To take this song at face value is to not fully appreciate the Beatles as artists. The Beatles purposely made their songs in ways that would leave them open to different interpretations, but that doesn't mean they did not hear their own music and not realize the more obvious possible interpretations.
Trust me, they did not fully produce this song and then months later go "WOAH! People think this song is about free love?! We would have never thought it was possible to think this song is about bisexuality!" No, they knew it when they wrote it, as they also realized it can do with drugs, or just going out and having a good night on the town...
Cuz guess what? There are MANY ways that you get by with a little help from your friends, and if for you that involves doing drugs with your friends, or playing music, or fucking shit up, or wanking it with your friends, then that is how YOU do it.
And since those four were drug using free lovers, then you can assume that their interpretation of this song does include their cherished memories of those times including drugs and sex.
If you don't have similar memories in your life, then that is not what this song means (to you).
To take this song at face value is to not fully appreciate the Beatles as artists. The Beatles purposely made their songs in ways that would leave them open to different interpretations, but that doesn't mean they did not hear their own music and not realize the more obvious possible interpretations.
Trust me, they did not fully produce this song and then months later go "WOAH! People think this song is about free love?! We would have never thought it was possible to think this song is about bisexuality!" No, they knew it when they wrote it, as they also realized it can do with drugs, or just going out and having a good night on the town...
Cuz guess what? There are MANY ways that you get by with a little help from your friends, and if for you that involves doing drugs with your friends, or playing music, or fucking shit up, or wanking it with your friends, then that is how YOU do it.
And since those four were drug using free lovers, then you can assume that their interpretation of this song does include their cherished memories of those times including drugs and sex.
If you don't have similar memories in your life, then that is not what this song means (to you).
Subjectivity is a powerful thing.