Is this a question of disability or taste ??

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Is it normal that I feel like this??

Hiya,

I struggle with concerts because of long journeys being difficult. When I went to some a couple of years ago I had what I call Concert Comedown – that horrible, empty feeling when you're not sure when/if there'll be another one. All my favourites are/were older and probably won't be touring for much longer.

I've since started to think that bands who play smaller venues are better and stopped bothering with the other concerts. I've cried tears of happiness and had whilst seeing less well-known people and felt like I was only half at concerts by “household names”.

Since going to the smaller concerts I haven't had Concert Comedown – it's just as good to listen to their stuff on CD. I wouldn't be earth-shatteringly disappointed if I couldn't manage to see them again, because they were so, so good it cheers me up just to hear them.

Is this a case of me living around my disability and letting it stop me (as I’ve been told) ie knowing it's difficult to get to bigger concerts so not bothering, or me not wanting to go to them in the first place??

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  • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress
    12 years ago

    I don't know what "disability" you're talking about but... feeling a "let-down" after a concert is actually ... rather normal.

    I suppose medically it'd be defined as... your body experiencing excitement which causes it to produce all sorts of chemicals and hormones. And once the excitement is over your body returns to normal ... so your "rush" is gone. Sometimes the feeling can be pronounced enough to make you feel depressed.

    It's not just something that happens to concert-fans either. I've been in choirs and music groups where we've worked for MONTHS to do just a couple of shows. So as exciting as it is... once the show is over we're done and there is no more. For one group we made a point of having parties afterwards to ease the let-down.

    So yes the let-down is normal.

    As for preferring smaller shows... to be honest I've found them a lot better too. The crowd is more intimate so you feel closer to the musician(s) ... vs just being one face in a giant ocean of faces. Plus they're cheaper.

    One similar concert I went to was for an up-coming country star. The ticket was about 20 bucks or so. I got there late so I was maybe 20 feet from the stage - I could have been right AT the stage had I arrived early. These days... it would cost me over $40 to even get *crappy* seats in a Blake Shelton concert, and well over $60 to get close to the stage. But way back when he only had one album to his name... little old Angel got to see him up close for just 20 bucks. =)

    And other small concerts I've been to... some have been musicians who weren't trying to make the big stages. Those shows were great too. Especially since the bands are often grateful to have fans period. so they tend to be very nice to the ones they have. =)

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  • la_la_la_la
    12 years ago

    Hiya,

    My enthusiasm for said bands has been declining for a while. I still listen to them and would've loved to see them 10 years ago, but to be honest they're past it now. I saw a recent DVD of one of them and could've cried, they were that bad – I gave it away a week later – so how much worse would they have been live??

    It doesn't matter how good the big concerts are if you feel as if you're only half there.

    I'm still “high” from my last gig, which was smaller – and the merest suggestion of it a couple of years ago would have made me find any excuse NOT to go.

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  • missy18
    12 years ago

    i think you should look at those big concerts more positively! like a great opportunity! if you don't think they're going to come to your city again then all the more reason to go see them while you can. so you can look back with fond memories of these major events.
    i'm facing this at the moment; i doubt my favourite band is going to come back, so i went to their concert and had the time of my life.
    try to live in that moment - don't worry about a future concert or later on; it will only ruin it for you and you don't want to look back decades later and remember how YOU lived then and had the opportunity to go but you didn't - and other new fans will never get that.
    maybe you could try getting into newer artists that are guaranteed to stick around for more years and tour.

    remember to just live in that moment to make sure you have the best time possible. so they may not come back? at least be grateful for being able to see them just ONCE :)

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  • coolio75650932
    12 years ago

    im in a band to like amazing im the leader for the gun runnin fools yeah we stole that gig one time remember? ha we owned you we do opening shows for metalica every now and then

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