> Listen to Vangelis 1975 breakthrough album "Heaven and Hell."
> The flavor alternates between classical and pop, yet at the same time it's
> unlike anything anyone had ever done before with electronics. It was the
> harbinger of New Age music.
As I have said, he gave it a pop flavour and popularised electronic music, together with many other musicians. Very different from saying he single-handedly revolutionized electronic music.
> I've heard some of the electronic music of the 1950's, and it sounded
> awful. ("Forbidden Planet" anyone?)
I dont like it either.