Mick Jagger explains hidden meaning of new Rolling Stones’ album Hackney DiamondsSource: Reuters
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00:00 It's like when you get your windscreen broken on Saturday night in Hackney, all round.
00:04 And all the bits go on the street.
00:07 I mean to you, Keith, anything, what is Hackney Diamonds?
00:10 It got called Hackney Diamonds because we, I think we were between,
00:14 we were flinging ideas around for titles and we went from hit and run, smash and grab.
00:20 And somehow between that, I like those, we came up with Hackney Diamonds,
00:26 which is like a variation of the both. And also it's a London band, you know.
00:31 But does Hackney Diamonds, isn't it like a type of slang?
00:42 Yeah. It's like when you get your windscreen broken on Saturday night in Hackney, all round.
00:49 And all the bits go on the street.
00:52 Yeah, shattered windscreen.
00:53 That's called Hackney Diamonds.
00:54 Smash and grab.
00:55 That's Hackney Diamonds.
00:55 That's how they done it. Yeah.