Starting in May, at one of his monthly concerts at Madison Square Garden, Billy Joel began dedicating his song "The Entertainer" to Donald Trump. Before a show this week at Boston's Fenway Park, Joel explained why to WGBH radio hosts Jim Braude and Jared Bowen. "I am an entertainer, and I'm in the entertainment business, and in my opinion, Donald Trump's political campaign has been very entertaining," he said. "Look at all the media coverage the guy is getting! Politically, do I think it holds water? But to a lot of people, I guess it does."
Joel also said that while he thinks "The Entertainer" is an apt fit for Trump, "I could have dedicated a couple of songs to him, 'You May Be Right, I May Be Crazy'... 'Big Shot,' that would work. 'I Go To Extremes'.... There are a bunch of songs." In May, Trump did not seem to mind being serenaded with a song about the empty and cynical side of selling yourself to the public:
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