	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGaNDskiDMs

And here are a couple older performances from before AI:

October 2007, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWNvExh8y7E
(posted) April 2009 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7-YEogoCpY

Wow! Thank you for putting this together, csprof!

I think Hayman Loft is still my favorite, but each one has it's own twist!

I know most people won't want to hear this but I thought his AI performance could have been more of a stand out if he had dressed better for it. Just something younger and more hip than the cardigan and tie. Vocally he couldn't be topped.