"With A Shout" — tuneage: Greg Jong - “Got a Nerve” It sucks...

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Greg Jong - “Got a Nerve”

It sucks having un-talented friends. I cringe at the thought of sitting through a buddy’s open mic performance at some depressing dive bar and thinking up genuine-sounding compliments to give him about his overly-earnest singing voice and tinny little acoustic guitar while I sip Miller Lite from a bottle because they’re on special. That’s exactly why I put off listening to Greg Jong’s music when I first met him: I genuinely liked him as a friend, but I didn’t want to have to pretend to like his music.

Eventually I pointed my browser to his MySpace page and cued up “Got A Nerve.” What poured out of my computer’s speakers was a dirty stomper of a rock song, something that sounded like a throwback, but also brand new, like ELO and Led Zepplin formed an unlikely tag team in order to jump Franz Ferdinand into their gang. The heavy drums, the wailing guitar, it made me want drink whiskey and dance. I loved it.

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