I Think The Acoustic 'Lost' Is The Better Than The Normal!

[iPsy]

I LOVE VIVA LA VIDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Sorry, I'm just so overwhelmed, it is amazing but one song I love is 'Lost', but when I heard the proper version, I thought the claps ruined it, I think the acoustic is much better, What do you think?


anyway, the album- 10/10

[froglenn]

Yep, it sounds rather overproduced after a few listens, I have to say I'm not won over by it. The acoustic version is good and the solo fits the piano better than the guitar imho.

The acoustic vs album argument I feel also applies to Lovers in Japan. I really rate the acoustic version, as many people have said it's like a synthesis of See You Soon/Sleeping Sun/Til Kingdom Come, which are some of my favourites. The album version seems really busy and at times, messy. I would also say Chris's vocals on it aren't as refined as the acoustic version, but that's probably just me.

[iPsy]

yeah...it's very messy! I've never heard the Lovers In Japan Acoustic version!

But I still like the 'Lost' normal version as the lyrics are amazing!

[Breakfast_of_CHAMPION]

yeah i like the acoustic version better too. i was a bit disappointed with the album version, but it's still ok.

[Theroyalty]

The acoustic vs album argument I feel also applies to Lovers in Japan. I really rate the acoustic version, as many people have said it's like a synthesis of See You Soon/Sleeping Sun/Til Kingdom Come, which are some of my favourites. The album version seems really busy and at times, messy. I would also say Chris's vocals on it aren't as refined as the acoustic version, but that's probably just me.

I prefer the album version of Lost, it's more eventful, I like the beat, but i agree with your analysis of LIJ.

[iPsy]

more eventful??? I suppose, but it is NOT the Coldplay I know, they are not into TOO Many claps, they could have made it so amazing and emotional but they have tried to make it 'fun', which is NOT Coldplay! lol, that's what I think anyway

[felicote]

I love the beats in Lost!. Although Lost? was pretty cool acoustic. It must have been a really tough choice for coldplay regarding which one of the two to include.

[not01]

The acoustic version is better. Definitely. I don't really know why. The vocals on the album version are better though.

[Maloo]

Album version hands down.

[iPsy]

if you like the album version better....do you know who Coldplay are????
And I'm not so sure about the lyrics in both songs, they seem to be clear in both, don't they???

[joshtimo]

more eventful??? I suppose, but it is NOT the Coldplay I know, they are not into TOO Many claps, they could have made it so amazing and emotional but they have tried to make it 'fun', which is NOT Coldplay! lol, that's what I think anyway

The band AND Eno have both stated they wanted to make sure, because it was important to them, to have life in the music. Sure you can have serious songs, but there needs to be an organic energy.

I think they achieved that!

[iPsy]

yeah, I suppose josh_simo, but I still feel the acoustic has a bit of a better feel to it, it might just be because I LOVE Acoustic music?? maybe, don't get my wrong, I like the album version but I just LOVE The Acoustic version! Brian Eno has brought a brilliant sound to the album and some songs (like Lost), I will have to get used to!

[Cold_Huntress]

I thought the same thing the first time I heard the album version, but it's growing on me.

[iPsy]

yeah, it's growing on me but still....THE ACOUSTIC IS WAAAAAAAAAY BETTER!

[tonethestone]

album version by a mile! one of my all time fave coldplay songs, album is just magnificent! 10/10, 2nd best album behind AROBTTH

[Cobalt]

Summary:
Lost? has more meaningfulness that we're used to in Coldplay
Lost! is sorta different but coo

:dozey:

[TracieMorgan]

I think a lot of us prefer the acoustic version because it's the one we got to know the song by. Both are amazing for different reasons, but so far, I def. prefer the acoustic.

I don't want to start a new thread, so I'll just post this here: I'm just now reaching The Escapist and HO-LEE SHIT! THIS IS NOT A COLDPLAY ALBUM!! IT's by some epic band that I've just discovered!! IT CAN'T BE Coldplay!! It's just too...too...too...PERFECT!!!!!!

Oh Em Eff Gee! This is Coldplay??? THIS is my favorite band?? Can I pick 'em or what???? I'm blown away even more than I thought I would be...and all jokes aside, I don't 'squeeeee' for just anything! THIS IS AMAZING!!! LIKE NO OTHER ALBUM THIS DECADE!! (including Coldplay's albums!):D:D:D:D:D!

[iPsy]

GOD....The album IS Amazing isn't it, I can't even put it into words, I'm humbled!

[Cobalt]

Hey Trace, I've been trying to download it in it's entirety for about two and a half hours now and am only up to downloading the fourth smallest I don't already have (Strawberry Swing) :dozey:. Consolance cookies?

It's 9 times as worse than Violet Hill Night :disappointed:

[iPsy]

arrrrr...I found a brilliant website which downloaded them one by one in about a minute each, I can't remember what website it is, sorry, but it was really good and all the songs are top quality!

why don't you just wait for a week while we feel smug!

:D

lol

[iPsy]

oh....and guess what!? I'm from britain so we would get it a few days before, anyway on June 12th!


I LOVE Feeling Smug!:lol:

[Cobalt]

^ Why don't you just GTFO?? :dozey:

I swear if someone says that again I'll batter their head in.

Trace, I'M ALREADY DOWNLOADING FROM THE SECOND LINK YOU PMED ME :laugh3: my internet's slow, THAT'S why :dozey: I went over my download limit early last month so now I have to suffer 'till the 14th!

Which is the day we get the album... ohhh this place sucks shit.

[winigwl]

haha tracie you couldn't resist

both are good, i'm not sure whih i like better
but lovers is definately bretter acoustic

[mountainloafers]

I think a lot of us prefer the acoustic version because it's the one we got to know the song by. Both are amazing for different reasons, but so far, I def. prefer the acoustic.

I don't want to start a new thread, so I'll just post this here: I'm just now reaching The Escapist and HO-LEE SHIT! THIS IS NOT A COLDPLAY ALBUM!! IT's by some epic band that I've just discovered!! IT CAN'T BE Coldplay!! It's just too...too...too...PERFECT!!!!!!

Oh Em Eff Gee! This is Coldplay??? THIS is my favorite band?? Can I pick 'em or what???? I'm blown away even more than I thought I would be...and all jokes aside, I don't 'squeeeee' for just anything! THIS IS AMAZING!!! LIKE NO OTHER ALBUM THIS DECADE!! (including Coldplay's albums!):D:D:D:D:D!
agreed!

[bresc]

ok i let myself listen to lost! because between the acoustic version and that interview, i pretty much knew the song back to front anyway...

upon first listen i didn't think it had anything on the acoustic... the vocals didn't sound as passionate at times (almost slightly rushed), very little piano - mainly organ, it sounds very different to old coldplay, and the beat iskinda rnb-ish. but after listening a couple more times, i've decided to put aside any preconceptions of what new coldplay should sound like, and the more i listen to the album version, the more its growing on me. i love the backing vocals at the end.. wish they continued over the organ as it fades out... i can just imagine it live.. that organ conclusion was almost made for the crowd to cheer over after the final beat drops... in fact it would've been awsome if the chorus was repeated over the organ at the end so that we could sing it at concerts, much like the end of Fix You...

having said all that, i think it was wise to introduce the song to us via the acoustic so that we could find some familiar territory in it, rather than instantly dislike it for not being 'coldplay' enough - whatever that even means in this period of experimentation!

i'm really glad to read that the album has surpassed most of your expectations.. can't wait to feel the same joy in just over a week. until then i'll just flog lost! for all it's got...

[dotty biscotti]

Lost! is such a wonderful track! You can really hear the entire band as opposed to Lost?, where its just Chris and the piano.

[Lore]

I like both versions :)

[Maloo]

if you like the album version better....do you know who Coldplay are????


:laugh3:

[Laura42]

I prefer the acoustic version. To be honest Lost! is, at this moment, my least favorite track of the album. I don't like that church feeling, I don't like the african rhythm and I don't like the clapping... well to be honest it really annoys me the beginning of the song, but I like the end, the guitar solo is awesome.

I think something similar happened with Politik. Since first listen I loved the end of the song, but I couldn't stand the beginning, I HATED IT!! But with time I started to tolerate it and then I started to like it, so eventually I enjoyed the full song... and now it's one of my favorite songs ever.... maybe the same thing is gonna happen with this one. :)

[Kurgen]

both are very good in their own right. However i see reasons as to why the acoustic wasn't included on the new album- it's not rocky enough. Lost! fits much better in the progression of the album while Lost? fits the Coldplay mold from previous albums. I think they released the acoustic separately to show people they still recognize their roots of melodic songs and such- mostly.

[TracieMorgan]

both are very good in their own right. However i see reasons as to why the acoustic wasn't included on the new album- it's not rocky enough. Lost! fits much better in the progression of the album while Lost? fits the Coldplay mold from previous albums. I think they released the acoustic separately to show people they still recognize their roots of melodic songs and such- mostly.

Yeah, the whole band version does fit the album better, absolutely!

^^^PMs/ What PMs?? I didn't send any PMs...;)

[shipoffools]

I like the vocals on the regular version better, but the music better on the Acoustic version.

[squareonefivesix]

I love the acoustic lost but on first play of the album lost I was blown away - the hand claps are brilliant and the guitar solo is very rocky. The chorus sounds way better on the album version, the the verses suit the acoustic style, so swings and roundabouts I guess.

I just think it's great that Coldplay think it is important to give us two versions of the one song. :)

[nikovich]

I wish people would stop calling it an acoustic version. Its a piano version !! :-)

[iPsy]

sorry mate...but if yur that bothered get off the forum, anyway you can´t like Coldplay that much seeing as though you have only had 24 forum posts in almost 4years! :P

[Coldplayer11]

i must agree the acoustic version is better..i try hard to like the real version but i just don't feel it :// maybe not yet btw album is 10/10..just beautiful!

[coldplaylover#1]

i like the acoustic one WAYYYYYYYYY BETTER too :D
the album version sounds VERY weird to me now

[EnglishSilk]

My vote is with the acoustic(sorry, PIANO ), version.Only because it is the raw, emotion-charged voice of simply Chris that draws me....

but maybe they didn`t feel the show would need a breathtaking moment; rather, opted for the good ole clap -yer-hands and sing along version...:P

[Hotplay007]

I dunno, I have to say that I like the ending a lot on the original.

[viva la vida]

Well, first I got lost, acoustic version and it's way much better than original. It's soft, beautiful and "with soul". For now, my favorite song on the album. :kiss:

[Tnspieler1012]

Sorry, I'm just so overwhelmed, it is amazing but one song I love is 'Lost', but when I heard the proper version, I thought the claps ruined it, I think the acoustic is much better, What do you think?




I felt very much the same, it's hard letting go of the piano ballad it was in the acoustic version. I think it could've been stripped down, particularly from the hip-hop feel, it's a little too much, kills the solo too. Great song still though.

[rudiger10]

Wow, just wow. i said the exact same sentence as the original post wen i heard the album version. cant agree more. still 10/10

[NeonWonderland83]

I think a lot of us prefer the acoustic version because it's the one we got to know the song by. Both are amazing for different reasons, but so far, I def. prefer the acoustic.

I don't want to start a new thread, so I'll just post this here: I'm just now reaching The Escapist and HO-LEE SHIT! THIS IS NOT A COLDPLAY ALBUM!! IT's by some epic band that I've just discovered!! IT CAN'T BE Coldplay!! It's just too...too...too...PERFECT!!!!!!

Oh Em Eff Gee! This is Coldplay??? THIS is my favorite band?? Can I pick 'em or what???? I'm blown away even more than I thought I would be...and all jokes aside, I don't 'squeeeee' for just anything! THIS IS AMAZING!!! LIKE NO OTHER ALBUM THIS DECADE!! (including Coldplay's albums!):D:D:D:D:D!

haha! this is too cute! I feel the same way... it's totally epic, isn't it?

[Littlewhiteshadows]

Mah, Lost! is better.

[Ryujiki]

This song is my favorite (at this time),and for me Lost! acoustic and Lost! album version are 2 differents songs,like it happen with the 2 version of Talk

[StarsKay]

I see the songs are two separate tracks. I hears Lost? first and instantly fell in love with it. It truly is an amazing song. I'd heard so many on here who had downloaded the album or heard the album streaming off their myspace and nearly went crazy after reading all the reviews. I resisted temptation to hear it before I had the actual hardcopy in my hands.

Then I heard Lost! and wow! :stunned: It is also quite something special. The beat just captivates you. Once Cemeteries of London ends and the beat for Lost! picks up - almost instantly I've got my head moving to each beat. I get so into the song, moving with the rhythm - just completely saturated with this sound.

When I hear Lost?, it's more a sit-quietly-and-take-it-all-in kind of setting. I don't know, I just don't see the songs are being all that similar, like despite having the same words and all, and yes they are obviously two versions of the same song, I still think they are extremely different.

Having said allllll that lol, I like hmmm, (very hard to choose), but Lost? is better. But it totally depends on the mood I'm in :)

[JesusFreak316]

Could someone please send me a link to the acoustic version of Lost! please.

Cheers mate.

[Christa42]

I love it, it reminds me of old coldplay:rolleyes: the coldplay when you put the cd in your car and drive around and cry to it. Yikes too much info Chrissy

[zsub]

they are both very good

[tuhvero]

Hehe; when you type in Coldplay - Lost? or Lost! you find my video first :P

The one with the picture of VIVA on it!
Go check it out!

[Sparks22]

I really like both versions, but I still think Lost! is a bit better:

Lost! is the more powerful one and it fits better into the album (especially to the cover, I think). The beat, the choir and the organs underline the message of the song. I like the vocals in the background between 2:48 - 3:30, for me it expresses that nothing is lost and that's why I like the song so much. But please leave the Rap away, that version is so horrible...


And Lost? is the more reflective version, maybe that's why there is the question mark behind the title - ooh I'm smart today :laugh3:. Chris' voice leads us through the song, you are able to listen more carefully to the lyrics. The piano stays in the background. What I don't like about this version is you don't have the feeling of victory at the end of the song.

[annabelle]

I love both versions of the song!

[janis]

i think that lost is the weakest song in vlvodaahf, but the avoustic version is so so so touching, beautiful, wonderful and cute! much better than original!

[shipoffools]

I agree, the acoustic version is so beautiful. The studio version of Lost sort of lost (I'm not making a bad pun here, btw) of the power and beauty that the acoustic version has.

But both are awesome. :)

[Macintosh]

so many people think so :rolleyes:
Acoustic is definitely better!

[0AdRiAnLeE0]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=294xvyW4qgk

[MosesTheMarshmallow]

Rejoice - have your cake and eat it too!!!
YouTube - Coldplay - Lost - Live Stripped Performances