Hop A Little

The Big Bubble Side A label (on pink vinyl)

**"Hop A Little"** is the second track from The Residents' thirteenth studio album, *The Big Bubble*.

## History

The song is written and performed from the perspective of *The Big Bubble*, a band within The Residents' Mole Trilogy fiction made up of Mole / Chub hybrids. The song is mostly performed in *Mohelmot,* the outlawed native language of The Moles'.

For their *13th Anniversary Tour*, which ran from 1985 - 1987, Hop a Little was performed as the penultimate track of the show's main set, being the second in a trio of Big Bubble songs. Despite the song not being included on The 13th Anniversary Show live in Tokyo album, footage of the song being performed was broadcast as part of a 1985 Japanese television special on The Residents, showcasing that it was in fact performed on that leg. That same footage was later edited and included as an Easter Egg on the 2011 *Randy's Ghost Stories* DVD.

## Credits

* The Residents: Vocals, Guitar, Emulators, Percussion

## Appearances

* The Big Bubble (1985)
* Live In The USA! 13th Anniversary Tour (1986)
* 13th Anniversary Show - Live In Holland (1987)
* UWEB Box Set (1995)
* 13th Anniversary Show - Ritz NY - Jan 16, 1986 (2010)
* Randy's Ghost Stories (2010)
* 13th Anniversary Show - Cleveland (2014)
* Mole Box (2019)

## Versions

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Clementina Street studio recording, 1984-1985 (2:47)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 First Avenue live recording, February, 10 1986 (3:22)
3. ↑ Paradiso, Amsterdam live recording, October 25, 1986 (3:28)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Ritz live recording, January 16th, 1986 (3:13)
5. ↑ Japan live recording, October 1985 (2:47)
6. ↑ Peabody's Down Under, Cleveland live recording, January 27, 1986 (3:20)

## See Also

* The Big Bubble (band)
* The Mole Trilogy
* The 13th Anniversary Show

## External links and references

* "Hop A Little" on Setlist.fm

1. ↑ The Residents- 13th Anniversary Tour Interview with Homer Flynn.

**Cast of Characters**
Mohelmot · Chubs (Innisfree · The Scientist) · The ObserverDarkness · The Evil DisposerCross (Zinkenites · Kula Bocca · The Big Bubble · Frankie DuVall)
**Part One: *Mark of the Mole* (1981)**
(video game · novel)
**Side A: Hole-Workers at the Mercy of Nature**
"Voices of the Air" · "The Ultimate Disaster" · "Migration"
**Side B: Hole-Workers vs. Man and Machine**
"Another Land" · "The New Machine" · "Final Confrontation"
**Part Two: *The Tunes of Two Cities* (1982)**
(*The Comix of Two Cities*)
**Side A:** "Serenade For Missy" · "A Maze Of Jigsaws" · "Mousetrap" · "God Of Darkness" · "Smack Your Lips (Clap Your Teeth)" · "Praise For The Curse"
**Side B:** "The Secret Seed" · "Smokebeams" · "Mourning The Undead" · "Song Of The Wild" · "The Evil Disposer" · "Happy Home (Excerpt From Act II of "Innisfree")"
***Intermission: Extraneous Music From The Residents' Mole Show* (1982)**
**Side A:** "Lights Out (Prelude)" · "Shorty's Lament (Intermission)"
**Side B:** "The Moles Are Coming (Intermission)" · "Would We Be Alive? (Intermission)" · "The New Hymn (Recessional)"
**The Mole Show (1982-1983)**(*Mole Dance 82* · *Live At The Roxy* · *La Edad de Oro* · Uncle Sam Mole Show · VHS · *Live In Holland* · DVD bag set)
**Part Three: ???**
"Now It Is Too Late" · "Going Nowhere" · "Tired Old Man" · "Marching To The We" · *Mole Suite*
**Part Four: *The Big Bubble* (1985)**(fictional band · Black Shroud Records)
**Side A:** "Sorry" · "**Hop A Little**" · "Go Where Ya Wanna Go" · "Gotta Gotta Get" · "Cry For The Fire"
**Side B:** "Die-Stay-Go" · "Vinegar" · "Firefly" · "The Big Bubble" · "Fear for the Future" · "Kula Bocca Says So"
**Part Five: ???**
**Part Six: ???**
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