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

Somehow this flew under the radar… I will be your ...
Salmon Mediation
  11/22/23
was ok till the lyric, "put your tiny hand in mine"...
amber therapy community account
  11/22/23
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internet-worthy menage
  09/30/25
"Be your daddy, woahooo, I will be yours"
Milky sneaky criminal
  11/22/23
I will be your teacher, preacher Anything you had in mind
Crusty Ticket Booth
  11/22/23
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Salmon Mediation
  12/04/23
Holy fuck
exhilarant massive base
  11/22/23
it's insane that millions of women legit believed he was str...
sienna hunting ground garrison
  11/22/23
Bill Hicks knew https://youtu.be/jZi4vz26psI?si=bzIdmbmX...
Salmon Mediation
  11/22/23
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Lemon puppy
  11/23/23
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Lemon puppy
  04/28/24
Women are 180
Doobsian Saffron Corner Trust Fund
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Situational Awareness Bear
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rough-skinned maniacal giraffe patrolman
  12/15/24
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Salmon Mediation
  11/23/23
I will be the one who shitpoasts Till The End Of...
Crusty Ticket Booth
  11/23/23
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Salmon Mediation
  11/23/23
wrong. it's about pure love. "George Michael didn't ev...
olive cruel-hearted parlour reading party
  11/23/23
"In the song, George is searching for something "s...
olive cruel-hearted parlour reading party
  11/23/23
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olive cruel-hearted parlour reading party
  11/26/23
I remember how big the song was as a kid. In 1988, nobody wa...
Brilliant Hell
  11/26/23
the 11 yo boy thought as he looked down at his small hands
olive cruel-hearted parlour reading party
  11/26/23
I'm 100% cynical now, but not when I was 8. I didn't even im...
Brilliant Hell
  11/26/23
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Salmon Mediation
  11/29/23
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Crusty Ticket Booth
  12/15/24
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Milky sneaky criminal
  09/30/25
Adam Carolla has a great bit about how Freddie Mercury was b...
Stimulating shrine
  04/28/24
180 song
hairraiser range sound barrier
  12/04/23
He gets writing credit but there’s no way he wrote the...
Salmon Mediation
  12/04/23
is he not good at melody or something? he's got some grea...
hairraiser range sound barrier
  12/04/23
he was purely a producer driven act
Salmon Mediation
  12/04/23
WTF dude was talented as fuck
chrome new version
  12/15/24
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Salmon Mediation
  12/19/23


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Date: November 22nd, 2023 3:26 PM
Author: Salmon Mediation

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2/#47087128)



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 3:31 PM
Author: amber therapy community account

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/#47087159)



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Date: September 30th, 2025 3:18 PM
Author: internet-worthy menage



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 3:33 PM
Author: Milky sneaky criminal

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2/#47087169)



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 4:02 PM
Author: Crusty Ticket Booth

I will be your teacher, preacher

Anything you had in mind

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2/#47087285)



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Date: December 4th, 2023 8:52 AM
Author: Salmon Mediation



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2/#47130843)



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 4:03 PM
Author: exhilarant massive base

Holy fuck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2/#47087290)



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 4:03 PM
Author: sienna hunting ground garrison

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/#47087294)



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 4:04 PM
Author: Salmon Mediation

Bill Hicks knew

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

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



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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 puppy



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Date: April 28th, 2024 10:02 PM
Author: Lemon puppy



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Date: December 15th, 2024 10:14 PM
Author: Doobsian Saffron Corner Trust Fund

Women are 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2/#48452737)



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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: rough-skinned maniacal giraffe patrolman



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 9:36 AM
Author: Salmon Mediation



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 10:24 AM
Author: Crusty Ticket Booth

I will be the one who shitpoasts

Till

The

End

Of

Time

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



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 11:45 AM
Author: Salmon Mediation



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 10:55 AM
Author: olive cruel-hearted parlour reading party

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: olive cruel-hearted parlour reading party

"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/#47089627)



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Date: November 26th, 2023 8:03 PM
Author: olive cruel-hearted parlour reading party



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2/#47102548)



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Date: November 26th, 2023 8:19 PM
Author: Brilliant Hell

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: olive cruel-hearted parlour reading party

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: Brilliant Hell

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: Salmon Mediation



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2/#47112081)



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Date: December 15th, 2024 10:12 PM
Author: Crusty Ticket Booth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2/#48452730)



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Date: September 30th, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: Milky sneaky criminal



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2/#49315203)



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Date: April 28th, 2024 10:28 PM
Author: Stimulating shrine

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: hairraiser range sound barrier

180 song

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



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Date: December 4th, 2023 11:24 AM
Author: Salmon Mediation

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: hairraiser range sound barrier

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: Salmon Mediation

he was purely a producer driven act

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



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Date: December 15th, 2024 10:14 PM
Author: chrome new version

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: Salmon Mediation



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2/#47187760)