{"id":18173,"date":"2020-05-09T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=18173"},"modified":"2024-01-02T12:30:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T20:30:23","slug":"cover-me-satans-jeweled-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/09\/cover-me-satans-jeweled-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me: Satan&#8217;s Jeweled Crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By the time Bruce resumed his World Tour in 1993 after a three-month winter break, he&#8217;d grown more comfortable with his new band.\u00a0He&#8217;d begun seeding more of his E Street material back into the set, and more importantly he started leaning in to the gospel vocal strengths of his back-up singers.<\/p>\n<p>First came a stunning gospel arrangement of Jimmy Cliff&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/28\/cover-me-many-rivers-to-cross\/\">Many Rivers to Cross,<\/a>&#8221; which remained a set list staple for the remainder of the tour. By late spring, Bruce had added The Louvin Brothers&#8217; &#8220;Satan&#8217;s Jeweled Crown&#8221; as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Satan&#8217;s Jeweled Crown&#8221; was a genuine obscurity, released in 1959 on the Louvins&#8217; <em>Satan Is Real<\/em> album&#8211;a country-gospel album that is generally remembered more for its eyebrow-raising cover than its devoutly graceful content. But the song itself is a beautiful tale of redemption, of repent for one&#8217;s past sins and rejection of ill-gotten gains.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Sju8teNJ3k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>However, it&#8217;s far more likely that Bruce was inspired by Emmylou Harris&#8217; 1975 cover of &#8220;Satan&#8217;s Jeweled Crown,&#8221; released under a slightly different name on her <em>Elite Hotel\u00a0<\/em>album.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DbbHdqVCkNM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>If you listened closely to both versions, you probably noticed that Emmylou inverts the verses and choruses and makes some additional lyrical tweaks. Bruce follows the same arrangement, and tweaks it even more, changing the &#8220;God&#8221; references to a less divine &#8220;you,&#8221; allowing the song to work in either a devout or secular context.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Satan&#8217;s Jeweled Crown&#8221; is beautiful in any of its versions, but\u00a0 Bruce&#8217;s (mostly) acoustic choral arrangement is particularly stunning, a standout in its five European tour appearances in the spring of 1993. Here&#8217;s a gorgeously-captured version from Milton Keynes on May 22, 1993.<\/p>\n<div id=\"v-6qxPHBSK-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='758' height='426' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/6qxPHBSK?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Bruce would only play &#8220;Satan&#8217;s Jeweled Crown&#8221; once more after returning home, at a benefit show that served as an epilogue to the 1993 tour. You can purchase that pristine performance as part of Bruce&#8217;s official live archive series <a href=\"http:\/\/live.brucespringsteen.net\/live-music\/0,18680\/Bruce-Springsteen---The-E-Street-Band-mp3-flac-download-6-24-1993-Brendan-Byrne-Arena-East-Rutherford-NJ.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Satan&#8217;s Jeweled Crown<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> May 14, 1993 (Berlin, Germany)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> June 24, 1993 (East Rutherford, New Jersey)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the spring of 1993, Bruce leaned further into his new band&#8217;s strengths with their gorgeous cover of a country-gospel classic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[2754,2752,2753],"class_list":["post-18173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","tag-emmylou-harri","tag-satans-jeweled-crown","tag-the-louvin-brothers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/satan.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-4J7","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56766,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/14\/kingdom-of-days-may-14-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":18173,"position":0},"title":"May 14","author":"Ken","date":"May 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Dr. Zoom and the Sonic Boom make their debut under that name on this date in history. 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