Birthday congratz thread!!!

[mansilen]

The number 17 is frequently used throughout biophilia, in at least three songs. doesn't sound that much but it's extremely rare to come across that number in pop/rock or even in björks music catalogue. the songs that have something to do with the number 17 is:

moon
the harp notes counts to 17, thus making the time signature to 17/8. something that dr. nibben also explains in her essay on the song.

a connection, thanks mandrake!
the element selenium (from greek 'selene' for 'moon'!) has atomic number 34 (2x17) and was discovered by berzelius in 1817 (1+8+1+7 = 17)



crystalline
in the verses, the gameleste loop is 17 notes. for example the first verse. i noticed it by counting to 17 before it looped, but dr. nibben also mentions it in the essay:

just as crystalline structures are based on regular repeating lower-order structures "polygons", "octagons") so the grouping of the 17 notes is broken into repetitions of smaller units.

another one, yet again thanks to mandrake:
there are exactly 17 wallpaper groups (or plane symmetry groups or plane crystallographic groups) that can describe the symmetries in two dimensions.[/quote]


hollow
extract from dr. nibbens essay:

the main musical idea is the organ is a sequence of 17 chords, which you can see notated as 17/8 in the musical score, which means there are 17 quavers (eighth-notes) in every bar.

Kinda interesting, huh? why 17? let's make conspiracy theories!

[far & away]

17 is "the star"
then
18 is moon
19 is sun

17 is the shinning star & young forever : a naked woman gives eternal life on earth, from 2 vases : 1 golden + 1 silver.

[Animal]

because tomorrow is my 17th birthday!

[Burnface]

it's a prime number and björk is the leader of a satanic group

[mansilen]

17 is "the star"
then
18 is moon
19 is sun

maybe it'll be one of those albums where you can rewind the first track and a secret track appears? about stars.. i mean, if the star is before the moon it has to be this way.

[Kotryna]

because tomorrow is my 17th birthday!

can someone please delete this thread and re-create it tomorrow??

[JamieH]

[Animal]

oooh you're so sweet

[gregdarkjedi]

Hollow has a 17/8 signature too ?

[mansilen]

Hollow has a 17/8 signature too ?

personally, i have a feeling that hollow has got all time signatures.

[gregdarkjedi]

i still don't have listened to it.

[mandrake]

you can make up your own mind about the number 17 here.

[huichi]

..that's what i was going to say

[raheejy101]

This makes me wonder - abit off topic. But so many artists are accused of using/having sublimonal messages , but I haven't come across any with bjork... Are there any at all D;



Biophilia is obvsly a satan album eheheh

[nameless2509]

Hollow has a 17/8 signature too ?

personally, i have a feeling that hollow has got all time signatures.

yeah from the mif bootleg it is at least 17/8 and 9/8 at some point

[mansilen]

Hollow has a 17/8 signature too ?

personally, i have a feeling that hollow has got all time signatures.

yeah from the mif bootleg it is at least 17/8 and 9/8 at some point

yup. and the 9/8 beat is frikkin heavy. hip-hop-ish.

[raheejy101]

What are all these fractions? Or are you guys doing ratios? 3/1 isnt 3:1. Are they like some musical tech term

[far & away]

1+7 = 8

[Glutar]

What are all these fractions? Or are you guys doing ratios? 3/1 isnt 3:1. Are they like some musical tech term

They are talking about the time signatures of the songs.You can read about it here: http://tinyurl.com/33u6rj

[mansilen]

the more you know!

[Germanyon]

i love this (and in 38 minutes is animal's birthday wooohooo)... 17!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Animal]

i love this (and in 38 minutes is animal's birthday wooohooo)... 17!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[raheejy101]

1+7 = 8

Lol okay


Happy birthday animal I'm 17 as well

[mansilen]

happy birthday animal!

[Animal]

thank you both! you're very sweet

[Magnetar]

alles gute zum geburtstag animal!

[mandrake]

The number 17 in numerology and elsewhere.

My favorite connection (as a chemist): the element selenium (from greek 'selene' for 'moon'!) has atomic number 34 (2x17) and was discovered by Berzelius in 1817 (1+8+1+7 = 17)

[Animal]

alles gute zum geburtstag animal!

vielen dank lieber Magnetar!

[zach9]

oh happy birthday animal!

(hope it's still the day - if not, late happybirthday!)

[TheSwan]

happy birthday animal! one of the nicest people here

[mandrake]

Rüdiga, alte socke!
http://tinyurl.com/2662nsc
http://tinyurl.com/3sjqy4

[Kotryna]

whooooohooo!! i agree, one of the most nice minded little smart guy, happy day to you!
[:blackduck:]

still remember animal 14.. that time goes so fast!

[mansilen]

The number 17 in numerology and elsewhere.

My favorite connection (as a chemist): the element selenium (from greek 'selene' for 'moon'!) has atomic number 34 (2x17) and was discovered by Berzelius in 1817 (1+8+1+7 = 17)

wow, that's amazing! now we just have to find connections of 17 towards dna and crystal structures

[Kotryna]

2x17 days until...

[mandrake]

The number 17 in numerology and elsewhere.

My favorite connection (as a chemist): the element selenium (from greek 'selene' for 'moon'!) has atomic number 34 (2x17) and was discovered by Berzelius in 1817 (1+8+1+7 = 17)

wow, that's amazing! now we just have to find connections of 17 towards dna and crystal structures

There are exactly 17 wallpaper groups (or plane symmetry groups or plane crystallographic groups) that can describe the symmetries in two dimensions.

[mansilen]

The number 17 in numerology and elsewhere.

My favorite connection (as a chemist): the element selenium (from greek 'selene' for 'moon'!) has atomic number 34 (2x17) and was discovered by Berzelius in 1817 (1+8+1+7 = 17)

wow, that's amazing! now we just have to find connections of 17 towards dna and crystal structures

There are exactly 17 wallpaper groups (or plane symmetry groups or plane crystallographic groups) that can describe the symmetries in two dimensions.

i'll put them in the main post even though i don't understand the second one.

[mandrake]

^
Well, symmetry groups simply describe mathematically, how an image can be mirrored, rotated and translated (shifted up/down and left/rigth) so a repetitive pattern emerges. In a two-dimensional space (hence "wallpaper") only 17 distinct symmetry operations are possible.

[Germanyon]

let's recall this thread: 17 in biophilia and in animal's life

[mandrake]

let's recall this thread: 17 in biophilia and in animal's life

That's what i did: searching for relationships with 'moon' and 'crystalline'

[Kotryna]

17+10= poem to a horse be happy !!!!!!!!

[Kotryna]

17+10= poem to a horse be happy !!!!!!!!

17+4= burnface !!!

4um party!

[Burnface]

17+10= poem to a horse be happy !!!!!!!!

17+4= burnface !!!

4um party!

thanks!

have one - it's on me!

[mansilen]

*renames thread*
moderator, would you be a kind bee and move this to off-topic?

[Animal]

whooooohooo!! i agree, one of the most nice minded little smart guy, happy day to you!
[:blackduck:]

still remember animal 14.. that time goes so fast!

oh happy birthday animal!

(hope it's still the day - if not, late happybirthday!)

happy birthday animal! one of the nicest people here :d

rüdiga, alte socke!
http://tinyurl.com/2662nsc
http://tinyurl.com/3sjqy4
:p

ohhhh thank you all so much! and yes, it's still my birthday - one present will be the biophilia manual

[Germanyon]

the forum seems to be all is full of love

again

[far & away]

technicly i'm eternaly 12 ... because ...it's from within!

[far & away]

dumbo is 70 yo!

[DesiredConstellation6]

great thread. compelling and rich.

[zach9]

great thread. compelling and rich.

[mansilen]

my motto is to never do something that doesn't enrich the cause of an intelligent discussion. this thread is the product of that motto..

no srsly, this is all a 4um-love-thread.