I have already previously posted a track from the ROIR cassette compilation Singles: The Great New York City Singles Scene and here is another. Come On are one of the most forgotten bands of the late-1970s New York punk and new wave scene, Come On recorded the self-released single "A Kitchen in the Clouds"/"Don't Walk on the Kitchen Floor,," and then came up with "Disneyland." With the half-hysterical vocals of lead singer Jamie Kaufman, Come On were probably more similar to the Talking Heads than they were to any other major New York band of the time.That similarity with the Talking Heads didn't make them famous, however. Come On weren't nearly as good, and certainly lacked any of the pop hooks that the Talking Heads boasted from the very beginning.
David Byrne was a fan of the band and took David Bowie and Brian Eno to see them at CBGB's. There was a meeting with Eno in which the possibility of collaboration was mooted, although apparently nothing came of that. Jamie Kaufman has said that other admirers of the band included Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, the singer Klaus Nomi, artist Jeff Koons and actor Willem Dafoe none of whom were nearly as famous in the late 1970s as they would become.Two of Come On's members did go on to work with Nomi.
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