Musical Youth are a British-Jamaican reggae band formed in 1979 in Birmingham, England. They are best remembered for their successful 1982 single "Pass the Dutchie", which became a No. 1 hit around the world.
A "Dutchie" is a Jamaican cooking pot, and while there's not much reason to pass one around, it was an acceptable substitute for the original lyric: "Pass The Kutchie," Kutchie being Jamaican slang for a pot that holds marijuana. "Pass The Kutchie" was a song that came out earlier in 1982 by the reggae group The Mighty Diamonds, which was adapted by Musical Youth, or at least their handlers - the five boys in the group were between the ages of 11 and 16 years old at the time, and their manager suggested they record the song with the modified lyric.
@@ebonynaomi1085 Nope - check out Pass the Kouchie by the Mighty Diamonds, same song just the switch of dutchie instead of kouchie. Kouchie is a cannabis pipe.
@@mortisrat no you are right the original us called pasa the cutchie (joint).. but this young group couldn't sing about passing a joint of pot around so changed the lyrics about food hence pass the Dutchie instead
I went to school with one of their kids for years! Same class and everything. Such a lovely family and they literally lived up the road from me for years 😂
The original song was called "Pass The Kutchie" by the Mighty Diamonds. It had to be changed for Musical Youth to sing. Kutchie is slang for a pot that holds marijuana, which is meant to be passed around 😊
This song was made at a time in the 80’s when poverty in the UK was high and black culture was a voice for the poor, both black and white, during a period of political oppression for the working classes ❤️ these songs lifted the soul above the troubles.....despite the tough times, man did we know how to have fun back then ❤️👌🎵
@@jenniferkasowicz9463 The inner city riots 1981 [several cities]. I was in the military then and we were literaly hours away from being called out onto the streets to take back control. Our senior officers asked us if were prepared to shoot our own citizens if needed. We all said yes then...I wouldn't do it now though, not for this lot in power!
@@jenniferkasowicz9463 yes absolutely! Troubling times but there was a camaraderie within the working classes that transcended the oppression that was truly rife back then and it was punctuated by uplifting yet politically based art and music that provided genuine joy ❤️
Musical Youth from my home town of Birmingham, England. We have a lot of people in Birmingham from all over the globe. Many came from the Caribbean so reggae music was very popular, with bands like UB40 , Musical Youth and The Beat coming out of the City.
Ocean Colour Scene, Apache Indian, Pato Banton, Duran Duran Dexys Midnight Runners, Black Sabbath, Electric Light Orchestra, Fine Young Cannibals, The Fortunes, The Moody Blues, Judas Priest, Napalm Death, The Spencer Davies Group and Wizzard are all from Brum too Mate.
@@fay-amieaspen6046 Fuzzbox (real girl band way before Spice girls that payed their own instruments), lead singer of Brit Pop Dodgy a Brummie- every genre Brum killed but never really gets recognised
I’ll never forget this musical masterpiece from back in the early days of MTV. These kids were so much more talented than they were given credit for. Much love. 🤙🏾✌🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾😎
@@johnholler6149 Bless You John! 😊. Yes, it is so nice to have a kind exchange in RUclips comments! I can empathise about being stuck indoors. I have a chronic disease and am bed bound a lot of the time. Sorry to hear about your injuries. Thank you for selflessly fighting for us! You and your courage is appreciated 🙏 👏 🙌 🎖 It is also wonderful how JayV brings people together through appreciation of great music!
One of the reasons your channel is so popular is because there is a certain sense of pride one feels seeing you experience songs that we've all loved for years - like a mentor passing along knowledge to a student. However! You just taught me that "Pass The Dutchie" means passing a pot of food around! I had no idea and always assumed it was about pot of a different kind. Love that a new listener is teaching me things as well.
This is actually a mainstream youth version of the reggae song Pass the Kutchie the year before this one by reggae group Mighty Diamonds .Dutchie being a cooking pot .Kutchie being something else entirely 🤔 😊
I had forgotten all about this song until today. For some reason it popped into my head. I had no idea how great the song was. It's also the first time I've ever seen the video. Amazing job kids!!!
Released in 1982. To think they'd all be in their 50s now. Apart from Patrick (red t shirt) who died in 1983 aged 24, from a hereditary heart condition. Loved the song back then and still do.
Filmed in London, on the banks of the Thames. In the outside shots you can see the houses of Parliament, and at least once Big Ben itself (although technically it's the bell that's Big Ben, not the tower.)
There is a very sad story behind these guys after they went from nowhere to worldwide sucess.They formed in the UK in the late 70s and this song was a huge hit when it came out.Even singing in Jamaican patois they captured the hearts of the public.🎶🎸🎹🌴
@@StefanTravis well they just got into lots of legal wrangles and one of them got into lots of juvenile crime and died of a heart issue when he was only 24. They were young and mismanaged. Such a shame
@@nelsonm1026 There is a happy ending though. They played at my local free festival about 4 years ago -- they had reformed and did an hour set of all their old songs. They're all about 55 now!!
@@annother3350 Never knew they had reformed, I wonder if they still do gigs. They are in there 40's now, they were between 11-15 in 82 when the song was recorded.
@@AnglOsAxOn2 Maybe given enough money they will perform. This free local festival always gets great old school names like The Beat and Tippa Irie etc!
i was about 13 when this was at number 1 in the UK charts. i kept playing it over and over,i couldn't get enough of it,.and i always danced to it at the school disco..
They caused a big sensation in my home city of Birmingham when this hit the charts, I’m about the age of the younger band members. Enjoying your reviews.
This came out when I was 12, growing up in East London. Such a vibe, we all LOVED this song! That is the Houses of Parliament in the background. I never saw the whole video before, as a kid we didn’t have access to MTV !
@@funkg 👍 I grew up in Leytonstone, went to school in Stratford, then Forest Gate, near Upton Park & West Ham United 😄 Never would I have believed the Olympics would be held in Stratford ! ! !
The original reggae song Pass The Cutchie is about sharing weed; but the record company couldn't let kids sing about that so they changed it to Dutchie, a cooking pot.
We loved them here in Holland. A lot of people were bothered of the fraze pass the dutchy because it would mean marijuana. But a dutchy is also 'a pot'.
the original was called 'pass de coochie'. a coochie was a big Ganga joint that was passed around the rasta's always to the left! the god Jah always sat on the right side!
Agree ! Grew up during that time and in The Netherlands this song was a hit because of 'Pass the Dutchie' and we thinking that it meant passing a joint.
Im SOOO glad I grew up in a time when Reggae was everywhere in Britain! This came out when I was 8 and I fell in love with the whole group!🙈😂Now I’m Reggae through and through! FINALLY visited Jamaica 🇯🇲 in 2019...I’ll be back! Kingston next😎✌🏻👌🏼🇯🇲🏴
We used to smoke Dutch Masters aka "Dutches" or "Dutchies", filled with weed and jam out to this song. You also always pass the Dutchie to the left, bc the right way is wrong. This brings back memories!
Two of the members kelvin and micheal who were brothers came into our classroom with their record and handed it to our teacher. They attended the same school. Anglesey Junior school. Newtown Birmingham UK. Year was 1983 If Im not mistaken.
When I was growing up, a "dutchie" was a joint. I have heard over the year, I have seen dutch pots. My mom had one. There is a Jamaican restaurant here called The Dutch Oven. I was today years old when I just realized what they were sayin,lol. I was wondering what "how does it feel when you have no food" have to do with smoking?! Like 40 years later, mind blown! Lol! It makes sense now!🤯
Is your mind blown again when you find out that they covered the original "pass the kouchie" which is about smoking weed and changed the drug references to food?
@@Lafayette_Ronald_Hubbard Never heard that one. I just wonder where the heck I was for the past 30/40 years. This was my song. Guess I really was never paying attention!
The band were from Birmingham in the West Midlands of the UK,although the video was clearly filmed in London. Sadly,the group disbanded just two years after this,and the bass player Patrick Waite,who had fallen into juvenile crime,died in February 1993 at just 24 of an hereditary heart attack.
I saw Junior (the drummer) last year in Birmingham City Centre. It was just sad seeing him. He was a shell of a person. This was when Birmingham was in total lockdown due to COVID. A small group help the homeless and we were handing out water and sandwiches when he walked past. Still a Birmingham hero in my eyes even though nobody else recognised him around me. Mental Health is unforgiving and unfortunate. 💛🖤💚
I was a little white kid in a working class neighbourhood in Bristol when this song came out but let me tell you, this was the hottest song of the year for us! We were all singing it! I think most of us didn't understand it completely but we were all poor and I think that made this song resonate with us.
I bought this when I was a kid and all this time I thought a dutchie was a spliff! You learn something new everyday. What you said makes much more sense. Cheers!
This song is actually a cover...kind of. The group Mighty Diamonds put out a track called "Pass the Kouchie" which was about passing the herb. Musical Youth, beings kids, changed it to "dutchie", the food pot. This is one of those perfect one-hit wonders that is better than a lot of hits by more famous groups. Full of life, love, and light. Every hearing of this song by a group of youths, musical youths, is magical.
These guys used to go to Duddeston manor school in Nechells, Birmingham. They would practise at the school think the younger members were in my brothers year. Was sure they did another song after this that did pretty well.
These were from Birmingham my home city and they were good musicians all born in England but of Jamaican parentage like many of us thru the windrush generation their one father was a member of the techniques so they grew up on reggae music like most of us with Jamaican roots .
Please react to Uptown top ranking by Althea and Donna, two Jamaican reggae singers. Nice song and got to number one in the UK in the late 70s. I think you will enjoy it.
This song is an adapted version of The Mighty Diamonds - Pass The Kutchie which was definitely about weed. This group altered it because they didn't want kids singing about weed, but look up the original.
Musical Youth were from Birmingham, England (the UK’s second-largest city in terms of population) and were (with ages at the time): Kelvin Grant - lead vocals and guitar (11) Dennis Seaton - lead vocals and percussion (15) Michael Grant - backing vocals and keyboards (13), Michael's elder brother Freddie Waite - drums and backing vocals (15) Patrick Waite - bass and backing vocals (14), Freddie's younger brother, died in 1993
I was 8 when this song came out in Miami..my mom bought me the 45 and I played it over and over and over on my Holly Hobby record player!! It was Christmas time cuz I had my little tree in my room and would lay underneath it and listen to this zoning out on the lights...good times
This was one of those songs where you didn't have a clue what the lyrics were about but you just sang along to it because it was a great song. Great to hear it again.
We used to sing this in music lesson when I was about 7 years old. It was that iconic. The teacher would get half the class to start sing, then the other half to start a verse later.
This song was the jawn of my school in Philly as a kid. I went Pat's Music and bought this 45. We all sang it and then found out what it meant. Then we still sang it while passing the Dutchie lol. Still know all the lyrics. Thank you for the walk down Memory Lane on this beautiful Easter morning. Happy Easter to you Jayvee and to you all.
I think if you look closely, you’ll see a cameo by Bob Marley’s son. He’s the boy with the dreadlocks. He also made a few records. Unfortunately, I can’t remember his name. Edit: Just remembered it, it’s Ziggy Marley
Oh what a fun blast from the past, I loved it then and love it now, it's such a happy tune that sticks in your mind lol. I know about having to eat less to make the food in the cupboard last, it's a horrible thing to be poor like that but you can still have fun and find happiness in simple things that cost nothing. It made me stronger thank goodness. God bless you all love hugs and peace to everyone Mary-Ellen UK
This song was big in 1982 '83 I was a kid back then you couldn't escape this song and being west Indian myself it's great to see Reggae in the main stream at that time.
Musical Youth are a British-Jamaican reggae band formed in 1979 in Birmingham, England. They are best remembered for their successful 1982 single "Pass the Dutchie", which became a No. 1 hit around the world.
A "Dutchie" is a Jamaican cooking pot, and while there's not much reason to pass one around, it was an acceptable substitute for the original lyric: "Pass The Kutchie," Kutchie being Jamaican slang for a pot that holds marijuana. "Pass The Kutchie" was a song that came out earlier in 1982 by the reggae group The Mighty Diamonds, which was adapted by Musical Youth, or at least their handlers - the five boys in the group were between the ages of 11 and 16 years old at the time, and their manager suggested they record the song with the modified lyric.
Thank you for this fun fact I just learned something new
They talking about passing the dutchie Pot, to the left hand side of the stove fire, because otherwise the food is going to burn. 😆
I think members of The Mighty Diamonds are in the video- in the courtroom.
Someone has been watching totp2
@@ebonynaomi1085 Nope - check out Pass the Kouchie by the Mighty Diamonds, same song just the switch of dutchie instead of kouchie. Kouchie is a cannabis pipe.
We ran around as kids singing this and had absolutely no idea what they were saying or what it was about. It was a good groove. 🙂
Same here. Its funny hearing as an adult and wondering why did I not catch the meaning as a kid. LOL Its so obvious,,,,to an adult. LOL
@@newclothes8165 Same, as a kid I thought it was about a joint and it was much later I found it was about food.
Loool
@@mortisrat no you are right the original us called pasa the cutchie (joint).. but this young group couldn't sing about passing a joint of pot around so changed the lyrics about food hence pass the Dutchie instead
@@kimmarievan-ever6599 of course
This song and Eddy Grant's "Electric Avenue" were the 2 reggae songs that played all the time on early MTV.
My brothers were in the video for Electric Avenue ❤️
Hope he reacts to Electric Avenue love that song
I don't wanna dance was a huge hit also :)
@Quercus Robur yeah great times. I even had to know trees by their latin names :)
Eddys do you feel my love as I walk away was my favourite .
this is one of them songs that no matter how bad a day you had it still make you wind up your waste and listen to the drummer and listen to the bass.
*waist
@@peppersanches412 danke grammar nazi. mein typo must go to camp now
The song that I love if I'm having a bad day is Everyday Sunshine by Fishbone.
@@picklefish74 I'm more of a bonin' in the bone yard fan my self, then ground zero, and finally ma and pa!
I went to school with one of their kids for years! Same class and everything. Such a lovely family and they literally lived up the road from me for years 😂
Nice! 😄
Birmingham??
Finally! Someone who knows what a "dutchie" is, and doesn't automatically think those kids are singing about weed!
Do you reckon 'dutchie' short for Dutch oven?
I mean they were. They had to substitute the original lyric from the original song with dutchie.
The original song was called "Pass The Kutchie" by the Mighty Diamonds. It had to be changed for Musical Youth to sing.
Kutchie is slang for a pot that holds marijuana, which is meant to be passed around 😊
This song was made at a time in the 80’s when poverty in the UK was high and black culture was a voice for the poor, both black and white, during a period of political oppression for the working classes ❤️ these songs lifted the soul above the troubles.....despite the tough times, man did we know how to have fun back then ❤️👌🎵
100% peace and love.
@@mrwhite292 100%
Brixton Riots as well, correct?
@@jenniferkasowicz9463 The inner city riots 1981 [several cities]. I was in the military then and we were literaly hours away from being called out onto the streets to take back control. Our senior officers asked us if were prepared to shoot our own citizens if needed. We all said yes then...I wouldn't do it now though, not for this lot in power!
@@jenniferkasowicz9463 yes absolutely! Troubling times but there was a camaraderie within the working classes that transcended the oppression that was truly rife back then and it was punctuated by uplifting yet politically based art and music that provided genuine joy ❤️
Musical Youth from my home town of Birmingham, England. We have a lot of people in Birmingham from all over the globe. Many came from the Caribbean so reggae music was very popular, with bands like UB40 , Musical Youth and The Beat coming out of the City.
LOL. I always thought they were Dutch. I've no idea why, it was such a long time ago but I honestly thought they were Dutch.
@@murraybozinsky7067 "Dutchie"? 😂
same, I am a Brummie and the lead singer is my friend
Ocean Colour Scene, Apache Indian, Pato Banton, Duran Duran Dexys Midnight Runners, Black Sabbath, Electric Light Orchestra, Fine Young Cannibals, The Fortunes, The Moody Blues, Judas Priest, Napalm Death, The Spencer Davies Group and Wizzard are all from Brum too Mate.
@@fay-amieaspen6046 Fuzzbox (real girl band way before Spice girls that payed their own instruments), lead singer of Brit Pop Dodgy a Brummie- every genre Brum killed but never really gets recognised
I’ll never forget this musical masterpiece from back in the early days of MTV. These kids were so much more talented than they were given credit for. Much love. 🤙🏾✌🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾😎
I was 12 when this came out and I couldn't believe how good theses kids were. Brings back Memories
I was also 12! Such a great song!
@@christinechin1909 yes it is.
@@johnholler6149 👍
@@christinechin1909 Hi Christine Thanks for your replies they made my day. I'm an injured Veteran who doesn't get out much so getting replies is nice.
@@johnholler6149 Bless You John! 😊. Yes, it is so nice to have a kind exchange in RUclips comments! I can empathise about being stuck indoors. I have a chronic disease and am bed bound a lot of the time. Sorry to hear about your injuries. Thank you for selflessly fighting for us! You and your courage is appreciated 🙏 👏 🙌 🎖
It is also wonderful how JayV brings people together through appreciation of great music!
Fun fact 3:45 into the video the young kid with dreads is Jesse, the same kid in Bob Marley’s One Love video.
I remember when this song came out in the charts here in the UK. No one knew what it meant but everyone loved it. Was a HUGE hit!
Heard this song 40 of my almost 50 years, and never knew what a dutchie was. Thanks!
I heard this song a lot when I was 16 years old. today I am 55 years old and I miss that time.
I remember taking my allowance money at 10 and buying the 45 for my record player in my bedroom and playing it over and over. I'M 50. 😉
15 myself then. yup agree. now I'm 54 time has flown having had great fun
The original version asked "How's it feel when you got no herb." Herb was changed to food. Also Dutchie was originally Kouchie.
Yes, thank you! We knew what they were really singing about 🚬😉
This song was popular in Canada in 1982, the year I finished high school, or it finished with me...
Love the vibe, I hung around with the Raggae crowd in the late 70s in London, with my friend Clickstar from St.Lucia, lovely memories.
This song has such a vibe!
2:03 The Dutch pot got its name because it was first imported to Jamaica by Dutch traders in the Netherlands.
This song is way too catchy in a good way, it's like going on a fun ride at Disneyland and wanting to do it again.🌟
oh man we listened to this constantly for at least a whole year as kids !
I just too love this song when i was young.we had little radio's and we always listiling to these songs🎹🎸🎷🎶🎵🎧🎙️🪕🎸😊🇳🇱
This was originally called 'Pass the Kootchie', by The Mighty Diamonds - and it was all about passing round the joint...
One of the reasons your channel is so popular is because there is a certain sense of pride one feels seeing you experience songs that we've all loved for years - like a mentor passing along knowledge to a student. However! You just taught me that "Pass The Dutchie" means passing a pot of food around! I had no idea and always assumed it was about pot of a different kind. Love that a new listener is teaching me things as well.
The band was massive in the UK for a year then went away most likely as Ska was massive in the UK for a few years
You were right, Musical Youth are from the U.K. Specifically, my home city of Birmingham.
This is actually a mainstream youth version of the reggae song Pass the Kutchie the year before this one by reggae group Mighty Diamonds .Dutchie being a cooking pot .Kutchie being something else entirely 🤔 😊
Yep. I was hoping someone would post this.
Omg im 45yo and I remember this song. I don't ear this from a century 😄👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤
Remember loving this when it came out I must have been about 7 years old. I’m 47 now and have loved this genre of music ever since really.
Best follow up to this would be "Uptown top rankin" by Althea and Donna.
That or Junior Murvin "Police and Thieves"
@@cathrinbarry6009 Yes, a great call, Cathrin.
@@cathrinbarry6009 Or "Memories" by Junior 😍
Great idea Alipan
Didn't see that you'd already suggested this song. Great minds, eh? 😁
I had forgotten all about this song until today. For some reason it popped into my head. I had no idea how great the song was. It's also the first time I've ever seen the video. Amazing job kids!!!
One person disliked this. What the hell is wrong with them ?
They've got no soul.👍
He is the first on the right
@@jen_alanfromchicago53 😂😂
No taste in good reggae
Just a misclick.
I love this song, remember, “The Clapping Song.” I think it was at the same time. OH YOU SAID THAT AS I TYPED IT LOL
Released in 1982. To think they'd all be in their 50s now. Apart from Patrick (red t shirt) who died in 1983 aged 24, from a hereditary heart condition. Loved the song back then and still do.
The youngest is only 49. I remember him being exactly my age and I am now very much in denial about my upcoming 50th Birthday 😱😖
Bless ya. I'll be 54 this year, and loved reaching 50. You'll be fine 😊
no that was 83
Remember this in the early 80' in the uk, was everyone's favourite tune 💖💖
I can't be the only one who always thought that song was about passing a joint around.
It is.
Yep me too
Dutchie is a cooking pot.
@@michellegreggan4548 They substituted dutchie for something else to make it child-friendly, but the song IS about maryjane.
I still have to convince my husband that it's about a pot of food instead of a joint😂😂
Filmed in London, on the banks of the Thames. In the outside shots you can see the houses of Parliament, and at least once Big Ben itself (although technically it's the bell that's Big Ben, not the tower.)
There is a very sad story behind these guys after they went from nowhere to worldwide sucess.They formed in the UK in the late 70s and this song was a huge hit when it came out.Even singing in Jamaican patois they captured the hearts of the public.🎶🎸🎹🌴
What's the sad part?
@@StefanTravis well they just got into lots of legal wrangles and one of them got into lots of juvenile crime and died of a heart issue when he was only 24. They were young and mismanaged. Such a shame
@@nelsonm1026 There is a happy ending though. They played at my local free festival about 4 years ago -- they had reformed and did an hour set of all their old songs. They're all about 55 now!!
@@annother3350 Never knew they had reformed, I wonder if they still do gigs. They are in there 40's now, they were between 11-15 in 82 when the song was recorded.
@@AnglOsAxOn2 Maybe given enough money they will perform. This free local festival always gets great old school names like The Beat and Tippa Irie etc!
i was about 13 when this was at number 1 in the UK charts. i kept playing it over and over,i couldn't get enough of it,.and i always danced to it at the school disco..
A classic song of my youth man. Very nice reactvideo 👍.
They caused a big sensation in my home city of Birmingham when this hit the charts, I’m about the age of the younger band members. Enjoying your reviews.
Rember this song so well. One of them died very young. Thanks for the reaction. 👍🎶
It was Patrick Waite who died aged 24 from a hereditary heart condition.
The bass player
i heard the same thing think they said one with green shirt
This came out when I was 12, growing up in East London. Such a vibe, we all LOVED this song! That is the Houses of Parliament in the background. I never saw the whole video before, as a kid we didn’t have access to MTV !
Same age as me. I grew up in Limehouse and went to school in Poplar.
@@funkg 👍 I grew up in Leytonstone, went to school in Stratford, then Forest Gate, near Upton Park & West Ham United 😄
Never would I have believed the Olympics would be held in Stratford ! ! !
@@christinechin1909 we moved to Leytonstone in 1985 when I was 16, lived on Norman Road!
@@funkg Wow! Well it’s a small world 🌎 after all! We lived on Selby Road!
@@funkg I love the way JayV bring people together through his love of great music! 😄 👍
Lol all these years we thought they were talking about passing a joint so in high school we always passed on the left hand side
The original reggae song Pass The Cutchie is about sharing weed; but the record company couldn't let kids sing about that so they changed it to Dutchie, a cooking pot.
when he paused the song I pressed the spacebar lol
We loved them here in Holland. A lot of people were bothered of the fraze pass the dutchy because it would mean marijuana. But a dutchy is also 'a pot'.
the original was called 'pass de coochie'. a coochie was a big Ganga joint that was passed around the rasta's always to the left! the god Jah always sat on the right side!
Yes. And as an innocent child who's hungry and hears 'pass the dutchy' you think there is something to eat.
But people made a whole fuss of it.
@@StrawberryHills, well, I just had another toke and chilled out! :-)
A dutch pot or " dutchie" is a large pot used for cooking family meals in Jamaica.🎶🌴
Agree ! Grew up during that time and in The Netherlands this song was a hit because of 'Pass the Dutchie' and we thinking that it meant passing a joint.
Im SOOO glad I grew up in a time when Reggae was everywhere in Britain! This came out when I was 8 and I fell in love with the whole group!🙈😂Now I’m Reggae through and through! FINALLY visited Jamaica 🇯🇲 in 2019...I’ll be back! Kingston next😎✌🏻👌🏼🇯🇲🏴
We used to smoke Dutch Masters aka "Dutches" or "Dutchies", filled with weed and jam out to this song. You also always pass the Dutchie to the left, bc the right way is wrong. This brings back memories!
😂😁
That was the true meaning
I just realised that the judge was Paul Freeman (Belloq in Raiders of the Lost Ark and the vicar in Hot Fuzz)
I always enjoyed hearing this song. They are talented. I wonder where these kids took their talent.
Now I feel old lol. Yeah happy memories summer time in London listening to this . Great reaction Jay stay safe 😀😀
Hahaha... I haven't heard this for a grip!!!
I think early 1980's....
OMG😳‼️
I'M OLD‼️🙄🤣🤣
Ya know! I feel like I am 90 yrs old.
1982 alright.
Two of the members kelvin and micheal who were brothers came into our classroom with their record and handed it to our teacher. They attended the same school. Anglesey Junior school. Newtown Birmingham UK. Year was 1983 If Im not mistaken.
No matter how bad my day is, I can always come here and watch the sheer joy light up your face when you love something. It always gives me a lift.
When I was growing up, a "dutchie" was a joint. I have heard over the year, I have seen dutch pots. My mom had one. There is a Jamaican restaurant here called The Dutch Oven. I was today years old when I just realized what they were sayin,lol. I was wondering what "how does it feel when you have no food" have to do with smoking?! Like 40 years later, mind blown! Lol! It makes sense now!🤯
Is your mind blown again when you find out that they covered the original "pass the kouchie" which is about smoking weed and changed the drug references to food?
@@Lafayette_Ronald_Hubbard Never heard that one. I just wonder where the heck I was for the past 30/40 years. This was my song. Guess I really was never paying attention!
The band were from Birmingham in the West Midlands of the UK,although the video was clearly filmed in London. Sadly,the group disbanded just two years after this,and the bass player Patrick Waite,who had fallen into juvenile crime,died in February 1993 at just 24 of an hereditary heart attack.
Flashback to my childhood! Great, great, great tune!
This song is still on my playlist. I love this! ❤ So groovin' even though the lyrics make me sad.
This was great when it came out.... Still sounds good today
I saw Junior (the drummer) last year in Birmingham City Centre. It was just sad seeing him. He was a shell of a person. This was when Birmingham was in total lockdown due to COVID. A small group help the homeless and we were handing out water and sandwiches when he walked past. Still a Birmingham hero in my eyes even though nobody else recognised him around me. Mental Health is unforgiving and unfortunate. 💛🖤💚
Junior passed away in Aug 22 😔
Probably the first reggae song I remember hearing on the radio in the USA was "Watching the Detectives" by Elvis Costello....in 1977.
Thats the only costello song i wouldnt switch off...
Ahhhhhh I love this song - brings back some great happy memories too - if ever one is feeling down you play this song and it just lifts you 💃💃💃💃👍👏👏👏
** RIP ** Patrick Waite died in 1993, he was just 24. Apparent heart attack brought on by a virus.
That’s sad. I wonder what kind of virus? I’ve only recently learned that people can get heart damage from viruses.
I was a little white kid in a working class neighbourhood in Bristol when this song came out but let me tell you, this was the hottest song of the year for us! We were all singing it! I think most of us didn't understand it completely but we were all poor and I think that made this song resonate with us.
The sounds of my childhood.... TUNE!
I bought this when I was a kid and all this time I thought a dutchie was a spliff! You learn something new everyday. What you said makes much more sense. Cheers!
They made an equally good song with Donna Summer "Unconditional Love" from the same year 1983.
I still have that on vinyl
Agree super son uptown top ranking he should paly and listen to that ..Ray an ex Londoner...or should I say now LONDONSTAN..
Hahaha my whole family could sing this track word for word. It was huge in Australia!
This song is actually a cover...kind of. The group Mighty Diamonds put out a track called "Pass the Kouchie" which was about passing the herb. Musical Youth, beings kids, changed it to "dutchie", the food pot. This is one of those perfect one-hit wonders that is better than a lot of hits by more famous groups. Full of life, love, and light. Every hearing of this song by a group of youths, musical youths, is magical.
These guys used to go to Duddeston manor school in Nechells, Birmingham. They would practise at the school think the younger members were in my brothers year. Was sure they did another song after this that did pretty well.
LOVE this song! Such a banger!
These were from Birmingham my home city and they were good musicians all born in England but of Jamaican parentage like many of us thru the windrush generation their one father was a member of the techniques so they grew up on reggae music like most of us with Jamaican roots .
Please react to Uptown top ranking by Althea and Donna, two Jamaican reggae singers. Nice song and got to number one in the UK in the late 70s. I think you will enjoy it.
The band are From Birmingham England. Similar Era to UB40 (Also from Birmingham).
A "dutchie" is a pot for cooking food(probably short for a dutch oven). Song was never about weed as rumored. It's about barely having enough to eat.
Indeed, you can eat a little bit from the "dutchie" and then you have to pass it to the next person on your left.
This song is an adapted version of The Mighty Diamonds - Pass The Kutchie which was definitely about weed. This group altered it because they didn't want kids singing about weed, but look up the original.
Musical Youth were from Birmingham, England (the UK’s second-largest city in terms of population) and were (with ages at the time):
Kelvin Grant - lead vocals and guitar (11)
Dennis Seaton - lead vocals and percussion (15)
Michael Grant - backing vocals and keyboards (13), Michael's elder brother
Freddie Waite - drums and backing vocals (15)
Patrick Waite - bass and backing vocals (14), Freddie's younger brother, died in 1993
80s classic ❤️
I was 8 when this song came out in Miami..my mom bought me the 45 and I played it over and over and over on my Holly Hobby record player!! It was Christmas time cuz I had my little tree in my room and would lay underneath it and listen to this zoning out on the lights...good times
Truent officer was chasing them thats why they were in court 😂🤣😅
This was one of those songs where you didn't have a clue what the lyrics were about but you just sang along to it because it was a great song. Great to hear it again.
Soo cute and good reggae vibes. The 80s were diverse at that time; good times.
We used to sing this in music lesson when I was about 7 years old. It was that iconic.
The teacher would get half the class to start sing, then the other half to start a verse later.
UK reggae band lots of them in UK & lots of big hits try Assad don’t turn around 😁✌️👍🇬🇧🙏
It's Aswad, not Assad.
Bashar says don't turn around!
The Jamaican London Jackson’s 😂❤ 🇬🇧 🇯🇲
They did a song with Donna Summer, Unconditional Love.
Great song. It did not get much airplay and missed the Top 40. A real shame.
This song was the jawn of my school in Philly as a kid. I went Pat's Music and bought this 45. We all sang it and then found out what it meant. Then we still sang it while passing the Dutchie lol. Still know all the lyrics. Thank you for the walk down Memory Lane on this beautiful Easter morning. Happy Easter to you Jayvee and to you all.
I think if you look closely, you’ll see a cameo by Bob Marley’s son. He’s the boy with the dreadlocks. He also made a few records. Unfortunately, I can’t remember his name. Edit: Just remembered it, it’s Ziggy Marley
Had his first album, Concious Party I think, was a long while back.
False. This song came out in 1982, Ziggy would have been 14 at the time. Also, looks nothing like him.
Memories of when I lived on Duddeston Manor Rd (They all went to Duddeston Manor comp school) and happy memories of that era 👍
Omg ,This is still great ,loved this as a small child.
So glad you reacted to this absolute classic!
The ultimate summertime feel-good rhythm
I loved this song when I was in middle school 😍☮️✌️
Oh what a fun blast from the past, I loved it then and love it now, it's such a happy tune that sticks in your mind lol. I know about having to eat less to make the food in the cupboard last, it's a horrible thing to be poor like that but you can still have fun and find happiness in simple things that cost nothing. It made me stronger thank goodness. God bless you all love hugs and peace to everyone Mary-Ellen UK
Just an hour ago I was looking for this old video. And now you with your review 😁😄
I loved this group when I was young. I wrote to them and got a signed photo of them 😂. Great memories x
Now this IS a walk down memory lane! Such a great song!
or a walk down electric avenue...
This song was big in 1982 '83 I was a kid back then you couldn't escape this song and being west Indian myself it's great to see Reggae in the main stream at that time.
Since you like this, you may also like Althea and Donna singing "Uptown Top Ranking"
I love Musical Youth and this song! We over played this song on our record player so much in the early to mid 80s! Catchy tune it is! Peace! ✌☮
Love this song !!! ahhhh memories
Great song with awesome story behind it. Love your reaction. I'm 49 and it feels like I just heard this yesterday. Crazy how fast time goes by.✌💛💚❤