Hey Steve (Feuer) - what's your opinion on this?

In this youtube clip:

Τα δειλινά - 1965
Στίχοι: Χαράλαμπος Βασιλειάδης
Μουσική: Γιώργος Ζαμπέτας
http://www.stixoi.info/stixoi.php?in...s&song_id=1489
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbZYyTWjvbc

listen to what Zambetas does on the bouzouki at

0:05 - 0:08
and
0:57 - 1:00

Now listen to this clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeubYQ2exJo

from

0:11 - 0:14

Do you hear the same similarity that I'm hearing? Or am I imagining it ???

The first thing I thought of on the Greek clip is that it sounded like a Russian tune.

So then I wasn't really imagining the similarity between the little bouzouki motif by Zambetas and the little bit of the melody from "Dark Eyes".

In other words, George (Zambetas) was making a little musical joke there.

Thanks very much, Steve.