I still dig this song whenever I hear it... the harmonies, the rastafarian vocal, beat and bass.

Whatever happened... I heard one of them died violently... ???

Your comments?

I got that song on my Wedding Singer cds. It was on the movie by the same name starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Awesome song and movie!

Yeah, I remember the video too... the kids in the playground, climbing the monkey bars, etc...

It was cool...

I like the song they did with Donna Summer in 1983,"Unconditional Love"


give me your unconditional love
the kind of love I deserve
the kind I want to return

give me your unconditional love
the kind of love I deserve
the kind I want to return

i hate to break it to you guys, but they were kinda like a jamaican Milli Vanilli. one of the members dad was a famous reggae performer in jamaica who put this act together and also did all of the music for them. of course the vocals are real, but they never played their instruments. Also, did you know this song was about marijuana?

sinisterpentatonic said:

Well of course it's about weed. What else would he mean when he says pass the dutchie?

kisscamille said:

young kids singing about marijuana? I'm not sure that's a cool thing

DavidEye said:

It's a lot better than singing about shooting people and bitches and ho's. Besides, it's medicinal

kisscamille said:

love that song

Plans to re-form were initially scotched when Patrick Waite, who had gone on to a career of juvenile crime, died of natural causes (hereditary heart condition) whilst awaiting a court appearance on drug charges. The Grant brothers remained involved in music, while Dennis Seaton released a solo set in 1989, before going on to form his own band, XMY.

However, by 2003 Musical Youth were back, appearing in a 1980s nostalgia tour. By 2005, now reduced to just a duo of Michael Grant and Dennis Seaton, Musical Youth performed at Wiesen festival in Austria.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...ical_Youth

One of my all-time favorite 1980s songs.

sinisterpentatonic said:

"Pass the Dutchie" is a cover. The original was called "Pass the Cutchie(sp?)", which was about marijuana. The words "Cutchie" and "herb" were replaced by "Dutchie" and "food" because of the original's meanings.

sinisterpentatonic said:

kinda like Zack Attack not playing their instruments

pulpfictionfan said:

man did i ever have some misinformation.

Pass the Coochie....that's funny.

This song was fun! Still dig it.

pulpfictionfan said:

The original is called "Pass The Kouchie" sang by reggae group: The Mighty Diamonds.

Correct! Pass The Kutchie was about passing around a joint. The lyrics were changed to Pass The Dutchie which they explained in interviews at the time as a cooking pot.
They were still singing about "pot" but in a subversive way

Mara said:

Yeah, it still works for me when I hear it.

"Me say listen to the drummer, me say listen to the bass..."

sinisterpentatonic said:

I seem to remember them performing on Saturday Night Live when the Dutchie song came out and it was live so they were actually playing. Whether they played on the record is another story.
Milli Vanilli? That should be reserved for groups that don't sing on the record and allow someone else to, then pass it off as themselves singing.
Maybe we should compare them to the Jackson5 instead. They did their vocals but others recorded the music.

Never liked that song ...

From the same year i bumped more on Third World's "Try Jah Love"
or Eddy Grant's "Electric Avenue" .



But (imo) the real deep sh#t was with groups like Black Uhuru , Sly & Robbie and the legendary Bob Marley .