Lost!

by

Coldplay

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This is an excellent show of why Coldplay continues to amaze and defy expectations. "Lost!" sounds very little like anything they've done before; it's a very rhythmically engaging track that can also be stripped down to its essentials and made to be a lovely piano ballad. The versions on this download are:

Lost! - the original album version

Lost? - the piano version

Lost@ - from the United Center in Chicago, IL

Lost+ - featuring a rap verse by Jay-Z over an extended bridge

The drums in "Lost@", to me, are more dynamic than the album version - check out how the grace notes on the snare completely change the feel of the entire bridge. I love that kind of stuff...

This 4-song download would have been called a "maxi-single" in the old days. As much as we enjoy downloading, one of the severe limitations of the form is the complete lack on information provided. It's all just music, no details. What I heard was the album version of a good song from Coldplay, followed by an acoustic version with piano ("Lost?"), then a live version that sounds about like their recent SNL performance, and finally a souped-up version ("Lost+") with additional effects and a hip-hop break with rapper Jay-Z. (I had to go to the coldplay web site to figure out who it is.)