Advertisers are using hit songs to flog everything from Cadillacs to contraception. But are all those peppy tunes really as upbeat as they sound in the ads? Here's a look at some of the lyrics Madison Avenue left on the cutting-room floor:
•BOSTON MARKET To launch its new beef offerings, the restaurant chain is using the Rev. Horton Heat's psychobilly standard Eat Steak: "Eat beef, eat beef, it's a mighty good food." Considerably less appetizing is the verse that gets omitted: "Look at all the cows in the slaughterhouse yard/ Gotta hit 'em in the head, gotta hit 'em real hard/...
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