Musician magazine interviewed Neil Young in '81 by Charles Young. Neil when challenged about supporting Reagan (CSNY song, "Ohio, " about Kent State killings was mentioned) said, "But, he's no Nixon."
Right up there w/ Eric Clapton on Enoch Powell, David Bowie saying,
"Britain needs a fascist dictator, " and a drunken Elvis Costello, circa
'79 or so, going off about, Ray Charles being a, "a blind, ignorant,
n-word." http://home.freeuk.net/robindeacon/costello_show.htm
> ..."james brown? he's nothing but a jive ass n-word. ray charles? he's
> nothing but a blind, ignorant n-word. fuck ray charles, fuck n-words and
> fuck you..."
Elvis Costello 1979
Scuttlebutt has it that a brother of Elvis Costello was a Spart once.And a brother of Cyndi Lauper was active w/ a SWP chapter in Ohio once.