Worse feeling than missing a concert?

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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    I can deal with missing shows the feeling of being left out not as bad but
    its the high during the show or shows and the couple days after then

    I'm Down its so damn sad to have it over

    I betcha I could get addicted if allowed too
  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    I love my gigs and music but would give them up to be with my beautiful man one more day.
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  • rhcpjam1029
    rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,982
    it is only music...but it is way so much more than that. for me, going to a concert is a privilege (mostly because i'm only 17 and am run by a tight shift) and that privilege is something that i look forward to for weeks, months, and even years. a few years ago i was at summer camp and had to miss possibly the greatest summer of music that could have been for me. i missed seeing tool, white stripes and f'ing rage against the machine. i was most pissed at ratm, knowing that this would be their last show in the states for a while. but i looked at it very optimistically and said "hey i already saw audioslave and the nightwatchman live. that's kind of like rage (but not really)." and tool i knew was going to be hard because they have such a tight schedule as musicians in the first place with their lack of album releases and such. but i'm finally seeing them in one week.

    my worst missed concert happened on january 31st, 2009. the band was metallica. i had even joined the fan club to ensure that i got great tickets. and i did. i had gotten general admission. my aunt had seen them that tour in houston and took the day off of work and waited on line four hours before the doors open so that she could get rail. i was going to try and do the same. it was 2 in the afternoon, two hours before my friend and i were going to leave for the show. now, my friend is not a huge metallica fan, and was actually the third person i asked to go with me. but he was a moderate fan, knew the hits and all, and was pretty excited to go. then he calls me at 2 and tells me that he won't be able to go. i panicked. i tried calling everyone i knew. i even offered to pay for the full price of their $100 ticket. i got nothing. again, because i was 17 my mom did not let me go to a "heavy metal concert like that" alone. i was devastated. i had bought tickets back in august 2008 to go see one of my favorite bands. i just felt like i had wasted so much time being excited for nothing.

    but hey, now i've got tickets to go see them at msg in november.

    some may say that it's just music, but those people obviously have never been in a similar instance. it's more than just music. it's the anticipation to go see something that means so much to you and the ability of being with hundreds and thousands of other people who share the similar likes as you. \

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  • Cob
    Cob Posts: 858
    I just turned 40 and have seen several hundreds of concerts in my life, I've seen so many bands numerous times that I didn't even respond to the "How many bands have you seen more than 3 times" thread because the list would be to long. I missed Tom Petty in 1983 because I was "grounded" and was forced to give my ticket to one of my friends.

    That being said, missing a mortgage payment or one of my 10 year old daughters school or athletic functions would be worse than missing a concert at this point, although I am going to ACL and I bought tickets for both nights of Seattle, but I'm not 100% sure if I am going to that yet or not. I do remember going to every Houston Rockets game in the 1993-94 playoffs up until the NBA Finals, I went on Grateful Dead Tour and missed all of the NBA Finals, but the Rockets beat the Knicks in 7 games and I saw it at The Las Vegas Hilton and it was awesome, oh to be 24 years old again! I would trade all of my tomorrows for a single yesterday! :mrgreen:
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  • elevation622
    elevation622 Posts: 926
    Worse feeling than missing a concert?

    when somebody you love dies. sorry to be a downer, but priorities.
  • tcaporale
    tcaporale Posts: 1,577
    I missed Radiohead once which really pissed me off.
  • Lost_Clay
    Lost_Clay Posts: 1,085
    I still feel terrible for missing sir paul in halifax
    "ah fuck it get in trouble"

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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    15-6-07,Venice-Italy Heineken Festival..3 hours before pearl jam play.this fuckin storm broke the scene...worst day of my life so far. :evil:
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,129
    its only happened to me once
    a LONG TIME ago

    waters announced the first shows as a solo artist in New Jersey byrne arena
    they we marketed as the only shows with clapton on guitar

    I bought tickets

    two weeks later they announced the pros and cons tour
    including my hometown hartford
    so I bought tickets to hartford and I still have the unused tickets for NJ


    but now, I dont buy tickets if I cant go, and if there is an emergency, such for MSG 2 last year, I give the tickets away and dont sweat it

    its just a rock show after all, which, in the grand scheme is still just a luxury
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    elevation622 wrote:
    Worse feeling than missing a concert?

    when somebody you love dies. sorry to be a downer, but priorities.

    Right on, but there's nothing like the healing power of a show or a memory from a show.
  • Olivavu
    Olivavu England Posts: 1,683
    The only gig I've missed that I wanted to go to is Pearl Jam at the Astoria in 2006.
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  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    emptyglass wrote:
    it's just a concert man...
    agreed


    try having your dad always wanting to take you to a grateful dead ever since you were born and only to have your mom say no cause 9 years old is to "young"for a grateful dead concert. that grateful dead concert turned out to be the final dead concert ever at msg. now THAT'S soul crushing.

    the point everyone is trying to tell you(OP) is that music is important to many people in life but there's more to life then just music. OP you will understand this when other things are more important then a concert. i don't know how old you are OP but every post i've seen of yours come off very holier then thou or the "i'm right and you're wrong" attitude.
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    musicismylife78 wrote:
    Its a sickening feeling. Pit of your stomach feeling.....

    So missing shows like these, or any shows are devastating to me. ....
    .

    This is a bit 'drama queenish'. If missing a concert is considered rock bottom to you, I hope nothing serious happens to you or your love ones in your life. There are LOTS of 'worse feelings than missing a concert'. Open your eyes to world.

    Of course it's disappointing but, as one already said, it's not the end of the world, whatever music means to you.
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    redrock wrote:
    musicismylife78 wrote:
    Its a sickening feeling. Pit of your stomach feeling.....

    So missing shows like these, or any shows are devastating to me. ....
    .

    This is a bit 'drama queenish'. If missing a concert is considered rock bottom to you, I hope nothing serious happens to you or your love ones in your life. There are LOTS of 'worse feelings than missing a concert'. Open your eyes to world.

    Of course it's disappointing but, as one already said, it's not the end of the world, whatever music means to you.
    yes u are right.life and health is number one priority.especially your love ones.In Venice i was searching a friend in all Mestre hospitals after the scene broke and fall into people.but when i find him later in the hotel.the look that we had,we was so sad.we couldnt speak.we didnt say anything till the next day arrive in athens airport.when u dream something for months and the only thing left is the thought of "why this happen to me".And this was all around for a long time
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”

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