Sometimes a commercial needs the
attention-grabbing power of a former
chart-topping tune. Sadly, not all such songs have positive, uplifting, product
promoting lyrics. Clever feats of video editing
ensue. Examples:
Microsoft, with the Rolling Stones song "Start Me Up". Shortly after the "start me up (x3) and never stop" line comes "You make a grown man cry! (x3)". Not to mention, of course, the line before the song fades out "You make a dead man come." (props to Sylvar for pointing the latter out) There is much truth there in reality. For obvious reasons, the offending phrases were removed in the Win95 marketing assault.
Another example is a recent Toyota commercial with the song "Feeling All Right / Not Feeling Too Good Myself". Need I say more?
Anyone else with more sightings?