The title of this song—"23 Beats Off"—is likely a callback to the song “2 Beats Off” on Fugazi’s album Repeater which was in turn a play on Wire’s song “106 Beats That.” Ian MacKaye is apparently a fan of Wire’s first album, since he covered “12XU” when he was in Minor Threat.
The subject of the so...
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
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
Sound
23 Beats Off was written by Fugazi.
23 Beats Off was produced by Ted Niceley & Fugazi.
Fugazi released 23 Beats Off on Wed Jun 30 1993.