Cryptic Music Quiz

[sharonp]

Does anybody know the answer to this cryptic clue , it's a group /singer and the clue is , could be found to be in a mess .

[Svejk]

Captain Beefheart

[sp1814]

The Jam?

[factor-fiction]

You had some answers on your earlier thread
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Question1271933.html

[factor-fiction]

Captain Beefheart is possible but I'm not sure whether it's a better answer than other army/sailor ranks or references- such as Lieutenant Pigeon

[Svejk]

It was a suggestion when no-one else was offering one, ff.
Do the navy have messes?
I've a feeling we won't be getting the right answer,here.

[factor-fiction]

Hi svejk - I was commenting as I'd seen Captain Beefheart suggested three times, but maybe all were you! I haven't a better idea apart from The Jam or maybe The Fixx

[factor-fiction]

Meaning 4 here covers soldiers and sailors
mess (ms)
n.
1. A disorderly or dirty accumulation, heap, or jumble: left a mess in the yard.
2.
a. A cluttered, untidy, usually dirty condition: The kitchen was a mess.
b. A confused, troubling, or embarrassing condition; a muddle: With divorce and bankruptcy proceedings pending, his personal life was in a mess.
c. One that is in such a condition: clothes that were a mess after painting the ceiling; made a mess of their marriage.
3.
a. An amount of food, as for a meal, course, or dish: cooked up a mess of fish.
b. A serving of soft, semiliquid food: a mess of porridge.
4.
a. A group of people, usually soldiers or sailors, who regularly eat meals together.
b. Food or a meal served to such a group: took mess with the enlistees.
c. A mess hall.

[sharonp]

Thanks guys , but I don't think these are the ones , I'm sure it will be something really obvious when I get it , will keep trying because it's the last one x

[factor-fiction]

Please can you clarify the clue, sharon.
Here you give it as "... found to be..." , but in your other thread you say "...said to be..."

[mallyh]

baby shambles

[factor-fiction]

Could be. I am wondering whether we have the exact clue here

[factor-fiction]

If the clue should say "could be SAID to be in a mess", I'd say Ultimate Kaos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMiBoXm0Lt0

[sharonp]

Hi factor-fiction your quite right to question that , the correct thread is , " could be said to be in a mess " . Thanks for all your help it has really got me stumped this one , but it's for local charity quiz and I am determined to get a answer for all fifty and this is the final one , x

[Joeyjake]

Dire Straits?

[weecalf]

Lieut. Pigeon

[factor-fiction]

I agree with Dire Straits, Joeyjake.
The correct clue is "could be said to be in a mess"