"Drafted" arguably captures the state of mind of American youth concerning the idea of military service in the late '70s. (...) Keyboardist Tommy Mars reports that the tune started out with FZ obsessively repeating a guitar riff (the same chord progression as the "I don't wanna get draaaaaaaft-ed" line that is followed by bouncing drum fills): "Frank was just doing it incessantly, like he did all the time once he found a lick he liked. You felt the band was pregnant. It was a situation where you didn't know if the baby was going to come out... One day we were taking a dinner break from rehearsals, and Ike Willis started talking about a news broadcast about [the possibility of reinstating] the draft. And it just infuriated Frank into talking politics. And when he talked politics, you'd better hold on tight. We had such a history lesson about the draft in different countries, in World War II - I was marvelling... And from out of nowhere, about a half-hour later - he said, 'That's it - rehearsal's over.' And goddamn it, the next day he comes in with this song, 'I Don't Wanna Get Drafted.' The baby was delivered."
1980: Essentially performed as on YAWYI, allowing for obvious differences in instrumentation.
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