seems like there are two kinds of these ads
1) artist 95% of people identify
2) artist 5% of people identify
often ads in the first category are the most annoying. see the who and lenny krappitz. it's kind of greedy on their part. and their white noise is not very appealing.
but i do like commericals with more obscure music. the "search engine"
hummer ad had some really cool music...i'm not sure you can even buy it on amazon. mitsubishi also has good music at times, and amon tobin provided the tunes for bmw's x3. most people forgot about nick drake until pink moon was on that vw ad. these spots have not spoiled these artists; most people still don't know who they are. hicks can take his whiny faux punk attitude somewhere else...he is funny but the chronic complaining wears thin.
also, if you've hear xm's "unsigned" channel, prepare to be let down.
it's like artists that haven't quite made it on MTV, but sound very mainstream.
maybe sirius has better options.
and i think you mean fortunate son, yes, funny. kind of like iggy pop's song about heroin used for a cruise line.