Zorba/Kiss of the Spider Woman song connections?

In Steven Suskin's bookj on Broadway composers that goes score by score (and is insanely bitchy and condemning of most more modern composers I have to say) he says that Kiss of the Spider WOman's "Over the Wall" (a score that he finds very offensive for the record *grrr*) is a remake of the Zorba song "On the Top of the Hill". Is this official? I hear some very basic similarities but not enough to think one was an adaptation of the other...

(he dislikes Zorba's score as well--for the record--go figure)

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Oh I agree hands down--but his comment ont he musical connectionw as in a different section than his critique but yeah.

Zorba is such an underated show--and Kiss is simply one of the best shows I've seen--but hten again I'm a big fan of all three Hal Prince shows done with K/E (the only other KE score that comes close, for me is the great Chicago--and honourable mention to The Rink...)

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Well two more strikes I suppose for Suskin

What a twat. ZORBA is absolutely brilliant, as good as anything Kander/Ebb have done. There are plenty of instances where composers have somewhat imitated themselves but these two examples ain't among them.

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