Camper Van Beethoven:
The Take the Skinheads Bowling center for troubled youth.
The Dandy Warhols:
**Bohemian like you **(“You got a great car…”)–a car commercia… nah, that would be much, much too stupid. What am I thinking posting this one?
Faith No More:
Take this bottle–recycling center.
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine:
You Fat Bastard!–Weight Watchers
The Locust - Pain Reliever could be used for the obvious purpose, but not very effectively.
Shoot! I just listened to that yesterday and wanted to post it here.
Some t-shirt manufacturer could modify the lyrics to another early Who song: “Pocket tee tee, pocket tee pocket tee.”
U2’s Vertigo - iPod 
I can’t believe that, on this board, no one has come up with this one:
“I’ll be watching you” – the Homeland Security Department’s PSAs
Michael McClure/Janis Joplin: “Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz” for, obviously, Mercedes Benzs. Wait… they actually did that. Never mind.
Song actually used for the NJ Tax Amnesty program a few years back: Blondie’s One way or Another
Harry Nilsson–Everybody’s Talkin’–hearing aids or anti-psychotic medication
Alan Parsons Project–Eye in the Sky–OnStar
I just wanted to say, I’m still laughing about this one, after reading it last night.
For some reason, I’m in a very Dead mood right now. And boy, if they sold out, they could make a mint…
**Grateful Dead **
Ripple - well, Ripple.
Brokedown Palace - Home Depot
Women Are Smarter - N.O.W.
To Lay Me Down - Simmons Beautyrest
Bird Song - Petsmart
The Harder They Come - Viagra
Dark Star - Mt. Palomar observatory
Built To Last - any construction company or contractor
Deal - any Vegas casino
Black Throated Wind - Chloraseptic
Candyman - your local crack dealer
Doin’ That Rag - Tampax
Born Cross-Eyed - any ocular surgeon
Eyes of the World - Pearle Vision Center
Box of Rain - The Weather Channel
I could keep going for quite a while, but turkey calls.
Happy Turkey Day, y’all!
Pavement - Cut Your Hair to Supercuts (although the lyrics urge not to cut your hair)
Radiohead - Airbag to any automaker advertising safety restraints
Ol’ Dirty Bastard - Baby I Got Your Money to Western Union
Miles Davis Quintet - If I Were a Bell to Southwestern Bell
Beatles - Taxman to H&R Block
Cornershop - change “Brimful of Asha” to “Brimful of Folger’s”
Jimi Hendrix - Bold as Love to a color-fast detergent like Tide (I always thought that the lyrics sounded like a detergent commercial)
U2 - Farawar, So Close to 7-11 (Green light/7-11/Stop in for a pack of cigarettes)
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run for Chevy
Yo La Tengo - Little Honda to erm Honda
Modest Mouse - Float On to American Airlines
Strokes - Soma to carisoprodol manufacturers
Ray Charles could’ve made a fortune in sunglasses endorsements.
ELP - 21st Century Schizoid Man - Prozac
(although in reality the song’s being used to pitch Toyota SUVs)
The Kinks - “Cadillac” & Springsteen - “Pink Cadillac” - Oh wait, Led Zeppelin already ‘sold out’.
Screaming Blue Messiahs - “Jesus Crysler Drives A Dodge”
The Ramones - “Go Lil’ Camaro Go”