dutchie

[Do228]

Is a "dutchie" a spliff which contains marijuana grown or bought in the Netherlands or what could it mean?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFtLONl4cNc

 

[jutfrank]

No. You probably know that the song is a cover of The Mighty Diamonds' classic original Pass The Kouchie, where 'kouchie' refers to a kind of marijuana pipe.

Obviously, for release in the UK charts, Musical Youth felt it necessary to alter the lyrics to a more family-friendly version. According to Wikipedia, a 'dutchie' is a kind of cooking pot.

Despite what Wikipedia claims, nobody (in the UK at least) uses the word 'dutchie' to mean spliff but I see why you might make that connection.

 

[GoesStation]

Obviously, for release in the UK charts, Musical Youth felt it necessary to alter the lyrics to a more family-friendly version. According to Wikipedia, a 'dutchie' is a kind of cooking pot.

I assume that's a familiar term for the heavy cast-iron kettle known as a Dutch oven.

 

[jutfrank]

I assume that's a familiar term for the heavy cast-iron kettle known as a Dutch oven.

Probably, yes.

 

[Tdol]

Obviously, for release in the UK charts, Musical Youth felt it necessary to alter the lyrics to a more family-friendly version.

I remember seeing them say this in interviews.

 

[emsr2d2]

Those of us who weren't familiar with a "dutch oven" assumed that "dutchie" was a slang term for a joint/spliff anyway!

 

[Tdol]

They were trying to circumvent rules in those times, without losing the appeal of the song. They were, in the words of Patti Smith, just kids.

 

[jutfrank]

Kelvin, the youngest, was just 10 when the song was first released.

Anyone who did actually believe the song was about a Dutch oven would have had to contend with the image of a bunch of rastamen 'in session' passing around a very hot and heavy cast iron cooking pot!

(Presumably, while smoking a spliff.)

 

[Tdol]

But it did give Kelvin an out in interviews.