Hackney Diamonds: Mick Jagger explains hidden meaning behind new Rolling Stones album

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.