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Groan .. I thought it would something festive ...

Ok .. a quick mince pie then it's your turn Cors .. not too hard mind cos my head hurts from all the sherry ...

I wouldn't of got that in a million years!

Guardian Cryptic Crossword Compiler!? You're wasted there Ivan.

I think GCHQ have a post for you though!

I accept your challenge, pistols at dawn...

If ‘Americas Got Talent’ existed back in the hay day of Chic and Mr Ferry’s Roxy Music and a rock band took part and performed a song in the easy-listening mode of those particular artists then it would have sounded like this catchy little number, its also one which would have lent itself to the title of a programme presented by John Craven, or Alan Partridge even. These were a rock/pop band who appeared mainstream but who thought of themselves as being alternative, fast forward back to the future now and when it comes to naming that band then our very own UK Hex Factor judge the tax evading (allegedly) Gary Barlow as the celebrity personality fits the bill for me every time. So, bad male hairstyle and a chanteuse’s headgear to the fore, if you want a dream come true you need one singer with a mullet, and another with style…

After 45 seconds careful deliberation I came up with this Probably wrong but good excuse to post third division footballer and prototype Chavess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7AyB4qKCR0

Aaaaaaaaaaaargh, Ivan, are you trying to give me a heart attack, I clicked on that link only to have my psyche attacked by the sight of that pervert in a white catsuit mincing across the stage, and no I am not talking about David Van Day either.

Not Dollar, though I can see why you would.

Although I described them as appearing mainstream they were in fact particularly well known on their own home turf for their flamboyant and outrageous stage shows. Their single visited our UK charts in the same year that an English Gentleman crooner and his hipster gang unleashed their manifesto (no, not Dave Cameron and the Bullingdon Club posse Yah!)

Good Lord Taggart Not as easy as it would seem If ROXETTE weren't Swedish , they'd fit the bill perfectly Mr Mullethead on guitar and caterwauling bird with outré headwear IKe of IKE AND TINA TURNER was follicullarly challenged , so that rules them out I can only summise that on the cusp of the 70's and 80's whilst I was busy being an electrohead and wasting obscene amounts of money following Everton up and down the country STEVIE NICKS and SPRINGSTEEN got together and I missed it . I can see the scene now at Madison Square Garden or San Francisco Rose Bowl
Ex FLeetwood Mac chanteuse "Hi you guys ! Hope you like the hat ! This is my good friend Brucie on guitar , if you hadn't gathered from his previous 300 songs his Daddy was a blue -collar worker Anyway we're all on a mission We've got to defeat AIDS Stop war Feed the world Make the world a better place And that's where you guys can help You now how ? Well listen to Stevie . While we play , I wancha all to punch the air aimlessly with your right hand and hold a ciggy lighter aloft in your left hand Let our voices be heard "WE ARE THE PEOPLE AIN'T NO STOPPING US NOW (Brucie launches into yet another coma- inducing pedestrian guitar riff )
Anyway Cores I still ain't got a scooby . Further help please

well Ivan at 11.14 am today (GMT) I suggest we all stop what we are doing be it at home or at work and step outside and gather together because the world as we know it is about to change, after 11.14am we will be living in a new phase according to the Mayans. Personally I'm hoping it will be an alternative reality where all people of the world are the same blue colour, athletic, tall and cat-like with tails, poetic hunter gatherers that connect with the great world tree, and one day Hollywood will visit and make a film about our fantastic native spirit.

Okay, there's not much time left now so all Metaforensic scientists lets bring this one to a close, (BTW radiobeach, I like your CSI Chorley comment in another thread )

The song and group are likely obscure today, they had two hits in our UK top 50 two years apart but I'm not expecting anyone to solve this based on any facts. The easy peasy way to get this one is to think of a radio programme at peak hour (the sort aimed at drivers, commuters, etc), much more effective though is to think of a four-letter word that describes Gary Barlow for you, this depends on whether you like or dislike the man, just use your imagination.

well 11.14am has come and gone, no-one appears to be blue skinned or grown a cauda, damn.

More evidence -

The theme behind the album that the mystery song comes from was inspired by the life of a gardener played onscreen by Peter Sellers, and the album itself was produced by a man who signed his name on the birth certificate of the actress who was the film character Arwen Undomeil.

Well I used my imagination , but I can't imagine any peak time radio prog being called (Fat) turd .I then resorted to Google and discovered that Sellers played a gardener called CHANCE which set me thinking about your fellow sons of Alba BIG COUNTRY
Going back to Google I have ascertained that the film/Novel is called BEING THERE Written by a Polish bloke called JERZY Unfortunately my amoeba type brain cannot make any inroads
Probably staring me in the face , like McCall was staring at you (literally)

OK scraping barrels here American bloke/bird combo from right period. Him bad Kevin Keegan/Leo Sayer perm and porn star muzzy no mullet . Her hatless . Lovely song all the same
As they say on Eurovision ,"Ivan Basso nul points "

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9vMCgWS_n8