Youth Gone Wild by Skid Row

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Could someone tell me what "a 3-piece Wall Street smile" means in the song Youth Gone Wild?

And what does "Park Avenue leads to Skid Row" mean in the song?

Does Park Avenue mean something special?

Thanks in advance.

Avangi · Accepted Answer

This is not an answer - just a start.

The first one probably aludes to a three-piece suit (pants, jacket, and vest). Very proper for a Wall Street financier.
A smile appropriate for the financial district of New York.

For over a century, Park Avenue has been a residence of the well-to-do in New York. Very fashionable!

Skid Row is at the opposite end of the financial spectrum. Bottom of the barrel - where the bums live.

To say that one "physically" leads to the other implies figuratively that it's very easy for the very rich to suddenly become very poor.

Anonymous · Answer

The three piece smile is a "fake smile". Generally wall street businessmen who wear three piece suits have low self-esteem and are arrogant, smug, self-satisfied, pretentious, money-grubbers.

Even though Park Avenue dwellers are rich, their lives can become empty, shallow, and without meaning because their values are selfish and offensive. So, even though they live in abundance, they are spiritually living in a "Skid Row" of meaningless. worthless, apathy which is the same as the derelicts in the bowery. They just eat, sleep, and dress better, but their psychological existence is the same.

Note: This situation can lead to physically ending up on the gutter.

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