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

Somehow this flew under the radar… I will be your ...
Sable Chapel Partner
  11/22/23
was ok till the lyric, "put your tiny hand in mine"...
boyish avocado macaca
  11/22/23
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mentally impaired contagious parlour
  09/30/25
"Be your daddy, woahooo, I will be yours"
insecure roommate messiness
  11/22/23
I will be your teacher, preacher Anything you had in mind
cream cheese-eating elastic band
  11/22/23
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Sable Chapel Partner
  12/04/23
Holy fuck
obsidian point
  11/22/23
it's insane that millions of women legit believed he was str...
Fighting university
  11/22/23
Bill Hicks knew https://youtu.be/jZi4vz26psI?si=bzIdmbmX...
Sable Chapel Partner
  11/22/23
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Lemon house sound barrier
  11/23/23
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Lemon house sound barrier
  04/28/24
Women are 180
stimulating rigor private investor
  12/15/24
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Situational Awareness Bear
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seedy circlehead
  12/15/24
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Sable Chapel Partner
  11/23/23
I will be the one who shitpoasts Till The End Of...
cream cheese-eating elastic band
  11/23/23
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Sable Chapel Partner
  11/23/23
wrong. it's about pure love. "George Michael didn't ev...
Godawful Bright Dopamine
  11/23/23
"In the song, George is searching for something "s...
Godawful Bright Dopamine
  11/23/23
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Godawful Bright Dopamine
  11/26/23
I remember how big the song was as a kid. In 1988, nobody wa...
soggy cordovan lay police squad
  11/26/23
the 11 yo boy thought as he looked down at his small hands
Godawful Bright Dopamine
  11/26/23
I'm 100% cynical now, but not when I was 8. I didn't even im...
soggy cordovan lay police squad
  11/26/23
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Sable Chapel Partner
  11/29/23
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cream cheese-eating elastic band
  12/15/24
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insecure roommate messiness
  09/30/25
Adam Carolla has a great bit about how Freddie Mercury was b...
maniacal comical forum
  04/28/24
180 song
gold charismatic newt
  12/04/23
He gets writing credit but there’s no way he wrote the...
Sable Chapel Partner
  12/04/23
is he not good at melody or something? he's got some grea...
gold charismatic newt
  12/04/23
he was purely a producer driven act
Sable Chapel Partner
  12/04/23
WTF dude was talented as fuck
mustard corn cake rehab
  12/15/24
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Sable Chapel Partner
  12/19/23


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Date: November 22nd, 2023 3:26 PM
Author: Sable Chapel Partner

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: boyish avocado macaca

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

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Date: September 30th, 2025 3:18 PM
Author: mentally impaired contagious parlour



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 3:33 PM
Author: insecure roommate messiness

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

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Date: November 22nd, 2023 4:02 PM
Author: cream cheese-eating elastic band

I will be your teacher, preacher

Anything you had in mind

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Date: December 4th, 2023 8:52 AM
Author: Sable Chapel Partner



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 4:03 PM
Author: obsidian point

Holy fuck

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Date: November 22nd, 2023 4:03 PM
Author: Fighting university

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

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Date: November 22nd, 2023 4:04 PM
Author: Sable Chapel Partner

Bill Hicks knew

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

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Date: August 9th, 2026 1:10 AM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK




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Date: November 23rd, 2023 10:48 AM
Author: Lemon house sound barrier



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Date: April 28th, 2024 10:02 PM
Author: Lemon house sound barrier



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Date: December 15th, 2024 10:14 PM
Author: stimulating rigor private investor

Women are 180

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Date: August 9th, 2026 12:45 AM
Author: Situational Awareness Bear



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Date: December 15th, 2024 10:19 PM
Author: seedy circlehead



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 9:36 AM
Author: Sable Chapel Partner



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 10:24 AM
Author: cream cheese-eating elastic band

I will be the one who shitpoasts

Till

The

End

Of

Time

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Date: November 23rd, 2023 11:45 AM
Author: Sable Chapel Partner



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 10:55 AM
Author: Godawful Bright Dopamine

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).#47089621)



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 10:57 AM
Author: Godawful Bright Dopamine

"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."

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Date: November 26th, 2023 8:03 PM
Author: Godawful Bright Dopamine



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Date: November 26th, 2023 8:19 PM
Author: soggy cordovan lay police squad

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).#47102601)



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Date: November 26th, 2023 8:22 PM
Author: Godawful Bright Dopamine

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).#47102616)



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Date: November 26th, 2023 8:23 PM
Author: soggy cordovan lay police squad

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).#47102621)



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Date: November 29th, 2023 9:50 AM
Author: Sable Chapel Partner



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Date: December 15th, 2024 10:12 PM
Author: cream cheese-eating elastic band



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Date: September 30th, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: insecure roommate messiness



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Date: April 28th, 2024 10:28 PM
Author: maniacal comical forum

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).#47616759)



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Date: December 4th, 2023 8:55 AM
Author: gold charismatic newt

180 song

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Date: December 4th, 2023 11:24 AM
Author: Sable Chapel Partner

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).#47131312)



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Date: December 4th, 2023 11:26 AM
Author: gold charismatic newt

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).#47131320)



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Date: December 4th, 2023 11:39 AM
Author: Sable Chapel Partner

he was purely a producer driven act

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Date: December 15th, 2024 10:14 PM
Author: mustard corn cake rehab

WTF dude was talented as fuck

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



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Date: December 19th, 2023 10:11 AM
Author: Sable Chapel Partner



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