I hate to tell Adam…it has nothing to do with fear. His performance lacked any excellence in vocals and the rest was just plain raunchy. I’ve never seen any singer whether male or female do some of the things he did and as Simon Cowell would put it, Adam’s AMA performance was “self indulgent.” In all fairness, I think Whitney Houston’s performance was self-indulgent but in a completely different way. I really don’t want to be used for singers to work out their angst about their past nor do I want to see any singer displaying his/her sexual proclivities on stage. If I want to see S&M on display I’ll buy a porno movie.

So, maybe Adam is right as he so cavalierly put it, he’s really not for me and I don’t think I am alone.

You can see the video of the performance HERE.

For his part, Lambert made no Monday-morning apologies for the spectacle, telling “Access Hollywood,” “You know, honestly, if I offended some people … it’s apples and oranges. I’m not an artist that does things for every single person. … I believe in artistic freedom and expression, I believe in honoring the lyrics of a song, and those lyrics aren’t really for everybody either.”

Besides, he said, shock is fun. “Shock rock is like something that existed, for example, like in the ’70′s, Alice Cooper … David Bowie, you had artists that liked to push the envelope and that’s what made them so fresh. I think that surprise is part of entertainment. I think that it keeps people watching. It’s fun, it makes you laugh and it should be that way. And if it made you uncomfortable, maybe I’m not for you.” SOURCE

“If it’s gonna be edited, then in a way that’s discrimination,” he told The Los Angeles Times after show when asked if he thought the most extreme moments would be edited out for the West Coast broadcast, which they subsequently were.

“I don’t mean to get political, but Madonna, Britney [Spears] and Christina [Aguilera] weren’t edited. It’s a shame. Female entertainers have been risque for years. Honestly, there’s a huge double standard.”

Lambert added “the energy felt good” during the performance.

“Adrenaline is a crazy thing to feel,” Lambert told The Times. “That’s what I love about performing. I’m hoping people were entertained. For those who weren’t, maybe I’m not their cup of tea.”

According to Lambert, he was just trying to have “a good time” with his performance.

“I’m just trying to have a good time onstage,” he told The Times. “It’s a sexy song. It’s 2009, it’s time to take more risks. It’s about entertainment. People want to be surprised. It’s too bad that people are so scared.” SOURCE