Number Five: Matt Giraud (USA Today)

by NewsFeed on July 5, 2009

Remember what I said about the crowd reacting more strongly to each successive Idol? Double that for Matt Giraud, who has the crowd immediately on its feet from the first lines of Hard to Handle, a hit for both Otis Redding and the Black Crowes. And they ought to be responding: With its flashing lights that make me think of Elvis Presley's '68 comeback special for no reason that I can put my ...