realization:

[acroyear]

"Careless Whisper" is really George Michael's coming out song.  Its a farewell to the last woman he would ever sleep with, a woman who knew he was gay (or certainly could tell something was wrong in their nights together) but never openly said anything.

...think about it...

Comments

DUH!

[johnbroadfoot.livejournal.com]

It took you 20+ years to figure that out?

Re: DUH!

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

well, it was years later that he came out, and i'd stopped listening to pop music and more or less forgot about the song through all that time. it only came to mind 'cause it was playing on the radio in the cafeteria here and as i thought about the lyric, it all just clicked.