Singers And Groups.

[Diddydodd]

Absolutely stuck with this one - Bitter or mild and large area. Can any one help please?

[factor-fiction]

Hi- I've subscribed to about 3 threads on this and no-one has come up with a reasonable answer

[factor-fiction]

I think it's likely someone will know it but will be keeping quiet on this one if they're taking part.
I got bogged down with answers involving ALE

[scooping]

have we got how many letters?

[factor-fiction]

I have not seen a letter count on the previous threads about this so I assume the count isn't given.

[factor-fiction]

The best I could come up with was Alessia (Ale+Asia) but that's stretching it.
Someone suggested Liquid Sky but that seemed weak to me

[factor-fiction]

What ideas did you have for possible parts of the answer, Diddydodd. We might be able to work something out between us from each other's ideas

[smurf]

hi just had a thought
how about alex parks (dont know where the x comes in but!!!)

[factor-fiction]

Thanks, smurf. It's at least as good as anything else we've seen (apart perhaps from Alessia) but, as you say, doesn't explain the x. Some other clues are a bit dodgy though so it may be right

[factor-fiction]

I did wonder about Hale and Pace but can't jump from Space (big area) to Pace.
I also considered some Haley names or Helens (start sounds a bit like Ale)

[Diddydodd]

Hi every one. I have had a name on some paper in front of me for quite a while but had forgotten why. Now I know. The name is Bet Carter. There is a singer called Betty Carter - perhaps abbreviated to Bet. A large area of land is called a tract. Bitter is beer, mild is beer. Put tract in beer you get Bet Carter ---Be tract er. Tract becomes Be(t) cart (er). Hope it makes sense cos that is my answer.

[factor-fiction]

Yes it make sense if the clue is a bit weak.
Beer was the other option (although lager is also beer so why mention just bitter and mild), and the clue does't say any words should be reversed.
I couldn't think of a group/artist beginning with Beer

[factor-fiction]

I also wondered whether the 'mild or bitter' could be BREW.
Maybe someone called Bruce?

[factor-fiction]

How about if Mild and Bitter are opposites and large area is a tract?
Opposites Attract?
Hardly famous but they do exist
https://soundcloud.com/opposites-attract-band

[factor-fiction]

https://m.facebook.com/Ailsa.Villegas.Singer?__tn__=C&_rdr
Ales a Villages?
Clutching at straws now.

[factor-fiction]

Okay- what about Can (big in the 70s)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_(band)
Can you get mild or bitter in a can.
And Cannes (pronounced Can) is a large area in France

[Diddydodd]

I like the idea of 'opposites attract' but I have scoured the web sites and found no group or singer by that name.

[factor-fiction]

They definitely exist- I found them on a few sites, e.g. https://soundcloud.com/opposites-attract-band
However I am not sure mild and bitter are opposites- the setter would have gone for something like bitter and sweet, positive and negative, black and white.

I did wonder whether the mild and bitter might be references to flavours or tastes, rather than ale/beer. I can't think of a band/singer though.

As for large area I have thought about park, estate, field city, town, country, Asia etc but come up with nothing that fits with the rest of the clue.

Going back to beer I did think of coupling BEER with LEA (area of grassy land) or Leigh (town) to give what sounds like Billie (name of Billie Piper on her early hits)

[daveygh]

al green

[pixie373]

Green day?

[factor-fiction]

I can see the Green, pixie, but not the Day part.
Given the sloppy setting of quite few other clues in this quiz I think Al Green is probably right. Having said that, I suppose it should be seen as a fun quiz for a good cause