After Osama Bin Laden’s death, there were a lot of reactions as expected, and here is a collection of tweet reactions from some famous musicians:
There were the ones who were celebrating and jubilating:
Lady Gaga: ’Just landed. Watching CNN. What a historical moment in the fight against hatred’
Katy Perry: ‘AMERICA FUCK YEAH, HERE TO SAVE THE MOTHER FUCKIN DAY YEAH! #necessaryusageoftheFbombday’
Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx: ‘Being in New York and hearing that Bin Ladin is dead is icing on the cake…’
LL Cool J: ‘Check mate’.
Reba McEntire: ‘So proud of our President and our military!’
Brad Paisley: ‘I really love these rare moments when we feel like one united country’, and ‘If you see someone in a military uniform tomorrow, for heaven’s sake give them a hug. Or a drink. Or a new car.’
Michelle Branch: ‘Wow. Holy schnikey! Good riddance!’
Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips: 'Ding Dong the witch is dead!! Which ole witch?? The wicked witch!!! Ding Dong the wicked witch is DEAD!!!
Snoop Dogg: ‘Rip to everybody who was taken on 911. Let the troops back home n lower gas prices let's live happily ever after!!’
There were the ones who were prudent or too guilty to rejoice:
Colin Meloy: ‘He was a demagogue and mass-murderer. But rejoicing in or celebrating another person’s violent death is fucked. Let’s quietly move on.
Adam Levine of Maroon 5: ‘I don't know how I feel about ‘celebrating death. But I'm just glad this happened during a good man's presidency’.
Damian Abraham of Fucked Up: Good news everyone, Osama Bin Laden the terrorist is dead. The bad news however is that Osama Bin Laden the martyr has been born.
Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong: ‘Do not turn the man into a martyr. This is a global victory’.
And the ones who were completely raining on everyone’s parade:
Amanda Palmer: ‘A moment in the kitchen; remembering those who died on sept 11 & not taking any joy in the news.’
Sean Ono Lennon:’Even if you believe Bin Laden was just killed, death is always a solemn event, never to be celebrated, even for 'enemies.'
Errr, sorry Sean but isn’t it some misplaced compassion? And what does he mean by ‘just killed?’
Katy Perry got some remorse after her first 'fucking' enthusiasm and tweeted later:
‘I believe in justice… but don’t u think that an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind? ☹ #revolutioncomesthroughlove #worldpeace’,… wow such a U-turn, she must have had some serious talk with her husband who told her about Gandhi.
And you had the completely cynic ones:
Public Enemy's Chuck D: ‘USA is at it again, number one in the rankings of Killing Championships. Stealing the Gold in the Murder Olympics, and the crowd goes wild!’