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Just realized George Michael - Father Figure is about “grooming”

Somehow this flew under the radar… I will be your ...
Pearl Area
  11/22/23
was ok till the lyric, "put your tiny hand in mine"...
Pontificating Cruise Ship Yarmulke
  11/22/23
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Awkward mischievous trump supporter
  09/30/25
"Be your daddy, woahooo, I will be yours"
Geriatric stain
  11/22/23
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Mega Feces
  09/12/26
I will be your teacher, preacher Anything you had in mind
Bat-shit-crazy personal credit line pit
  11/22/23
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Pearl Area
  12/04/23
Holy fuck
floppy library french chef
  11/22/23
it's insane that millions of women legit believed he was str...
supple maroon round eye
  11/22/23
Bill Hicks knew https://youtu.be/jZi4vz26psI?si=bzIdmbmX...
Pearl Area
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Adventurous iridescent hell knife
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sinister bearded orchestra pit puppy
  11/23/23
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sinister bearded orchestra pit puppy
  04/28/24
Women are 180
territorial cream idea he suggested
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Bat-shit-crazy personal credit line pit
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gaped know-it-all location
  12/15/24
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Pearl Area
  11/23/23
I will be the one who shitpoasts Till The End Of...
Bat-shit-crazy personal credit line pit
  11/23/23
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Pearl Area
  11/23/23
wrong. it's about pure love. "George Michael didn't ev...
crawly shitlib
  11/23/23
"In the song, George is searching for something "s...
crawly shitlib
  11/23/23
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crawly shitlib
  11/26/23
I remember how big the song was as a kid. In 1988, nobody wa...
demanding university
  11/26/23
the 11 yo boy thought as he looked down at his small hands
crawly shitlib
  11/26/23
I'm 100% cynical now, but not when I was 8. I didn't even im...
demanding university
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Pearl Area
  11/29/23
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Bat-shit-crazy personal credit line pit
  12/15/24
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Geriatric stain
  09/30/25
Adam Carolla has a great bit about how Freddie Mercury was b...
sepia mad-dog skullcap
  04/28/24
180 song
rose theatre mad cow disease
  12/04/23
He gets writing credit but there’s no way he wrote the...
Pearl Area
  12/04/23
is he not good at melody or something? he's got some grea...
rose theatre mad cow disease
  12/04/23
he was purely a producer driven act
Pearl Area
  12/04/23
WTF dude was talented as fuck
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Pearl Area
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Date: November 22nd, 2023 3:26 PM
Author: Pearl Area

Somehow this flew under the radar…

I will be your father figure

Put your tiny hand in mine

I will be your preacher teacher

Anything you have in mind

I will be your father figure

I have had enough of crime

I will be the one who loves you 'til the end of time

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Date: November 22nd, 2023 3:31 PM
Author: Pontificating Cruise Ship Yarmulke

was ok till the lyric, "put your tiny hand in mine" when I blurted out, "WHat the what, your what in WHAAAA?"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2...id.#47087159)



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Date: September 30th, 2025 3:18 PM
Author: Awkward mischievous trump supporter



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 3:33 PM
Author: Geriatric stain

"Be your daddy, woahooo, I will be yours"

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Date: September 12th, 2026 12:48 AM
Author: Mega Feces



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 4:02 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy personal credit line pit

I will be your teacher, preacher

Anything you had in mind

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Date: December 4th, 2023 8:52 AM
Author: Pearl Area



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 4:03 PM
Author: floppy library french chef

Holy fuck

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Date: November 22nd, 2023 4:03 PM
Author: supple maroon round eye

it's insane that millions of women legit believed he was straight for years

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2...id.#47087294)



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 4:04 PM
Author: Pearl Area

Bill Hicks knew

https://youtu.be/jZi4vz26psI?si=bzIdmbmXn31qBbm5

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2...id.#47087300)



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Date: August 9th, 2026 1:10 AM
Author: Adventurous iridescent hell knife



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 10:48 AM
Author: sinister bearded orchestra pit puppy



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Date: April 28th, 2024 10:02 PM
Author: sinister bearded orchestra pit puppy



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Date: December 15th, 2024 10:14 PM
Author: territorial cream idea he suggested

Women are 180

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Date: August 9th, 2026 12:45 AM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy personal credit line pit



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Date: December 15th, 2024 10:19 PM
Author: gaped know-it-all location



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 9:36 AM
Author: Pearl Area



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 10:24 AM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy personal credit line pit

I will be the one who shitpoasts

Till

The

End

Of

Time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2...id.#47089535)



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 11:45 AM
Author: Pearl Area



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 10:55 AM
Author: crawly shitlib

wrong. it's about pure love.

"George Michael didn't ever specifically reveal what 'Father Figure' was about, but a lot can be gleaned from its lyrics. A love song, it features the narrator desperately wanting to be in a close and sexual relationship with someone they admire, and to also look after and be their 'father figure' of some kind."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2...id.#47089621)



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 10:57 AM
Author: crawly shitlib

"In the song, George is searching for something "sacred" in a sexual partner, and hopes that it will protect both of them.

He also mentions something illegal, either literally or in the minds of others, singing “I have had enough of crime and "Sometimes love can be mistaken for a crime.” This potentially alludes to the general feeling towards gay people back in the 1980s, plus gay relationships were still illegal in many parts of the world (and still is).

The line “Put your tiny hand in mine" is particularly controversial. George was only 24 at the time, but he had a masculine image that made him seem far more mature than he was.

Whoever he was singing to, he wants to play the father or "teacher" role and act out the figure that Princess Diana and other women, men and young fans wanted him to be. He wanted to be their protector."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2...id.#47089627)



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Date: November 26th, 2023 8:03 PM
Author: crawly shitlib



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Date: November 26th, 2023 8:19 PM
Author: demanding university

I remember how big the song was as a kid. In 1988, nobody was even really considering the possibility he was gay. It really was a simpler, better time. I assumed "put your tiny hand in mine" was because it was a girl with naturally smaller hands than his.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2...id.#47102601)



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Date: November 26th, 2023 8:22 PM
Author: crawly shitlib

the 11 yo boy thought as he looked down at his small hands

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2...id.#47102616)



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Date: November 26th, 2023 8:23 PM
Author: demanding university

I'm 100% cynical now, but not when I was 8. I didn't even imagine it could be about a kid or a man. Simpler times.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2...id.#47102621)



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Date: November 29th, 2023 9:50 AM
Author: Pearl Area



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Date: December 15th, 2024 10:12 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy personal credit line pit



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Date: September 30th, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: Geriatric stain



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Date: April 28th, 2024 10:28 PM
Author: sepia mad-dog skullcap

Adam Carolla has a great bit about how Freddie Mercury was basically screaming that he was gay in the 80s but everyone kept thinking "I bet he gets a ton of chicks"

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2...id.#47616759)



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Date: December 4th, 2023 8:55 AM
Author: rose theatre mad cow disease

180 song

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2...id.#47130852)



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Date: December 4th, 2023 11:24 AM
Author: Pearl Area

He gets writing credit but there’s no way he wrote the melody. Some producer created that song

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2...id.#47131312)



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Date: December 4th, 2023 11:26 AM
Author: rose theatre mad cow disease

is he not good at melody or something?

he's got some great songs. One More try is another 1800

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2...id.#47131320)



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Date: December 4th, 2023 11:39 AM
Author: Pearl Area

he was purely a producer driven act

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2...id.#47131380)



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Date: December 15th, 2024 10:14 PM
Author: Sexy Really Tough Guy Whorehouse

WTF dude was talented as fuck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2...id.#48452738)



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Date: December 19th, 2023 10:11 AM
Author: Pearl Area



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