Coldplay's Lost! ft. Jay-Z (oh noes a remix)

Jay-Z is better off paired with the ladies. Rihanna, Beyonce, Britney, for goodness sake!-just, don't collaborate with groups anymore.

Especially if they're Linkin Park or Coldplay.

Look at what they've done to Lost! !

Granted, the rapping didn't last up to one minute but oh, did they butcher this song or what! The rapping could've been better, but this is just baaa-aaad.
And I'm not saying it's bad cos Jay-Z whacked up LP in Collision Course (and that was baaa-aaad) but I'm saying it 'cos Lost! was already a good song in its own that needed no more changes or addition!

(As you can see I am in my angry fangirl mode)

If they needed a collaborator, Coldplay should've just asked Kanye West to help them. He's much more versatile and has more relevance to Coldplay (because they're both strange) than Jay-Z.
Granted, Beach Chairs did rock my socks.

On Lost!-check out the lyrics-

With the same sword they knight you, they gon' good night you with

there, Jay-Z raps about success and the troubles that lay in wait for those who have it. Tried and tested formula, but it doesn't fit the original tone of Lost!, which IMHO is about "finding oneself, being humble in the process, etc". He uses the word suicide repeatedly as if by doing so, he'd make this song an alternative clubbing anthem, which spells more commercial success for Coldplay.

So, the question now is, has Coldplay jumped the shark?