* Pick a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame appearance, any Rock and Roll Hall of Fame appearance. Each doubles as a SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome for how Bruce usually is in his many appearances at the ceremonies:
** Of course, there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_152870&feature=iv&src_vid=OfLufBLOPJ4&v=SNDXrw9YW-U Bruce's induction]] in 1999. His speech is pretty adorable, being sure to call out his mom (who's in the audience!) and the E Street Band, as well as the [[Music/BobDylan artists]] [[Music/RoyOrbison he]] [[Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival inducted]] in previous years.
-->Thanks, Mom. This is yours tonight. Take it home as a small return on the investment you made in your son.
** Bruce was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfLufBLOPJ4 inducted by]] [[Music/{{U2}} Bono]], for whom The Boss returned the favor and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_834374&feature=iv&src_vid=FlgYdxUdckQ&v=g1vOaEMyI84 inducted U2]] in 2005 (and did a kickass rendition of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlgYdxUdckQ "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For."]])
** Bruce [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4w0kyYmYVo jams]] with [[Music/WilsonPickett Wilson]] fucking [[Music/WilsonPickett Pickett!]] Bruce has looked star-struck frequently, but nothing compares to this.
** His reuniting with the E Street Band for his set of songs, kicking off their reunion tour.
** He also inducted the E Street Band when they received the Award for Musical Excellence.
* His recent tour of ''The River'':
** Bringing out a [[http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/02/bruce-springsteen-dancing-dark-grandma 91-year-old woman]] to dance with him, his 90-year-old mother Adele joined him to [[http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/02/bruce-springsteen-dancing-dark-grandma dance to "Ramrod"]], and on two different occasions, little girls joined him onstage to sing his songs. In one case, he said the girl knew the words to "Blinded by the Light" better than he did! (Unfortunately it was [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when it came to light that the first little girl's father put her up to it and was a stage dad, but Bruce didn't know and meant well.)
** "10th Avenue Freeze-Out" cued a montage celebrating the members of the band, with special emphasis on the late great Clarence Clemons.
** He [[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bruce-springsteen-writes-school-tardy-note-for-young-fan/ wrote a tardy note]] for a 9-year-old boy who attended one of the shows.
* [[https://youtu.be/76_gIYl2woo Here's Bruce playing "No Surrender" with a college kid fan]].
* Anything having to do with his biggest fan, Creator/JonStewart. Jon ecstatically interviewed him on ''Series/TheDailyShow'', gave the speech when Bruce was a Kennedy Center Honoree later that year, and had him play two songs as the final Moment of Zen for his run on ''The Daily Show.''
* Both Creator/JimmyFallon and Creator/StephenColbert devoted the entire hours of their [[Series/TheTonightShow respective]] [[Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert shows]] to Bruce when he appeared on each.
* At Barack Obama's inauguration, Bruce introduced 92-year-old Pete Seeger onstage to sing "This Land Is Your Land" on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. With ''all'' the lyrics, not the {{Bowdlerised}} ones.
* "Working on a Dream".
* "The Wish", an autobiographical song about his mom buying him a guitar for Christmas: "Well, tonight I'm takin' requests here in the kitchen, this one's for you, ma, let me come right out and say it, it's overdue, but baby, if you're looking for a sad song, well, I ain't gonna play it!"
* As noted on ''Heartwarming/TheDailyShow'' page, Creator/JonStewart dedicating [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-20-2011/moment-of-zen---remembering-clarence-clemons the Moment of Zen]] to Clarence Clemons after the Big Man's passing.
** Also Bruce's own tribute to the Big Man in the liner notes of ''Wrecking Ball''.
* The story about his father while introducing "The River" on the ''Live 1975-85'' set.
-->''I remember coming home after I had been gone for three days, walking in the kitchen and my mother and father were sitting there and my dad said "where you been?" I said "[[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar I went to take my physical]]" He said "What happened?" I said "They didn't take me" And he said "That's good".''
* "Terry's Song."
* "The Rising."
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