Most of us resort to music to escape and relax, and many of us can relate to lyrics or particular harmonies that “speak to us.” The thing is, few of us have the opportunity to be a D.J. at a party. Especially a party at our own house.

Donald Trump, however, regularly gets to be the local D.J. at weddings, bar mitzvahs, and – one would hope, quinceaneras. Now, friends say that Trump’s playlist acts as a window into his soul or mind—take your pick.

Trump’s best friends – or at least those most familiar with his Mar-a-Lago habits, say that Trump’s choice of his favorite oldies remind Trump of his own golden oldies. He seems to be enamored with a few. It is known as the “Dee-Jay-Tee” performance.

The volume never changes. And the volume is LOUD. As Axios reports, “Sometimes it’s so loud that people have trouble talking. He marvels at the sound quality filling the garden.”

It sounds like it’s the 1970s again, with Mar-a-Lago being the new Studio 54, except Donald Trump is the house band playing the music at the same volume on the same nights.

Perhaps the most unbelievable story – and I mean that in the truest sense of the word, even Trump isn’t capable of… He has a throne! Yes, one set away from others with velvet ropes, and – purportedly, he keeps printouts with graphs of polls (surely) indicating that he is the “greatest.” – interpret that how you will because Axios doesn’t. (President, Businessman, Lover, Most Handsome… Take your pick).

Axios paints quite the picture, actually – it’s exactly what you might envision:

Most nights when he’s home, he walks downstairs to the ground floor of Mar-a-Lago. Like clockwork, the crowd rises in applause, greeting the guest of honor — and sometimes complimenting his ear for music.

Trump shakes handsas people pass his table near the front. After dinner, he’ll open his iPad and play the hits. Sometimes it’s so loud that people have trouble talking. He marvels at the sound quality filling the garden.

Anyone reading this has to be dying to hear what Trump plays. If it’s a window into his soul-mind, then who wouldn’t want a peak?

He loves the old ones: “Phantom of the Opera” … “Jesus Christ Superstar” … and Elvis, including “Suspicious Minds.” Plus “Hello” by Lionel Ritchie … Guns N’ Roses’ “November Rain” … and the duet by James Brown and Luciano Pavarotti, “It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World.”

Confession time: I wouldn’t recognize a song created in the last 25 years, so – let’s just let him have the “oldies” thing.

He also likes Sinéad O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U”, it is one of his favorites. REM snuck in a couple of weeks ago. Elton John is another favorite.

It almost makes one want to show up for a night… Almost.

Nah.

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