Posted on 05/29/2016 5:22:46 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Legendary artist Billy Joel gave a nod to Donald Trump at his Madison Square Garden concert in New York on Friday, TIME magazine reported.
Joel dedicated his song “The Entertainer” to the presumptive Republican nominee, as he has reportedly done at previous concerts in recent months.
Haters were quick to speculate that he was mocking Trump, and Joel did little to clear that up in his email statement to TIME on Saturday.
“I’m in the entertainment business. Donald Trump’s campaign has been very entertaining,” Joel told TIME. “Aside from that, who cares about the political opinions of a piano player?”
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Haters were quick to speculate that he was mocking Trump
HOORAY Billy Joel
Shut up and sing.
The Entertainer is one of Joel’s many songs about record company execs taking advantage of his naïveté. I guess it could be a shot at his wealth, but it’s hard to make it into anything. I know Joel is a liberal, but he usually has taken the position that politics doesn’t belong on the stage, since a good portion of the audience will take exception. I’m a yuge fan, so I hope he leaves it here and isn’t shamed into officially denouncing The Donald.
Billy Joel is an interesting cat. Many years ago in an interview in a certain magazine affiliated with bunny ears he had some choice words for the No Nuke artist of the day and was pro Nuclear Power, and if my memory was correct was a bit profane about it. Perhaps he is not a liberal as he lets on to be...
Amen! to that! If only ALL actors and musicians thought that way.
Was never a fan. A few of his songs are ok however.
A new spin on “ we didn’t start the fire”.
He managed to find people who like him?? I guess journalists find all of this pretty unbelievable.
I like his song “Pressure.”
Should have been, “You May Be Right.”
One celebrity who doesn’t think being famous makes him King of the World.
“I’m in the entertainment business. Donald Trump’s campaign has been very entertaining,” Joel told TIME. “Aside from that, who cares about the political opinions of a piano player?”
Wise words from an entertainer. All too rare.
But if he were a Trump hater he’d be announcing to us that he was going to leave the country.
“...a commentator mentioned that ‘Donald Trump managed to find a sympathetic crowd today ...’...”
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Now that’s funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That album—The Nylon Curtain—is his best. Liberty DeVito is a beast drumming on Surprises. :)
I saw Joel in December 1999. Although he is Jewish by birth and an atheist, he did a trio of religious Christmas songs with no snark or disrespect at all.
I knew his security guys here in L.A. when he tours. Ex Mossad guys. I was shocked in what he said about Bush and Cheney and we thought he was a loony lib. I wont go into specifics but he leans at least libertarian.
I like his Christmas song “She’s Right On Time” too. Very pretty.
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