Fugazi

23 Beats Off

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a name i recognise that name it was at the center of some ticker tape parade the lead story, a fine example a name, a name a name i recognise that name it was at the center of some magnifying glass the lead story, a fine example a name, a name he used to pretend he was fighting some war somewhere now everything depends on fighting some war he never thought he'd be an exclamation point a demonstration of his disease a punctuation mark a household name with hiv still, it's just still sound

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planes On Dec 03, 2001

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by xJoeBoothx

23y ago

ohh, I almost got to see Fugazi in Boston last month..my ride left without me and I got lost for 3 hours trying to find Mass Art, so I just ended up driving back home. :(

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by Fustard

23y ago

I'm not going to take credit for this, because i read it somewhere, but this song is a rant against the ludicrous discrimination towards homosexuals in the army. I believe the war that's talked about in the song is the man's war with discrimination.

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by kyeo 12y ago

right

by •·¨Pøisøn·Päle¨·•

23y ago

That sucks Joe. Their shows are badass.

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by I Hate Punk Rock

23y ago

one theory i've heard is that it's about Magic Johnson getting HIV because of unsafe sex. his number was 32, 23 backwards, and i've also heard that it means the famous basketball player wearing the number 23, Micheal Jordan, doesn't get HIV because he "beats off" instead of having unsafe sex, which led to Magic Johnson's HIV.