I always felt he was a very underrated keyboard artist. He wrote only three songs for Foreigner but they were all classics: Starrider, Rev on the Red Line and this one. I believed he used an Orchestron and the main string sound was an ARP Omni Synthesizer. He also would use an Oberheim OB-1 (I believe) in later albums, but not sure if it is present on this song.
The best father figure in my life is having this played at his funeral tomorrow. The last years of his life, he always bragged about having Tramontane played at his funeral, and now I see why. Beautiful music.
Double Vision was one of those albums you would play cover to cover and over again. Me and my buddies did just that during our early beer drinking and partying days hanging at the secluded lake that only the kids knew about. That same lake is now surrounded by apartments and a jogging paths. Sigh, sweet memories!
good with the moogs but not too artsy or prog sounding takes me back smoking hash (blonde) levis corduroys, goody comb, vantage cigs, atari, coleco ....etc..
Hard to believe this is the same band that did "Waiting For a Girl Like You" and "I Want to Know What Love Is" although only half the original members stayed on by the time they did this song, the Jones-Gramm-McDonald-Greenwood-Gagliardi-Elliott lineup will always be my favorite era of Foreigner
I always loved this song. I remember on the 8-track version, this was the song the record company decided to break into two parts, due to time constraints of the tape "tracks".
@73formula Tramontane (part 1) and Tramontane (part 2) on the eight-track tape! If I recall, the fade-out started around 1:25 before the stereo would click to the next track and the song came back on. Even though I was 7 years old at the time, I didn't think it was right that the song was broken up like that.
Yeah, I had the 8track too. I think Back Where You Belong was broken up too. It's funny, cause I bought this for Hot Blooded and Double Vision, but now I hate those, and like everything else. Rock radio is under the impression that their job is to play your favorite songs until they're your FORMER favorite songs! I hate all the hits by Foreigner,and LOVE the album tracks. Is it just me, or did Maroon 5 steal "THIS LOVE" from Love Has Taken Its Toll?????
This is my favorite song of all time! I fell in love with this one omg, like when I was 12 ! My fave off DV. Thanks.
lovinmesomedubstep 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
Yee haw! Foreigner dippin their toes in the prog rock water on this cut y'all!
luvtotruck 3 weeks ago
I always felt he was a very underrated keyboard artist. He wrote only three songs for Foreigner but they were all classics: Starrider, Rev on the Red Line and this one. I believed he used an Orchestron and the main string sound was an ARP Omni Synthesizer. He also would use an Oberheim OB-1 (I believe) in later albums, but not sure if it is present on this song.
pdalemason1964 1 month ago
Al Greenwood rocking the keyboards and synth programming!
pdalemason1964 1 month ago
The best father figure in my life is having this played at his funeral tomorrow. The last years of his life, he always bragged about having Tramontane played at his funeral, and now I see why. Beautiful music.
kewldude1991 1 month ago
My FAVORITE Foreigner song of all time.
I used to have a Jeep Wrangler that I opened up during the sunny days of summer here in the Philly area.
One day I was listening to this song on CD turned up to 11, and got pulled over by a cop for playing this song too loud.
I paid the $45 ticket. But then I still played this song in the same way the rest of the summer.
nudist1033 1 month ago
Ethereal music isn't it? What s cool tune. I'll never forget seeing these guys on the Agent Provocateur tour.
n8tureboy 3 months ago
I still have my vinyl for this stuff- God what a instrumental song this was. A Masterpiece in Foreigners bag of tricks. wish there was live footage !
captjack2112 4 months ago
Double Vision was one of those albums you would play cover to cover and over again. Me and my buddies did just that during our early beer drinking and partying days hanging at the secluded lake that only the kids knew about. That same lake is now surrounded by apartments and a jogging paths. Sigh, sweet memories!
Chriscjb63 5 months ago
@Chriscjb63
Yes Indeed! Agreed!
Paganguy1 5 months ago
Had the cassette, played this song til it wore out...........thanks so much for posting....great instrumental
MrBigoutlaw 5 months ago
Incredible instrumental. Takes me to places off the planet.
rubicon1983 6 months ago 4
good with the moogs but not too artsy or prog sounding takes me back smoking hash (blonde) levis corduroys, goody comb, vantage cigs, atari, coleco ....etc..
bicklesby1 7 months ago
I love this song! Reminds me of when I landed at the San Diego Airport when I first got stationed at Camp Pendleton. Don't know why but it does :)
choosing2lookeast 7 months ago
Thank you SO much for posting this. I'll just sit here now with goosebumps for a while............
echovector 9 months ago
Hard to believe this is the same band that did "Waiting For a Girl Like You" and "I Want to Know What Love Is" although only half the original members stayed on by the time they did this song, the Jones-Gramm-McDonald-Greenwood-Gagliardi-Elliott lineup will always be my favorite era of Foreigner
Doobie1975 9 months ago
@Doobie1975 I can picture King Crimson doing this song for some reason
Doobie1975 9 months ago
@Doobie1975 I agree with that lineup
zeosrule 5 months ago
I always loved this song. I remember on the 8-track version, this was the song the record company decided to break into two parts, due to time constraints of the tape "tracks".
73formula 9 months ago
@73formula Tramontane (part 1) and Tramontane (part 2) on the eight-track tape! If I recall, the fade-out started around 1:25 before the stereo would click to the next track and the song came back on. Even though I was 7 years old at the time, I didn't think it was right that the song was broken up like that.
matt21571 7 months ago
Yeah, I had the 8track too. I think Back Where You Belong was broken up too. It's funny, cause I bought this for Hot Blooded and Double Vision, but now I hate those, and like everything else. Rock radio is under the impression that their job is to play your favorite songs until they're your FORMER favorite songs! I hate all the hits by Foreigner,and LOVE the album tracks. Is it just me, or did Maroon 5 steal "THIS LOVE" from Love Has Taken Its Toll?????
dawnpatrol700 4 months ago
Awesome tune! One of my favorites, even though I don't remember it being a big hit, but it should have been.
RickCanyon 10 months ago
Finally this great old tune is on Youtube Thanks!
CRAZYCRADER 11 months ago 3
While I definitely agree it's a great song I personally like "Double Vision" and "Love Has Taken Its Toll" a little more
Doobie1975 11 months ago
Great song, wish Foreigner would have kept on doing songs like this
Doobie1975 1 year ago
this one to me always sounded like something elo wouldve done.
charliedontsurf70 1 year ago
My fave by them - I always dug the fact that they left this as an instrumental. Glad to see it on YouTube finally....
mfpinterceptor 1 year ago
been almost 30 years since i've herd that
xlr2008 1 year ago