The Onion nails it. If you're annoyed by those Chevy truck ads using the new John Mellencamp song (whatever happened to waiting at least a decade before turning a pop song into a commercial?), check this out:
The high quality and enduring value of the new 2007 Honda Accord has inspired roots-rock veteran John Mellencamp to write a stirring hymn about the working-class nation of Japan.
"Roots rock," by the way is another one of those insipid labels that mean absolutely nothing. It's all rock 'n' roll to me.