Screenshot from @FPIKaraoke
There’s something about religious extremists that really makes them like to shout into microphones. Some brilliant fellow decided to put this phenomenon to good use by creating the Twitter account @isis_karaoke, which juxtaposes stills from ISIS propaganda videos and cheesy pop music lyrics to troll the terrorist organization.
The man behind the account, who has identified himself only as “Jimmy”, told Buzzfeed said that he hates both ISIS and karaoke, so he came up with the viral hit Twitter feed which has quickly amassed a following of over 22,000Twitter users.
Somebody in Indonesia must have seen the potential for for similar lulz, because an account called @FPIKaraoke was created yesterday in order to take advantage of the hundreds of photos of leaders from our own homegrown extremist group, the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) shouting nonsense into microphones.
But just to make sure FPI isn’t too offended, the Twitter account clearly delineates itself from the Islamic Defenders by noting that its FPI stands for Front Pembela Inulvista (ie the Inulvista (Karaoke) Defenders Front).
And instead of cheesy western pop song lyrics, FPI Karaoke juxtaposes images of shouty FPI extremists with super cheesy Indonesian pop lyrics.
Here we have FPI founder Habib Rizieq singing part of the Panbers classic “Gereja Tua” (“Old Church”) which goes, “That unforgettable time… When it was twilight in the old church. As the rain was drizzling…”
And here we have the FPI’s make believe “counter governor”, Fahrurrozi Ishaq, belting out Naff’s “Akhirnya Ku Menemukanmu” (“Finally I’ve Found You) into two freakin’ microphones at the same time he’s so legit! The lyrics go: “If I marry you one day… Accept me with all my flaws. And in the end, you’ll be by my side.” So, quite appropriate really.
Right now FPI Karaoke only has some 400+ followers, but we expect this number to grow quickly. It’s definitely one of the better ways we’ve seen to make fun of the batshit lunacy that is FPI.
