Mimi Plesas -- I Die Every Morning // Πεθαίνω κάθε ξημέρωμα

There are deep things going on in this video, things that my shallow, non-Greek, lobes cannot wrap themselves around.  If you like your videos flush with inscrutable subtexts and deep symbolism of the huh? WTF? and did-I-see-that-and-what-could-it-have-meant? variety, this is your lucky day.  

Like some of the best of these videos, this one starts out with a shot of feet.  Not dancing feet, but booted feet walking past a dog, after which the action comes so fast that any sort of a narrative would be too long for a blog post.  Nevertheless, keep an eye out for.

• Military officers (Cossacks according to one commentator)
• A singer with a prominent cross
• The lead officer quickly becoming enraptured by the singer
• Well dressed, clean cut bouzouki players
• Affectional gestures from the singer to a cigarette smoker
• The singer pouring alcohol for a dude with a mustache and another cigarette
• Two longhairs with leather jackets having an interaction that involves a pitcher
• Lots of defiant clapping and dancing accompanied by askance looks at the officer
• A woman turning over cards and finding a card of meaning
• Some major flirting between the officer and the singer

As you might guess, I have no idea what this video is about and whether the year of it's filming (1969 -- two years into the military dictatorship) informs anything that we see.

Here are some lyrics according to demetriosstam.9220 and Google Translate

If you want to hear how it beats

for you my heart

lean over me one night

and take my kisses