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** It's kind of hard to say that's a Moment of Awesome; picking on [[Acceptable Targets|K-Fed]] is too easy. For real awesomeness, look at his "interview" with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPwBdnknGIs Eminem], where he not only does the requisite editing to make him look insane, but at four minutes in, takes on his hypocrisy for advocating free speech and then denying Al permission to make a video parody of one of his songs.

* Say what you will about Rap/Hip-Hop, you will be hard pressed to find a more electrifying live performance than LL Cool J doing ''an acoustic version'' of "Mama Said Knock You Out" on MTV. A performance made that much more legendary by MTV/Viacom's inexplicable decision to not to re-air LL's MTV Unplugged episode or include any of his stuff on any of the Unplugged compilations. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjRWcqxOO6s Judge for yourself].

{{quote|'''John Lennon''': Would the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'd just rattle your jewelry.}}

** Their [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqiAl84ipIk rooftop concert] too.

* Linda Thompson gets one for going on a drunken rampage and smashing up a hotel room, and being informed by the manager that the Sex Pistols had been in the week before and hadn't been half as bad. Yes, that's right Britain's most notorious and anarchist punks outperformed by a folk-singing mother of four.

* The music video for Fatboy Slim's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM1fkHQP_Pw Weapon of Choice] is probably the best example of showcasing Christopher Walken's mad dancing skills. The song also gets bonus points for referencing Dune.

* Country artist George Strait was recently named ACM Artist of the Decade for the 2000s, shortly after getting his ''57th'' number one country hit.

* Dee Snider (of hair metal band Twisted Sister), Frank Zappa, and John Denver teaming up to defend heavy metal (and "explict music" in general) from the PMRC. The people on the PMRC's side did not seem to think that Dee Snider would be intelligent. But he put forth his case very eloquently and intelligently, and heavy metal lived to fight another day... though with the "parental advisory" stickers on the albums. But record sales still went up simply because of the stickers.

* While he's written many excellent and witty pop songs in the past 20 years, Jarvis Cocker's Crowning Moment of Awesome is arguably when he interrupted Michael Jackson's performance of "Earth Song" at the 1996 BRIT Awards. Cocker took exception to Jackson portraying himself as a Christ-like figure. Here's the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKx0-0DZ8fQ&feature=fvst full performance], as context is key.

* [[Linkin Park]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5qVpzYMM0c cover of Nine Inch Nails's "Wish"] is insanely good. Listen to all the fans clapping in time and it's just awe inspiring. No wonder Mike tells the crowd to sing along, adding "I don't give a shit if you have to sing it in German."

* In December 2009, a grassroots campaign as a protest against talent show ''The X Factor'' asked people to buy "Killing in the Name" by [[Rage Against the Machine]] into the lucrative Christmas singles list number one... and [[wikipedia:Rage Against the Machine#Killing in the Name Campaign .28Rage Against the X Factor.29|succeeded]], gaining rather wide support, including from [[Crowning Moment of Funny|a previous winner of X Factor]]. What makes it more awesome is that it got to #1 by ''downloads only'' (whereas its opponent had a physical release) and still it outsold the #2 song by fifty thousand copies.

* What happens when Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and John Petrucci play Smoke On The Water? Minds get blown. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts4YHvJYQAI See for yourself.]