Previously Unreleased Song “Blue Sway”
Paul McCartney Recruits Award Winning Surf Filmmaker Jack McCoy to Create
Music Video For Previously Unreleased Song “Blue Sway”
“Blue Sway” Song and Music Video Included in
Special Edition of McCartney II (June 14th/MPL and Concord Music Group)
For Immediate Release - Paul McCartney has recruited award winning surf filmmaker Jack McCoy to create a music video for his previously unreleased track “Blue Sway”. Written nearly 20 years ago, the never released song “Blue Sway” will be available for the first time on the bonus audio disc of the special edition of McCartney II. The music video created by McCoy will also be featured on the bonus DVD which is also included in the set. McCartney II will be released on June 14th by MPL and Concord Music Group.
Jack McCoy has been capturing the surfing vision in a truly unique way. Using a high powered underwater jet ski, the filmmaker found that he was able to travel behind a wave, creating underwater images that have never been seen before. “About two and a half years ago I was introduced to this high speed scooter and immediately started to develop it into a tool that would allow me to capture the underwater world I’ve been watching myself for years. Now I’m free to not only track the action, but get to places underwater quicker and show things I’ve never been able to do in the past.”
Being able to travel up to approximately 10 miles per hour underwater, McCoy’s HD camera is mounted to the top of the scooter and is designed to be able to tilt up or down as well as spin 360 degrees to allow him to get whatever angles he sees fit at the time. Over the next few years, McCoy set out to capture footage for his surf film A Deeper Shade of Blue, which premiered this past year at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. During the editing process he put one of his surfing sequences to a song off McCartney’s The Fireman album. A mutual friend, Chris Thomas, saw the footage while visiting McCoy in Australia, and when he returned to the UK he gave McCartney a copy of the sequence.
“Paul was pretty stoked with what I'd created. He immediately thought my images might be suitable to go with his unreleased song "Blue Sway" and asked if I would like to have a listen. When I heard it, I started dancing around the room because I could imagine editing my shots to the song,” said McCoy.
McCoy spent the next six weeks creating the music video, while also working full days on making A Deeper Shade of Blue. McCoy compiled and edited footage that he filmed off Tahiti's Teahupoo reef to create what became the “Blue Sway” video. The final result was exquisite.
“When I saw Jack McCoy’s underwater surfing footage put to the soundtrack of “Blue Sway” I was blown away,” said McCartney.
For more information about the McCartney II please visit www.concordmusicgroup.com. For more information on Jack McCoy’s A Deeper Shade of Blue, visit www.adeepershadeofblue.com.
