Fact #187731

There's a pathetic part of the human brain that longs to legitimize deliriously silly records like Martian Hop by claiming them as pioneers of electronica or early examples of genre-fusion. True, Martian Hop was "the first pop record to use additive synthesis from sine wave generators", and it does blend electronics with doo-wop. However, its wonderfulness lies not in such scholarly detail but in the unbridled glee emanating from its grooves. Indeed, why should a song whose opening stanza is, "We have just discovered an important note from space, the Martians plan to throw a dance for all the human race." require any justification at all?
(Johnny Black, Mojo magazine, 2002)