The West Valley City, UT Show

There is a cellcert and chat scheduled for tonight. Come join us!



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We will have a chat here when the cellcert begins at 10:00pm EST and 7:00pm Pacific. I hope to see everyone on the chat and I don't think you need to be a member to participate.

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Just an FYI- Utah is in the mountain time zone and it looks like the concert is slated to start at 7pm, which would be 9pm eastern time. Don't want you guys to miss Matt!

Oh shit I'm sorry guys I didn't even think to think about time zones! I hope nobody misses it because of my stupid mistake! So sorry!

Yay, thanks sgr!

Oh... S
o Utah is mountain time. I will try to be on chat when Matt's part starts.
Have to put kids to bed. I will try to be on time.

Twitter accounts...


http://twitter.com/sanhaleyfan

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Intermission time! Anoop & Matt did GREAT! Allison up next!

TELL HER ABOUT IT! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Group medley! Lilegan FOREVER!

Georgia now! Matt is doing a baddaff job! I LOVE U MATT!

MATT! HARD TO HANDLE! The sound is GREAT!!!

http://twitter.com/Glambert1364

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looooved matt's set!

Jenna wrote:

THanks Jenna! He is so HOT! Have I told you guys how much I loved that outfit?
And JMHO but he looks hotter without fedoras.

I am just rewatching Matty G youtube videos at the moment! I can't help but drool.

I think this is from Utah - Michael Sarvers Twitter
http://twitpic.com/adtrl
Jenna, do your magic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tryBWMwQctg
(partial - hard to handle)

LOL thanks hazuki I was just coming to post that! From this clip sounds like he was in good voice!

OMG! His voice do sound totally amazing on this clip!
He keeps getting better and better, if that's possible. I hope he keeps it up for Thursday in LA.
That is one important show for him. Paula, Kara and Randy will probably be there and lots of record label scouts! Yeah.

Gah. He is such a star up in that stage. As Kara once said:
"Unbelievable on every level".

Review from Salt Lake City paper...


http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12839055

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Two early performers who showed surprising skills were Lil Rounds and Matt Giraud, who both revved up the crowd. Rounds was soulful and sultry on Alicia Keys' "No One" and Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," while Giraud showed his fun, rollicking side with Otis Redding's "Hard to Handle" and his passionate, edgy side with an intense cover of The Fray's "I Found You."

Jenna wrote:

Review from Salt Lake City paper...


http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12839055

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Two early performers who showed surprising skills were Lil Rounds and Matt Giraud, who both revved up the crowd. Rounds was soulful and sultry on Alicia Keys' "No One" and Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," while Giraud showed his fun, rollicking side with Otis Redding's "Hard to Handle" and his passionate, edgy side with an intense cover of The Fray's "I Found You."

Yay Matt!!! Loved that she mentioned YFM. That song is always ignored in reviews. "Passionate and edgy" is the kind of man I go for. But I also like "fun, rollicking" men, too!! Put those two together and you have one perfect specimen.....Matt!!

From MJ's...

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I bought tickets to 2 concert solely because of Adam. I am also looking forward to seeing Alison and Kris.

But, having watched some of the videos, I am really looking forward to seeing Matt and Anoop live, without the glare of the judges. Matt in particular really impresses me.

Thought it wuld be interesting to compare Matt's live version of YFM to the Frays. What do you think?

Matt's version is better because:
(A) I'm biased
(B) PASSION...clearly not there in the fray version
(C)The guy from the fray(can't remember name!) remains on the same note for most of the song
BUT Matt changes it up a bit especially the "lying on the floor" part at the end..always gives me chills!!
(D) Matt's voice is WAY much better!(I think we already know that!!)
Am I making any sense?!

Jenna wrote:

Review from Salt Lake City paper...


http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12839055

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Two early performers who showed surprising skills were Lil Rounds and Matt Giraud, who both revved up the crowd. Rounds was soulful and sultry on Alicia Keys' "No One" and Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," while Giraud showed his fun, rollicking side with Otis Redding's "Hard to Handle" and his passionate, edgy side with an intense cover of The Fray's "I Found You."

Add there his soulful, mellow side with "Georgia" and there it is;a perfect AI tour set of amazing Matt Giraud!

Beautiful!!!!

Beautiful pic of Matt, indeed! Swoon!

mero17 wrote:

Matt's version is better because:
(A) I'm biased
(B) PASSION...clearly not there in the fray version
(C)The guy from the fray(can't remember name!) remains on the same note for most of the song
BUT Matt changes it up a bit especially the "lying on the floor" part at the end..always gives me chills!!
(D) Matt's voice is WAY much better!(I think we already know that!!)
Am I making any sense?!

Yes makes perfect sense to me because I thought the same thing!

I also agree that Matt's version is way better. He just sings better than Isaac. His vocals are amazing.
Sigh... Can't wait till the day he gets signed. Maybe a label will be interested in him signing as the lead singer of a band like The Fray or One Republic. JMHO.

PS: He is so beautiful in that pic!

I can't imagine how the judges would have bashed the Fray if they sang this song on American Idol.
I'll start by saying that I really do like the song but I can see why the judges may not. I think Matt connected to the lyrics of the song which is exactly what gets me. However, melodically, its really flat - particularly The Fray version. For that reason, I prefer Matt's version (although I will absolutely admit to bias). He really colors up the melody, taking it both higher and lower at times. I think you're right in saying that Matt has stronger vocals overall than the lead singer of The Fray and I think he showcases that.

Matt's version is better because:
(A) I'm biased
(B) PASSION...clearly not there in the fray version
(C)The guy from the fray(can't remember name!) remains on the same note for most of the song
BUT Matt changes it up a bit especially the "lying on the floor" part at the end..always gives me chills!!
(D) Matt's voice is WAY much better!(I think we already know that!!)
Am I making any sense?!


I couldn't believe when I logged on here this morning that you all were actually talking about this because I SWEAR on the way in to work today I heard the Fray's version come on the radio and I listened to a little bit (I had never really liked the song before so I hadn't paid much attention to it) but when I listened today I was amazzzzed at how much better Matt sings this song and his singing is FAR ABOVE and beyond the lead singer of the Fray... SOOO much better! ..I love it!! Matt sings with SO much more PASSION!!

The very first thing that popped into my head when I clicked play on the Fray singing YFM was Why is this guy singing Matt's song? LOL No lie, I guess that tells you who I think sings it better...