Slate.com recently asked people to send in their best examples of bad uses of popular songs in TV commercials. Examples where the advertisers either didn't know what the song was really about or did their best to make it work anyway.

Here's some highlights:

- The big winner, submitted by dozens and dozens of you, is Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, which used Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" in a series of spots. As my reader Andrei put it, "Nothing says maritime comfort like a song about shooting up junk."

- Kahlua and Pepsi both used the Rolling Stones' 'Brown Sugar' for an ad. They had to clip out pretty much the whole song—except for the words 'brown sugar'—because the song is about crazy-wild interracial sex with slaves.

- KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) using 'Sweet Home Alabama.' Wouldn't that make it AFC?

- Microsoft used the Rolling Stones' 'Start Me Up.' Lines like 'I can't compete' are weirdly appropriate for a monopoly.

- Using the Beatles' 'Taxman' for H&R Block seems a bit strange. The song vilifies the taxman