sfjpowell the first snow flakes, the last days of summer, so pure and so clear,all this love in song, for all of us to hear, i just wanted to write the first two lines, but anal IMDb have rules for submision,so i will ramble on for a wee bit, did you know that Neil Young sometimes takes his train set on tour,and i mean train set, one that fits in a semi trailer, and of coarse Neil's bus along with willies and bob's are just about the last word in "on the road again" style, and why not? these wandering minstral's deserve it, cheers for now and good luck ya'll. sorry two more lines required, old man take a look at my life ime a lot like you,i need someone to love me the the whole day through

Michael_Elliott Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) **** (out of 4) Over the past couple months I've been getting into Neil Young's solo work a lot more. A couple years ago I was able to see CSN&Y in concert and Young's performance really stuck out to me so I wasn't to view a documentary and picked this one since the reviews had been great for it. This film was shot at Nashville's famous Ryman Auditorium and from what I've read the concert took place a couple days before Young was having brain surgery and several fans seem to think this was a goodbye concert in case he didn't make it. The first nine songs are all from Young's 'Prairie Wind' album, which I've never listened to so hearing them in this concert was my first time. I really thought the songs were very good, although they were certainly depressing and you can see some pain in Young's eyes as he is singing them. The second part of the film is when we get some of the classic songs including 'Old Man', 'I Am a Child', 'Heart of Gold' and a downright terrific 'Harvest Moon'. There's some brief interview footage at the start of the film but the rest of the movie is Young doing his thing and he delivers a terrific show. There are countless times where Young stops and tells some stories, which are all very funny including one dealing with his daughter. Demme does a brilliant job at not trying to make the film too flashy. He takes the music and moves the camera to capture that mood. Emmylou Harris is also on hand playing guitar and background vocals.

wvmcl I've never been much of a Neil Young fan. This may be because it seems to be some of his worst material that has become best known, such as the patronizing "Southern Man" and the sappy "Heart of Gold" (the lyrics of which have always made me gag).This movie may not quite have made me a fan, but it has raised my opinion of Neil by a few notches, and of Demme by several. This is everything a concert film should be - focused on the music and the performance, with a minimum of distraction. There are no audience shots, thankfully, and interviews are limited to a few minutes at the beginning, just enough to let us meet the performers we'll be spending the next 90 minutes with. The DVD comes with the lyrics on subtitles, which should be standard on all concert films and videos, but unfortunately is still rare. This movie could be a template for all concert films and videos to come. I just wish they'd called it something other than "Heart of Gold."

tomdresser I watched Heart of Gold today. Three times. I couldn't get enough of Neil Young and his back-up band. Prairie Wind was super, but then his "old chestnuts" were delivered with a depth and emotion that blew me away. I was intrigued with the one song that he didn't write, Ian Tyson's Four Strong Winds. Neil said he loved the song when it first came out in 1963, and he played it over and over again on a juke box. I did the same thing today, playing the song until I can recite it, word for word. Overall, a super movie, timely, emotional, meaningful. I've been a fan of Neil Young for thirty years, but this is the best of the best!