Pay To Cum 7″
Bad Brains Records
Released: 1980
Producer – Jimi Quidd
H.R. – vocals
Dr. Know – guitar
Darryl Jenifer – bass
Earl Hudson – drums
1. Pay to Cum (1:33) (Bad Brains)
2. Stay Close To Me (2:29) (Bad Brains)
When it comes to the Bad Brains I am definitely in the minority here, never been a fan. Whenever they would come to Los Angeles everybody, including my Uncle, would rush to see them. Over the years I’ve gotten used to them, but other than a few compilations, I never owned anything other than this single.
In December of 1979, the Bad Brains recorded their debut single (Pay To Cum/Stay Close To Me) on their Bad Brains label, in New York, which was later included on the Let Them Eat Jellybeans compilation album. The band would later repress the single, and issue it without the picture sleeve (red and tan labels instead of the brown and white of the first pressing). Pay to Cum was recorded by Jimi Quidd who had heard the band play at a Club in New York.
The “A-side” to the single is Pay to Cum, while the flip side is Stay Close To Me, identified as “Side 1″. The original 7″ had no “B-side” or “Side 2″.
Pay To Cum
“I make decision with precision,
Lost inside this manned collision,
Just to see that what is to be,
Perfectly my fantasy.
I came to know with now dismay,
That in this world we all must pay,
Pay to write, pay to play,
Pay to cum, pay to fight.
And all in time,
With just our minds,
We soon will find,
What’s left behind?
Not long ago when things were slow,
We all got by with what we know,
The end is near. Hearts filled with fear,
Don’t want to listen to what they hear.
And so it’s now we choose to fight,
To stick up for our bloody right,
The right to sing, the right to dance,
The right is ours… We’ll take the chance.
A peace together,
A piece apart,
A piece of wisdom,
From our hearts.”
Rating: ** *** two out of five stars.
RIP This month is the one-year anniversary of the passing of my Uncle Rick White, the first “Punk Rocker” I ever knew.
Download the single:
Pay To Cum
Stay Close To Me
This was the latest from Mike E. When he’s not writing articles of punk past he manages an online comic book store. Visit him at Web Comics.
