Adam Sandler's Chris Farley song is genuinely moving and yes, I'm crying
No dust here, just real, honest-to-goodness tears.
Adam Sandler returned to the Saturday Night Live stage on May 4 as the show's host and he brought along a very special surprise: a song dedicated to his former SNL castmate, the comic great Chris Farley. No jokes; just a simple song about remembering his old, departed friend.
Farley and Sandler came up together on SNL in the 1990s. It was a creatively fertile period for the sketch series, which at the time included a cast featuring legends like Chris Rock, Phil Hartman, Dana Carvey, and Mike Myers.
Farley was a being of pure manic energy, not unlike another SNL great, John Belushi (who makes a cameo in Sandler's song, along with John Candy). Like Farley, Belushi lived fast and hard until he died at a young age. Both were 33 when they left us, and in both cases it was a cocaine-fueled "speedball" overdose that took them away.
Sandler's moving tribute to his friend is colored by personal reminiscences that offer some insight into the kind of person Farley was behind the scenes. It's all been covered before, of course, and in much greater detail, but it's hard not to be swept away by the music's aching emotion.
Unsurprisingly, the song was greeted warmly by a frequently nostalgic internet, with social media quickly buzzing in the hours after Sandler's surprise performance.
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Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
