Listen very carefully from 1:12 - 1:18 in this clip of the 1967 "hit" version of the famous song "Sound of Silence" by the US songwriters Simon and Garfunkel
Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel) -1967
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPo6v0KhBdw
1:12 - 1:18
(Note - this clip is NOT the original 1964 version from an album that "flopped" - the record company added drums and electric guitar to the original 1964 "acoustic" version and released it as a single without Simon and Garfunkel even knowing.)
Now listen very carefully from 1:10 - 1:15 in this clip of the 1971 song Όπου ο εγωισμός with music by Χατζηνάσιος:
Όπου ο εγωισμός - 1971
Στίχοι: Τάσος Οικονόμου
Μουσική: Γιώργος Χατζηνάσιος
http://www.stixoi.info/stixoi.php?in...&song_id=14486
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCPaWfqYyCs
1:10 - 1:15
Amazing, isn't it?
BUT - please note!!!!!
I am NOT accusing Χατζηνάσιος of anything here.
Great songwriters often come up with the same musical phrase twice, completely on their own.
And also, sometimes a songwriter will use a phrase that he's heard before, without realizing that he is doing so.
Can you think of any cases like this involving two songs - one Greek and the other Greek or non-Greek?