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As 2011 draws to a close, we’re taking a look at the funniest musician tweets of the year, whether intentional or otherwise. Let’s start with Alex Kapranos: “What happens on tour stays online
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Lily Allen “Now I love Jesse J as much as the next person, but how is her music of ‘black origin’? It is cause she says ‘man dem’ in her tune?”
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Kanye West: “Room service uuuuugh! I hate when I order fruit and I can taste the other food they cut with the same knife. Beef flavored pineapples.”
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Les Savy Fav’s Tim Harrington: “Gettin kinda inspired from explaining Pitbull’s song ‘gimme everythin tonight’ t’my 5yo as being bout givin your all rather then bonin.”
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Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koening: “Testing the new security cams at my crib. say cheese, my enemies.”
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Johnny Marr: “I have a new philosophy. When I say something that sounds smart then I meant it and if I say something that sounds stupid then I didn’t.”
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Best Coast: “Wait, itunes doesn’t even sell Britney Spears’ greatest hits album? What the hell am I supposed to do now?”
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Wavves: “Just tried to text ‘das racist’ to someone and my auto correct made it ‘dad racist’ which makes just as much sense.”
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Mos Def: “This kid once gave me a CD, told me he was the next Justin Bieber, I took the CD and frisbee’d the fuck out of it.”
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Friendly Fires’ Jack Savidge: “Sitting in a reserved seat on the train, and who should come and shunt me off but that blonde monotone Apprentice runner-up.”
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Eddie Argos, Art Brut: “I wish Kele from Bloc Party had thought interviews should be taken with a pinch of salt 5 years ago.”
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Diplo, in among his many, many bizarre tweets: “I think Argentinian beer is called quilmes cause after I drank 7 I jus want some one to kill me.”