Unable to delete songs from my iPad 2

Last night for the first time ever I had problems updating iOs (version 7.0.4) on my iPad 2. I kept getting one of several messages, for example, saying: iTunes has detected an iPad in recovery mode. You must restore this iPad before it can be used with iTunes. I went through the update three times before it finally worked.
Then I found that I had every song that I had ever purchased cluttering up -- and filling up -- my iPad. Although in the past I was able to delete either a single song or an entire album, I am now UNABLE TO DELETE ANY SONG.
I have the iTunes setting on Manual update and have attempted to completely disconnect the disgusting iCloud feature. However, it appears that iCloud is NOT disconnected.
I happily use the iPad 2 ONLY for a very few uses on a daily basis. I wish to control ALL my music from my iMac.
I've been with Apple since 1984, but I'm seriously thinking of ditching this iPad 2 for a Samsung product.
Any assistance will be appreciated.

Somehow I got 12 songs on my ipad mini that I could not remove.
I stumbled across a solution. Plug in the ipad and UN-check "sync music" to remove all but the remaining unwanted song. Find the song in your itunes library and right click these unwanted songs and RE-ADD it directly to the ipad.
The ipad should automatically re-check "sync music" and show one song being synced. Now manually UN-check the sync music box again and the warning will come up "are you sure...existing songs...removed". Select remove and click the "apply" button in itunes. Once the changes are applied, you should see the song remove itself from your ipad.
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Depends on how they were put on your iPad in the first place.
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I have a first gen 1 gb Ipod Nano ver Ver 1.3.1 modem #
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Thank you for contributing to the Apple Support Communities.
You can use these steps to delete songs from the Music app on your iPad:
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From:
How to delete content you've downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store - Apple Support
Best Regards,
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