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Nowadays, people seem to rush the stage to degrade their own star quality. In our post-"Kanye West/I'ma Let You Finish"-world, you'd have to say there's nothing to be gained by getting onstage when it ain't your turn.

But let us cast our minds back to a gentler time. Back when you didn't have to rush the stage; you were practically pulled on. And when your appearance was actually a star-making moment, not a career-derailing one.

Peep the legendary "Dancing In The Dark" video from Bruce Springsteen -- who happens to be playing a series of concerts this week, bidding farewell to New Jersey's Giants Stadium. The video dropped in 1984, it was directed by film director Brian De Palma, and it features a fresh-faced, then-unknown, pre-Cougar Town Courteney Cox, who was conveniently wearing a Bruce Springsteen shirt.

The "Dancing In The Dark" went on to become a staple of MTV's early-'80s rotation, and for Courteney Cox,  it was stage invasion that launched her career. The main difference is, when Courteney Cox took the stage in "Dancing In The Dark," she was invited.

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