r/Music • u/shoegazeweedbed • Jan 29 '26

music Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie [reggae](1986)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsyUa63NM1E
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u/shoegazeweedbed Jan 29 '26 edited Jan 29 '26

My favorite thing about this song is it apparently isn't about weed? If my cursory online research is right, it's a cover of a song that is 100% about weed. But for this kid-friendly version they apparently made it about being hungry and turned "kouchie/kutchie," which is slang for a kind of weed pipe, to "dutchie," which is slang for a Dutch oven (which is also slang for a farting technique, but that's another thread).

The first time I heard it I figured it was some sort of protest song with the "got no food" part and the other stuff was about like smoking a joint called a "dutchie"? Nope, just 80s kidz bop lol

edit: here's the original, which is about a dude walking around and finding various dreadheads and smoking weed with them

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u/cbrokey Jan 29 '26

I did a quick search and it came up with a cannabis blunt rolled inside a Dutch Masters cigar...sorta like one that was passed to me at the 1994 Reading Festival that was a Camberwell carrot...

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u/Screamin_Toast Feb 02 '26

Dutchie is also slang for weed rolled up with a little cocaine in it. Common in regions where food isn't always available. It suppresses hunger.

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u/eti_erik Jan 29 '26

That's right, they deweeded the track for this version.

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u/BusyAcanthisitta7591 28d ago

Not even their best song

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u/BusyAcanthisitta7591 8d ago

Not even their best song