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

Somehow this flew under the radar… I will be your ...
Razzmatazz native
  11/22/23
was ok till the lyric, "put your tiny hand in mine"...
Excitant point associate
  11/22/23
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hyperventilating rusted telephone
  09/30/25
"Be your daddy, woahooo, I will be yours"
flirting zombie-like immigrant
  11/22/23
I will be your teacher, preacher Anything you had in mind
histrionic dragon
  11/22/23
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Razzmatazz native
  12/04/23
Holy fuck
vibrant sinister library therapy
  11/22/23
it's insane that millions of women legit believed he was str...
Nighttime principal's office
  11/22/23
Bill Hicks knew https://youtu.be/jZi4vz26psI?si=bzIdmbmX...
Razzmatazz native
  11/22/23
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https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  08/09/26
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lemon diverse location mediation
  11/23/23
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lemon diverse location mediation
  04/28/24
Women are 180
henna plaza
  12/15/24
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Situational Awareness Bear
  08/09/26
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galvanic partner incel
  12/15/24
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Razzmatazz native
  11/23/23
I will be the one who shitpoasts Till The End Of...
histrionic dragon
  11/23/23
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Razzmatazz native
  11/23/23
wrong. it's about pure love. "George Michael didn't ev...
awkward maize degenerate hissy fit
  11/23/23
"In the song, George is searching for something "s...
awkward maize degenerate hissy fit
  11/23/23
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awkward maize degenerate hissy fit
  11/26/23
I remember how big the song was as a kid. In 1988, nobody wa...
Amber House
  11/26/23
the 11 yo boy thought as he looked down at his small hands
awkward maize degenerate hissy fit
  11/26/23
I'm 100% cynical now, but not when I was 8. I didn't even im...
Amber House
  11/26/23
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Razzmatazz native
  11/29/23
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histrionic dragon
  12/15/24
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flirting zombie-like immigrant
  09/30/25
Adam Carolla has a great bit about how Freddie Mercury was b...
Harsh messiness
  04/28/24
180 song
vermilion adventurous state
  12/04/23
He gets writing credit but there’s no way he wrote the...
Razzmatazz native
  12/04/23
is he not good at melody or something? he's got some grea...
vermilion adventurous state
  12/04/23
he was purely a producer driven act
Razzmatazz native
  12/04/23
WTF dude was talented as fuck
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  12/15/24
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Razzmatazz native
  12/19/23


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Date: November 22nd, 2023 3:26 PM
Author: Razzmatazz native

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: Excitant point associate

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: hyperventilating rusted telephone



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 3:33 PM
Author: flirting zombie-like immigrant

"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: histrionic dragon

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: Razzmatazz native



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 4:03 PM
Author: vibrant sinister library therapy

Holy fuck

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Date: November 22nd, 2023 4:03 PM
Author: Nighttime principal's office

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: Razzmatazz native

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 diverse location mediation



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Date: April 28th, 2024 10:02 PM
Author: lemon diverse location mediation



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Date: December 15th, 2024 10:14 PM
Author: henna plaza

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: galvanic partner incel



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 9:36 AM
Author: Razzmatazz native



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 10:24 AM
Author: histrionic dragon

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: Razzmatazz native



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 10:55 AM
Author: awkward maize degenerate hissy fit

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: awkward maize degenerate hissy fit

"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: awkward maize degenerate hissy fit



(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: Amber House

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: awkward maize degenerate hissy fit

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: Amber House

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: Razzmatazz native



(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: histrionic dragon



(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: flirting zombie-like immigrant



(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: Harsh messiness

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: vermilion adventurous state

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: Razzmatazz native

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: vermilion adventurous state

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: Razzmatazz native

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: Saffron gaped scourge upon the earth forum

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: Razzmatazz native



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