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Jonathan Leahy, music supervisor for ''Bill & Ted Face the Music'', spoke about the process of selecting the song in an interview with Stereogum:<ref>Schonfeld, Zach. "Bill & Ted‘s Music Team On Wyld Stallyns, Air Shredding, And Helping Keanu Reeves Learn To Play Bagpipes" ''Stereogum''. 26 August 2020. https://www.stereogum.com/2096012/bill-ted-face-the-music-keanu-reeves-weezer-soundtrack-jonathan-leahy-interview/franchises/interview/</ref> | Jonathan Leahy, music supervisor for ''Bill & Ted Face the Music'', spoke about the process of selecting the song in an interview with Stereogum:<ref>Schonfeld, Zach. "Bill & Ted‘s Music Team On Wyld Stallyns, Air Shredding, And Helping Keanu Reeves Learn To Play Bagpipes" ''Stereogum''. 26 August 2020. https://www.stereogum.com/2096012/bill-ted-face-the-music-keanu-reeves-weezer-soundtrack-jonathan-leahy-interview/franchises/interview/</ref> | ||
<blockquote>When Leahy reached out to Weezer’s management, he learned that Rivers Cuomo was a fan of Bill & Ted. Conveniently, the band had a trove of unreleased material for Leahy to consider. When Leahy heard “Beginning Of The End” (recorded for the forthcoming ''Van Weezer''), he was struck by one lyric: “Watch us brush off the dust/ In heavy metal we trust.”<br><br>“When I heard that line, I was like, ‘OK, I think this might be the song,'” Leahy says. “Then 30 seconds later, when it goes into the guitar solo and it’s just epic, two-handed tapping, I was like, ‘OK, this is definitely the song.'"</blockquote> | <blockquote>When Leahy reached out to Weezer’s management, he learned that Rivers Cuomo was a fan of Bill & Ted. Conveniently, the band had a trove of unreleased material for Leahy to consider. When Leahy heard “Beginning Of The End” (recorded for the forthcoming ''Van Weezer''), he was struck by one lyric: “Watch us brush off the dust/ In heavy metal we trust.”<br><br>“When I heard that line, I was like, ‘OK, I think this might be the song,'” Leahy says. “Then 30 seconds later, when it goes into the guitar solo and it’s just epic, two-handed tapping, I was like, ‘OK, this is definitely the song.'"</blockquote> | ||
The song was added to the BMI/ASCAP repertoire in April [[2021]] | The song was added to the BMI/ASCAP repertoire in April [[2021]]<ref>''Songview'' BMI/ASCAP Repertoire https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Search?SearchForm.View_Count=&SearchForm.Main_Search=Title&SearchForm.Main_Search_Text=Beginning+of+the+End&SearchForm.Sub_Search=Performer&SearchForm.Sub_Search_Text=Weezer&SearchForm.Search_Type=all</ref>, wherein it listed a writing credit for British composer [https://www.discogs.com/artist/196792-Patrick-Wilson Patrick David Wilson].<ref>''Songfacts''. https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/weezer/beginning-of-the-end</ref> This was apparently in error, as it has since been corrected. | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||