Do They Even Have A Clue?

Slate has an article about incongruous song choices that advertisers use for TV ads. Several of the ones that bug me are listed, although I don't have cable and don't watch much TV, so I'm unfamiliar with most of them.

"I've always wondered about Janis Joplin's 'Mercedes Benz,' which I always interpreted as a song critical of capitalism and materialism through the tragedy of poor people asking God in despair for the ultimate upper class status symbol which somehow will erase the pain of poverty. When Daimler started using it to sell Benzes, I felt awful. I still do. Joplin did drive a Porsche (which makes the next lyric—'My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends'—a possible self-criticism). Then again, she probably vomited in it."

There's also an audio link for an NPR broadcast on the subject.