Q: Why the hell does "Take me home, country roads" by John Denver sound so homey? I don't listen to country music and I'm not even from the US but this song just has this certain homeyness to it. People from all sorts of countries have said the same. How does it do it? There must be something "universal" that the song is doing for people all around the world to feel so homey. All of that despite this sort of country music being arguably distinctly North American. What do you think that is? Is it the slow tempo?
A: it is an average tempo, which could also be considered double or half depending on how you choose to write it down