Lacking the grace and calm agility of a latter-day Fred Astaire, it was beyond my ability to rise to my feet while foot-tapping, finger clicking and ....... head nodding – all at the same time! I just didn’t have the necessary co-ordination. Clearly some did though.
Last night I received an amusing phone call from an amused AoS visitor to expand on what I meant by the ‘Linn way of moving’ as mentioned on their forum.
I’m happy to. And I’m chuckling as I write this. Here's how I experienced it.
The entire emphasis was on ‘predicting the tune’ rather than following the tune. Only the LP12 could achieve this miracle – apparently. Anyway, Linn were far from idiots and knew full well that the power of the music demo and the well-rehearsed customer instruction could only go so far. What was needed was for the dealer to get in the groove and by osmosis get the buyer in the groove too.
This required rhythmic foot-tapping, even after the music stopped (to show the long lasting pleasurable impact) plus finger-clicking plus for the advanced students, rhythmic head nodding that was perfectly in synch with the foot tapping and finger clicking concurrently. Okay so far?
All of this of course had to be clearly visible to the potential buyer. But the point where the sale was closed would ideally require the salesperson to elegantly rise to his feet and stand in front of, but to one side of the visitor. And this is where, try as I may, I became unstuck dear readers.
Lacking the grace and calm agility of a latter-day Fred Astaire, it was beyond my ability to rise to my feet while foot-tapping, finger clicking and ....... head nodding – all at the same time! I just didn’t have the necessary co-ordination. Clearly some did though.
I was reduced in the ranks, down to a b-list kefir. I should mention that to his credit, Ivor was remarkable light on his feet in those days. I assumed he was a trained ballroom dancer or at least a devoted enthusiast of that silly art. He certainly understood a helluva lot about body-language.
HP
