Elton John is auctioning off this one of a kind Audi A1 that has been custom painted by the impossibly popular and “wealthiest living artist,” Damien Hirst. This particular Audi model won’t be available to the general public for months. Among other things, Hirst is famous for “spin paintings” and he did the same to this car. Despite Hirst’s obsession with “death,” Elton has assured art collecting bidders that the vehicle is “road legal and safe.” Since works by Hirst have sold for twenty million dollars, it will be interesting to see how much money Elton’s AIDS charity will benefit from this art inspired auction. We wish Elton would donate some of the money to women’s charities.
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Now THAT’s my kind of car! Bright pink and covered in art! But I already HAVE a bright pink car covered in art and I did it myself. Geo Metro (Chevy) pepto bismal but metalic pink and with holographic palm trees, hibiscus, and flamingos, and the hood covered in holographic flames licking up. It’s a one-car parade! Wish I could post a picture!
Elton is part of a very insular gay world, but more power to him for it. The world is hardly free of homophobia at this point.
There are enough wealthy women out there who could be doing similar for women’s charities.
that is an awesome paint job, but I bet we could all make our own paint-spatter covered cars and they’d look just as nice. A big fat paintbrush, a few colors of paint, and go to town!!
I love Elton, i don’t care what anybody says…
I didn’t realize AIDS was a male only disease.
I’ve never been a big fan of his and when I heard he sang at the wedding for the homophobic Rush Limbaugh, I lost even more respect for him. $ certainly does make some people stupid. Way to represent the LGBT community douche.
Sally, it just tells you that money knows no race or sexual orientation.
Maybe he sang at asshole’s wedding for the money alone and didn’t give a rat’s ass about the jerk, just wanted the dough. I’ll bet he put it right into his AIDS charity research. He is so dedicated to that, it would be a shame to pass up a million bucks for such a simple effort. A million bucks can do so much, he’d be stupid to NOT do the job and I actually admire him for taking the gig against what surely must have been gauling feeling of his own personally. And the backlash certainly lets that moron Rush know how the public feels about him, if he was too stupid to have figured it out already. I hope he has a massive coronary while trying to hump his trophy bride! Or even better, a stroke that disables him from ever talking again! Now THAT would be utter justice!
psssssssst: THEIR SPERM IS IN IT……
I also like that kind of car, pink Audi car. Perhaps this Audi model would be expensive since the owner was celebrity
Reta I would like to think that, but let’s turn the tables here: would you play or do work for the KKK? I didn’t think so.
Shame on him! He has no principles whatsoever. He sends the message that it’s ok to cater to bigots as long as you get paid. It’s like a semite catering to a Nazi. I hate people sometimes.
Sally, is Rush Limbaugh really equivalent to the KKK or the Nazis? I mean, I think he is a major tool, and somewhat mentally challenged, but I would not give him the complement of comparing him to truly evil geniuses.
there’s nothing genius about the KKK or Nazis. wasn’t hitler supposed to be alive and in world domination by now? and it sure wasn’t smart to fight a two front war.
anyway, isn’t rush really gay?
can you feel me, I think people who can manipulate the masses the way both those groups did, have a degree of genius. This makes them all the more evil and frightening. Simply labeling them ignorant monsters does not help fight such evil, and is fascistic in its own way, as it implies that evil and lack of intelligence are connected, which is completely false.
Can you feel me,
regarding your comment about Hitler: ever own or ride in a Volkswagon? His presence is still felt because of the ignorance of people, and their failure to understand history. (BTW, I am half German and would never own or – now, as an adult – get into a German-made car because of their connection to the Nazis, and am known to refer to Volkswagons as “Hiltermobiles”).
Sebastian: Rush is a media personality that openly insults minorites including the LGBT community. Who’s to say he doesn’t support those above mentioned organizations? Hypothetically speaking, his hate towards groups only supports what those organizations stand for.
He is a tool and Elton’s a bigger idiot for catering to the tool and I don’t care how much money is involved.
It would be ideal if Elton came forward and explained himself, but it may never happen. I choose to believe as I said above, that he did it to get the million for his AIDS charity which would go a long long way. Hell, I would sing for that asshole for a million bucks too and laugh all the way home at him for paying that much for a singer! He surely must be aware of all the negative press about him. I’ll be waiting to hear about that stroke his trophy bride will give him (soon) hopefully, the one that will render him permanently speechless!
Sally, I fear the effect of the Rush Limbaugh types, but do not believe that they have the power or potential of a Hitler or Stalin. Even if they did, there is one fortunate change that keeps us safe: the media.
The masses that such villains would control are now lazy brain-dead drones, and would never give up watching Jersey Shore or the latest YouTube sensation in order to start a war or ethnic cleansing.
This is the absurd joke to the lives of douche bags like Limbaugh – they want to be little Hitlers, and can get the riffraff pumping the air and regurgitating their twaddle, but if the little Hitlers ever said “take up your guns folks” the riffraff would tell them to F-off.
We wish Elton would donate some of the money to women’s charities.
I think what you are doing is great and wonderful..Helping people who need help on this earth with Aids and Thank god that you have a wonderful man who really loves you and cares and that is great that you have a son and hope you consider having more in the future? I love the way the little baby boy looked and Lady Gaga is the God Mother and who better in this world and Elton John you are a gift from God yourself with each day on this earth you are saving lives one at a time and the world is so much better with you in it and this are the reasons you care and your there and your amazing and smart and a great singer….Who can attract attention to the world over this Disease and the world is much brighter for you being here and without you!!!So many people on this earth would not be here and with your life…Your saving so many lives and your giving the gift of having the people ,,! They love and there family and friends they love are here to share more time on this earth and I want to thank you for being there to help with the reseach that is needed and Yes I did lose a sister to Aids and I am happy for the extra time that I had with her due to research and Medication alone. I Shared more time with my sister and I want to say..Thank you and I do Remember the Movie Ryan white and that was wonderful that you where there for him as well.
WONDERFUL TO HELP PEOPLE WITH AIDS I LOST MY SISTER JOYCE PATRICE KELLY JAN 23rd 2010 of aids and she had it back in 1987 and she lived with it this long. BUT THE MEDICATION THAT ELTON JOHN FOUNDATION AND OTHERS KEPT HER ALIVE.
PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GETTING AIDS TODAY BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME FOOL FLOATING AROUND GIVING IT TO EVERY ONE AND WISH THERE WAS A WAY TO STOP SPENDING THAT STUFF AROUND?
So many cold hearted people out there still effecting other people and not giving a Dam what are we going to do about them.
Dumb ass people should just get a relationship with some one who has what they have and stop createing the problems.
Nasty Jerry Springer group of people are all pigs and..use less and dirty…Just jumping in the bed with any one are the kind of people that are spreading this around.
Every day some new case of aids pops up and why can’t they create a service where all aids people groups get together and have relationship with some one who already have the disease and that way they can’t keep effecting healthy people and bring them in the mix.
Make money and help others make there life easyer and get there medications to feel well and be able to care about the people that love them and want to be around.
BUT OUT THERE..ARE BAD PEOPLE AND THEY NEED TO BE SITTING IN JAIL AND MOVE ON COMPLETELY TO JAIL FOR MURDER OF OTHERS FOR SPREADING THAT DISEASE..AND THEY KNOW IT AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY DON’T PAY THE PRICE.