Do any of you have a tough time after going to a Gig?

[Angela.]

After seeing GD July 22nd, I felt excited after the concert was over. The next day, I wasn't really depressed, and I wasn't really overly excited, either. I think I was just in... awe that I went. It was like I couldn't process that I went to it. It didn't feel real, for lack of another expression.

[MascaraTears]

it's been a week since i saw them in philly, and I'm just now starting to get out of the post-concert depression... I couldn't find any real way to help myself cope. I think you just have to let it fade with time.

[Devan]

I'm such a massive downer, completely forget about three months of excitement

leading up to a show.

Even while I'm waiting to go, I anticipate the disappointment,

but it still hits me pretty hard each time.

Green Day has probably been the worst one so far...

I imagine when I see them for the final time on the 21st Century Breakdown tour,

it's going to be a hella lot worse...

[punkrockerlori]

Well at first it I was like is there really other band that could top them top them and since the Green Day concert in Vancouver on July 4th I've been too No Doubt and Blink 182 and I'm fine now

The cure for that keep going to other concerts

[forget_me_nots]

I'm actually really surprised, cuz usually I'm awful after concerts, like depressed for days.......but after seeing Green Day, I'm just so amazed that I was there, and I guess it hasnt hit me yet that its all over cuz I've been talking about it all week and it just feels like I'm still waiting for it.

[mad hatter.]

I was wondering if I was the only one...

Saturday, after seeing Green Day I was actually pretty depressed. I just kinda sat in solitude for a while. But I've gotten better. By Monday I was fine.

[iLozza!]

I haven't been to a concert. Yet. So I can't say...

[Boston]

Nothing is worse than the crash and burn you have after a show of your own, especially a play. I spend the Sunday after a three night run dying.

[dolce]

I love Green Day so much, more now then ever. The first time I saw them, it was in '05, and I was still learning a lot about them. I found out we were going to the concert like, two weeks before the actual date. I wasn't super attached, even though I knew it was a band I was really into. So, leaving that gig was no big deal for me.

I just went to Philly last week. I'm am more dedicated to this band then I have ever been to ANYTHING, so I found myself incredibly excited to go. It was several months that I had the tickets, but still had to wait for the show to come to town. It felt like forever. Then, when the time came, I couldn't stop smiling. Afterwards, I was on a total emotional high - I just kept thinking over and over "Out of all the bands I could've fallen in love with, god, I'm so glad it was Green Day." I was so proud of how great they were, and so happy to see them in their element, where they feel most comfortable - on stage. It was a great feeling. Leaving the gig, I wasn't sad at all, because I knew I had the NYC show to go to in only six days.

So, I was beaming the day of the NYC show, the 27th. I was so excited to see them again, and was especially pumped, since I had just seen them a few nights before and had a refresher of how AMAZING they are live. You can watch all the videos online you want, but nothing beats seeing Green Day live in concert. So, anyway - I sang my heart out. I screamed, I sang, I did everything Billie demanded of the audience, and was glad to do it. I laughed hysterically at the story he told before beginning Before the Lobotomy, smiled wide when he brought the little boy Elijah up to be "saved" - I savored every moment. There were a few times when I started smiling and just couldn't stop. Then, Billie came onstage alone, and started playing Drama Queen. Then it hit me. The show was coming to a close. I started to tear up partially because the song is just beautiful, and partially because I knew - I wouldn't be seeing the guys for a long time now. I'm hoping they will do a second leg of the North American tour, but I don't know for sure that they will. This could've been my last time seeing them before their NEXT album comes out, and that crushed me.

Now I'm scrambling so desperately to remember every moment. Has anyone here ever had, like, almost a panic attack over the thought of forgetting what happened at the show you went to? That's how I've been feeling. I'm not ready to let memories like the ones I made at these two concerts go. I suppose at some point I'm going to have to let them settle, but it's easier said then done. I feel like if I stop thinking about the shows for too long, I'll forget things. And that's a horrible feeling.

I documented as much as I could remember from both shows, and that will have to due in the end. My brain doesn't have the capacity to remember two 2 1/2 hour nights, the best nights of my life.

I'm glad this feeling is normal though. Now I know I won't go into the spiraling depression I feel like I'm going into. Part of it feels almost like a dream, it's so strange. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm the happiest person on earth knowing I got to see my three favorite guys play two shows in such a short amount of time, but it is hard to cope afterword. It's the hangover, I guess... I'm not like this with other bands, btw.

[drumstick]

I will see Green Day live for the first time on November 6th. I never expirienced something like that but I'm totally afraid of my "post-show depression"... really. Because, when I saw Arctic Monkeys and Iron Maiden live (I'm not even listening to them) I was totally fucked up after that...and it wasn't just one night but next few days...I don't know why.. I think I'm too much emotional. And Green Day...holy shit! I love them more than anything in my life! Last 4 years I live just to see them and gosh...I can't believe that my dream will come true. Iknow I won't be the same after the show...I'm afraid of it...

[Jynx it up]

I experienced my first Post Concert Depression encounter yesterday. It was my first green day show, and it seemed to hit me really hard. I was waiting 5 years to see them, and the moment was over and I just didn't know what to do with myself. I was aimlessly walking around the house all day, feeling like I was about to cry. I just felt like the greatest moment of my life had passed and that nothing else would be the same. I felt better after making plans with my boyfriend, giving me something to look forward to. I also found out that playing the music they played at the concert helped a lot too. Although, I'm still sad, and I fear that it will last for a while longer. =\

[gdblink182]

im usually super jacked up from the show and all the things i was doing at the show

and ill be on a high for a while and listen to nothing but the bands i saw, just super happy

but with green day, its to a whole other level, my life was completely changed

[-Billiejoezee-]

i thought about this before. i haven't been to one,but im going to. and i think like,after i go,what's next? what am i gonna be waiting for after? there albums out,i went to their concert? whats next? am i ever gonna see them again? is there going to be a new album after? if so..when?

i go through this alot and it really gets depressing.

[ScreamsInSilence815]

after i go,what's next? what am i gonna be waiting for after? there albums out,i went to their concert? whats next? am i ever gonna see them again? is there going to be a new album after? if so..when?

I do that too, even though it IS really depressing to think about.

[leacalifornia]

post-gig high is amazing

I don't have any after effects lol

but I definitley don't sleep at night, even though i know im dead tired

and my ears ring for a couple days

I agree...

its like everythings just...ok.

I feel very satisfied after concerts.. for a couple days.

although I do see how after you've seen the tour its like "how long am I going to wait for another one of these??" that feeling is a little depressing...

[dolce]

I definitely agree with the whole "So, what now?" thing that happens after a gig. I'm feeling withdrawals terribly - there's a feeling you get at a Green Day concert (or at least, a feeling I get) that can't be replicated. I could watch every single show with Green Day on it that I have on stored on my DVR ten times and not feel the same. I could watch BIAB, and not feel the same. I could listen to every GD CD on my ipod and not feel the same. I could go on Youtube and watch every single interview I can get my hands on and not feel the same. And I'm a happy person normally, I really am. It's not even that I'm unhappy, it's just such an odd feeling. I think that there's always a chance, god forbid, that I may never see them again, and I feel like I can't breathe. I'd go every night to see them if I could and never get tired of it.

[g l o r i a]

I know what you're talking about.

Especially after the expirience I had, I was super down after wards.

But you just have to think that you'll see them again.

And the wait will be way worth it.

I still feel sad sometimes, but it'll go away, and we'll see them again<3

[dolce]

Absolutely! I can't wait to see them again!

I really have been enjoying reading other people's experiences from different shows, too. It's not the same as being there, but at least you get to hear about the night's highlights!

[Mar]

I have this with every show. Especially with Green Day, where I didn't realize how much I would love the show. I went to the show being a fan of just their music, and not knowing all of the words to the songs, to absolutely adoring them, and wanting to relive that night.

Thank God for YouTube and websites such as this, because they help me relive the show, and I can share them with friends and they can see why I'm still talking about the show. That's usually what I do after a show, just keep reliving as much of it as I can.

[Sarahnade.]

I totally agree with you guys.

I saw them on 7/13/09, and right when it ended, I went into the bathroom with my friend at the venue, and as we were washing our hands, I couldn't stop thinking, "It's over." I mean, I've been waiting 6 years, basically! I've been waiting for such a long time, and it's over so quickly.

I was so depressed the days afterwards, but seeing the videos online helped me relive the experience daily. It was the best night ever - it really was.

You just got to keep telling yourself that you'll see them again. There's always more Green Day!

[The Daughter of Rage and Love]

well with me, im just really hyper the next 2 or 3 days, and talk about it for over a month

This.

[Modern Zero.]

I went to the Chicago show on 7/13/09 with my friend Sarah (Sarahnade.) and I was SO happy after the concert, but the day after I was really down. It was almost like this intense depressed feeling. I remember the next day, I was in the car listening to 21st Century Breakdown and tears started coming down and I couldn't help it, no matter how many times I tried to stop, I couldn't. So yeah, I would say that it definately hit me that it was over the very next day.

The thing that really helps me is coming on here and reading what everyone else has to say about the show they went to and then seeing videos of them on Youtube. And also, another thing that helps is just knowing that there is a possibility that I may see them once or maybe twice again next year. =)

So yeah, I'm not really all depressed about it now, I'm all good.

[blc]

i'm normally sooo hyper after, and just blabber about the concert to anyone whoes half listening.

[henryb8249]

Being big into live music for a number of years now, and as a longtime member of another forum dedicated to 'reliving the concert experience' of a band who'll unfortunately never play another show, I've taken to recording all the concerts I go to on audio. It's not always easy or comfortable, sometimes you can't dance around or mosh when you really want to, you're a little paranoid of being caught, and you run the risk of having hundreds of dollars of gear destoryed by angry tour managers or being banned from venues. But being able to sit at my desk at work, in my bed at home, on the bus or wherever I am, put in my headphones and throw on a show I've recorded just brings me right back to that exact moment in time, making it all worth it.

For Green Day specifically, I've only seen them twice (Sept05 2005, Jul17 2009) and unfortunately didn't manage to record the first one, something which I still regret as there's little circulating media from the show (2 shitty clips I think). With the growing prevalence of digital cameras, and sexy HD ones at that, combined with the popularity of youtube (there are at least 2 different angles of pretty much every song from the concert earlier the month) I find feeling satisfied after a concert more and more common as reliving it is so easy. The quality isn't always to die for, but I've been a part of a culture which marches to the beat of 'anything is better than nothing' and find myself saying the exact same thing.

Even thanks to forums like these, being able to follow the band on tour, read setlists and people's reviews makes me feel like I was a part of the show too, which is awesome.

Also, both of the Green Day shows have really made me get SO much more into the particular album the show was promoting than I was before attending, bringing me hours of additional listening pleasure.

Yes I'm sad that I might not see them for a while, but as every day goes by I just get more and more into this band and my excitement for the future grows.

Here's to praying that one day I'll get to see 'Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?' live

[Starred Thoughts]

Well, it's been just a about a week and a half since the show I went to on 7/20. I was in a rut for a little while.. especially because I didn't bring my digital camera to the show thinking it wouldn't be allowed, only to get there and find that even bags weren't getting checked let alone their contents. The only pictures I have are a few of crappy quality courtesy of my phone

..But then I remembered hearing or reading something that was like "what matters is the memory of the moment, not the evidence" or something like that. I swear I have thought about the show every day since. So now I am happy again and eagerly waiting for the next show (but not obsessively this time around).