Can't move songs on iPod

I went to update my iPod today and discovered that I could no longer move songs around on the iPod in iTunes. I used to be able to play music off the iPod in iTunes, and now the library on the iPod is faded out (meaning I can't do anything with the music like make playlists or delete songs...I can't even add individual songs when I use the manual sync option). I can still listen to the music on the iPod and add songs to the default "untitled playlist", but I can't even rename the untitled playlist when the iPod syncs. I tried chosing the automatically sync option, and once everything had been re-imported into my iPod i got a warning that some songs were not imported because they could not be played on my iPod - these were songs that were on it before and I had no problems with. Finally I tried restoring the iPod and re-syncing everything, but the same songs don't work and I still can't change stuff on iTunes.
I also noticed that when I click on my iPod on the desktop I no longer have a folder for music - i only have notes, contacts and calendars.

The songs are "greyed out" because you have the iPod set to transfer songs automatically. That is also why the padlock icon appears at the bottom of iTunes next to the space used/available.
If you want the songs to be bold and selectable/editable, then you need to change to manage the content manually.

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