Just what does "Pass the Dutchie" mean?
Remember that song by Musical Youth? In the song the lyrics read: "Pass the dutchie from the left hand side." What is the duchie? A person, an object? A political statement? I'd really like to know.
Atualizada:Ha! Well I guess this brings a whole new meaning to "How does it feel when you've got no food?" Did they mean to say how does it feel when you've got no dube? :)
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"Pass the Dutchie" was a UK number one single for three weeks in September 1982 for Musical Youth from the album "The Youth of Today".
It was a cover version of the song "Pass the Kouchie" by The Mighty Diamonds, written by Leroy Sibbles and Jackie Mittoo. The term "dutchie" (a cooking pot) may have allowed for a more radio-friendly song than "kouchie" (a slang term for marijuana). The term may also be related to Dutch Master cigars, which could be used as blunts by unwrapping the paper, removing the tobacco and replacing it with marijuana. A slang word for this modified cigar is "dutchie." This, of course, would make much more sense than a song that urged listeners to "pass a large, bulky kettle on the left hand side." However, further in the song, Musical Youth ask the question: "How does it feel when ya got no food?", hinting that "dutchie" in the context of this song is a cooking pot.
Pass The Dutchie
Actually a "Dutchie" is a cooking pot.The kids were supposed to sing "Pass the Koochie" which refers to reefer.However record executives thought it in bad taste for 13 and 14 yo's to be singing about drug use.So they changed the words and meaning of the song.
It was a cover song the original song was Pass the Kouchie, which is a joint, the word Dutchie is actually a cooking pot or kettle, they had to say dutchie to make it radio friendly.
The "dutchie" referred to is a cooking pot known as a "Dutch Oven". The word "Kouchie" was used in a son by 'Mighty Diamond" and that was a reference to pot. Hence the confusion. Two pots for the price of one. "Pass the dutchie from the left hand side merely alludes to the fact that the meal is being served traditionally, as a family gathering....
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It means you cannot pass, period. Passing on the right is illegal anyways but on a two lane road, there isn't normally enough room to pass without leaving the road surface.
Pass the blunt
It's supposed to be "cutchie." It's a marijuana smoking device.
LOL
I saw a "Behind the Music" or some similar type show with them one time. They tried to be coy when asked directly about this. "You know, mon....we mean pot, like a cooking pot."
But they were really admitting that they meant the "other" kind of pot.
Dutchie means joint, junt, marijuana cigarette, blunt, fattie, funny cigarette.
I guess it was censorship by the music company because it was kids singing about it, dammit.