sad ipod face and ipod wont turn on

was downloading music to ipod on friends computer

his computer froze up and ipod was unplugged now everytime i attempt to turn ipod on it shows the sad ipod face and reads www.apple.com/support/ipod
i have tried to reset it multiple times and still get the same result

its a first generation ipod one of the very first ones

PLEASE ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED