Song Parodies - Gundam SEED [Destiny]

Rated
All
(G)
Title: The Ballad of the Elite Reds
Date: 2005/08/29
Author: Duokai
Rating: All ages (G)
Genre: Song parody
Pairing: None
Spoilers: Technically includes a very slight spoiler for GS episode 29, if you want t see it that way. Or at least it's written with it in mind.
Comments: So, what do you get when you put a classic American song like Ballad of the Green Berets into the hands (and brain) of a Gundam SEED fan? Well, The Ballad of the Elite Reds of course.
Link to first publication: LiveJournal

The Ballad of the Elite Reds

(Sung to the tune of the Ballad of the Green Berets.)

Fighting soldiers in the sky
Fearless men who launch and die
Men who'll fight where others fled
The brave men in the elite's red

Mobile suits to help their quest
These are men, the colonies' best
One hundred men will test as said
But only five, win the elite's red

Trained to save their motherland
Trained in combat, hand to hand
Men who fight in a war that spread
Pilots dressed in the elite's red

Mobile suits to help their quest
These are men, the colonies' best
One hundred men will test as said
But only five, win the elite's red

Back at base, the others wait
Their true comrade, has met his fate
He has died in great distress
Leaving them his last request
Tell my mum, I did my best
Promise me, you'll never rest
You'll be the ones, be true and bold
Who'll make us live in a peaceful world

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Anime screenshot photo credits: Cagalli Yula Athha and Athrun Zala from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny © Sunrise / Bandai