Drum creativity is song creativity. And in the event of my constant refrain, we have another Dave Grohl drumming gem.

Here's a vocab word for you: Flam.

Definition: A drumbeat of two strokes of which the first is a very quick grace note. (Merriam-Webster)

Dave Grohl owns flams. I don't know if there is another drummer that uses this technique with as much expressiveness in so many places as he does.

The drumming of each verse measure begins with a series of savage flams punctuating the rhythm of the guitar part. Like he did on "Drain You" and so many other songs, Grohl took a fantastic guitar riff and interpreted it with drums; he didn't just accompany it. Only after the guitar hits and holds the resolving chord do the drums break into a nifty little closed hi-hat rock beat.

The choruses are a variation of both the drum and guitar verse ideas, with the intensity ratcheted up. Now the drums pound into the toms as well, and cymbals crash on the 3 beat. When the guitars resolve, the drums jump into a short, ride cymbal-laden blitz. The chorus singing melody stands out so well that it doesn't matter what superficial similarities there are between verse and chorus instrumentally. It feels like a new part, and the similarities have the charm of motifs, not redundancies.

That's all this song is, verse/chorus/verse (with some good new vocal ideas to raise the stakes)/chorus. There is a raging little ending that repeats the resolving three chords of the chorus with straightforward, driving drums. Three-minute calorie burner.

In short: Great guitars (rhythm and lead), lawnmower tone. Love the mashing rock n roll piano mixed down in. Great vibrato singing. Great, creative drums lending an identity. A short song packing in a lot of ideas, including ending with new singing and drumming parts.

Just a nasty little bastard of an engine that could.