Good tune!
Actually, I kinda liked the highhat sitting where it is. When you combine that with the kick, it gives it a nice drive.
And as a child of the 50's and 60's, I know what you're saying, Todd. Subtlety and social comment are lost arts for most of today's artists. Who writes stuff like Requiem for the Masses, Handsome Johnny, Ohio, Inner City Blues, or Unknown Soldier in these days.