The Rolling Stones on the meaning of 'Hackney Diamonds'

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00:00 Hackney Diamonds, what does that mean?

00:03 What does that mean to you, Keith?

00:04 Anything?

00:05 What is Hackney Diamonds?

00:07 - It got called Hackney Diamonds

00:09 because I think we were flinging ideas around for titles

00:13 and we went from hit and run, smash and grab,

00:17 and somehow between that--

00:19 - I like those.

00:20 - We came up with Hackney Diamonds,

00:23 which is like a variation of the both.

00:25 And also, it's a London band, you know?

00:28 And we thought that was--

00:29 (audience cheering)

00:32 - But does Hackney Diamonds, isn't it like a type of slang?

00:39 - Yeah.

00:40 It's like when you get your windscreen broken

00:43 on Saturday night in Hackney, all round.

00:45 (audience laughing)

00:47 And all the bits go on the street.

00:48 - Yeah, the shattered windscreen.

00:50 - That's called a smash and grab.

00:51 That's Hackney Diamonds.