Deleting songs in itunes does not work - the other forum did not help

i have a new ipod (80GB)and i cannot delete anything from itunes. when i highlight and try delete/backspace nothing happens. when i right click on an item the menu that opens does not include a clear or delete option.
please help?!?!?!?!/
i went through all the possible options in the other forum
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5481041#5481041
and i got 8 or 9 replies - without any success.
i have the latest itunes version and have it reinstalled again and again.
the otions i get when highlight and right click on a song in the music section in itunes are:
get info
rating
shoe in windows explorer
reset play count
reset skip count
convert selection for ipod
convert selection for apple tv
uncheck selection
mark as not new
add to playlist
show in playlist
copy
get album artwork
apply sort field
so there is no clear nor delete!
how on earth can i get my list smaller????
i am starting to think about all those lovely windows mp3 players.
cheers - udo

no idea what happened here but for a moment i was actually able to delete songs from my playlist which caused me to loose a few songs. i then closed everything off and restarted and now it appears to work. the strange thing is i haven't changed a thing. however i will closely monitor this and if it stays like this i have no further reason to get my fingers in a twist. as i said a mystery to me, anyhow thanks to all who were involved trying to help.
cheers -udo

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